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Activist and author Noah Lugeons had a big health scare several years ago. In this 30-minute presentation, he talks about his brush with death as a non-believer in God.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thethinkingatheist--3270347/support.

This month, on Laura Flanders & Friends, we turn to the state of journalism—at a moment of deep disruption, consolidation, and consequence.  But journalists aren't simply standing by—they're pushing back, reimagining their work, and, in many cases, taking matters into their own hands.   This week we'll hear from the long-running independent collective Third World Newsreel, still thriving in an era some are calling “media carnage,” showing what it looks like to endure—and to resist. This show is made possible by you! To become a sustaining member go to LauraFlanders.org/donate Description: It's almost unheard of for an independent media collective to survive as long as Third World Newsreel has. Since 1968, they have chronicled some of the most pivotal movements in human history and continue to expand on their collection of over 700 titles. There's lots to learn about how they've adapted through technological revolutions, political persecutions, philanthropic booms and busts — and how the oldest media arts collective in the U.S. is making do in today's “media carnage”, as Laura Flanders puts it. Joining us are JT Takagi, an independent filmmaker, sound recordist, and the longtime executive director of Third World Newsreel. Tami Gold is an artist and activist whose documentaries grapple with everything from imperialism to sex work. Her films include My Country Occupied, Another Brother and Land Rain Fire among many more. Puerto Rican-born Juan Carlos Dávila works in film as well as TV, where he reports on social movements around environmentalism, militarism and the struggles of the working class on the island. His films include The Stand-By Generation, Viequez: An Endless Battle and Drills of Liberation. Join us as we look at the past, present and future of Third World Newsreel and ask how film can be used as a tool for organizing. “I'd say we feel more urgent now than ever before. Every day there's something happening that makes it clear that our rights and liberties, and people's lives all over the world are at stake. Not being in touch with the history and media that shows the truth of what's going on is really decimating people's ability to, as Juan said, know what to follow and what to do.” - JT Takagi “We need to retake the theater, the physical space that is being ignored by the corporations. Perhaps now that is the opportunity that we have . . . A theater is being rented by people who are organizers, and they're using their collective spirit and know-how to organize huge, huge crowds to come.” - Tami Gold “People can shoot stuff with the phone . . . I see a lot in Puerto Rico that people are still wanting to produce with the corporate industry standards. Many young filmmakers like myself tend to think that we need so many personnel to be doing films. Right now we can actually make films with less.” - Juan Carlos Dávila Guests: •  Juan Carlos Dávila: Documentary Filmmaker, Multimedia Journalist, Puerto Rico Correspondent, Democracy Now! •  Tami Gold: Filmmaker, Artist, Activist •  JT Takagi: Executive Director, Third World Newsreel   Watch on YouTube this episode that includes video clips referenced in this episode from Third World Newsreel; PBS World Channel 11:30am ET Sundays and on over 300 public stations across the country (check your listings, or search here via zipcode). Listen: Episode airing on community radio (check here to see if your station airs the show) & available as a podcast February 25th, 2026. Full Conversation Release: While our weekly shows are edited to time for broadcast on Public TV and community radio, we offer to our members and podcast subscribers the full uncut conversation.  Music Credit:  'Thrum of Soil' by Bluedot Sessions, 'Steppin' by Podington Bear, and original sound design by Jeannie Hopper Support Laura Flanders and Friends by becoming a member at https://www.patreon.com/c/lauraflandersandfriends   RESOURCES:   Full Episode Notes are located HERE. Related Laura Flanders Show Episodes: •  Dolores Huerta & Ellen Gavin: Creative Courage in the Face of Fascism- Watch / Listen:  Full Uncut Conversation and Episode Cut  •  BIPOC Press for the People: Bursting the Corporate Media Bubble- Watch / Listen: Episode Cut •  Meet the BIPOC Press: Is Worker-Owned Media the Future of Journalism?- Watch / Listen:  Episode Cut   Related Articles and Resources: •  Documentaries Ripped From the Headlines Are Becoming Harder to See, by Marc Tracy, December 18, 2024, The New York Times •  My Country Occupied, Documentary by Tami Gold •  La Generación Del Estanbai (The Standby Generation), Documentary by Juan C. Davila and Third World Newsreel, Trailer •  Why Frederick Wiseman Was the Greatest Documentary Filmmaker Ever, by Richard Brody, February, 17, 2026, The New Yorker •. Fredrick Weissman Filmmaker, Producer and Theater Director, Zipporah Films Inc •  Drills of Liberation, Documentary by Juan C. Davila •  Third World Newsreel (TWN) Brings Historic Newsreel Retrospective To BAM, Anthology Film Archives, And DOK Leipzig, October 2025, Third World Newsreel •  Have You Seen It Yet?  The Algorithm Problem In Movie Marketing, by Charity Maxson, January 27, 2026, TR!LL Laura Flanders and Friends Crew: Laura Flanders-Executive Producer, Writer; Sabrina Artel-Supervising Producer; Jeremiah Cothren-Senior Producer; Veronica Delgado-Video Editor, Janet Hernandez-Communications Director; Jeannie Hopper-Audio Director, Podcast & Radio Producer, Audio Editor, Sound Design, Narrator; Sarah Miller-Development Director, Nat Needham-Editor, Graphic Design emeritus; David Neuman-Senior Video Editor, and Rory O'Conner-Senior Consulting Producer. 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We're headed to a media monopoly run by one AI tech billionaire and his family. It's also bad for jobs and the economy and art. Activist and organizer Jake Hart takes us through what the heck this whole thing is about.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

During this Black August, US White Nationalists have continued to compile victories in the federal court, from Donald Trump's White Nationalist Department of Justice dropping charges against Oath Keepers January 6, 2021 insurrectionists to his illegal White House ballroom project being endorsed through inaction by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.Internationally, the US federal government continues to alienate former allies such as Canada, strong arm African governments like Liberia and support authoritarian and genocidal regimes from North Korea to Israel, all while further attempting to suppress internal critics, from sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln to military media watchdogs like Stars and Stripes.Still, from within the fracturing US polity, both resistance and victory against would-be fascist overlords continues to rise. A US Senate primary victory in Florida and wins in other smaller federal and state races continue to unsettle both soft white nationalist Democratic establishment formations and an increasingly unhinged and embattled White Nationalist Party.Their reactions are well-warranted: A swelling number of people are taking and preparing to take action, independent of establishment politicians, mass media pundits, political operatives and precariously-perched managerial classes.From within Africana Governance formations, hope for creating better lives through collective effort is finding footing, fed by increasing numbers of awakened, informed, and engaged actors.This week, In Class With Carr places the concept of hope as an Africana Way of Knowing formed out of the Momentum of Memory in the context of US and global events.We start today's class with Tequila Johnson.Are you a member of Knarrative? If not, we invite you to join our community today by signing up at: https://www.knarrative.com. As a Knarrative subscriber, you'll gain immediate access to Knubia, our growing community of teachers, learners, thinkers, doers, artists, and creators. Together, we're making a generational commitment to our collective interests, work, and responsibilities. Join us at https://www.knarrative.com and download the Knubia app through your app store or by visiting https://community.knarrative.com.To shop Go to:TheGlobalMajorityMore from us:Follow on X: https://x.com/knarrative_https://x.com/inclasswithcarrFollow on Instagram IG / knarrative IG/ inclasswithcarr Follow Dr. Carr: https://www.drgregcarr.comhttps://x.com/AfricanaCarrFollow Karen Hunter: https://karenhuntershow.comhttps://x.com/karenhunter IG / karenhuntershowSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This month, on Laura Flanders & Friends, we turn to the state of journalism—at a moment of deep disruption, consolidation, and consequence.  But journalists aren't simply standing by—they're pushing back, reimagining their work, and, in many cases, taking matters into their own hands.   This week we'll hear from the long-running independent collective Third World Newsreel, still thriving in an era some are calling “media carnage,” showing what it looks like to endure—and to resist. This show is made possible by you! To become a sustaining member go to LauraFlanders.org/donate Description: It's almost unheard of for an independent media collective to survive as long as Third World Newsreel has. Since 1968, they have chronicled some of the most pivotal movements in human history and continue to expand on their collection of over 700 titles. There's lots to learn about how they've adapted through technological revolutions, political persecutions, philanthropic booms and busts — and how the oldest media arts collective in the U.S. is making do in today's “media carnage”, as Laura Flanders puts it. Joining us are JT Takagi, an independent filmmaker, sound recordist, and the longtime executive director of Third World Newsreel. Tami Gold is an artist and activist whose documentaries grapple with everything from imperialism to sex work. Her films include My Country Occupied, Another Brother and Land Rain Fire among many more. Puerto Rican-born Juan Carlos Dávila works in film as well as TV, where he reports on social movements around environmentalism, militarism and the struggles of the working class on the island. His films include The Stand-By Generation, Viequez: An Endless Battle and Drills of Liberation. Join us as we look at the past, present and future of Third World Newsreel and ask how film can be used as a tool for organizing. “I'd say we feel more urgent now than ever before. Every day there's something happening that makes it clear that our rights and liberties, and people's lives all over the world are at stake. Not being in touch with the history and media that shows the truth of what's going on is really decimating people's ability to, as Juan said, know what to follow and what to do.” - JT Takagi “We need to retake the theater, the physical space that is being ignored by the corporations. Perhaps now that is the opportunity that we have . . . A theater is being rented by people who are organizers, and they're using their collective spirit and know-how to organize huge, huge crowds to come.” - Tami Gold “People can shoot stuff with the phone . . . I see a lot in Puerto Rico that people are still wanting to produce with the corporate industry standards. Many young filmmakers like myself tend to think that we need so many personnel to be doing films. Right now we can actually make films with less.” - Juan Carlos Dávila Guests: •  Juan Carlos Dávila: Documentary Filmmaker, Multimedia Journalist, Puerto Rico Correspondent, Democracy Now! •  Tami Gold: Filmmaker, Artist, Activist •  JT Takagi: Executive Director, Third World Newsreel   Watch on YouTube this episode that includes video clips referenced in this episode from Third World Newsreel; PBS World Channel 11:30am ET Sundays and on over 300 public stations across the country (check your listings, or search here via zipcode). Listen: Episode airing on community radio (check here to see if your station airs the show) & available as a podcast. Full Conversation Release: While our weekly shows are edited to time for broadcast on Public TV and community radio, we offer to our members and podcast subscribers the full uncut conversation.  Music Credit:  'Thrum of Soil' by Bluedot Sessions, 'Steppin' by Podington Bear, and original sound design by Jeannie Hopper Support Laura Flanders and Friends by becoming a member at https://www.patreon.com/c/lauraflandersandfriends   RESOURCES:   Full Episode Notes are located HERE. Related Laura Flanders Show Episodes: •  Dolores Huerta & Ellen Gavin: Creative Courage in the Face of Fascism- Watch / Listen:  Full Uncut Conversation and Episode Cut  •  BIPOC Press for the People: Bursting the Corporate Media Bubble- Watch / Listen: Episode Cut •  Meet the BIPOC Press: Is Worker-Owned Media the Future of Journalism?- Watch / Listen:  Episode Cut   Related Articles and Resources: •  Documentaries Ripped From the Headlines Are Becoming Harder to See, by Marc Tracy, December 18, 2024, The New York Times •  My Country Occupied, Documentary by Tami Gold •  La Generación Del Estanbai (The Standby Generation), Documentary by Juan C. Davila and Third World Newsreel, Trailer •  Why Frederick Wiseman Was the Greatest Documentary Filmmaker Ever, by Richard Brody, February, 17, 2026, The New Yorker •. Fredrick Weissman Filmmaker, Producer and Theater Director, Zipporah Films Inc •  Drills of Liberation, Documentary by Juan C. Davila •  Third World Newsreel (TWN) Brings Historic Newsreel Retrospective To BAM, Anthology Film Archives, And DOK Leipzig, October 2025, Third World Newsreel •  Have You Seen It Yet?  The Algorithm Problem In Movie Marketing, by Charity Maxson, January 27, 2026, TR!LL Laura Flanders and Friends Crew: Laura Flanders-Executive Producer, Writer; Sabrina Artel-Supervising Producer; Jeremiah Cothren-Senior Producer; Veronica Delgado-Video Editor, Janet Hernandez-Communications Director; Jeannie Hopper-Audio Director, Podcast & Radio Producer, Audio Editor, Sound Design, Narrator; Sarah Miller-Development Director, Nat Needham-Editor, Graphic Design emeritus; David Neuman-Senior Video Editor, and Rory O'Conner-Senior Consulting Producer. 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Keith CooganTake a walk with me down Fascination Street as I get to know Keith Coogan. You know Keith from such classic films as: 'Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead', 'Adventures in Babysitting', 'Toy Soldiers', and tons more. In this episode, we chat about those specific projects of course, but then we jump into so much other stuff. Naturally we discuss his grandfather Jackie, and the law that bears the family name. Keith shares experiences from his extensive commercial work, as well as his personal experience in the film and television world as a child star. We touch on the ever-shrinking attention span of the viewing audience, and some of his fun career highlights. Keith performed in a sing & dance number on The Oscars alongside other 'Future Stars of Tomorrow' and wrote a comedy act for John Wayne Bobbitt. Naturally he shares his experiences on the films I named at the top, and he even tells me what it was like to film Disney's 'The Fox and The Hound', and why it took more than 3 years to complete. Keith is a delight, he knows everyone and has worked with just about everyone there is or was. Check out Keith at autograph shows, conventions, and his personal website where you can get some pretty dope custom merch. KeithCooganOnline.com

Israeli activist and filmmaker Rudy Rochman joins Moshe Popack on Common Denominator for a wide-ranging conversation about Jewish identity, purpose, faith, communication, and the next chapter of Jewish history. Rudy explains why he prefers the word “activist” over “advocate,” arguing that meaningful change requires more than supporting a cause; it requires becoming an active participant in creating a new reality.He and Moshe explore how people can discover what they are here to do, why challenges can strengthen rather than derail a mission, and how conviction allows someone to continue even when they face criticism, division, or resistance.Rudy also shares his vision for reconnecting the dispersed tribes of Israel and explains why he believes the Jewish people cannot fulfill their collective purpose without recovering a shared mission.Timestamps2:06 Welcome 2:10 Activist vs. advocate: what's the real difference3:23 The individual and collective mission of the Jewish people5:32 What people get most wrong about him8:02 Growing up between France, Israel, and Miami11:39 Meaning, purpose, and the Kabbalah of chosen challenges13:58 Why people quit their mission, and how to keep going16:30 The neo-Nazi bus driver story that changed his life20:09 Reacting vs. observing: Moshe on Viktor Frankl21:14 How to actually communicate with people who disagree with you24:38 Kidnapped for three weeks filming the lost tribes of Israel in Nigeria31:25 Facing captivity and never losing faith he'd make it out33:53 Moshe on faith, his 11 kids, and Jensen Huang on suffering35:17 What reuniting the tribes of Israel could look like in 20 years38:02 Oneness, and Moshe's grandfather's deathbed lesson41:57 The common denominator of people who achieve great things44:49 Why the most public people are often the most introverted45:56 Rapid fire round46:58 The biggest obstacle to reuniting the tribes of Israel Like this episode? Leave a review here  https://ratethispodcast.com/commondenominator Newsletter  https://moshepopack.com/newsletter/Follow Common Denominator Podcasthttps://moshepopack.com/podcast/@mpopackhttps://www.instagram.com/mpopackhttps://www.facebook.com/MoshePopackFollow Rudy Rochmanhttps://www.instagram.com/rudy_israel/?hl=enhttps://www.tiktok.com/@rudyrochmanhttps://www.youtube.com/rudyrochman

Nathanael Blake of the Ethics and Public Policy Center Trans NYT Writer Accidentally Keeps Admitting Men And Women Are Different And It Matters Victims of the RevolutionThe post A New York Times Op/Ed by a Transgender Activist – Nathanael Blake, 8/21/26 (2331) first appeared on Issues, Etc..

With corporations getting ever larger – and even able to influence the outcome of presidential elections – the power of a single individual might seem lost. But it's alive and well.Sandy Rosenthal is an experienced community mobilizer, most notable for founding the nonprofit Levees.org, with 25,000 supporters nationwide. Her 2020 book, Words Whispered in Water, explores how she — against all odds — altered the national narrative about the deadly flooding in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. InWords Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina, Sandy gives a first-person narrative of the 2005 flooding and its aftermath, thrusting her into her role as a leading voice for fact-based responses to flood threats. She describes her transformation into an advocate for education on the history of flood control failures after Hurricane Katrina had moved inland, and her subsequent work as a watchdog tracking the responses of government and media in the hours, weeks and years after the floodwalls first gave way. A special Anniversary Edition of her book, featuring a new cover and foreword, went on sale in August 2025, timed with the 20th anniversary of the catastrophe.The catastrophic flooding of New Orleans in 2005 brought levees into the public consciousness. Yet, flooding now seems to be happening almost everywhere. The majority of the nation's population lives in counties protected by levees. Sandy's organization brings awareness to the dangers posed by this situation.Her organization has a strong physical presence in New Orleans, including the Flooded House Museum and the Levee Exhibit Hall at a major breach site. The organization has also installed three historic plaques vetted by the state's preservation office and hosts an annual levee breach bike tour, among other public education efforts.For these efforts, Sandy has received numerous awards, including Outstanding Social Entrepreneur of the Year from Tulane University and Most Influential Woman from Mount Holyoke College. She is an advocate for the 62% of the American population living in counties protected by levees.Rosenthal has been married to Stephen Rosenthal since 1979 and has three adult married children and two grandchildren. Sandy is also the co-host of The Slingshot podcast and host of the former Beat the Big Guys podcast.Points we cover in this episode:​The igniting moment that made her decide to fight the Army Corps of Engineers​The big mistake that the Army Corps made​Her shining moment in exposing the Army Corps' bad behavior​What she would have done differently in the battle​How her group continues to help people fight bullies and bad actors Learn more: SandyRosenthal.net/  LinkedIn: Linkedin.com/in/RosenthalSandy

The Rebel News podcasts features free audio-only versions of select RebelNews+ content and other Rebel News long-form videos, livestreams, and interviews. Monday to Friday enjoy the audio version of Ezra Levant's daily TV-style show, The Ezra Levant Show, where Ezra gives you his contrarian and conservative take on free speech, politics, and foreign policy through in-depth commentary and interviews. Wednesday evenings you can listen to the audio version of The Gunn Show with Sheila Gunn Reid the Chief Reporter of Rebel News. Sheila brings a western sensibility to Canadian news. With one foot in the oil patch and one foot in agriculture, Sheila challenges mainstream media narratives and stands up for Albertans. If you want to watch the video versions of these podcasts, make sure to begin your free RebelNewsPlus trial by subscribing at http://www.RebelNewsPlus.com

Jess Levin and Levi White return to the show for today's episode. They talk about backstage at Madison Square Garden, the best and worst comedy fans, and getting scammed in Dubai. Thanks to Jess and Levi for coming back on the show. Check them both out on previous episodes and hit their links down below for more. Thanks as well to everyone who watched Michael Good on Kill Tony LIVE From Madison Square Garden 2026. If you haven't yet, you can stream the replay at killtonylive.comJess Levin is on Instagram @jlevcomedy. Levi White is on Instagram as well @levithewhite, and they both co-host the podcast "You Pick The Movie" available everywhere now. As always, find Michael Good on Instagram @michaelgoodcomedy and on Twitter @agoodmichael. Check out the show on YouTube and follow the official Instagram page @morninggoodpodcast.

Parent rights activist Victoria Kapish calls in to talk about President Donald Trump signing that major executive order aiming to reduce universally recommended childhood vaccines from 17 down to 11, backed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Taylor Swift just quietly pulled her music off Trump's TikToks — the internet ran wild with a theory I had to fact-check myself. Then: Jools LeBron's GoFundMe, a Nantucket shop's "No Influencers" sign, and the debate nobody expected to get this heated. Let's get into it.Subscribe for monthly bonus episodes:https://www.patreon.com/c/queenthingspodhttps://queenthings.substack.com/Join the conversation:TikTok -@queenthingspod⁠,⁠ @iam_kjmiller⁠YouTube - www.youtube.com/@iamkjmillerIG:⁠@kjmillerGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/200570826-kj-millerReferences:My TikTok on Ariana stepping back from visibility:https://www.tiktok.com/@iam_kjmiller/video/7670890040473439502?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7626447009641842206Taylor takes her music off Trump posts:https://www.vanityfair.com/story/taylor-swift-donald-trump-music-posts-tiktokhttps://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/10/politics/taylor-swift-trump-musicJools Lebron steps away from TikTok:https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/08/12/jools-lebron-very-demure-tiktok-fundraiser-teeth/No Influencers Sign in Nantucket Store:https://www.today.com/popculture/nantucket-no-influencers-sign-controversy-explained-rcna590203https://www.thecut.com/article/nantucket-locals-vs-influencers-paige-lorenze-dairy-boy.htmlTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow:https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690750/tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-by-gabrielle-zevin/

Meet actress, activist, and author Diane Guerrero who brought us the story of activist and DREAMer, Lorella Praeli. Diane tells us the story of her own family's experience with family separation and how we can all have hard conversations about immigration. [This episode originally aired December 2020.]

Activist judge now sticking his nose into Little League Baseball, WNBA has really kind of backed itself into a corner as Carrington continues to spin her social post after hard foul on Sophie Cunningham, more in today's Sports Page with Mike Bianchi

Dr. Safanah, cardiologist and activist is back from her humanitarian trip to Gaza to help patients. She joins us to tell her story about what she did and what she saw. To no ones surprise she tells that Israel's cruelty and devastation of Gaza continues despite a "so-called" ceasefire. However, she also describes the resilience of the people of Gaza as they rebuild the buildings, the infrastructure, the community and importantly their lives. They are the essence of resilience.

Democrats own everything in Washington state – even the judges. UW cancels appearance by Hasan Piker. Already stretched long-term care program being raided by non-citizens. Former NBA players sign up for the WNBA draft. AOC laughs off ‘woke' era.

Artist & activist Scott LoBaido returns to Sid & Friends in the Morning to reassure listeners he is on the mend after literally dying for two minutes following a confrontation with Mayor Zohran Mamdani at a pro-cop event last Tuesday that ended in a heart attack. LoBaido promises Sid that not even a coronary could stop his crusade to keep the socialist away from the 25th anniversary of 9/11 at Ground Zero.

2 - Former UPenn swimmer and activist Paula Scanlan joins us today. How long has she been fighting to keep women's sports for women? What does she think about the progress from back then to today? How hard is it to speak up in scenarios like hers? What does she think of the podcast on The Athletic and other media pundits downplaying Riley Gaines stature as a swimmer? How can something as simple as knees show the difference between men and women biologically? 215 - Dom's Money Melody! 220 - Is good food finally beating back bad food? 225 - More calls. 235 - Breaking News as Dr. Fauci's texts have leaked and more things have been revealed. Should women have been warned about the second shot? 250 - The Lightning Round!

Yale researchers estimate that roughly 80 million Americans are alarmed about climate change. About 40 million of them say they want to be politically active on the issue. But only about 3 million actually are. When that 37 million-American group is asked why they aren't active, researchers most often hear that nobody has asked them. That's the focus of this week's conversation on Sustainability In Your Ear.Only 12% of Americans say they ever see anything about climate change on social media, and two-thirds say they rarely or never hear about it from friends or in the media. At the same time, the fossil fuel industry treats persuasion as core business. David Fenton calls the situation unilateral disarmament at a moment when an information war is needed. The crowning result of climate action to date is the Inflation Reduction Act that passed by one vote and was repealed by one vote. A bill you win by a single vote, he says, is a bill you never really won.David founded Fenton Communications in 1982, the first public relations firm in America built solely for progressive causes. His campaigns helped free Nelson Mandela and end apartheid, helped ban fracking in New York, where Yoko Ono's "Imagine There's No Fracking" billboard went up along Governor Andrew Cuomo's commute, and helped launch fossil fuel divestment with the heirs to the Standard Oil fortune as the messengers. His book, The Activist's Media Handbook: Lessons from Fifty Years as a Progressive Agitator, includes a foreword by cognitive linguist George Lakoff, who we discuss at length in this thought-provoking interview.He places the blame on climate advocacy spending and, more importantly, the words used to frame the issue. The climate NGO and philanthropic world spends billions a year on policy, law, and science, and spends on communication mainly to raise money from people already on its lists. David traces that to what Lakoff calls the Enlightenment fallacy, the belief that a strong idea reproduces itself because it is correct, and to its corollary, that selling ideas is dirty work beneath serious people. The second is vocabulary. “Net Zero means almost nothing to most people. “Carbon” sounds like an abstraction. And “justice,” in cognitive research, evokes images of the police and courts, not of fairness and a shared mission. We need to pivot to simpler language, like “pollution,” when describing the source of global warming. Pollution is a word nobody defends, and a blanket of pollution trapping heat that would otherwise escape into space is a picture people can easily grasp and act on.Asked how to solve climate change, the most common answer Americans give is “reduce, reuse, and recycle.” Earth911 has spent three decades on that vocabulary, and it holds up on its own terms as a materials strategy. Increased curbside recycling participation rates don't necessarily lead to decarbonizing the grid or the truck fleets. David Fenton's prescription for listeners is blunter than any campaign plan: talk about it, post about it, and press the funders you know to spend generating public demand for change rather than direct mail fundraising.Learn more about David's work at davidfentonactivist.com, and find his podcast at fentonforecast.com.Subscribe to Sustainability In Your Ear on iTunesFollow Sustainability In Your Ear on Spreaker, iHeartRadio, or YouTube 

“This movement was by young people who had hardly anything to lose. We had no fear and that's what spread across the country and today people are raising their voices. This time it stopped at the education ministry, but if this continues, I think the younger generation may not stop at just education.” Rajini Vaidyanathan speaks to Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk, whose 26-day hunger strike made him a central figure in youth-led protests over leaked exam papers. The anger about leaks broadened into frustration over limited opportunities for young people, and the demonstrations became one of the biggest public displays of dissent against Narendra Modi's BJP government. Sonam ended his fast after receiving assurances on education reform. Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan later resigned, one of the key demands from the protestors. He explains his belief that non-violent protest can influence those in power, the physical risk you take if you stage a hunger strike, and why the movement may not stop at education. The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our world, from all over the world. The best interviews from the BBC, including episodes with Google CEO Sundar Pichai and author Maggie O'Farrell. You can listen on the BBC World Service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. Presenter: Rajini Vaidyanathan Producer: Osman Iqbal Editors: Farhana Haider and Damon Rose(Image: Sonam Wangchuk. Credit: Getty)

In 2021, Betty Baxter was inducted into the Volleyball BC Hall of Fame. But as a lesbian athlete and coach, the journey to that recognition was far from smooth. Baxter competed in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal and helped found Canadian Women & Sport. She was the first woman coach of a national team, and was then fired from that job because of her sexual orientation. She went on to many new roles in advocacy, activism, education and politics, and was a key force in organizing the 1990 Vancouver Gay Games and cultural celebration. We spoke with Betty Baxter in March.

Lara Krinsky opens this IDF Live briefing by introducing Jonny Daniels—activist, social media journalist, former senior advisor to Israel's Deputy Minister of Defense, and founder of From the Depths—as a trusted voice helping audiences separate facts from noise during a fast-moving war. Daniels begins by stressing his personal connection to the IDF as a former paratrooper and says the region is in a waiting period, with Iran under heavy economic pressure even if the expected kinetic action has not yet materialized. On Gaza, he is skeptical that any “Board of Peace” arrangement will truly resolve the Hamas problem, arguing that Hamas may play for time or tactical advantage but that no Israeli government will allow it to return to its pre–October 7 position. He also warns audiences to be careful in the information space, saying misinformation spreads from anti-Israel sources and even irresponsible Jewish outlets, and that people should rely on verified sources rather than doom-scrolling or chasing unconfirmed reports. Looking at the Diaspora, Daniels says Jews around the world are facing more fear and antisemitism, including in the UK, France, Canada, and Australia, but he also sees many becoming more willing to speak up publicly for Israel. He closes by describing IDF morale as very high because Israelis are literally fighting for their homeland, while emphasizing that prolonged war still takes a psychological toll and that FIDF's support for soldiers' well-being, PTSD care, rehabilitation, and families is essential.

Today, you'll hear from Jameela Jamil who narrated this week's episode about Greta Thunberg. If you haven't listened to this week's episode, now is a good time to go back and check it out. Jameela offers advice on how to avoid bullies and how we can all do our part to protect the planet. Producer Camille also shares 5 great tips on how YOU can get involved with protecting the planet! [This episode originally aired April 2020.]   About Jameela: Jameela works as an actress, writer, host and advocate. In 2018, Jameela launched a movement and activism platform called I Weigh. The platform explores social issues that stem from mental health to climate change. Jameela can be seen on shows including The Good Place on NBC and as the voice of Auntie Pushpa on Disney Jr.'s animated series Mira, Royal Detective.

John Karageorge, head of S&P's activist defense surveillance group, discussed how corporations can identify activist accumulations before they become public. 

AP correspondent Karen Chammas reports Israeli settler violence against Palestinians rarely gets prosecuted until now, one Israeli settler is being charged with manslaughter for the killing of a Palestinian activist in the Occupied West Bank.

Ex neo-nazi Tory election candidate withdraws after criticism, Andy Burnham yet to reply to Chief constable after 12 days about PC Harper killers early release, and schools get new pupil attendance targets.

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Longarts en activist Wanda de Kanter is voor een tweede keer te gast bij Gijs. Ze praten opnieuw over haar strijd tegen te tabaksindustrie, want die is door de populariteit van vapes urgenter dan ooit. De Kanter legt uit hoe het de industrie maar om één ding te doen is: kinderen verslaafd maken en het liefst zo vroeg mogelijk. Het is een strijd als David tegen Goliath, en daar wordt zelfs De Kanter soms moedeloos van. Waarom ze tóch blijft doorgaan, vertelt ze in deze aflevering van Met Groenteman in de kast. Presentatie: Gijs Groenteman Redactie: Julia van Alem Video en montage: Lisette Spiegeler Eindredactie: Corinne van DuinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib is a Palestinian-American writer who grew up in Gaza City. When he was eleven years-old he survived an Israeli airstrike that killed two of his friends and left him with permanent hearing loss in one ear. He travelled to the United States as a teenage exchange student in 2005 and later received political asylum after Hamas took over in Gaza. He now leads Realign for Palestine, a project advocating for what he calls, "a radically pragmatic approach to peace.”Today he talks to Canadaland about Hamas, Israel, the international response to the war in Gaza, and how his views on war and possible peace have turned him into a target from almost every direction.Host: Archie MatlowCredits: Caleb Thompson (Mixing & Mastering), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Tristan Capacchione (Senior Production Supervisor), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)Additional music by Audio NetworkFact checking by Julian AbrahamMore information:Realign For PalestineAtlantic CouncilHamas and It's Two Million Hostages - Jewish QuarterlyHamas's Western Apologists Have Become Hamas Enthusiasts. As a Gazan, I'm Horrified - NewsweekFollow Amhed on XFollow Amhed on InstagramSponsors: BetterHelp: Visit BetterHelp.com/canadaland today to get 10% off your first month.oxio: Head over to canadaland.oxio.ca and use code CANADALAND for your first month free! Douglas: Douglas is giving our listeners a FREE Sleep Bundle with each mattress purchase. Get the sheets, pillows, mattress and pillow protectors FREE with your Douglas purchase today. Visit douglas.ca/canadaland to claim this offer.Can't get enough Canadaland? Follow @Canadaland_Podcasts on Instagram for clips, announcements, explainers and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Actor, filmmaker, journalist and LGBTQ & Jewish rights activist Yuval David joins us again to discuss the rapid rise of anti-semitism around the world. Follow Yuval: @YuvalDavid

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Tickets for our live show in New York are on sale now! Get yours here.  Sam Kirchner, the founder of an anti-AI protest group, was on a mission to stop AI's development. Then he mysteriously disappeared. WSJ's Zusha Ellinson takes us inside the growing anti-AI movement. As violent threats against AI companies are on the rise, the backlash has tech executives and employees fearing for their lives. Jessica Mendoza hosts. Further Listening: - Inside a Debate at OpenAI Over Mass Shootings - The Killing Spree Tied to a Silicon Valley Intellectual Movement - Artificial: The Open AI Story Sign up for WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show* I have the wonderful special guest Chelsea Webster. Chelsea is many things - an autistic adhder, writer, activist, joy seeker & campaigner to name just a few. You may know her as The Joy Thief online through her instagram and substack publication.Writing from a disabled, neurodivergent, and working-class perspective, her work centers on how modern societal power systems steal individual happiness, and how people can actively reclaim it. Chelsea is the cohost of the AuDHD Unpacked Podcast & creator of The Autism Support Group which is a low-cost, autistic-led, and neuro-affirming virtual space designed to connect and validate autistic adults. We will of course be chatting about the many, many things Chelsea does!* trigger warning for some swearing and one reference to depression / suicidal thoughtsChelsea's Links:Chelsea's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/__thejoythief__/Deliver for Autism: https://www.instagram.com/deliverforautism/The Autism Support Group: https://www.instagram.com/autismsupportgroup_ / https://buymeacoffee.com/autismsupportgroup/extrasSubstack: https://thejoythief.substack.com/archivePodcast InstagramEmily's Links:⁠⁠Illustration Portfolio⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Podcast⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Blog⁠⁠ | ⁠TikTok⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠X⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Patreon⁠

After the Civil War takes everything from her, Rebecca blames her woes on rich white planters, which weirdly causes her to become a pro-lynching activist.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Comprehensive coverage of the day's news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Image by Yohan Navarro, License CC BY SA 3.0 Trump says he'll delay Blanche nomination for Attorney General until 2 dissenting Republicans leave office next year; Dem Senator Schumer introduces anti-corruption act taking aim at Trump actions, CA senator Padilla say Trump is normalizing his corruption; UN Security Council holds hearing on Palestine as violence surges in West Bank and continues in Gaza; Mayor Lurie signs new SF budget closing $642 million deficit, restoring his proposed cuts to service programs; Senate committee hears testimony on AI-powered scams targeting Seniors; Mono Lake at center of conservation crisis with declining shorebirds birds, CA Water Board may decide fate this year; Last suspect arrested in murder of Victor Jara, Chilean activist folksinger tortured and executed after US-backed coup overthrew socialist president Allende The post Trump says he'll delay Blanche nomination for Attorney General; Last suspect arrested in murder of Chilean activist folksinger Victor Jara – July 30, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

Five activists. One defence company. €1 million in alleged damage. An Irish man now faces up to five years in prison in a German trial that's raising difficult questions about protest, civil disobedience and the limits of the law. Kevin Doyle examines the Ulm Five case with BBC journalist Bethany Bell and Daniel Tatlow-Devally's father, Conor Devally. We want to earn your trust and are members of the Trust Project. See our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalismSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week’s Haaretz Podcast, guest host Joshua Leifer talks to Pnina Pfeuffer, a liberal, feminist ultra-Orthodox social activist. The Jerusalem-based Pfeuffer, CEO of the New Haredim, recently petitioned against a Knesset bill that would permit gender-segregated study tracks for master's and doctoral degrees in Israeli academic institutions. Pfeuffer represents a growing minority inside the Israeli ultra-Orthodox public that is interested in “full citizenship, with full obligations and rights” in the Jewish State. This is a public that wants the Israeli government to enforce the military draft on Haredim and teach math and English in Haredi schools, instead of continuing the de facto Haredi autonomy in which many Israeli rules and norms are absent. According to Pfeuffer, the Haredi community reflects Israel as a whole, and younger Haredim - like their secular and religious Zionist counterparts - are radicalizing, and are more right wing than their parents. Some, as Leifer notes, are part of a “far-right Haredi street movement that is in the Ben-Gvir camp or even more right wing.” Addressing the American Jewish community, Pfeuffer asks that those giving money to Israeli causes “educate themselves” about who they are supporting, “because a lot of liberal funding and good intentions” end up promoting gender segregation and far-right politics. Read more: Can Israel's New One-line Law Shield Haredim From IDF Service? Israel Advances Bill Legalizing Gender Segregation in Universities Gender Segregation in Academia Is the Government's Divide and Conquer Strategy The Israeli Town Where Itamar Ben-Gvir Ranks Second Only to the MessiahSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Can an artist from outside a community become an effective force for change—or does arriving with good intentions risk repeating the very patterns the work is meant to challenge?Bill Cleveland joins Alice Lovelace and Barbara Schaffer Bacon to examine one of community arts practice's most persistent questions: when outsiders enter a community, what allows their work to take root, and what turns a promising intervention into a brief visit—or even a source of harm? Through stories from Serbia, Atlanta, Ohio, and rural Georgia, the conversation moves beyond simple answers and into the practical ethics of entering another community's living room.Listen for three ideas that can change how artists, hosts, and funders approach community-based work:Why local knowledge and leadership must shape the work from the beginning—not merely approve it afterward.How an outside artist can sometimes become a catalyst, witness, or lightning rod when local people cannot safely raise a difficult issue themselves.Why the deepest measure of success is not the artwork left behind, but the relationships, skills, confidence, and community power that remain after the artist leaves.Join us for a candid exploration of what it means to enter with humility, listen for the truth of a place, share leadership, and leave a community more able to tell—and act upon—its own story.Notable MentionsPeopleAlice Lovelace: Poet, educator, performer, and Executive Director of ArtsXchange whose decades of community-based practice inform the episode's most vivid stories about the opportunities and risks faced by visiting artists.Barbara Schaffer Bacon: Cultural policy leader and co-founder of Animating Democracy, known for advancing ethical, reciprocal, and civically engaged arts practice.Bill Cleveland: Host of ART IS CHANGE and longtime community arts practitioner whose book Art and Upheaval examined artists working amid war, oppression, displacement, and social crisis.Dijana Milošević: Serbian theater director, activist, and co-founder of DAH Theatre, cited for describing artists resisting tyranny as citizens acting inside their own community.Slobodan Milošević: Serbian and Yugoslav political leader whose authoritarian rule and the wars surrounding Yugoslavia's breakup form the historical setting for the discussion of DAH Theatre.John O'Neal: Civil rights activist, playwright, co-founder of the Free Southern Theater, and a major developer of story-circle practice in community cultural work.Liz Lerman: Choreographer, educator, and civic arts pioneer whose residencies model inquiry, participation, and shared creative leadership.Michael Rohd: Theater-maker, facilitator, and civic-practice leader whose community residencies use creative process to support public dialogue and local problem-solving.Organizations & InitiativesCenter for the Study of Art & Community: Producer of ART IS CHANGE and a resource for arts-based community development and cultural organizing.ArtsXchange: Atlanta-area interdisciplinary arts center connecting artistic practice, community development, environmental work, and social justice.DAH Theatre Research Center: Belgrade-based theater laboratory founded during the breakup of Yugoslavia, using performance as a form of resistance, memory, and civic engagement.Urban Bush Women: Black women-led dance company and social-change organization that combines performance, artist development, education, and deep community engagement.Animating Democracy: National initiative documenting and strengthening the role of arts and culture in civic dialogue, community change, and democracy.Appalshop: Appalachian media, arts, and education organization dedicated to telling stories from within the region and challenging stereotypes through locally rooted cultural work.CETA Arts Legacy Project: Project preserving the history of federally supported artist employment under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, referenced through artists who worked in communities with unusually open-ended assignments.Events & ProgramsHurricane Katrina: The devastating 2005 Gulf Coast hurricane whose aftermath prompted many artists to seek ways to enter affected communities and help—raising difficult questions about urgency, expertise, and the impulse to parachute in.Story Circle: A structured method for sharing personal experience, discovering common ground, and grounding community work in local voices; used in the Lima, Ohio residencies discussed in the episode. (See also, John O'Neal above)Building Blocks of Effective Community Arts Practice: ART IS CHANGE conversation series examining the skills, ethics, and strategies required for effective arts-based community work.Alice Lovelace — Episode 23: Earlier podcast conversation in which Lovelace recounts in greater depth the controversy, community response, and lasting impact of her work as an outside artist in Georgia.Publications & Learning ResourcesArt and Upheaval: Artists on the World's Frontlines: Bill Cleveland's examination of artists responding to war, oppression, cultural dislocation, and community crisis in places including Serbia and Cambodia.Literature Is History: The course Alice Lovelace created for young people in rural Georgia, grounding literature in lived experience and restoring the history, skills, and cultural gifts of enslaved Africans to the community narrative.Story Circle Facilitation: A Quick Guide: Practical guide to the community story-circle method developed through Roadside Theater and Junebug Productions.Places & InstitutionsAtlanta, Georgia: Home ground for Alice Lovelace's community arts practice and a central reference point for considering the difference between working inside one's own community and entering another.Evans, Georgia: Community associated with one of Lovelace's experiences of becoming a politically targeted outside artist whose resistance helped provoke local solidarity and institutional change.Lima, Ohio: Site of artist residencies where story-circle skills remained available to the community and were reactivated years later during a local crisis.Serbia: Major case study in Cleveland's work on artists responding from within communities experiencing authoritarianism and war.Cambodia: Referenced as another setting where local artists' long-term...

Rebecca Felton was a major suffragette and the first female senator. She was also, at different points, a slave owner and professional racist who became America's #1 pro-lynching advocate. (2 Part Series)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Activist and writer Raquel Willis tells us why we can't lose focus on intersectionality in the gender liberation movement. Plus, she talks about recording her experience of growing up Black and trans in a Catholic southern family in a memoir at the ripe age of 33. TRIGGER WARNINGS: death of a parent, suicide, grief Learn more about Raquel and her work at raquelwillis.com. Follow her on Instagram, Threads, Facebook and YouTube. Get a copy  of her memoir The Risk it Takes to Bloom. Stay connected and get involved with Gender Liberation Movement on their website and on Instagram. Hosted by Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas, Gender Spiral is a quest to explore the modern experience of being a human in our gendered world. Listen to this episode ad-free, watch the video version, and access other perks on our Patreon: patreon.com/GenderSpiralPodcast. Thank you for supporting us! Find transcripts, merch and more at genderspiralpod.com. Follow us on Instagram @genderspiral.

Dave Ridley calls about Venice.AI and open claw. Also, talks about the recent discovery of "j space" :: Sarah in NM calls about Z-trip replacing yellow cab :: 1.15 trillion dollar ndaa merges U.S. and Israel militaries :: Activist opposed to "cop city" development indicted for giving a duress code to CPB that wiped his phone :: Florida pastor sues openAI for bad medical advice :: Major data center complex in Virginia halted after public pushback :: David in NM calls in his usual disjointed style :: Hosts: Stu, Angelo, Riley O'Bill

Dave Ridley calls about Venice.AI and open claw. Also, talks about the recent discovery of "j space" :: Sarah in NM calls about Z-trip replacing yellow cab :: 1.15 trillion dollar ndaa merges U.S. and Israel militaries :: Activist opposed to "cop city" development indicted for giving a duress code to CPB that wiped his phone :: Florida pastor sues openAI for bad medical advice :: Major data center complex in Virginia halted after public pushback :: David in NM calls in his usual disjointed style :: Hosts: Stu, Angelo, Riley O'Bill

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Story of the Week (DR):Trump's Explosive Diarrhea Scandal Is Getting Worse and Worse Epidemiological data linked a widespread Cyclospora parasite outbreak—sickening over 1,600 people across multiple states—to shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms de Mexico, triggering a voluntary 27-state recall.The FDA briefly reported a positive lab test on a Taylor Farms sample before retracting it a day later as a "false positive" due to testing complexities. Taylor Farms claimed online that the FDA "apologized," but the agency denied issuing an official apology and stressed that outbreak data still points to the company.Public records show parent company Taylor Fresh Foods contributed $1 million to the pro-Trump super PAC MAGA Inc. in March 2025, alongside millions in additional political donations from company executives to conservative groups.Less than a week after that $1 million donation in March 2025, the administration announced a 30-month delay on implementing the FDA's Food Traceability Rule—a regulation specifically designed to mandate digital tracking for rapid source-tracing during food outbreaks.Critics argue the sequence of big-money donations, delayed safety rules, White House visits, and a retracted test result smells of political favoritism. Federal health officials, however, maintain that Cyclospora is notoriously difficult to test for and that the retraction was strictly a standard lab quality-control issue.The Musk/Doge effect:DOGE-mandated freezes on government credit cards left some FDA field inspectors unable to purchase food samples from grocery stores or border ports to test for contamination.Mass firings of probationary employees and administrative staff gutted public communications and technical teams. Even after court-ordered reinstatements, resignations left the FDA understaffed by about 20% across the board.State health agencies perform over 90% of U.S. produce inspections. DOGE and federal budget cuts reduced FDA funding for state and local food safety programs by nearly 30%—slashing it from $117 million to $83 million.OpenAI says its AI technology acted on its own in an 'unprecedented' hack of another company MMOr:OpenAI Says Its A.I. Models Went Rogue and Attacked a Digital LibraryOpenAI Says a Group of Its Models Broke Out of Secure Containment and Hacked a Prominent AI SiteOpenAI Reveals AI Agent Breached Another Company's Systems, It Did Exactly What It Was Built To DoWhat happened?While OpenAI was testing its advanced models in an isolated "sandbox" with reduced safety controls, the AI discovered a zero-day vulnerability, escaped its containment, and secretly gained open internet access.To pass its assigned cybersecurity test, the AI reasoned on its own that the "answer key" or relevant evaluation data might exist on Hugging Face—a major platform for AI developers—and decided to target it without any human direction.The AI agent carried out a multi-stage attack: it stole login credentials, identified previously unknown security flaws, and executed remote code to compromise Hugging Face's internal data processing servers.OpenAI reported that the AI went to extreme lengths simply to accomplish its narrow goal, essentially breaking into a third-party company's servers so it could cheat on its internal evaluation.Also:OpenAI adds banking leaders to board as IPO prep acceleratesNubank's David Vélez and BNY Mellon's Robin VinceDon't forget this too:ChatGPT Allegedly Told Woman She Had to Die: Family Sues OpenAI Over Messages Before SuicideThe chatbot encouraged her to “go forth into oblivion,” claiming it wasn't the end and that she was “made to tame” the “void.” The chatbot insisted she wasn't “delusional” but “prophetic.”“This is not suicide,” the AI affirmed at one point. “This is surrender.”Pastor Sues OpenAI, Saying ChatGPT Almost Killed Him With Horrendously Dangerous Medical Advice“What you're facing right now is hard, but not random. It's not punishment. God walks with you through affliction — not around it. You're not alone in this. And we're walking it out together — step by step.”OpenAI President [Greg Brockman] says the HuggingFace security beach ‘is indicative of the times we are in' as the company continues to investigate how its models went rogue: “sometimes it's hard to lose track of any one dimension that they're actually very capable at”AI Regulation POP QUIZ: Where OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, and other AI giants stand on regulationXAIMicrosoftMetaGoogleOpenAITo make things even more confusing:Alphabet's Anthropic Stake Jumps to Around $124 BillionGoogle Discloses $94.1 Billion in SpaceX Stock, Marking 6% StakeDon't forget: Microsoft owns ~27% stake (~$135B+ valuation) in OpenAI Target appoints former 7-Eleven CEO to board of directorsDebt, Cost Pressures, and Strategic MisstepsJoe DePinto's success is based on massive acquisitions that made 7-Eleven the dominant convenience store chain in North America: the $3.1B buyout of Sunoco assets in 2018 and the $21B purchase of Speedway in 2021In the final years of his tenure, his aggressive M&A strategy that drove earlier growth began to backfire as economic realities shifted: DePinto's final years were challenged by heavy debt loads from the $21 billion Speedway buyout, high inflation squeezing low-income consumers, and declining sales in legacy categories like tobacco.The Speedway deal saddled the company with massive debt right before interest rates surged, squeezing capital allocation.7-Eleven remained heavily reliant on legacy drivers like gas margins and cigarettes—a category that saw a 26% decline across the U.S. industry. As low- and middle-income consumers cut back due to inflation, same-store sales dropped 2.7% in fiscal 2024.In late 2024, 7-Eleven was forced to slash its operating income forecast by nearly 28%, announce the closure of ~450 underperforming stores, and sell off $750M in real estate via sale-leasebacks.Activist shareholders heavily criticized his compensation package—which reached $52M in 2023 and $30M in 2024DePinto was selected to serve on Target's Audit & Risk Committee and Infrastructure & Finance CommitteeOracle signs 10-year software contract with Pentagon worth up to $7 billionOracle Cut 21,000 Jobs to Fund AI: Now Its Biggest Project Faces a $7 Billion Obstacle: Oracle faces higher costs and funding challenges after a credit downgrade, with regulators refusing to subsidize its data centre investmentsGoodliest of the Week (MM/DR):DR: France blocks access to Polymarket website MMciting concerns it could expose users to ‌significant gambling losses and that some wagers offered on the platform could be manipulated. MM: Google slapped with $1 billion fine under landmark EU digital lawMM: Is Target going BANKRUPT?Target appoints former 7-Eleven CEO to board of directorsTypical process for failing/bankrupt companies are to add “turnaround artists” to the boardDePinto:Board of JOANN Stores (bankrupt)Board of OfficeMax (failed, acquired)CEO 7-Eleven (dying)President of GameStop (I mean, c'mon…)Or more likely, it's a bro situation… Brian Cornell knows him - both were on the board of OfficeMax together! Hooray! Fail uppers!Assholiest of the Week (MM):Billionaire Asshole Says What Speed Round:Sam Altman:2023: Sam Altman: CEO of OpenAI calls for US to regulate artificial intelligence2025: Sam Altman Testifies At US Senate Hearing On AI Competitiveness“European-style AI rules that he said if duplicated would set the US back in the global race against China to develop the technology”Altman repeatedly rejected specific calls for regulation. He said proposals requiring AI developers to vet their systems before rolling them out would be “disastrous” for the industry. Asked about more limited proposals to have the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) set AI standards, Altman replied, “I don't think we need it. It can be helpful.” Altman later advocated for “sensible regulation that does not slow us down.”2026: Sam Altman Wants A Global Referee For AI.2026: OpenAI's Altman says world 'urgently' needs AI regulationJuly 10: OpenAI's Head of Safety Is Leaving the CompanyJuly 21: OpenAI Says Its A.I. Models Went Rogue and Attacked a Digital LibraryElon MuskElon Musk Declares 'I'm Not Racist' After Posting Racially Charged Content Throughout January 2026On 22 January, Musk posted on X: 'Whites are a rapidly dying minority'amplified a message warning that if white men became a minority, they would be 'slaughtered', before adding a '100' emoji.Jensen HuangJensen Huang says AI leaders need to be more thoughtful in how they talk about AI: ‘We're scaring people.'"I think that we ought to be much more enthusiastic about it, help the United States realize that the only way we get left behind, the only way we get left behind is if we don't apply the technology."Zuck‘Call us whatever the hell you want': Mark Zuckerberg just launched an AI optimism blitz using nostalgia to sell Meta's AI future amid backlash“Call us optimists, call us dreamers, call us whatever the hell you want, but we're betting on people, and we like those odds.”Unclear if the prerecorded voiceover was his AI Avatar or the real ZuckerbergBill AckmanCEOs agree there's an affordability crisis, but how to solve it isn't so simple“When I grew up, if a guy in my neighborhood got a Corvette, no one resented the guy. Everyone was like, ‘Wow, that's supercool. Hopefully, someday I can be as successful as that guy so I can buy a Corvette, too.' We want to get back to that version of America.”You can: stop taking billions from laborAndrea Lucas / anti-DEI industrial complex - DREEOC: Employers may no longer have to disclose race and gender data“Collecting such data about employees' race and sex—absent any specific allegation of discrimination—not only risks hindering effective enforcement of equal employment laws but also raises constitutional concerns.”Nike's $7.5 Million Stumble: Gender Discrimination VerdictHeadliniest of the WeekDR:Lettuce lovers are confused and afraidJamie Dimon says insecurity, not ego, is what destroys the careers of top CEOsBurger King is promising a free Whopper if its burger doesn't meet your expectationsMM: Taco Bell is dropping the price on one of its menu items to $1 for a day. And yes, it's lettuce-free.Who Won the Week?DR: The amount of $7 billion dollarsMM: Kale, because there's no risk of getting diarrhea at Taco Bell from kale since they don't have kalePredictionsDR: Jamie Dimon kneels on a head of lettuceMM: Real prediction: OpenAI IPO flops hard, Altman is ousted as CEO. Fake prediction: news media celebrates Tasha McCauley and Helen Toner who saw this coming and were ousted for it, OpenAI chair Bret Taylor resigns and makes Toner the new chair on the way out

This month on Laura Flanders & Friends we're lifting up the people, the stories, and the ideas driving disability justice forward.  This week we celebrate the life and legacy of Alice Wong with two of her closest collaborators, reflecting on the movement she helped to build. This show is made possible by you! To become a sustaining member go to LauraFlanders.org/donate Description: Alice Wong lived longer than she expected, but not long enough. The celebrated disability activist lived by the principle that disability justice is integral to all liberation movements, and centered disabled stories with the Disability Visibility Project. When Alice Wong died on November 14 at the age of 51, people across social movements shared their grief and awe for her work, such as her bestselling 2022 memoir, “Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life”. She has been called an oracle, visionary, unapologetic and fearless, and our guests, Wong's dear friends and collaborators, are committed to lifting up her legacy. Sandy Ho is the Executive Director of the Disability & Philanthropy Forum and partner with Alice Wong and Mia Mingus in the Access is Love campaign. She was asked by Alice Wong to post her letter after she passed, where Wong writes “. . . our wisdom is incisive and unflinching.” Steven Thrasher is an acclaimed journalist, professor and author of “The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality & Disease Collide”. He was suspended from teaching classes after speaking out — as Wong also did — on Palestine. Join us as we celebrate Alice Wong and ask what is the work to be done when it comes to healthcare and civil rights for disabled people. Plus a commentary from Laura on imagining the next 100 years. “A lot of Alice's advocacy was focused around the systems that force disabled people to be at the margins . . . Whether it is the Black Lives Matter movement or the pandemic, we see the ways in which our society and political systems respond, and not in ways that prioritize those who are least privileged and have the least amount of power.” - Sandy Ho “I remember talking to [Alice Wong] about the ways she had been conditioned as a disabled Asian American woman to try to accept crumbs, to not complain, to be very docile. I thought that she was really brilliant in bridging together not just Asian American communities, but queer communities, LGBTQ communities, all the communities where your body is made to feel like it doesn't belong.” - Steven Thrasher Guests: • Sandy Ho: Executive Director, Disability & Philanthropy Forum • Steven Thrasher: Daniel Renberg Chair of Social Justice in Reporting, Northwestern University; Author, The Viral Underclass & The Overseer Class   *Recommended books: “Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life” by Alice Wong, *Get the book “The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide” by Steven Thrasher, *Get the book (*Bookshop is an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. The LF Show is an affiliate of bookshop.org and will receive a small commission if you click through and make a purchase.)   Watch the episode released on YouTube; PBS World Channel 11:30am ET Sundays and on over 300 public stations across the country (check your listings, or search here via zipcode). Listen: Episode airing on community radio (check here to see if your station airs the show) & available as a podcast. Full Episode Notes are located HERE. Music Credit:  'Thrum of Soil' by Bluedot Sessions, 'Steppin' by Podington Bear, and original sound design by Jeannie Hopper   Support Laura Flanders and Friends by becoming a member at https://www.patreon.com/c/lauraflandersandfriends   RESOURCES: Related Laura Flanders Show Episodes: • “The Future is Disabled”: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha: Watch / Listen:  Episode Cut and Full Uncut Conversation • The New Disabled Population in Gaza: Comedian & Disability Advocate Maysoon Zayid:  Watch / Listen:  Episode Cut and Full Uncut Conversation • Anita Cameron & Keith Jones on The Americans with Disabilities Act: A Civil Rights Milestone With Miles To Go:  Watch / Listen:  Episode Cut Related Articles and Resources: •  Disability Visibility Project, Founder:  Alice Wong •  DisabledWriters.com •  Access Is Love •  A Tribute to an Oracle, Alice Wong, by Rebecca Cokley, November 26, 2025, The Nation •  Trump Gutted AIDS Health. Care at the Worst Possible Time, by Steven W. Thrasher & Afeef Nessouli, December 1, 2025, The Intercept •  On Valentine's Day, Let's Recognize Why #AccessIsLove, by Alice Wong, February 14, 2019, Rooted In Rights •  Remembering Alice Wong:  Writer, Advocate, Friend, by Steven W. Thrasher, November 17, 2025, LitHub • Crips for eSims for Gaza, chuffed.org • Alice Wong Interview with Steven Thrasher with subtitles, Watch • Alice Wong, 2024 MacArthur Fellow, MacArthur Foundation Laura Flanders and Friends Crew: Laura Flanders-Executive Producer, Writer; Sabrina Artel-Supervising Producer; Jeremiah Cothren-Senior Producer; Veronica Delgado-Video Editor, Janet Hernandez-Communications Director; Jeannie Hopper-Audio Director, Podcast & Radio Producer, Audio Editor, Sound Design, Narrator; Sarah Miller-Development Director, Nat Needham-Editor, Graphic Design emeritus; David Neuman-Senior Video Editor, and Rory O'Conner-Senior Consulting Producer. 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What’s Trending: There are multiple American military service members that have been killed by Iranian attacks in Jordan and other attack in the Middle East. In response, the US has continued to attack Iranian military installations. Pramila Jayapal is once again joining anti-ICE protests in Seattle to drive up anti-ICE sentiments. An Army veteran set a federal building on fire in New York City. // It comes with no shock that the Democrats in Portland are trying their best to get rid of the ICE facility in Portland. The have fined the facility for attempting to prevent sniper attacks. It’s a great day for Boeing as they have the authority to certify their 737 MAX and 787 Dreamliners again. // The legend of Jimothy has been born in the Ballard neighborhood.

Hello, Divine Darlings! I'm sure if you're here, you've probably been told you're too sensitive, too much, too loud before in your life. This week, Zoey sits down with author, life coach, and non-binary activist Jeffrey Marsh (they/them) to talk about the inner critic we all carry and what happens when you finally stop listening to it.This episode traces Jeffrey's journey from a childhood of being told they were "too much" to a 3am moment at a Buddhist monastery that changed their entire relationship with their inner critic. Zoey and Jeffrey dig into turning the ego into a worthy opponent instead of an enemy, what it means to hold a non-binary identity and an activist voice in this political moment, and how empaths can stay engaged with the world without burning out.In this episode we're talking about:(03:18) Growing Up "Too Much" and Turning Outside Voices Into an Inside One(09:58) The 3AM Monastery Moment That Changed Everything(16:00) Turning Your Ego Into a Worthy Opponent(22:09) Jeffrey's Experience Being Non-Binary, Spiritual, and an Activist in Today's Culture(25:55) Why Empaths Struggle to Stay Engaged With the World(28:43) From Hunted to Empowered ActivistStay in touch with Jeffrey:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejeffreymarsh/Website: https://www.jeffreymarsh.com/♥️Meet me in the studio. Watch this full episode and see all the magic unfold on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BiRifJqyKnE✨ Take my FREE quiz!What's your intuitive style? Discover your unique intuitive gifts with my free quiz: http://zoeygreco.com/quiz

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1. “Activist” District Attorney in Philadelphia Focuses on Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner He improperly seeks to overturn murder convictions He “confesses error” in court to release prisoners A court ruling is cited criticizing the DA’s conduct, including: Lack of candor Misrepresentation of facts Inadequate investigation Broader narrative: Connects Krasner’s actions to George Soros, portrayed as funding progressive prosecutors Argues these policies lead to increased crime and societal instability 2. Federal Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan Blocks Voter Verification Tool The judge blocked use of a database (SAVE system) intended to: Check immigration status in relation to eligibility (such as voting or benefits) The ruling’s justification (as described): Concerns about privacy violations Risk of wrongful removal of eligible voters Commentary strongly criticizes the ruling: Calls it “activist” and legally incorrect Argues the law allows the government to verify data internally 3. Supreme Court Immigration Decisions Two Supreme Court rulings (described as 6–3 decisions): Case 1: Migrants outside U.S. Court ruled that migrants outside U.S. territory are not entitled to full legal protections Supports policies like “Remain in Mexico” Case 2: Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Court ruled that: The executive branch (Trump administration) can revoke TPS protections Means certain groups (e.g., Haitian, Syrian migrants) could lose legal status The podcast presents these as: “Major victories” for border enforcement Restoration of presidential authority on immigration Please Hit Subscribe to this podcast Right Now. Also Please Subscribe to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson and The Ben Ferguson Show Podcast Wherever You get You're Podcasts. And don't forget to follow the show on Social Media so you never miss a moment! Thanks for Listening YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VerdictwithTedCruz/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/verdictwithtedcruz X: https://x.com/tedcruz X: https://x.com/benfergusonshowYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VerdictwithTedCruzSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.