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Laura Flanders & Friends

THE LAURA FLANDERS SHOW is back with more award-winning interviews and investigative reporting on the people and movements driving positive systemic change in our world today. The show features forward-thinking people from actress Sheryl Lee Ralph to author Naomi Klein and innovative projects as well as a monthly journalists' round table with journalists of color. It's produced in rural New York.

Meet the BIPOC Press: Is Earth Day Still Relevant?

26m 46s

: Corporate greenwashing has hijacked Earth Day, but the ideas behind the holiday are more urgent than ever. There are environmental issues all around us, even within new stories like the Baltimore bridge collapse and the ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. On Meet the BIPOC Press, journalists of color discuss how the idea of the environment has been siloed and how the media can undo that.

Episodes

  • Meet the BIPOC Press: Is Earth Day Still Relevant?: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Meet the BIPOC Press: Is Earth Day Still Relevant?

    S1 E103 - 26m 46s

    : Corporate greenwashing has hijacked Earth Day, but the ideas behind the holiday are more urgent than ever. There are environmental issues all around us, even within new stories like the Baltimore bridge collapse and the ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. On Meet the BIPOC Press, journalists of color discuss how the idea of the environment has been siloed and how the media can undo that.

  • Trust-Busting in 2024: A Bipartisan Battle Against Monopoly: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Trust-Busting in 2024: A Bipartisan Battle Against Monopoly

    S1 E102 - 26m 46s

    Is 2024 the year of trust-busting? This bipartisan issue of small versus big is a fight taking place on the streets and in the federal and state courts; led by grassroots movements and consumer protest. How have people power and government action together brought about a shift? Is it real? The Biden administration has stepped up anti-trust action, but the number of merger filings is also up.

  • A Roadmap for Building a Better Future: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    A Roadmap for Building a Better Future

    S1 E101 - 26m 46s

    In this first episode of Laura Flanders & Friends (formerly The Laura Flanders Show), Laura is joined by Angela Davis, a leading voice in the movement for abolition and feminism who has lots to share about her evolution and how decades of activism are coming together. From Palestine to elections, to our carceral state and collective liberation, this kickoff conversation is packed with her insight.

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