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Touretteshero Does Becket

Touretteshero Does Beckett About This Episode Laura interviews British comedian and activist Jess Thom about her performance of Samuel Beckett’s play “Not I.” Thom’s work reveals how neurodiversity makes theater, society—everything!—richer.  From Public Theater listing: "Jess Thom has Tourettes,...

Appropriate Be Damned

About Award-winning poet, performer, novelist, and activist Staceyann Chin has just published her first anthology of poems. She has been featured on Broadway, HBO, and Russell Simmons’ "Def Poetry Jam" and her latest one woman...

Puerto Rico: Freedom From Fantasy

Puerto Rico: Freedom From Fantasy About the Show What does freedom from fantasy mean? When most Americans know about Puerto Rico is based on a colonial fantasy, says journalist and Columbia University professor, Ed Morales. This...

Revolutionary Love

About the Show As 2019 comes to a close, Laura speaks with Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Lewis of Middle Collegiate Church in New York City's East Village. Rev. Jacqui's public theology focuses on social and environmental...

Youth Climate Activism and the New Non-Violent Resistance

About the Show In the wake of the 25th UN Climate Change Summit known as the Conference of Partners or COP, scientists and activists are warning that governments are failing to act as quickly as...

Self-Determination Arising from Resistance

About the Show In this episode of The Laura Flanders Show, author and scholar Dr. Priyamvada Gopal discusses her latest book, Insurgent Empire, which examines a history of abolition and rebellion under colonial rule to...

Naomi Klein on the Case for a Green New Deal

About the Show The climate crisis is accelerating faster than expected. In this episode of the Laura Flanders Show, author and activist Naomi Klein discusses her new book, On Fire, in which she argues that...

Cooperation vs Authoritarianism in Spain

About the Show Social change and systems change go hand-in-hand. Movements for democracy and human rights are most effective when they aim to transform unjust, unequitable economic systems. In this episode, Laura travels to Spain...

The Edge of Democracy: The Rise of Authoritarianism in Brazil

In her new film, The Edge of Democracy, director Petra Costa tells the story of how Brazil went from a rising star among free nations to a democracy on the verge of collapse. With...

Women of Color Lead the Way

This year at the Progressive Strategy Summit members of Congress and progressive change makers came together to build a movement that won’t only win back the White House in 2020 but also create long...

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