theLFShow Episode #269 Research & Reading List
Episode #269 Title: Special Report: Making Buffalo Our City
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•Episode #268 Title: How to Make a Democratic Economy
Guests:
Marjorie Kelly - Executive Vice President and Senior Fellow, The Democracy Collaborative
Ted Howard - Co-Founder and Executive Director, The Democracy Collaborative
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2019-10-29 20:35:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Fighting For the Future of Hong Kong
Guests:
Joy Ming King Student Organizer and member of Lausan Collective
Michelle Chen, Journalist/Labor Historian, CUNY and Co-Producer, Belabored podcast
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How We Can End Gender-Based Violence
with guests Debora Diniz, Kavita N. Ramdas, and Terry McGovern
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2019-10-01 21:51:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Death threats and violence are driving Brazilian dissidents into exile, including feminists, LGBTQ+ leaders and anyone speaking out against the violent extremism of Jair Bolsanaro, the Donald Trump of Brazil.
Debora Diniz is the first of those exiles. While campaigning for reproductive rights, she was forced into hiding, and later into exile. Diniz speaks publicly for the first time about her experience in this exclusive Laura Flanders Show interview.
2019-08-22 19:31:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Jaye Moon is an Asian American artist in New York who makes urban art on political themes. She has a mural up now at 50 Avenue A in honor of Stonewall 50. In bright colored Lego-type blocks she’s written out the script of 2017's hit film “Call Me by Your Name” in English Braille.
Check out Jaye's other works: https://jayemoon.wixsite.com/minimal-artist
2019-08-14 20:14:59 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy a panel discussion moderated by Laura Flanders and a key note address by Oskar Eustis, director of the famed Public Theater in New York, featuring artists as agents of change celebrating the work of Ben Barber, founder of the "Interdependence Movement".
The artists, activists and scholars featured were chosen to represent the new and inspiring ways in which the arts, culture, and creativity in particular are giving voice to a new generation of activism, in engaging Barber’...
2019-08-05 17:49:16 +0000 UTC View PostHousing as a Human Right with guests Cea Weaver, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Anita Long
Design for Justice: Disabled Hackers are Leading the Way with guests Laurel Lawson, Villissa Thompson, Chancey Fleet
Listening to Our Better Angels with Guests David Blankenhorn and Michelle Brody
Feminists Writing History with guests Cherríe Moraga and adrienne maree brown
Democracy: Past, Present... and Future? With guests Astra Taylor and Scot Nakagawa
Our radio/podcast producer and legendary New York City DJ Jeannie Hopper is celebrating 20 years of her summer dance party on a boat— for all ages! Liquid Sound Lounge serves delectable, soul-infused dance music vibes supporting independent record labels, artists, and emerging culture. Partial proceeds go towards supporting this show.
More info and tickets: lslboat20.bpt.me
Use the code "LFSHOW"&n...
2019-06-26 21:32:44 +0000 UTC View PostStonewall 100: Riotous Past, Rapturous Futures with Guests Scot Nakagawa, Kaz Mitchell, Edafe Okporo, and Bri. M.
Community Land Trusts: A Model for Reparations? With Guests Catherine Albisa, Professor Katherine Franke, and Jaritza Geigel
"For all the changes in the media world, some things remain the same. A handful of mostly pale male editors and publishers define who and what is newsworthy and who gets to tell the news". - Laura Flanders
But today could be a new day if more independent and local media were properly funded. The Laura Flanders Show remains independent and commercial-free because of donors like you. Feel like supporting? Join our Patreon community today!
2019-05-28 16:57:57 +0000 UTC View PostSpecial Report: Whose Economy Is It? Ours. With Guests J. Phillip Thompson, Roger Green, Adria Powell, Gladys Drew, Shaywaal Amin, Rebecca Lurie, Lynn Benander, Cole Carothers & Shilpa Nandwani, and Sheila R. Foster.
Dance as World-Changing Movement: Alice Sheppard and STREB with guests Alice Sheppard and Elizabeth Streb
In his book The Perils of Partnership, Jonathan H. Marks argues that public-private partnerships create "webs of influence" that distort research and policy and reinforce the framing of public health problems and their solutions in ways that are least threatening to the commercial interests of corporate "partners." We expect multinational corporations to develop strategies of influence -- but Professor Marks argues that public institutions, ranging from museums to health agencies, ca...
2019-05-09 21:34:47 +0000 UTC View PostStanding Up to the Sacklers with guests L.A. Kauffman, Professor Jonathan H. Marks, and Jess Worth

Our dearest Patrons,
Four for Forty
We have a membership drive this month! The goal of our May Day to Memorial Day drive is to gain 40 contributing members. Will you help us with our goal? We have until Memorial Day—May 27th—for this project. Each of you who is part of this community reminds us of who, where, and how our reporting is making an impact....
2019-05-07 21:51:55 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 244: Chattanooga to Karachi: Resilient Under Violence with guests Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson and Rev. Allyn Maxfield-Steel from the Highlander Center and Nighat Dad of the Digital Rights Foundation
Stay tuned for our new episode on community land trusts as a vehicle for reparations.
2019-04-29 19:50:04 +0000 UTC View PostNEW! We have begun compiling a list of supplementary reading for our episodes. It is made up of some of the research we do in preparation of production, material by our guests on the show, and additional publications we think provide interesting insight into our show.
From now on, we will be adding the reading list weekly, on Wednesdays. Think of it as a working bibliography, a syllabus, a source for further study and inspiration!
The Laura Flanders Sh...
2019-04-24 19:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
We are so excited and grateful to announce that Laura Flanders has been awarded an Izzy Award for "Outstanding Achievement in Independent Media" from the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College!
2019-04-03 19:04:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Many thanks to our patrons for supporting the show by becoming part of our Patreon community! Today we're launching a mini-podcast series for you called "Music in the Middle" where Laura and podcast producer Jeannie Hopper discuss the artists featured in the middle of our regular podcast episodes.
This is a Patron exclusive.
Our first episode features artist Torniquet X aka TQX’s album, "2019-03-25 21:54:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Launching our Patreon, along with our new studio partnership with CUNY TV, is a big part of how we're celebrating 10 years of producing independent and progressive media. We'd love to have you on board.
2018-03-15 23:11:11 +0000 UTC View Post