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The Project Censored Show is a weekly public affairs program that airs Fridays from 1-2 P.M. Pacific time on KPFA Pacifica Radio. The program is an extension of the work Project Censored began in 1976 celebrating independent journalism while fighting media censorship and supporting a truly free press. The program focuses on The News That Didn’t Make the News. Each week, co-hosts Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips conduct in depth interviews with their guests and offer hard hitting commentary on the key political, social, and economic issues of the day with an emphasis on critical media literacy. The program began broadcasting in 2010 and is nationally syndicated on over 20 stations.
Mickey Huff and Eleanor Goldfield co-host this week’s program. They dedicate the hour to interviews about the 2025 “Izzy” Awards. Named for the famous muckraking reporter I.F. “Izzy” Stone (1907-1989), the annual awards honor outstanding works in independent journalism published during the preceding calendar year. Now in their 17th year, the awards are bestowed by … Continued
This week we’re looking at the insidious and nefarious sides of tech, starting with a conversation with Esra’a Al Shafei discussing her new site Surveillance Watch, an incredible trove of data formulated into an easily searchable and interactive site that exposes the vast interconnected web of global authoritarian surveillance systems. Esra’a discusses the impunity with … Continued
Eleanor Goldfield hosts this week’s Project Censored Show. Her first guest, Ben Price, speaks about the concept of “rights of nature” and how a legal system based on the control of “property” necessarily subordinates both the rights of humans and the rights of nature. In the second half of the program, Maya Schenwar and Kim … Continued
Eleanor Goldfield speaks with Chip Gibbons, who details the acquiescence of academia and corporate media to the Trump administration and Israel and sets these in the historical context of prior federal attacks on First Amendment rights. Next, Gene Bruskin explains the connection between the militarized U.S. economy and the daily pocketbook issues that confront American workers. … Continued
In an era when algorithms are reshaping how news is gathered, produced, distributed, and consumed, every journalist, regardless of specialty, needs some degree of algorithmic literacy. We’re joined by 2024-25 Reynolds Journalism Fellowship fellow Andy Lee Roth, who led a team to create a website about Algorithmic Literacy for Journalists. It provides a practical toolkit … Continued
Eleanor Goldfield opens the program, speaking with Gaza physician Khalil Khalidy about continuing aggression by Israel, despite the supposed Gaza cease-fire. He also explains how decades of Israeli occupation and travel restrictions have split Palestinian populations from one another, not only geographically, but also culturally. Later, Eleanor and Mickey Huff discuss recent under-reported or mis-reported … Continued
This week, a special Project Censored episode: “What To Us Is International Women’s Day?,” a variation on the question asked by Frederick Douglass: What to the Slave is the 4th of July? March 8th is International Women’s Day, and while many will and do celebrate this day in revolutionary ways, the truth is that IWD, … Continued
Today’s episode of Project Censored is preempted by special programming for KPFA’s 2025 Winter Fund Drive: Brian Edwards-Tiekert interviews Jeff Miller, the founder and Executive Director of the Alameda Creek Alliance. Miller also works with the Center for Biological Diversity on media, outreach, writing endangered species listing petitions, and working on biodiversity issues. His latest … Continued
Today’s episode of Project Censored is preempted by special programming for KPFA’s 2025 Winter Fund Drive. To support our mission, please donate here or call (800) 439-5732.
In this special fund drive episode of Project Censored, Mickey Huff and guests discuss the growing trend toward book bans in U.S. schools, as well as the Trump Administration’s attempts to suppress public access to the records of federal agencies. First, we hear about a soon-to-be-released documentary titled Banned Together (www.bannedtogetherdoc.com) that looks at efforts … Continued
