Laura Flanders and Friends: Democracy, Labor, Economy, Culture, Investigative Journalism
Award winning host, author and journalist Laura Flanders interviews forward-thinking people from the world of politics, business, culture and social movements. The show explores actionable models for creating a better world by reporting on the people and movements driving systemic change. We spotlight the solutions of tomorrow, today. The show airs on PBS stations in over 300 US markets, and airs on 50+ community radio stations, and is available on YouTube and here as a podcast. Online subscribers receive lots of video and audio web exclusives. Recent specials include "Indigenous People's Power", "James Baldwin: Lessons for the US", "Building Public Trust for...
Democracy & Capitalism: A Failed Experiment? Bloomberg's Stephanie Flanders, Trumponomics podcast, on Economy & Business
Synopsis: Â Stephanie Flanders, a leading economics expert, joins her sister Laura to examine the state of social democracy and the impact of business on our lives, asking whether the current system is broken and what alternatives might offer a more equitable future.
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Description: Â Is the Westâs experiment with social democracy over? Is survival of the richest our fate? In this episode, sisters Laura and Stephanie Flanders hold their annual check-in, this...
Democracy & Capitalism: A Failed Experiment? Bloomberg's Stephanie Flanders, Trumponomics podcast, on Economy & Business [Full Uncut Conversation]
Synopsis- Was the social democracy model of the 20th century just a blip? This week, Laura invites her sister Stephanie Flanders, Head of Economics and Government at Bloomberg, back to the program to discuss todayâs politico-economic issues and where American democracy stands.
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Description: Â Is the Westâs experiment with social democracy over? Is survival of the richest our fate? In this episode, sisters Laura and Stephanie Flanders hold their annual check...
Maria Hinojosa & Chenjerai Kumanyika: Forced Removals, Foreign Detention, the War on Education & Free Speech
Synopsis: Â On this monthâs âMeet the BIPOC Press,â award-winning journalists Maria Hinojosa & Chenjerai Kumanyika lay out the constitutional crisis before us and ask what the mediaâs role is in this moment.
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Description:Â In the US today, immigrants, students, visitors and even U.S. residents â are facing exclusion, militarization, detention, rendition, and elimination of basic due process rights. Are our media doing enough to sound the alarm? In recent weeks, the governme...
Maria Hinojosa, Suave Podcast & Chenjerai Kumanyika, Empire City Podcast: Journalists On US Targeting Students and Immigrants in Crackdown on Civil Rights [full conversation]
Synopsis: Â On this monthâs âMeet the BIPOC Press,â award-winning journalists Maria Hinojosa & Chenjerai Kumanyika lay out the constitutional crisis before us and ask what the mediaâs role is in this moment.
This show is made possible by you! To become a sustaining member go to https://LauraFlanders.org/donate Thank you for your continued support!
Description:Â In the US today, immigrants, students, visitors and even U.S. residents â are facing exclusion, militarization, detention, rendition, and elimination of basic due process rights. Are our media doing enough to sound the alarm? In recent weeks, the governme...
Earth Day Inspiration, F-Word: Jubilee Justice Black Farmers' Rice Project is tackling the harm done to people and the planet [rewind]
Out of the soil of rural Louisiana, a new model for food, farming, and restorative economics.
A commentary by Laura Flanders related to the LFShow 2023 Special Report: Â The Jubilee Justice Black Farmers' Rice Project spotlighting pioneering regenerative farming practices in the U.S. as a means to address systemic racism. Watch or listen to The Laura Flanders Show special report and, meet the Black farmers and community members at the heart of this story. (original release date: July 23, 2023)
Watch :: the Special Report: Â The Jubilee Justice Black Farmers Rice Project, Tackling Racism with Rice
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Decades After Bloody Sunday, Is Trump Taking Civil Rights Back to Before Selma in â65? [Special Report]
From "Bloody Sunday" to Modern Activism: Civil Rights Leaders Reflect on Legacy
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Description: 60 years ago in Selma, Alabama, state troopers beat peaceful protesters bloody on the Edmund Pettus Bridge as they marched for civil rights. The horror of âBloody Sundayâ and the resilience of the Civil Rights Movement ultimately led to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and many of the landmark achievements that are now directly under attack. As ci...
Uncut Conversations- KimberlĂ© Williams Crenshaw, AAPF & Clifford Albright, Black Voters Matter. Special Report- Is Trump Taking Civil Rights Back to Before Selma in â65?
âWhen we see and hear and think about fascism, we think about anti-democratic movements in Europe. We think about the Holocaust . . . But for Black people, as Langston Hughes said, you don't have to explain to us what fascism is. We experienced it. That is what we were fighting, for the 60, 70 years after Reconstruction was overthrown.â - KimberlĂ© Crenshaw
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Description:  The following podcast features full uncut conversations with Law Professor Kimberlé Williams Crensha...
Bernie Sanders & AOC: âFighting Oligarchyâ with People Power (Special Report)
Bernie Sanders Calls for a Democratic Revolution: Explore Insights from His Exclusive Vegas Interview with Laura Flanders on his Fighting Oligarchy tourâWhy This Message Resonates with Activists Across America.
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Description: Â Can the Democratic party reinvent itself? In this exclusive one-on-one interview with Bernie Sanders, recorded during the Senatorâs âFighting Oligarchyâ tour, he sits down with Laura Flanders in Las Vegas to discuss what he hopes people will take away from...
Bernie Sanders & AOC: âFighting Oligarchyâ with People Power (full uncut conversation)
On the Road with Laura Flanders: Join Us as We Dive into Sanders' Vision for America's Political Future and Meet the Citizens Sparking Change at Rallies Coast to Coast.
Can the Democratic party reinvent itself? In this exclusive one-on-one interview with Bernie Sanders, recorded during the Senatorâs âFighting Oligarchyâ tour, he sits down with Laura Flanders in Las Vegas to discuss what he hopes people will take away from his rallies, and how we can all push back against oligarchy. Sandersâ message is especially resonating with Americans in this moment, as record-breaking crowds turn out for his tour...
Fighting for Rights: Lateefah Simon's Mission in a Republican-Controlled Congress (full conversation - rewind)
Join Lateefah Simon and Barbara Lee as they explore the significance of African American women in politics and their shared commitment to social justice and representation.
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Description: If anyone can inspire the public about the role of the minority in Congress, the women of Californiaâs 12th district can. In this charming conversation, newly-elected Democrat, Lateefah Simon, joins the indomitable veteran Barbara Lee, whose congressional seat Simon will be taking whe...
