Laura Flanders and Friends: Solutions-Focused Progressive Perspectives on Politics, News, and Culture

You'll find a link to watch this episode, check out the episode notes posted along with an invitation to join guests and Laura for a live premiere and chat event to view this week’s episode via our YouTube channel, Sunday's 11:30am, at Patreon.com/theLFShow     If Black Lives Matter, how are journalists and media organizations considering Black pain in their coverage? And how are journalists and e...

The following is the full uncut conversation from our TV, Radio & Podcast episode:   "Gender Justice Requires more than Money say the Feminists Taking on Philanthropy during Covid" Note:  Full episode notes are available to members and non-members at Patreon.com/theLFShow MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, recently made a splash by donating nearly $3 billion to more than 280 no...

For full episode notes including related episodes, research and reading links  goto:  https://Patreon.com/theLFShow As Canadian oil giant Enbridge defies orders to shut down their dangerous Line 5 pipeline in Michigan, indigenous environmental activists gain momentum in their fight to end reliance on fossil fuels. In Minnesota, Enbridge plans to build another pipeline, violating treaties and threa...

For full episode notes including more on Heather McGhee, her book, a suggested reading list and additional related episodes to explore go to https://Patreon.com/theLFShow Color of Change board chair Heather McGhee talks with Laura about her New York Times best-selling book, The Sum of Us, What Racism Costs Everyone and How we can Prosper Together . She shows how inequality saps the economy, hierar...

Full episode notes are at https://Patreon.com/theLFShow Thousands of Americans recently received direct payments from their government as part of the Biden Administration’s American Rescue Plan to address unemployment and poverty exacerbated by the Covid Pandemic. But what if direct payments like those came every month as a way to combat structural inequality? For a group of people in two Californ...

Full episode notes are at https://Patreon.com/theLFShow New York City will likely elect its second African American mayor in November. Eric Adams, currently the Brooklyn Borough President, was declared the winner of the Democratic primary in July. A former police officer who was himself beaten by the cops as a teenager, Adams campaigned against police brutality while positioning himself as a law a...

The F-Word is released bi-weekly featuring timely commentaries by Laura Flanders and guests.  Flex your media muscles, become a monthly sustaining member for $3, $5, $12 at http://Patreon.com/theLFShow   Laura Flanders and Friends Crew:  Laura Flanders-Executive Producer, Writer;  Sabrina Artel-Supervising Producer; Jeremiah Cothren-Senior Producer; Veronica Delgado-Video Editor, Ja...

Full episode notes are at https://Patreon.com/theLFShow This July, America’s largest remaining generic drug manufacturing plant is set to close its doors forever in Morgantown, West Virginia. Its parent company, Viatris (formerly known as Mylan), plans to relocate operations to India and Australia leaving more than 1,400 workers without jobs in the country’s sixth poorest state. Economist Michael...

The following is the full uncut conversation from our TV, Radio & Podcast episode:   "Gender Justice Requires more than Money say the Feminists Taking on Philanthropy during Covid" Note:  Full episode notes are available to members and non-members at Patreon.com/theLFShow MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, recently made a splash by donating nearly $3 billion to more than 280 no...

Full episode notes are at https://Patreon.com/theLFShow MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, recently made a splash by donating nearly $3 billion to more than 280 nonprofits working in historically underfunded sectors - her third such drop in a year. But while Scott has repeatedly made headlines, the media has largely overlooked the impact that women and feminists are making on p...

Check out the episode "Did a Summer Camp Help Spark a Disability Revolution?", the full episode notes https://Patreon.com/theLFShow "Living free, with equality, dignity, equity and justice - requires more than law, it requires systemic change." The F-Word is released bi-weekly featuring timely commentaries by Laura Flanders and guests.  Flex your media muscles by becoming a monthly sustaining memb...

Full episode notes are at https://Patreon.com/theLFShow Crip Camp is a Peabody Award-winning documentary from Netflix and Higher Ground Productions that tells the story of Camp Jened, a summer camp in the 1960s where disabled youth could be themselves. The film follows several former campers who went on to be leaders of the Disability Rights Movement. Laura speaks with the directors and producers...

The following is the full uncut conversation from our TV, Radio & Podcast episode:  "Prof. Kimberlé W. Crenshaw and Soledad OBrien Call Out the Media on Critical Race Theory" Note:  Full episode notes are available to members and non-members at Patreon.com/theLFShow The right wing has found its newest racist wedge issue: Critical Race Theory. This decades-old movement in legal scholarship has sudd...

Full episode notes are at https://Patreon.com/theLFShow   The right wing has found its newest racist wedge issue: Critical Race Theory. This decades-old movement in legal scholarship has suddenly become a talking point for GOP activists, and a widely misused term in mainstream media. The topic is bringing tension to school board meetings across the country ahead of elections and putting educators...

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Full episode notes are at https://Patreon.com/theLFShow The subversive, healing, and celebratory powers of music and media are at the heart of this week’s conversation, featuring Saida Pagán, a contributor to Palabra, a journalism site run by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and Dr. Guthrie Ramsey, a music historian, jazz musician and composer recently interviewed on WURD radio in...

The following is the full uncut conversation from our TV, Radio & Podcast episode:  "Rooting Out Our Culture of Harm". Note:  Full episode notes are available to members and non-members at Patreon.com/theLFShow   In this inspiring Juneteenth conversation, abolitionist Mariame Kaba joins Laura and the Reverend Dr. Jacqui Lewis, to discuss how each of us—parents, children, elders—can be part of buil...

Full episode notes are at https://Patreon.com/theLFShow In this inspiring Juneteenth conversation, abolitionist Mariame Kaba joins Laura and the Reverend Dr. Jacqui Lewis, to discuss how each of us—parents, children, elders—can be part of building a society where harm is addressed, people’s needs are met, and accountability doesn’t require punishment. “Everything worthwhile is done with other peop...

The Podcast episode "Laverne Cox, Sam Feder:  Trans Lives Depend on Owning Our Stories"  and the full uncut conversation  are all available in our podcast feed.  Episode notes are available to members and non-members at   Patreon.com/theLFShow The F-Word is released bi-weekly featuring timely commentaries by Laura Flanders and guests. Support theLFShow with your media muscles by becoming a monthly...

The following is the full uncut conversation from our TV, Radio & Podcast episode:  "Trans Lives Depend on Owning Our Stories". Note:  Full episode notes are available to members and non-members at Patreon.com/theLFShow Trans liberation is the latest frontline in the struggle for civil rights. In their new documentary, Disclosure, director Sam Feder and producer Amy Scholder use over a century’s w...

Full episode notes are at https://Patreon.com/theLFShow Trans liberation is the latest frontline in the struggle for civil rights. In their new documentary, Disclosure, director Sam Feder and producer Amy Scholder use over a century’s worth of film to show that trans identities have long been at the center of our collective cultural history. They join four-time Emmy nominated actress and Emmy winn...

A portion of this interview  was featured in our episode " MINNEAPOLIS: NOT GIVING UP ON POLICE ABOLITION".   Full episode notes are available to members and non-members at Patreon.com/theLFShow Andrea Jenkins made history in 2017 as the first African American openly trans woman to be elected to office in the United States. Today, she serves as the Vice-President of the Minneapolis City Council an...

Full Episode Notes are posted at Patreon.com   Available for non-member and member supporters.   Show Description:  In the wake of the police murder of George Floyd, expectations were high that if  systems-change around policing were possible anywhere, it might be in the progressive city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. On the anniversary of Floyd’s death, there have been many heartfelt memorials but fe...

Here's the entire interview with Winona LaDuke who we recently featured in our episode “The Future of Energy is Indigenous (and it won’t involve pipelines!)” .  She’s the Director of Honor the Earth, a platform she co-founded with the Indigo Girls.  She’s a resident of the White Earth Reservation in Northern Minnesota where she founded the White Earth Land Recovery Project, one of the largest rese...

"Different stories told differently matter. Consider Memorial Day and the holiday that could have been if white media hadn't erased Black history." The F-Word is released bi-weekly featuring timely commentaries by Laura Flanders and guests. Support theLFShow with your media muscles by becoming a monthly sustaining member for $3, $5, $12 or more, goto https://Patreon.com/theLFShow   Laura Flan...