The Project Censored Show

On this episode of The Project Censored Show, Dr. Austin Kocher comes back on the program to discuss the Detention Mortality Map, a new tool to track deaths in ICE custody so that those the system tries do disappear are not lost. Dr. Kocher also contextualizes our current moment in a long history of violence […]

On this episode of the Project Censored Show, president of National Nurses United Cathy Kennedy joins the program to talk about purging Palantir: how nurses are fighting back against the AI giant’s push to get inside hospitals and clinics. Cathy also discusses upcoming events to fight for universal healthcare and demand that ICE be barred […]

On today’s episode of The Project Censored Show, we’re joined once again by Dr. Shir Hever to discuss the most recent announcement by eleven EU nations who expressed their intent to restrict trade with illegal Israeli settlements, and what this means for Israel’s economy. They also discuss the upcoming Israeli elections, their importance, and moving […]

On this episode of The Project Censored Show, co-host Eleanor Goldfield sits down with Yair Dvir from B’Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories to discuss their most recent report “The Elimination Project: Israel’s Dismantling of Palestinian Collective Life in the West Bank.”

On this episode of The Project Censored Show, co-hosts Mickey Huff and Eleanor Goldfield sit down to dig into some news that didn’t make the news, focusing on attacks on journalists and academic freedom. They outline how Congress is blackmailing universities to swear loyalty to Israel, the myriad attacks on journalists abroad and at home, […]

On this episode of The Project Censored Show, Trump’s ‘dictator’s toolkit’ and how we got here. Co-host Eleanor Goldfield sits down with journalist, researcher and policy director of Defending Rights & Dissent Chip Gibbons to talk about the NSPM-7, the latest in a long line of attacks on our basic constitutional rights. Chip warns that […]

On this episode of the Project Censored Show, media scholar Nolan Higdon discusses his latest piece “Unmasking AI: 10 Myths Fueling the Silicon Mirage.” AI systems are being deployed precipitously and often without foundational understanding from the very creators and advocates driving their adoption, consequently uncritically accepting corporate hype over empirical reality resulting in widespread...

On this episode of the Project Censored Show, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) celebrates their 40th anniversary this fall. Cohost Mickey Huff is joined by founder Jeff Cohen, Janine Jackson and Olivia Riggio as they talk about their history, their contribution to media criticism and media literacy and why FAIR still matters after 40 […]

On this episode of the Project Censored Show, cohost Eleanor Goldfield sits down with Beryl Lipton from the Electronic Frontier Foundation to talk about the Drone-as-First-Responder Programs, which yes– are as horrifying as they sound. Beryl outlines the ever expanding grey area where constitutional rights and accountability fall away in service of more efficient surveillance […]

Today on the Project Censored Show, cohost Eleanor Goldfield is joined by Ian Head from the Center for Constitutional Rights to talk about the slow death of the Freedom of Information Act. Ian outlines the various ways in which law enforcement agencies in particular avoid accountability, and various strategies to keep fighting for our right […]

On this episode of The Project Censored Show, independent journalist and winner of the Illinois Library Association’s 2026 Intellectual Freedom Award, Kevin Gosztola, joins co-host Mickey Huff in conversation about the importance of standing up for free expression, fighting against censorship in our own communities, and supporting local journalism to stave off news deserts- in […]

On this episode of The Project Censored Show, Kristi Rudelius-Palmer and William Fernekes of Human Rights Educators USA (HREUSA) join co-host Mickey Huff to discuss their work, HRE programs, and their increased significance in a time of attacks on academic freedom and rising authoritarianism at home and abroad- centering the importance of human rights education […]

On this episode of The Project Censored Show, co-host Eleanor Goldfield speaks with associate editor at the Electronic Intifada Nora Barrows Friedman.  She returns to the show to discuss the latest news from Palestine: what’s the story with Hamas stepping down, as concentration camps are constructed inside the concentration camp of Gaza, and as the […]

On this episode of the Project Censored Show, co-host Eleanor Goldfield speaks with Palestinian writer and researcher Nadine N. Sayegh to discuss her latest piece State, Soldiers, and Systematic Sadism: The Israeli Military’s Normalization of Sexual Violence. Nadine explains the Israeli hasbara tactic of purple-washing, the global North’s violent feminism, and the confluence of sex […]

On this episode of the Project Censored Show, cohost Eleanor Goldfield sits down with Heidi Lim from AI Resist List to discuss reframing AI, and the possible futures that both buck the current iteration of AI and avoid the binary of anti-tech vs. pro-tech. Heidi points out that the purpose is not just to give […]

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On this episode of the Project Censored Show, co-host Mickey Huff speaks with media scholar Robin Andersen about her latest book, The Complicit Lens: US Media’s Coverage of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza. They discuss the distortions in Western media coverage and the lack of journalistic ethics and accountability among the establishment press especially in the […]

On this episode of the Project Censored show, co-host Mickey Huff talks with media scholar Bill Yousman about press censorship, establishment propaganda, and attacks on academic freedom around issues pertaining to the war on Gaza. Yousman recently edited a special issue of the journal Democratic Communiqué on “Freedom of Expression, Campus Politics, Academic Freedom, and […]

On this episode of the Project Censored Show, Leonardo Flores joins the show again to talk about the fallout from the double earthquake in Venezuela. Leo outlines some of the recent US media propaganda attempting to smear Venezuela when, in fact, it is the US paralyzing Venezuela’s disaster response through unilateral economic warfare. Leo and […]

On this episode of the Project Censored Show, Eleanor Goldfield sit down Kels Menchaca, an organizer with the DFW Support Committee to talk about the Prairieland case. With combined sentences of 562 years, the defendants represent the latest intensification in the US government’s violent assault on free speech, freedom of assembly, freedom to have zines, […]

This week on the program, a special full show with Palestinian author, historian, and academic Dr. Ramzy Baroud about his latest book Before the Flood: A Gaza Family Memoir Across Three Generations of Colonial Invasion, Occupation, and War in Palestine. Dr. Baroud takes us through longue duree, a history that has not been amputated and distorted by colonial narrative. He explains the failings of c...

On this episode of the Project Censored Show, co-hosts Mickey Huff and Eleanor Goldfield dig into some of the news that did make the news but was wrong. They highlight the need for critical media literacy, especially when we’re confronted with something that pings our confirmation bias. They also dive into some history, the US at 250, the framing of our nationalistic ideals, the society of the spe...

On this episode of the Project Censored Show, Mickey Huff sits down with public health researcher and journalist Lily Minh Wass to talk about the sycophancy machine. Lily outlines the subtle and disturbing quirks of AI’s large language models, amplifying our human desire to be agreed with, which supersedes the desire to be factual. Lily highlights our cognitive offloading onto AI, breaks down how...

Meta’s censorship of LGBTQ voices brings together digital activists, legal experts, and LGBTQ communities to combat invisibilization. We discuss the problematic dependency on social media platforms, how this can spur the creation of alternative comms and organizing methods, digital legal frameworks in the EU vs the US, and more. Caspar… The post LGBTQ Organizing Beyond Meta’s Censorshi...

On this episode of the Project Censored Show, Eleanor Goldfield sits down with professor Abboud Hamayel to discuss the misuse of history, in particular archaeology as a tool of ethnic cleansing and genocide. Abboud also deconstructs the performative solidarity of pity, the entangled histories that make Palestine a lens through… The post The Misuse of History: Archaeology in Palestine appeare...