Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTrump's Wall and The End of the American Frontier
Episode 283
In this episode, Laura interviews author and Yale historian Greg Grandin about his new book The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall…
6 years, 3 months ago
How the Diversity Industry is Failing and What We Can Do to Fix It
Episode 282
In an era when companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars on diversity and inclusion programs, the proportion of African Americans in tech, medi…
6 years, 4 months ago
F-Word: Democracy vs Dictatorship: Don't Let Bloomberg Muddy That Choice
"The 2020 presidential race didn’t get decided this week but the choice before us did. More democracy or less of it?" - Laura Flanders' latest comme…
6 years, 4 months ago
The Future Is Public: Special Report from Amsterdam
Episode 281
From Austria to Chile, Lagos to London, people are demanding policies that democratize economies and keep public resources in public hands. In just t…
6 years, 4 months ago
The U.S. Economy Is Not Democratic or Good for the Planet
The U.S. economy, weak or strong, is the question at the heart of the election. But it doesn't get to the reality which is that, whatever else it may…
6 years, 4 months ago
F-Word: Iowa Media Back to the Future
Down-home democracy rests on down-the street media when it comes to covering the Iowa Caucuses 2020.
February 3rd 7pm-Midnight (EST) you will be able…
6 years, 4 months ago
Touretteshero Does Beckett
Episode 280
In this episode, Laura interviews British comedian and activist Jess Thom, TourettesHero, about her performance of Samuel Beckett’s play “Not I”. Tho…
6 years, 4 months ago
Poet Staceyann Chin on her Journey to See Herself as a Poet Worthy of an Anthology
Episode 279
Award-winning poet, performer, novelist, and activist Staceyann Chin has just published her first anthology of poems. She has been featured on Broadw…
6 years, 5 months ago
F-Word: Iowa is not the Twitterverse
"Given a choice between covering tit-for-tat tweets and reporting on voting rights or publicly-owned generic drugs, the brought-to-you-by-Big-Pharma …
6 years, 5 months ago
Puerto Rico: Freedom From Fantasy
Episode 278
What most Americans know about Puerto Rico is based on a colonial fantasy, says journalist and Columbia University professor, Ed Morales. This fantas…
6 years, 5 months ago