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The Laura Flanders Show explores actionable models for creating a better world by reporting on the people and movements driving systemic change. We spotlight the solutions of tomorrow, today. The 28minute radio program (released 5pm Wednesdays) also airs as a TV Show on PBS stations reaching 80% of U.S. households. Laura Flanders is an Izzy-Award winning independent journalist, a New York Times bestselling author and the recipient of the Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women’s Media Center. Says Katrina Vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of the Nation, who has known her for 25 years, “Flanders’ fearless and humane journalism never fails to challenge our downsized politics of excluded alternatives. But it does more — Flanders wants her reporting to shift power, seed bold ideas and offer people a way forward that is about transformative not transactional change”.
The Laura Flanders Show explores actionable models for creating a better world by reporting on the people and movements driving systemic change. We spotlight the solutions of tomorrow, today. The 28minute radio program (released 5pm Wednesdays) also airs as a TV Show on PBS stations reaching 80% of U.S. households. Laura Flanders is an Izzy-Award …
[Original Release Date December 8, 2024] Israels US-backed war on Gaza has been a mass disabling event. Todays guest says we must create a viable, accessible future for the disabled Palestinians we have failed. Maysoon Zayid is a comedian, Princeton Fellow, and unapologetic voice for both disability rights and Palestinian identity. A fierce advocate with … Continued
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed in 1990, a significant milestone in the fight for civil rights, with a vision of inclusion and respect for people with disabilities. But ableism, or discrimination in favor of able-bodied people, persists, affecting the one in four Americans with a disability. What does ableism mean and why … Continued
Laura Flanders interviews two performance artists whose work illustrates how difference and neurodiversity make art and society richer and much more interesting. Alice Sheppard is a wheelchair dancer and esteemed choreographer, the artistic director of the company Kinetic Light. Jess Thom is a performer and comedian with Tourettes Syndrome, the founder of the project TourettesHero. … Continued
This month on Laura Flanders and Friends, were revisiting conversations around solidarity, kinship and what it means to be human. Thinking requires action and passion, says feminist philosopher and scholar Donna Haraway. In her 1985 essay A Cyborg Manifesto and 2003s The Companion Species Manifesto, she challenged patriarchal, binary, species-ist frameworks. Its no surprise that … Continued
This month on Laura Flanders and Friends, were revisiting conversations around solidarity, kinship and what it means to be human. On this Pride Month edition of Meet the BIPOC Press, were celebrating Marsha P. Johnson with two activists carrying her story forward. We also unpack the medias coverage of transphobia and Tennessee’s ruling that restricts … Continued
This month on Laura Flanders and Friends, were revisiting conversations around solidarity, kinship and what it means to be human. What is solidarity and what does it require? Giving up on perfection, for one thing, says Sarah Schulman, author of Conflict is Not Abuse, and so much more. Award-winning writer, teacher, playwright and activist, Schulmans … Continued
What is solidarity and what does it require? Giving up on perfection, for one thing, says Sarah Schulman, author of Conflict is Not Abuse, and so much more. Award-winning writer, teacher, playwright and activist, Schulmans latest book is The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity, in which she reflects on years of experiments and learning, from … Continued
On today’s show: People across the country are resisting authoritarianism in creative and powerful ways, and this is just the start. The folks at The People’s Network for Land & Liberation (PNLL) say the forces that got us here are bigger than one bad leader; entire systems must be taken down. Building a brighter future … Continued
On Today’s Show: The United States is moving towards authoritarianism, but there is still a window of opportunity to reverse course. What could improve the chances of re-balancing power in the nation, and advancing towards that multiracial democracy that many still dream of? The answer is worker organizing, say Alex Han and Tarso Lus Ramos. … Continued
An AI revolution is underway, but so is the resistance. People across the country are feeling the strain of the huge energy-sucking data processing centers that AI requires, and telling their elected officials to slow down or stop new big tech projects for firms like OpenAI, Amazon, Google, Facebook and Microsoft. Data from a 2025 … Continued
