The Project Censored Show

In the first half of the show, Eleanor Goldfield speaks with incarcerated journalist Jeremy Busby who joins us from prison to talk about his powerful work in exposing horrendous prison conditions and the sadistic treatment of prisoners. Jeremy speaks of extreme retaliation that he’s faced from prison officials for his work, and his unwavering determination to show the world what life on the inside...

In the first half of the show, cohost Eleanor Goldfield speaks with lawyer and worker health and safety advocate for Public Citizen’s Congress watch division, Juley Fulcher about her recent report, Scorched States, an expose of the inadequate or wholly lacking protections for workers facing extreme heat in the age of climate chaos. Juley describes the legislative morass standing in the way of work...

In the first half of the show, Eleanor Goldfield speaks with Palestinian-American Mohammed Abouhashem, who on October 21st of last year left the US Air Force after 22 years of service. Abouhashem discusses his decision to leave amidst the murder of six of his family members in Palestine. He describes the ongoing genocide through a lens of military experience, highlighting how Israel and its ally t...

Mickey's guest for the hour is media scholar Nolan Higdon. They discuss how the principles of critical media literacy could help the public make sense of the current, chaotic election season in the US, and also how the divide and contrasting worldviews between the older and younger generations can be partly explained by their choices of media. They discuss the consequences of the serious lack of m...

In the first part of the program, Eleanor Goldfield speaks with journalist and analyst Ben Norton about the ongoing proxy war between Russia and NATO happening in Ukraine, the US’ bludgeoning of multiple peace deals, and the ultimately pointless struggle against a multipolar world. Ben also highlights the recent media kerfuffle on the petrodollar: what it is, why it matters, and where our economy...

Independent journalist Kevin Gosztola, author of Guilty of Journalism: The Political Case Against Julian Assange, rejoins the program to discuss Julian Assange's plea bargain with the US Department of Justice that finally frees the WikiLeaks founder from Britain's Belmarsh Prison. Assange, who was detained there for more than five years, was returned home to Australia a free man. The Assange legal...

The Progressive magazine teamed up with Project Censored for its June/July issue and took an in-depth look at media literacy in the context of the upcoming election. On this week's program, Mickey speaks with Norman Stockwell, publisher of the venerable political journal about how and why the partnership came about; as well as Project Censored's associate director, Andy Lee Roth, who wrote about c...

In the first half of the show, Eleanor Goldfield speaks with professor and author Mohammed Bamyeh about the no-state solution, an idea rooted in Palestinian and regional history that speaks of legitimate liberation in the face of continued state-imposed oppression and colonialist violence. Mohammed also explains the origins and outgrowth of fundamentalism, and the need to go beyond realism when re...

In the first half of the show, cohost Eleanor Goldfield talks with Vanessa Nosie from Apache Stronghold about the profit-driven priorities of what we’d assume are protective agencies like the US forest service. Vanessa draws a red thread of connection between historical and present-day colonization, uplifting the spiritual and survivalist fight to save the sacred area known as Oak Flat, a decades...

This week on the Project Censored Show, Mickey welcomes back to the program Peter Kuznick, Professor of History at American University and best-selling author with Oliver Stone of The Untold History of the United States. They discuss the ongoing Russian attacks in Ukraine along with US/NATO reactions, as well as US support for Israel’s ongoing assaults on Gaza, and how close we may be coming to WW...

In the first half of the show, Cofounder and Executive Director of Shout Your Abortion Amelia Bonow joins Eleanor Goldfield to highlight the shifting times and paradigms on abortion access. Amelia points out that Roe v Wade was never enough, that everyone deserves safe and easy abortion care, and that refusing to comply with laws that threaten human rights is fundamental to freedom. Next up, Kevin...

In the first half of the show, journalist and activist Eugene Puryear joins Eleanor Goldfield to pull back the curtain of imposed corporate censorship on Congo. Eugene highlights the myriad forces of green imperialism scarring both land and people as the Congolese find themselves in a crowded crossfire of countries and militias vying for rare earth minerals. He shares insight on the growing grassr...

Andy Lee Roth, associate director of Project Censored, and Seth Stern, director of advocacy at the Freedom of the Press Foundation, join Mickey on the Project Censored Show to discuss the latest moves in Congress to go after nonprofits, especially news outlets, that challenge official policies and narratives of the government. The bills in the House and Senate would give the Secretary of the Treas...

In the first half of the show, Eleanor sits down with author and history professor Dr. Gerald Horne to discuss the ongoing and growing student protests across the country, the violent response to them by the police state, and how this tracks with a history of student uprisings. Dr. Horne shares his own experiences in fighting apartheid in South Africa back in the 80s and how similar but amplified...

This week on the Project Censored Show, in advance of World Press Freedom Day, Mickey talks to media scholar Andrew Kennis about his recent book, Digital Age Resistance: Journalism, Social Movements, and the Media Dependence Model. They talk about how legacy media frame various social movements, applying the “worthy and… The post World Press Freedom Day: Independent Media, Social Justi...

In the first segment, Mickey speaks with Professor Raza Rumi, director of the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College, who explains the declining relevance of “legacy” media and the essential work of a truly independent press. They go on to talk about media censorship and propaganda around Israel… The post The Importance of Independent Journalism in Fighting Censorshi...

From East Palestine to Palestine, people need help. In the first half of the show, Eleanor sits down with East Palestine, OH residents Zsuzsa Gyenes and Chris Albright to discuss the ongoing fallout from the catastrophic train derailment in February of last year. Zsuzsa and Chris talk about a purgatory… The post From East Palestine to Palestine, People Need Help appeared first on Project Cen...

Britain’s High Court of Justice has ruled whether Julian Assange can appeal an extradition order that would send him to the U.S. Independent journalist Kevin Gozstola, author or Guilty of Journalism, explains to Mickey the implications of the order, and whether the US might file new charges against the Wikileaks… The post Press Freedom and the Assange Appeal; Green Colonialism, Tribal...

In the first half of the show, researcher and US military veteran Christian Sorensen joins Eleanor Goldfield to discuss the business of war, the mapping of it, the remarkable spread of it, and the very real ability and need to shift this trillion dollar industry to something more sustainable and… The post The Business of War & The Cost of American Delusions appeared first on Project Cen...

This week’s show presents excerpts from a recent panel discussion about the “Military-Entertainment Complex.” Inspired by the recent documentary Theaters of War: How the Pentagon and CIA Took Hollywood by media scholar Roger Stahl, the expert panelists examined the remarkable extent of US governmental influence over films, television, and video… The post Silver Screen War M...

In the first half of the show, Libertie Valance and Cindy Barukh Milstein join host Eleanor Goldfield to talk about how a small coop bookshop in Asheville, NC came to be the keeper of more than 20,000 youth books banned in Florida, the emergence of the Banned Books Back! initiative,… The post Banned Books Back! & We Are All Sacrifice Zones appeared first on Project Censored .

In the first half of the show, we welcome back Hassan Ben Imran, board member at the Law for Palestine organization. Hassan gives host Eleanor Golfield updates on the ICJ case of genocide and how he believes the case is pushing the movement for Palestinian rights from the streets into… The post The Growing Legal Fights Against Israel & Many Voices For Assange appeared first on Project C...

On this week’s program, Mickey talks with communications professor and filmmaker Roger Stahl about his most recent documentary, Theaters of War: How The Pentagon and CIA Took Hollywood. They discuss how the military entertainment complex works, showcasing its vast propaganda influence on mass media. Legal analyst and author Barbara McQuade… The post Hollywood’s Pentagon Propaganda, Dec...

In the first segment, Mickey talks with Norman Stockwell, publisher of The Progressive magazine, founded in 1909. Stockwell discusses the vaunted history of the publication coming out of a golden era of muckraking journalism. We highlight some of that important history as well as address the current state of our… The post Muckraking Journalism and The Progressive Magazine; Updates on Julian...

In the first half of the show, David Lorant, a farmer based in Rennes, France joins host Eleanor Goldfield to contextualize the widespread farmer protests that just recently saw farmers in tractors blockading major motorways across the country, calling for what media has spun as right-wing anti-ecological demands. David debunks… The post It’s Not What It Seems: French Farmers Protest Outside...