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North Carolina's LGBTQ Community Stands Against Domestic Terrorism
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Join Laura Flanders as she speaks with residents of Moore County affected by a targeted power outage during a drag show, uncovering potential motiv...

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  • Added: Apr 03, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Inside ALEC: 50 Years of Driving Extreme Policies in America with Rep. Ro Khanna & Lisa Graves
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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We’re discussing what’s being done to expose and push back against the anti-democratic practices of the American Legislative Exchange Council, or A...

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  • Added: Mar 27, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Faith & Fascism: Rob Reiner & Dan Partland Tackle Christian Nationalism with “God & Country”
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In the documentary “God & Country”, producer Rob Reiner and director Dan Partland explore Christian Nationalism — a toxic brew of patriarchal White...

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  • Added: Feb 21, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Organizing for Ceasefire Through Policy & Protest: Meet the People of JVP & NY Assemblymember Mamdani
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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You’ve seen them in protests since the start of the Israel/Hamas war — from New York City’s Grand Central Station and the Statue of Liberty, to the...

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  • Added: Jan 17, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
(January 10, 2024 Re-Air) Josh Paul: Resigns State Dept. Over Arms to Israel
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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After 11 years in the State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs — the entity most responsible for arms transfers to allies and partne...

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  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
Cell Phones and Brain Cancer with Ellen Marks
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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One woman's heartbreaking story of her husband's brain cancer diagnosis, and why cell phone manufacturers warn users never to hold the phone agains...

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  • Added: Oct 23, 2023
  • Length: 28:17
  • Purchases: 2
#50YearsOfHarm: Rep. Ro Khanna & Lisa Graves Call Out ALEC / The American Legislative Exchange Council
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Many people have never heard of the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC – but for 50 years, the group has been the driving force behind ...

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  • Added: Oct 04, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Before the Ground Runs Dry: BIPOC Media on the US Water Crisis
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In this episode of Meet the BIPOC Press, a monthly collaboration between The Laura Flanders Show and URL Media, we take a closer look at the US wa...

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  • Added: Sep 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 8
Poisoning the Hudson...Again - with Dr. Gordon Edwards
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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What's wrong with dumping a million gallons of radioactive wastewater into the Hudson River?

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  • Added: Sep 04, 2023
  • Length: 28:23
  • Purchases: 3
Jumaane Williams & Hell Gate: What’s Next for Rikers Jail? (August 23, 2023 release)
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The plan to permanently close Rikers in New York City and replace it with four borough facilities has hit roadblocks. Why is it so hard to close a ...

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  • Added: Aug 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Environmental Whistleblower with Kyla Bennett
From: Doug Wood
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PEER's Kyla Bennet talks about her whistleblowing experience at EPA and how it changed her life.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2023
  • Length: 28:23
Texas Under Siege: Dobbs, Democracy & Bodily Autonomy in the Crosshairs
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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We’ve reconvened a panel of organizers and activists in Texas to discuss what has (or hasn’t) changed on the abortion, trans and voting rights fron...

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  • Added: Jul 05, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Drag Story Hour Under Attack: What Can Media Do?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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As Pride 2023 is in full swing, we explore the activism of drag queens and trans people who bore the brunt of the violence during the Stonewall Rio...

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  • Added: Jun 28, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 9
PRIDE SPECIAL- Imara Jones: Countering The Anti-Trans Hate Machine
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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549 bills banning books, medical treatment, even access to the bathroom were introduced in 2023. As today’s guest says, the people driving the anti...

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  • Added: Jun 07, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Black Maternal Mortality: How Do We Save Black Lives?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate of any high-income nation in the world — and it is Black mothers who are dying at the hig...

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  • Added: May 31, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Jumaane Williams & Hell Gate on Rikers: Why is it So Hard to Close a Jail?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The plan to permanently close Rikers in New York City and replace it with four borough facilities has hit roadblocks. Why is it so hard to close a ...

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  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Special Report: Deciding the Fate of Democracy in North Carolina
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In this special report, we examine anti-democratic election law and a legal case — Moore vs. Harper — which is to be decided this term by the US Su...

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  • Added: May 10, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Rising Against Asian Hate: Turning Grief Into Action
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Join Laura and Gina Kim for this impactful conversation on combating anti-Asian hate. A documentary series on PBS, Rising Against Asian Hate: One ...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 8
Gaping Inequality, The American Nightmare for Workers: Abigail Disney
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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When Abigail Disney, the granddaughter of one of the founders of Disney, received a message from a worker at Disney’s flagship theme park, she disc...

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  • Added: Mar 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Anti-Trans Hate Machine: Resistance, Money, and the Struggle for Trans Rights
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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2022 will go down in history for the number of anti-trans bills introduced into state legislatures. Over 300 bills banning books, medical treatment...

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  • Added: Mar 08, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Black Journalists on Police Violence: Reporting from the Inside Out
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The police killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis generated a significant amount of conversation and coverage, while the killing of environmental activ...

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  • Added: Mar 01, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Something in the Water with Deena Winter
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Investigative reporter Deena Winter talks about 3M dumping PFAS chemicals and the impact on the health of kids in the area.

  • Added: Dec 24, 2022
  • Length: 28:02
North Carolina: Courageous Conversations in a Climate of Fear
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Many questions remain about the recent attack on North Carolina’s electrical grid, which left tens of thousands of citizens unsettled, frightened a...

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  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
What difference can a play make? Ask Angola Prison
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In 2020, the authorities at the Louisiana State Penitentiary (better known as Angola, for the former plantation on which it stands) shut down a pla...

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  • Added: Dec 07, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
URL - 50 Years After Roe, Is Reporting on Abortion Still Too White?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Forty percent of those who get abortion services in the U.S. are African Americans. Would you know it from the media coverage of the Supreme Court’...

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  • Added: Aug 03, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5