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The Laura Flanders Show

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 80% of the US market, and airs on 40+ community radio stations, and is available on YouTube and 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 Public Health”, “Countering the Coup From the Grassroots Up”. Recent special guests include Representative Karen Bass, environmental activist Jane Fonda, economist Robert Reich, author/activist Naomi Klein, agrarian reformer Shirley Sherrod, novelist Arundhati Roy, economist Michael Hudson and ’Next System” theorist Gar Alperovitz.

Latest Episodes:

F-Word: The Future Is Up For Grabs May 11, 2020

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"When it comes to cashing in on Covid 19 the race has just begun. Whether you’re talking education, or contact tracing or medicine or mind control, an anti-democratic dystopian future is being charted fast, while we the people are locked down, locked up and locked out."

The F-Word is released bi-weekly featuring timely commentaries by Laura Flanders and guests. Support by becoming a patron. That's also where you'll find our series "Forward Thinking on Covid-19".

Minicast: Excerpts From Public Racism vs Public Health May 07, 2020

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It's our May Day to Memorial Day Fund Drive. Are you one of 25 subscribers ready to join us during these revolutionary times? Unlock the entire audio podcast version, by becoming a patreon partner. ....Support monthly for $3, $5, $12 or more at https://Patreon.com/theLFShow Your generous support enables us to keep producing audio extras like our Forward Thinking Covid-19 Series and more. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

The tensions being revealed by the COVID-19 epidemic are planted deep in the US experience. On the Laura Flanders Show, race and gender scholar Mab Segrest discusses how white supremacy has trumped science throughout American history, with particular focus on the evidence she uncovered in her new book, “Administrations of Lunacy: Racism and the Haunting of American Psychiatry. Segrest’s work was the subject of a Laura Flanders Show special feature this March (bit.ly/2UVgvjs). She shared her thoughts on COVID-19 with Laura recently, from her home near Durham, NC. “We’re living under an administration of lunacy again,” says Segrest in this extra. Watch more Covid-19 related videos on our website lauraflanders.org

Covid-19 Demands a National Reckoning May 06, 2020

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The U.S. already has over one million confirmed cases of Covid-19 and tens of thousands of deaths. Victims of the disease are disproportionately black and working class. What explains our failure to build a more caring state? Princeton professor Eddie Glaude Jr. argues that we must grapple with the divides at the core of our society in order to reimagine the U.S. with a fully inclusive sense of “us.” “What we have to do is tell the truth about who we are. We’re not the best country in the world. We’re not the most powerful people on the planet. We’re fallen, finite creatures who in this moment in most cases are dying alone…” Glaude says. This week’s thoughtful conversation ranges from the impact of decades of Neoliberalism on the American consciousness to the need for a return to compassionate, human-centered governance, to Glaude’s forthcoming book, Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own. Music in the Middle: “A Love Supreme / Exodus” by Rebel Tumbao’s courtesy of Sacred Rhythm Music and Cosmic Arts.

Support the show and our new series Forward Thinking on Covid-19, by joining as a Patreon partner during our May Day to Memorial Day Fund Drive! We've set a goal of 25 new forward thinking Patreon partners. https://Patreon.com/theLFShow

Linda Sarsour: We Can’t Afford To be Bystanders During Covid-19 Apr 29, 2020

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A pandemic is no place to be a bystander, says Muslim American activist Linda Sarsour. In this episode, Laura interviews Sarsour about her recently published memoir We are Not Here to Be Bystanders, which tells her story of growing up in Brooklyn and Palestine and becoming the Executive Director of the Arab American Association of New York and one of the co-chairs of the 2017 Women’s March on Washington. Sarsour describes how Covid-19 is affecting her work, what contact tracing triggers for people who were forced to register as Muslims after 9-11, and what Muslim Americans have learned about being targets, even as so many serve as front-line healthcare providers. Music in the Middle: “Marching the Hate Machines” by Thievery Corporation featuring Frank Orrall, from their new album Symphonik Version, courtesy of ESL Records.

Watch our Forward Thinking on Covid-19 series where guests offer their view point from a forward looking perspective in their area of expertise. Become a Patreon member to unlock the full unedited conversations. This week Laura's guest is Patricia Mercado Sánchez, Founder/Director Conexion Migrante.

F-Word: Covid By The Numbers Apr 24, 2020

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The F-Word is released bi-monthly featuring timely commentaries by Laura Flanders and guests. Support by becoming a patron.

The latest:

"Want to pay the WHO to fight pandemics and poverty around the world for a year? One man called Jeff could do it today and still be worth $114.5 billion as he was at the end of last year. "

Watch our NEW SERIES Forward Thinking on Covid-19 where guests offer their view point from a forward looking perspective in their area of expertise. Become a Patreon member to unlock the full unedited conversations. This week, Hamid Khan Coordinator of the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition of the Los Angeles Community Action Network speaking on contact tracing and policing bodies in the name of public health and Dara Baldwin Director of National Policy for the Center for Disability Rights on the big money power that’s still being felt even in the Covid- quieted halls of Congress.

The Hidden Sheroes of Film Editing from Hollywood to Bollywood and Beyond Apr 23, 2020

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What are you watching? There’s a good chance it was edited by a woman. This time on the Laura Flanders Show, we talk with avant garde filmmaker and cinema studies professor Su Friedrich about the hidden sheroes of film editing, the names you don’t know but ought to know from Hollywood to Bollywood and beyond. Aside from Blanche Sewell, the editor of The Wizard of Oz, and Thelma Schoonmaker, Martin Scorsese’s editor for over fifty years, there’s Renu Saluja, who edited many classics of 1990s Indian cinema, and Mexico’s Gloria Schoemann, one of the most prolific editors in history with over 227 film credits to her name. Music in the Middle: “My Passion” by Mikki Afflick featuring Miranda Nicole courtesy of Soul Sun Soul Music.

Watch our Forward Thinking on Covid-19 series where guests offer their view point from a forward looking perspective in their area of expertise. Become a Patreon member to unlock the full unedited conversations. This week, Hamid Khan Coordinator of the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition of the Los Angeles Community Action Network speaking on contact tracing and policing bodies in the name of public health and Dara Baldwin Director of National Policy for the Center for Disability Rights on the big money power that’s still being felt even in the Covid- quieted halls of Congress.

Minicast: This Earth Day More Than Ever, Environmental Justice: Jane Fonda, Janet Valenzuela with Laura Flanders Apr 21, 2020

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The following features excerpts, to unlock the entire 1 1/2 hour conversation....Support the show by becoming a monthly contributor for $3, $5, $12 or more....easily at https://Patreon.com/theLFShow Your generous support enables us to keep producing audio extras like our forward-thinking content week after week. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

On February 23 at the Hammer Museum in LA, Laura moderated a discussion about the future of environmental justice featuring actor and activist Jane Fonda and community organizer Janet Valenzuela.

“We can’t solve the climate crisis if we don’t address the issue with environmental justice,” says Fonda.

People of color, immigrants and indiginous people are more likely to be affected by pollutants and other environmental hazards. Factories, plants and fracking drills are placed disproportionately in and around already marginalized communities, and the health effects are disastrous. Large national efforts to combat climate change need to engage with local, grassroots movements or we risk leaving our most vulnerable communities behind.

Take Back the App! Apr 15, 2020

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This week, Laura talks with coders, activists and tech entrepreneurs who are at the forefront of the platform cooperative movement. If we take the cooperative route, they argue that tomorrow’s online world could distribute rather than concentrate power—but will we? Recorded before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, this conversation about the companies that mediate our lives is more relevant now than ever. Music in the Middle: “Facebook Killed The Arts” by T-Q-X featuring Josh Mease from T-Q-X’s album “Global Intimacy” courtesy of the artist.

You can find more information on my guests and episode notes at Patreon.com/theLFShow. You do not have to become a member, but we hope you will. For as little as $3 or $5. monthly you partner with us to report on how we might move from here to a better future for all.

F-Word: Thank you Bernie. Screw You, New York Times Apr 10, 2020

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The F-Word is released bi-monthly featuring timely commentaries by Laura Flanders and guests. Support by becoming a patron.

The latest:

"It is the essence of American liberalism to trash radical dreams and then dance on them. And that’s just what the New York Times did, the day after Bernie Sanders bowed out of the Democratic race for the nomination."

Forward Thinking on Covid-19: The Homeless Can't Stay Home Apr 09, 2020

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Support the show by becoming a monthly contributor for $3, $5, $12 or more....easily HERE

Special Series: FORWARD THINKING ON COVID-19

How do homeless people avoid exposure to Covid-19? And where do they quarantine if they test positive for the virus? New York City’s Department of Homeless Services had little in place to deal with a pandemic and over 60,000 people remain in shelters struggling to quarantine. Mental Health Peer Specialist, EMT, and advocate for the homeless, Allilsa Fernandez, tells Laura how the shelter organizing movement is applying strategies like mutual aid to fill the gaps in the system. She says the nation is now recognizing what communities of color have long known and practiced: reliance on one another in the absence of support from the state.

About the series:

In the midst of a public health and economic crisis, we know much of the news you’re hearing is bad. The course of this pandemic is hard to predict. But there will be a time after this immediate crisis. What then? To answer this question, we’re producing a new series called “Forward Thinking on Covid-19.” Each week, guests on The LF Show offer their best forward looking perspectives on what needs to happen in their area of expertise. This series brings you the stories of forward-thinking people and lifts up actionable, real life models of collective care and mutual aid.

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