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The Laura Flanders Show

The Laura Flanders Show is back for a third season with in-depth interviews and ground-breaking field reports on the people and movements driving positive systemic change. This season increases its coverage of innovative economic models and ideas taking root across the country, including cooperative businesses, land trusts, community wealth building, participatory budgeting and universal income.

Imara Jones: Countering The Anti-Trans Hate Machine

26m 46s

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-trans movement are the same as those leading the anti-abortion movement. Imara Jones is the creator of “TransLash Media”, a cross-platform journalism, personal storytelling, and narrative project, which seeks to shift the culture and save trans lives.

Episodes

  • Imara Jones: Countering The Anti-Trans Hate Machine: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Imara Jones: Countering The Anti-Trans Hate Machine

    S4 E409 - 26m 46s

    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-trans movement are the same as those leading the anti-abortion movement. Imara Jones is the creator of “TransLash Media”, a cross-platform journalism, personal storytelling, and narrative project, which seeks to shift the culture and save trans lives.

  • Black Maternal Mortality: How Do We Save Black Lives?: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Black Maternal Mortality: How Do We Save Black Lives?

    S4 E408 - 26m 46s

    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 highest rates. What is causing the Black maternal mortality epidemic, and what can be done to save Black lives? Explore the community-centered responses that may lead to better pregnancy outcomes and a more equitable healthcare system.

  • Jumaane Williams & Hell Gate: What’s Next for Rikers Jail?: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Jumaane Williams & Hell Gate: What’s Next for Rikers Jail?

    S4 E407 - 26m 46s

    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 jail? Joining Laura to discuss the local and national implications of this story are Journalist Nick Pinto, co-founder of the worker-owned news outlet Hell Gate, and NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, who helped pass the law to close the jail.

  • Cash Relief for Black Moms: The Success of Guaranteed Income: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Cash Relief for Black Moms: The Success of Guaranteed Income

    S4 E406 - 26m 46s

    This Mother’s Day, May 14th coincides with the formal end of the National Covid-19 Emergency. Poor parents will be taking a hit — but Guaranteed Income could be the solution. The Magnolia Mothers Trust in Jackson, Mississippi is the first in the country to provide Guaranteed Income of $1000 monthly to low-income families headed by a Black woman living in affordable housing.

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    Deciding the Fate of Democracy in North Carolina

    S4 E405 - 26m 46s

    In this episode, we examine anti-democratic election law and a legal case — Moore vs. Harper — which is to be decided this term by the US Supreme Court — that could undermine the power of voting in North Carolina and throw elections everywhere into the sort of chaos we saw after the 2020 election. What does it mean for democracy and voters of color? And what does the pushback look like?

  • Muslim Americans in the Media: From Islamophobia to Power: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Muslim Americans in the Media: From Islamophobia to Power

    S4 E404 - 26m 46s

    Dangerous stereotypes around Muslim Americans persist, with very real consequences for Muslim people and American democracy at large. But are we witnessing a shift? Join Laura for this “Meet the BIPOC Press” and explore what happens when Muslim Americans themselves take on the task of reporting on their communities.

  • Chuck D & Rosa Clemente: Hip Hop's Unfinished Revolution: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Chuck D & Rosa Clemente: Hip Hop's Unfinished Revolution

    S4 E403 - 26m 46s

    Chuck D of Public Enemy famously called Hip Hop "the Black CNN". As Hip Hop celebrated its 50th anniversary, Laura talks with him, and Bronx native Rosa Clemente, about Hip Hop's impact. Clemente is known for her expertise in Afro-Latinx identity and hip-hop feminism. Chuck D is a social activist, digital music pioneer and Executive Producer of “Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World”.

  • Ben Jealous: Healing Parables for the Environmental Movement: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Ben Jealous: Healing Parables for the Environmental Movement

    S4 E402 - 26m 46s

    The Earth's temperature is rising and time is running out to change direction according to the IPCC. But veteran organizer/strategist Ben Jealous (formerly of the NAACP) sees history as being replete with examples of humans doing the unpredictable in the toughest moments. It’s that perspective, and those stories compiled in his new book, that Jealous brings to his job as head of the Sierra Club.

  • Frances Goldin, Rabble Rousers & NYC Housing Struggle Wins: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Frances Goldin, Rabble Rousers & NYC Housing Struggle Wins

    S4 E401 - 26m 46s

    Low income Americans face an acute housing shortage. But our guests have a victory to share. “Rabble Rousers: Frances Goldin and the Fight for Cooper Square" is a newly-released documentary telling the story of how a diverse group of New Yorkers, led by housing organizer Frances Goldin, won a 50-year struggle to save a 12-block section of lower Manhattan from being destroyed.

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    Sunday
    Jun 11

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    Dana Brown, The Democracy Collaborative; legal scholar Luis Gil Abinader; activist and patient advocate Kevin Wren.
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    The Laura Flanders Show

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    Jun 18

    30 Minutes

    Weekly in-depth interviews with forward-thinking people in the worlds of arts, entrepreneurship and politics.

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