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In this compelling episode of Hearts of Oak, we delve into the critical issues facing America and beyond through the eyes of an experienced investigative journalist. From the perils of drug cartels and human trafficking to the contentious policies at the U.S. border, this discussion uncovers the layers of national security, immigration, and the moral fabric of society. We explore the impact of policy shifts between administrations, the media's role in storytelling, and the global implications of these domestic policies. Join us as we discuss potential pathways to reclaiming order, security, and cultural identity in an era of widespread change. Connect with Sara: www. linktr.ee/saraacarter saraacarter | Twitter, Instagram, Facebook | Linktree   Transcript: Hearts of Oak: [0:25] And hello, Hearts of Oak. Thanks so much for joining us once again. And it's great to have a brand new guest all the way across the pond. And that is Sarah A. Carter. Sarah, thank you so much for your time today. Sara Carter: [0:36] Oh, thank you so much for having me on the show. It's a great show and I'm so happy to be here. Hearts of Oak: [0:40] Great. And I had the privilege of joining you on your show to discuss everything UK. It's great to have you discussing the excitement over there in the US, which provides excitement for us because we don't have much excitement in politics here in the UK. So thank you. People can follow you at Sarah Carter DC. And of course, on that, you've got the links to all your other platforms that you're on. People can find you on all of those. So make sure and jump on, click on that link just under the handle, and you'll get a list of everywhere that Sarah is on. But Sarah's a national, international award-winning investigative reporter. And I say this for a UK audience because she will be well-known for the war and posse for everyone stateside. But for the UK, I mean, her stories have ranged from national security, terrorism, immigration and frontline coverage of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. And she's been to some interesting countries, some that I may would not like to go to. So I'm glad she's done it and reported. And she is currently an investigative reporter and Fox News contributor. Lots to get into. I know I've touched on some of your background. Or maybe you'd like to just introduce yourself, especially to our UK audience, before we jump into all the fun things that are happening over there stateside. Sara Carter: [1:59] Oh, I know. First of all, Peter, thank you so much for having me on your show. Your show is so incredible. It's a great show. And I'm glad we have this option, right, where we can now speak not only freely, and we have X, of course, which is a monumental platform with Elon Musk, but we're able to talk to each other and communicate through podcasts. It becomes more of a global connection. And especially as individually, we're all fighting for our sovereignty, right? So I've been covering the board for all of you who don't know me out there. I've been a reporter, investigative reporter for more than 20 years. I actually started my career a little bit later than some, but in California, covering the cartels, the drug trafficking gang affiliations in the beautiful state of California, which is a complete mess now because of the leadership there under Gavin Newsom. But for us, for me, I was born there, raised overseas, came back and spent the rest of my youth in California. It was incredible to watch the deterioration of that state. A lot of that had to do with illegal immigration and the rise in gang affiliations and the failure of the government, the local government, to do its job in protecting its citizens. Sara Carter: [3:22] And it wasn't just about those that were on the outside of, you know, the immigration issue or, you know, those that you would think of as being more wealthy Californians or people that were middle class. It was about the kids, too. It was about our schools being overwhelmed, our public school systems with children that were not being paid attention to, with school boards that were basically turning their backs on them and using taxpayer dollars to do their own thing instead of providing an education for the children. And we had, I mean, and we still do today, sadly, children killing each other in the schools, gangs, shootouts. I remember one time in my own neighborhood, there was a 15-year-old boy that had been laying dead in the front yard of his house for two days before they actually found him because the grass was piled so high. Sara Carter: [4:16] And it was just, it's a nightmare. It was a nightmare scenario. And I thought, man, it can't get worse than this. And when I started covering Sara Carter: [4:24] the border, well, covering the gangs led me to the border. Covering the border led me to covering overseas, basically setting a goal to be a Pentagon correspondent and covering the war zones because I'd covered the border and I saw this narco traffic and terror and what we considered a connection between narco terrorism and actual terrorism overseas with the DEA, CIA, Western intelligence agencies that were monitoring what was happening in the United States and along our border and in Central America and Mexico. So I took off, came to Washington, D.C. to make a long story short, got hired by the Washington Times. Sara Carter: [5:06] They finally accepted that I was going to be a war correspondent. I don't think they were excited about that, having a woman going into the war zones at that time, but they agreed to it. I went to the Pentagon, signed off all of my paperwork, covered the Pentagon a little bit. And as soon as they started shipping people off to the battlefield, I was one of those first reporters in those groups that when I came in to head out there, Lara Logan was another reporter who was on the ground out there at the same time, female reporter. Sara Carter: [5:39] Anthony Lloyd from Great Britain. I remember him being out there quite often. Kelly Kennedy, Chris Hondros, who was killed in Libya, and Tim Hetherington, and James Cantley, who has also disappeared and was taken prisoner by Islamic State. So I saw the world from many different points of view. And I thought to myself, even when I covered, you know, the cartels, and I mean, I was going into Mexico, Peter, I was going into Nuevo Laredo when there were gun battles, and I was into Tijuana, you know, when Ariano Felix was in charge of the Tijuana cartel there, and they were beheading people and leaving their heads along Highway 1, you know, the police officials that they were usually involved in narcotics as well. So leaving signs, you know, ratones or rats or traitors, they would do that. A very terroristic style type of killing, something we saw very familiar with the Middle East extremist radical groups there. So it was horrifying and mortifying for me to watch as I progressed through my career and covered President Trump in 2016, broke all the stories on the Russia hoax. Sara Carter: [6:59] So that was another big part of my work with John Solomon in the very beginning. But then to watch as the Biden administration came in and just drop all of the executive orders that had been put in place by President Trump, who was by far the only president under the time I had covered the border and the wars and everything else you can imagine under the sun as an investigative journalist, he was the only president that I'd covered that actually meant what he said. He said, I'm going to shut down that border. I'm going to do everything I can to do it. And he did. He fought Congress on it. He made executive orders. He had the remain in Mexico. Stephen Miller was working with him on it. He really brought a semblance of control and sanity to the chaos that was happening globally with migration, which Great Britain has also faced such horrific problems with this. And then all of a sudden we have Biden. Sara Carter: [7:58] And it gets worse than anyone can imagine. The border, the flooding. Hearts of Oak: [8:04] Before you jump into the Biden mess, can I just ask you, because whenever I was last over, people were saying, oh, you need to go to Eagle Pass, Eagle Pass. And everyone has talked about you need to go to the border. And it's been it's been the fashionable thing, rightly so, because of the chaos on the border in the last four years. But it's become the in thing, kind of go to the border. You were doing this long before it was fashionable. How do you why kind of focus on that? There must be much other areas that you could have focused on, which would have been probably less heads along the road type of thing. Sara Carter: [8:36] That's a great question, and you're absolutely right. I was one of the only women, actually, over 20 years ago that was down at the border. Once in a while, I'd run into this Reuters journalist who I thought was really brilliant. He was very tall. He was British. I used to joke around with him. I'd say, you just stick out like a sore thumb here in Mexico. I'd see him coming down a sidewalk. I wish I could remember his name, but he was a great reporter. There were hardly any of us because it was so dangerous one of the most dangerous places to work in the world and and it still is considered one of the most dangerous when you're thinking of the cartels was mexico and the reason why i chose that and that's an important question was because after september 11 i believed there was a significant lapse in security at that border That despite all the 9-11 commission responses to what happened in September 11th, that there was an extraordinary failure in controlling what was happening at that border. Not only was I talking to sources in the U.S. Intelligence apparatus or DEA or Western intelligence, as people would like to say, but also the local sheriffs and police. And I saw not only the extraordinary amount of narcotics and weapons that were moving back and forth just within our own communities. Sara Carter: [9:59] But I thought to myself, if they can get all of this in, if there can be this extraordinary organization, you know, back then it was transnational criminal organizations, Sinaloa, Beltran Leyva, Sara Carter: [10:16] Vincente Carrillo Fuentes, you know, all of these, all of these massive criminal organizations that were running Mexico as a narco state, then what's, what could come in? What could come in? A WMD, terrorists, you know, other types of chemical or biological weapons. So my interest became very focused on that and also on our children. And I thought to myself, what kind of society are we when we are not even protecting ourselves? We're not even protecting our children. We're a nation of immigrants. I'm not taking that away. It's not about immigration. It's about national security and protecting the sovereignty of a nation. And that's what led me there. Over the last four years, it's been extraordinary. It became kind of like a hip thing to do. I think I was breaking ground, right? But all of a sudden, everybody wanted to be a border reporter. And let me tell you this. I'm grateful. I'm grateful for all the people that are down at the border telling stories. I'm grateful that there's a big response to it. Sara Carter: [11:20] But it's not just about what we're seeing on video coming across the river. I've seen that for over 20 years and never saw it so bad as I've seen it now with 700, a thousand plus coming across. But it's about the border being in every single one of our backyards in our neighborhoods, right across America, because we have narcotics distribution centers across the United States that these cartels have set up. They have set up transit routes that are highly guarded, not just in Mexico and along the border, Sara Carter: [11:52] Not just in Central America, Mexico and along the border, but throughout the United States where they can move people from point A to point B without even the knowledge of our U.S. Law enforcement. It's very difficult to track these cartels. They've grown to enormous organizations with hundreds of billions of dollars. And our governments allowed us to have that. it almost became very cliche that everybody was just covering the border, right? The people crossing because visually it's stunning. Yes. But what is happening in the dark corners? What is happening in our streets, in our schools, in our neighborhoods while we're just so hyper-focused on the pictures, you know, of what is happening at the border? And that's when I started to expand my work and I started looking at, you know, this is not just about the border. It's also about Western civilization in general. We have enemies that want the destruction of our way of life. Sara Carter: [12:53] They do not want the, and not just enemies that live in the shadows that I've covered for so many years, like terrorist organizations, like Islamic State or Al-Qaeda or any of these other groups. But what about our adversaries, you know, that look at the border as a way of weaponizing their targeting of our nation, of your nation, of the European countries? I mean, this is this is very serious. It's almost as if, you know, we all fell asleep. Sara Carter: [13:23] And, you know, we all know the story about the Trojan horse, but the Trojan horse was already inside our countries. I mean, it was like we delivered them into our nation, the weapons, you know, and I think that's why the American people all of a sudden started waking up. They were like, wait a minute. It is in my backyard. Wait a minute. This is happening in our schools. Why did we lose 140,000 plus people to fentanyl poisoning the way that we lost it? And let me tell you, a lot of the people, and I don't know how it is in England right now in Great Britain, but in the United States, we had massive waves, and we still do, of fentanyl tablets coming into the country. And those precursor chemicals came from China. Sara Carter: [14:11] Those precursor chemicals were basically handed over to the cartels. The cartels used them to make these pills. And also they've, they've spiked cocaine. They've put it in marijuana. So kids are going out and partying and they're dropping like that. They're dying. No child or no college student. And I say child because just several months ago, a gentleman in Rio in the Rio Grande Valley, um, lost his two, his 15 year old daughter and her 15 year old friend. And this happens every day. This story just sticks out in my head. Um, he found him dead in their bedroom, uh, because they had taken what they Sara Carter: [14:49] thought was an Adderall. Um, and yeah, Sara Carter: [14:54] They died. It was pure fentanyl. And so drugs issues, Hearts of Oak: [14:58] Looking at that from a European position or British position, and I had no grasp of it, no concept, because what the U.S. Is facing is on a level 100 times to what Europeans are facing in terms of, I remember it was April and June 2022, I went to LA, the first time I've ever been to California. I think probably the last time I'll go to california and sadly i never got to enjoy what it was like under a rig and before it was destroyed by the democrats but it was the only i remember i did nine cities in 14 days i think um in uh middle of 2022 and la was the only one i it was i felt completely unsafe and with people just wandering around lying on the pavements lying on the roads and it was it was like a war zone and I came way quite pissed off at how is this allowed to happen is is no one angry and it's come to this stage maybe in parts of the US where it's just accepted that's just the norm um but it to me as as a Brit it was utterly shocking seeing that and I've never seen anything like it um and even the tent cities and on and I I've never seen anything like it up to then and I never said anything like it from then. And it really blew my mind. Sara Carter: [16:21] It is. It's absolutely mortifying that we don't we don't do anything to stop that, that we've allowed this to happen. You know, and I think the American people were kind of asleep as well, just thinking that this is a normal part. It like crept up on them. It was like mission creep, right? Like people didn't realize it until they woke up one morning and then a man's defecating in their front lawn in Georgetown. Or like I saw with my daughter one time we were driving and it was Georgetown again. And this is a beautiful neighborhood. That's why I bring it up in Washington, DC area. And my daughter says, mommy, why is that man taking a bath in someone's front yard? And he was completely nude. He was scrubbing himself down in the front yard. There were tents everywhere. I was in, yeah, I was in Pennsylvania and Kensington where there's an overwhelming problem with fentanyl and heroin. Sara Carter: [17:21] And the, for miles and miles, blocks and blocks and blocks, you see people on carfentanil, fentanyl, mix it, mixtures of fentanyl that I can't even begin to understand how the human body can survive it. Some of this is used as tranquilizers or tranks used on, you know, elephants and, and things like this. And they, they dilute them so that they can get even a bigger high. Um, and it's, and you see people like zombies walking across the street. I've covered that story over and over again. And I will tell people I have traveled all through Central America. I have been to San Salvador. I've been to Guatemala. I've been everywhere, everywhere in Mexico. I've never seen this in any other country. And I say to myself, Sara Carter: [18:09] This is it. This is the Trojan horse, right? We don't need armies and tanks to really be at war. We need an enemy that floods our nation and a people willing to do it, willing to take it. But we need an enemy willing to flood our nation with poison. And not only have we flooded our nation with poison, but we have a government, an established government that did nothing to stop it. Sara Carter: [18:43] National security failure at epic proportions did not care. And the question that I have, because at least if there was a policy in place, at least if there was some kind of policy, but it failed, I would say, okay, they were terrible at policy. They had a bad policy, but they rethought it and they tried to change it. There was no policy. There was no policy to stop it. The policy was to leave the border wide open. The question has to be why. Why would someone's own government purposefully attempt to destroy their nation? I think in Great Britain, And I wish I can remember, and maybe you can clarify this for me, but there was an incredible speech that was all over X recently where somebody said, you know, this is purposeful. This was a move by globalists to destroy our nations and to really imprison our own people. And I tell this to people all the time. This is not freedom. Sara Carter: [19:54] What has happened here is an absolute way of controlling the populace. That is what these globalists want. They want to control the populace. And I think, you know, what we've seen with the election with President Trump is a big wake up call where people are like, wait a minute, I just I'm watching what's happening. I don't want this to happen to my child. I don't want this to happen to my country. I refuse to allow this to happen. And now they have become the cavalry, right, that have worked to put other elected officials like President Trump back in office and others with the hope that we can stop this momentum in this horrible direction that we're heading in. Because we're really heading for the destruction of the Western world as we know it. Hearts of Oak: [20:42] I want to get on to where we're heading. I know you interviewed Tom Homan recently, but there was another interview you did very recently, which was Jakob Boyens. And that's another part of an open border on the sex trade and people trafficking. But for you, as a journalist, looking at this and highlighting this, and yet there is silence, more or less silence amongst the media, maybe some media begun to wake up. But actually, it was the left or the mainstream media attacking parts of the media for highlighting this abject failure of how to run a country for society, of government. And it was a weird situation. How did you see that as a journalist? Whenever you see journalists attacking other journalists for simply highlighting what the truth is and the failures of society? Yeah. Sara Carter: [21:42] It's unbelievable to me because I remember, and now I'm more of a commentator. I am a journalist still. I do investigative columns. I try to get out there and do the, my podcasts are based on talking to people that are experts in the field and bringing them in and revealing stories that maybe others had not heard of. But I was stunned and mortified. I remember when I first started working as a journalist, I was so excited to be breaking so many stories, incredible stories. And I thought, oh, wow, now the Washington Post is going to jump on this or the New York Times, and I'm never going to get to keep my story because I would be working for a newspaper that maybe had less resources. Sara Carter: [22:24] They would have all the resources. It was kind of looked up to them. And then I realized, no, they're not doing that. They're not exposing those stories. I remember when I wrote the first stories that exposed the link, the nexus between the drug cartels and terrorist organizations and how our U.S. Apparatus was really hyper concerned with good reason that drug cartels would allow these terrorist organizations to utilize transit routes into the United States or adversarial nation states would utilize those same routes to get into the United States without detectives. And I was called an alarmist. Oh, you're just an alarmist. That will never happen. Why wouldn't it happen? Why wouldn't we have people all the time? So to see journalists turn their back on the least of us. Sara Carter: [23:19] Our job as journalists is to be a voice for the voiceless. It's to speak up and to call out, to be a watchdog on the governments, to hold them accountable for what they are doing with the populace, right? So it's our job to do that, not to work hand in hand. You know, I remember during the Russia hoax, this was the very last big, big stories that I did for a news organization and with Fox News, as well as with Sinclair News Group. And we broke the stories on Russia hoax, on what was going on with President Trump, how the Obama administration had expanded its spying, what was going on with Carter Page, what happened at Trump Tower, all those stories. And I thought to myself, wow, I really did. This is it. This is the Pulitzer story. The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, all of them are going to jump on this, and they're just going to go crazy with it. Instead, they lapped up the soup or whatever was being served to them or the liquor that John Brennan, the head of the CIA, James Comey, the head of the FBI, James Clapper, you know, who was then head of director of national intelligence gave them Sara Carter: [24:48] Just handed them on a silver platter without question, and they targeted a sitting U.S. President of these United States that had been duly elected and voted into office, and they turned the whole world, or they attempted to, to turn the whole world against him. They called him a stooge for Russia, and instead of doing their job and doing the right thing and actually exposing the corruption in the government, they became a tool of the government, And they did the same with, look, Yakuboyens is amazing. Tara Rodas is amazing. I want to highlight that in the United States, a nation that is founded upon principles in the Constitution that should never allow slavery or servitude in this nation, that should speak out against the maltreatment of children and the sexual exploitation of people and the raping of children, that we should be the first in line to call that out and that every news agency should back that up. And it has taken, some of them haven't even talked about it at all. Others targeted movies like Sound of Freedom saying, oh, that's an over-exaggeration. Sara Carter: [26:01] Finally, there was a reporter at the New York Times, and I wish I could remember her name off the top of my head, who did an incredible piece on slavery in the United States, utilizing children. I mean, big corporations, I won't name them here because we don't want to do that right now, but they can read the story in the New York Times. But that, you know, that sell cereal, that sell chicken, that had their factories were filled with underage children in every single state that have been trafficked across our border. Sara Carter: [26:32] By the Biden administration, these kids were working in these factories in indentured servitude. That's unacceptable to me. It is absolutely stunning. It is unacceptable. And I'm so grateful for Yakuboyens. And I'm so grateful for Tara Rodas, who was the whistleblower at HHS and others who blew the whistle and have come forward because I've been reporting for more than 20 years how these children have been exploited at the border, how kids have been raped, how kids have been brought into this country and lost forever. Sara Carter: [27:03] And, you know, frankly, very few people, very few people talked about that publicly. And I don't know if it, you know what, Peter, I don't know if it's because it's too difficult to face that reality. I don't know if it's hard for people to accept that reality because once you accept that, you can't just walk away from it. And once you know that children as little as two years old are being raped and abused and lost in the system, you can't just walk away from it anymore. It's a very difficult, difficult pill to swallow. We don't want to believe that that exists. So I don't know if, but I think it is a journalistic failure. I think it is a failure. Our job is to be, again, the voice for the voiceless. Our job is to expose the truth, no matter how difficult that is. Even when you like someone, even when you think they've been the best source ever. Let's say John Brennan was the best guy ever for some of these folks at the Sara Carter: [28:12] New York Times and the Post. When he came up to them and delivered those lies, it didn't matter whether it was John Brennan, or if it was Michael Hayden, who was his buddy, but was a Republican, it didn't matter who it was. They should have said, wait a minute, show me proof. Give me three sources. Sara Carter: [28:32] And then I need to find those sources to make sure that that is the truth. But you don't just take the word of a, the head of an agency that is known to lie to then create and to then spread their lies as part of their propaganda machine. That was not our job. Hearts of Oak: [28:54] When you look at the U.S. and there is still a U.S. Identity, the American dream is still there. It's been chopped off and abused and there have been attempts to destroy that. But there is still a pull for America, very different in Europe. Europe are struggling massively with what it means for identity as you have tried to erase the nation state and what it means for nation sovereignty. So Europe are in a huge struggle, but America still has an understanding of what American means. So it's weird how you look at mass immigration, the impacts on, especially on the sector of the drugs trade. America kind of should be thinking, and this is not this, I'm just trying to work this out, that actually that's not how we do things. We know what our identity is and you'd expect the destruction that's happened in america more to happen in europe than it has but on a lesser level and yet it's europeans who are struggling with with what it means and identity um and even in your i think yesterday there was a headline on in belgium that sex workers have now got maternity and pension benefits in a world first and that europe sees it as like a little college industry uh something that you choose something and that a girl grows up and that's what she would like to be. Hearts of Oak: [30:18] So I'm wondering how that kind of identities, how that produces the chaos that we have. Because I see the US and it shouldn't be in the situation because Americans have that strong identity. You've got flag, you've got culture, you've got history. Where Europe, that's been wiped out. Sara Carter: [30:41] I know you brought up so many good points. How do I pull this thread? Hearts of Oak: [30:45] It's a lot of threads. Sara Carter: [30:49] But I can do this. Because while you were talking, I think what's happened with America first, I'll start there, is that we've had a lot of infiltration in our university systems. Now we do. You're right. We still do have this very nationalistic, I think a good 50% of us, identity, you know, of we are Americans. We stand for this. This is our history. We are a nation of immigrants. Right. And I want to think and think about it this way. We are a nation of immigrants and I would say legal immigration, but like my mother who came from Cuba in the 1960s on the Johnson freedom flights was so proud to be an American, right. That when people would ask her, they would say, Oh, you're Cuban. She would say, no, I'm American. You know, she would be just like, wait a minute. I'm so offended. You know, that you would call, I left Cuba because I had to, I had to flee in the end, but I have nothing to do with that nation. I'm an American. Um, and because of that, and because we have these kinds of renegades, you know, I call it the X gene renegades, people who have left everything behind, whether they're from Vietnam, Cuba, uh, Ireland, Sara Carter: [32:04] Great Britain, whether they came hundreds of years ago or just yesterday, Australia, wherever they came from in the world, they came to with the decision that they made that I am going to start a new life and a new chapter for future generations of my family. It's kind of the renegades, right? Sara Carter: [32:23] Now you have the renegades and you have those that are like ready to be American. And then you have those that have infiltrated the system and want to see that system changed. I call them the Obamas. And they're not Obama-like. Sara Carter: [32:36] They're Obama heavy, right? They believe that America is not a beacon of light shining on a hill. They see America as a problem. They see America as a colonizer, something that is brutal and bad in some ways and needs to be restructured. They see the constitution as antiquated, that it needs to be revamped and or removed in some way altogether. And you have this clash, kind of like the clash of the titans in America, right? And you have these professors that have been indoctrinating so many people for decades now, you know, I would say even pre, you know, Hillary college days, right? I mean, she was already indoctrinated there into the Saul Alinsky, you know, school of radicals, right? And we saw all of this and they figured out how to kind of manipulate it and use it for their own benefit because they're also very selfish, just like any good communist or socialist. They want to have all the money and put all the money in their pockets and then have all the minions live the way, you know, in poverty and do all the hard work. Sara Carter: [33:48] So you have that clash, but there was kind of an awakening in America, a big awakening, not just a little awakening. We saw it with Charlie Kirk, right? With Turning Point USA, where I think it was very brilliant. It was probably one of the most significant. I know Charlie, and I don't think I've ever told him this, but personally, Sara Carter: [34:08] But his movement started to shine light on what was happening throughout our universities and our school systems, it didn't allow the disease to fester, right? It's still there, but it's exposed. So we know it exists. Sara Carter: [34:27] In Europe, tragically, I don't know, you know, and I don't want to debate European politics that much, but, and I want to talk a little bit about that thread when it comes to, you know, Belgium and, you know, how we look at, you know, the service of women, you know, in prostitution or whatever, and the legalization of that. I had, and because I deal with children so much that have been abused, a lot of children that are trafficked are abused children already. So I want people to understand this. The majority of women that are in that service industry, supposedly in the, in the line of prostitution and that work in these industries are come from abuse. They are women that have been usually abused since they were very young. This, their sexuality is, has been kind of ripped apart, like their spirit. They don't really, and I know this from talking to them, they don't really know how to see themselves. And, you know, even if you sell yourself after the age of 18, if you've been abused since the age of two, five, six, or seven, you know, what you have, what you're purchasing, Sara Carter: [35:43] Sadly, is somebody whose spirit has been broken, who has been abused, who's damaged goods, who has never had anyone treat her the way she needs to be treated. Even if she thinks or he thinks that this is the future, wow, I'm making money, I'm making my own choices. No, you're really not. You're really selling yourself out and your respect and your body. Now, We can debate that all day long. Sara Carter: [36:14] And how Europeans see that, you know, side of things. I'm talking from personal experience and meeting children that have actually been tragically abused, horrifically abused, and they have to go to therapy. And it takes a lot to recover to some sense of normalcy for these children. And some of them do recover and some of them don't. Some of them have committed suicide. some of them go into the sex trade because that's just the only thing they're comfortable with it's the only thing they know but losing your identity in Europe is it's it is quite tragic because and I don't know if it had to do with the EU and this idea of we're just gonna you know Sara Carter: [36:57] We're all one instead of celebrating and cherishing each other's cultural differences and And the beauty in that and protecting the nation's boundaries and borders. I mean, look at what's happening now in Amsterdam. Look at what's happening in Great Britain, you know, in London. I mean, you've talked about this so much, Peter, but you see a transformation of your nation, a transformation where, sadly, there are some situations where the cultural, I mean, it's a collision course because Western society cannot live side by side with some non-Western societies that do not believe women Sara Carter: [37:47] You know, I mean, have the exact same equal rights as men, where little girls can go to school and just, you know, play sports and, you know, make their own decisions of who they want to date and where they want to go. But that's part of who we are. We have the right to choose, you know, and we have the right. I have lived in the Middle East. I grew up in Saudi Arabia. I mean, my child, my father worked for Lockheed Martin from the time I was about six years old until I was 12, 13 years old when my father got really sick. We had to come back to the United States. But I was in Saudi Arabia. I remember going through the soup and shopping at the marketplace with my mom and understanding that I could not step outside those bounds and neither could my mother. She couldn't drive a car then. She had to go on the bus. We had to be completely covered. My mother, especially I was when I was a little girl not so much I had to be covered but not so much but my mother yes and you had to live by those rules now Saudi Arabia is transforming it's changing a little bit um but we are seeing we saw with the extremism both in the Middle East um and what happened during the last 20 years plus America's longest war in Afghanistan and the terror attacks that we face not only here in the United States, but come on. It's like we have amnesia. Sara Carter: [39:15] We had the Madrid train bombings, Charlie Hebdo, Baraklan, what happened in Great Britain. I mean, my gosh, stabbings on the streets, a society of people. And look, I'm not saying we shouldn't have immigration from everywhere in the world, but legally people should be vetted. It should be proper. That's what Tom Homan and I were talking about. Should be proper vetting of people coming into your country. Do you want to have someone living next door to you that looks at your child or your daughter and you know, who's a criminal or somebody who has never thought of a woman as anything other than just a piece of property that they could do whatever they want with. I don't think so. Hearts of Oak: [40:02] I want to end, I'd love to do a whole show with you on Saudi Arabia and that clash, but we'll not even get into that because that would sidetrack us far too much. But it's this look in the future and you and i mentioned at the beginning you mentioned again having tom homin on and he one of many revolutionary picks and i think it is going to be the most revolutionary administration um that really any of us have ever seen in terms of what has to be done and to fix the the problems but me touch on that going forward because america is in a crisis at Hearts of Oak: [40:42] the moment in terms of many areas. And it seems as though President Trump is willing, I'm sure they'll not all be perfect, but is willing to put the people in place to get a grip off the issues that America faces and fix them. So tell us your thoughts as an American when you see some of those names go forward and how you see that fixing the hole that America is currently in. Sara Carter: [41:10] I mean, I'm excited. I think this is For the first time, I feel that President Trump, he not only understands how this political game has been through hell for the last, right? I mean, they have targeted this man. He doesn't have to be doing this. Everyone says that. And they're right. He doesn't have to be doing this. He could be just golfing in Scotland and enjoying his time with Melania and his family without all the pain and suffering that he has had to go through. And he endured that for all of us. And by the way, two assassination attempts. One that almost did take his life in Butler, Pennsylvania. But I think about Tom Homan and I know him personally and I work with him at Border 911 Foundation. He loves this country and he loves the people that he is trying to help. By shutting down that border, he is actually going to save lives. He is not gonna allow this perpetual industry of illicit human trafficking and drug trafficking to continue. Sara Carter: [42:15] And he is going to deport. He is going to deport first incarcerated criminals, get them all out of here, send them back home. And because President Trump is in office, he is going to be able to conduct those negotiations. I think he is the greatest negotiator on planet Earth. I really do. I think he is brilliant. Look, Trudeau was eating in Mar-a-Lago. I mean, you can't beat that. I mean, and not only eating with a smile on his face and saying, you know what, we're going to work out a deal before you put those tariffs on us. We're going to figure this out. And Mexico is starting to do its job because they want leadership. Sara Carter: [42:55] Look, neither the president of Mexico, she doesn't want it. Neither Trudeau wants it. Nobody wants the mess that we have seen for the last four years, because even Mexico has had to pay a price for it, even if they've opened the border and have allowed, you know, because it was so overwhelming, allowed people in. Remember, there's a lot of people that just stay behind. And these cartels are amassing so much money that the government of Mexico has to contend with that. You know, they have to contend with a narco state. So they don't want this. So they are probably just like, thank you, Sara Carter: [43:32] God, for bringing President Trump back because he can carry the big stick. Right. And he can say, you better do this or we're going to do that. And they're like, oh, OK, we'll see. We have to do this. So now we're going to shut this down. It kind of gives them all permission to do the right thing. Now, Tom Homan, he's also promised, and this is something he and I have discussed, you know, at nauseam and at length, that the first on top of removing criminals, criminals off the streets, incarcerated criminals, that at the same time, our focus is going to be finding those children. Remember, we had over 500,000 unaccompanied minors that have come into the United States under the Biden administration. Sara Carter: [44:15] Over 300,000 of those children we do not have records for. We cannot find them. We don't know where they're at. Now, granted, some of them may be with guardians that are taking good care of them, but we think a good portion of them have been taken into other industries. Some of these kids have been lost on the streets. Some of them have been forced into the sex trade. We know that some of them were taken to a strip club. Peter, that's crazy. They were actually released from our custody and taken to a strip club. That was the address that was given to HHS, to Health and Human Services. So with people like Tara Rodas, with Yakov Boyens, Kash Patel as head of the FBI upon confirmation, and others, I think we're going to see a cleanup like we've never seen before. And he's going to put people in that are going to gut these systems, like the FBI, which by the way, has been an utter and complete failure and embarrassment going after God only knows. I want to ask Cash Patel. In fact, I may FOIA my name to see how many times John Solomon and I had been like actually been spied on Sara Carter: [45:26] Um, so we could, we could look at that from the past, but I think the important thing is, is that we're going to, the American people are like, yes, this is reformation time. We are going to change what needs to be changed. We're going to get back to the basics and we're going to own our country again, because in the United States of America, and I want to remind everybody of this, it's the American people, each individual American citizen, that is the boss of this government. They are not the boss of us. And President Trump understands that. And that's why when he gets out there and when Tom Homan gets out there and speaks to the American people, they keep their promises. That's why when he says things publicly, he actually does them. Because the American people are in charge. They're paying the bill. They pay. Our taxpayer dollars pay for this government. Sara Carter: [46:22] And, you know, and I think even across the pond, people have to start thinking that way. We all have to start realizing that in our democracies or in our republics like the United States, that we are the voice of reason, that we are the people that matter, and that when they don't do the job that is required of them to run our nations and take care of our families and our national security that we have the right to fire them. And when they have to do something, they need to explain it to us. And it needs to go through a process. They can't just do it to us. They are not the kings and queens in charge. Excuse me. I know you've got kings and queens, but you know what I'm talking about. You know what I'm talking about. It's symbolic there, But they are not that way. We are in charge of our destiny. It is us. And I think when we come to realize that, we get our countries back, right? Sara Carter: [47:25] Europe needs to get that back. The European people need to stand up and say, no more. Not another child of mine is going to be attacked on the streets of Amsterdam. No more. Not another day goes by where we're going to put up with what this government is trying to enforce on us, because we have the right and the right lies with us. And when we give up those rights, We have bureaucracies that become emboldened, overpowered, full of power, and they believe that they can do anything. And that's why we've got to take that back now. We've got to knock them down a few notches and let them know that they are not the end-all, be-all, and that they don't own us. Hearts of Oak: [48:14] That they work for us. It's exciting because I know that President Trump is going to embolden a lot of what's happening in Europe. The Freedom Party came top in a local poll a couple of days ago. Alternative for Deutschland pulling out by 20-odd percent. And what's happening in America is going to spread and give momentum to the rise of populist parties all across Europe. So it's certainly not just constrained to America, but what is happening with you is going to spread very much wider. Sarah, I really appreciate you coming on. Thank you so much for giving us your thoughts. You've done so much work on the border, as I said before, Kim Fashionable. You were there in those extremely dangerous situations and many other places in the world war zone. So I appreciate you coming on and giving us your expert analysis of what is happening over in your country. Sara Carter: [49:06] It's my pleasure, Peter. Thank you so much. And it's okay to be popular. Don't feel bad. Don't feel bad. Take back the power, right? And take back your countries. There's no greater feeling in the world than what we felt on election day when those numbers rolled in. And we saw that President Trump actually became the president of these United States again, and that we were going to get back to where we needed to be. I can't tell you the celebrations here, how people felt and how great it was so i we're hoping the same for europe for great britain um which i mean we look to you when we as well uh for your leadership and friendship and god bless you peter and your beautiful nation i can't wait to go to london i want fish and chips and just a great time and i want to go to a pub what was your favorite pub again i Hearts of Oak: [49:59] Have lots of favorite pubs So you can't narrow that down. That's an impossible question. But before London becomes fully Londonistan, do come and enjoy whatever English parts are left of London. We'll go outside London. We'll go to Wingsland and see the castle and the royal family and all that stuff. Sara Carter: [50:18] That's what I'd like. That's what I'd like. Not Londonistan, but I'd like that. And, okay, I remembered one pub. I walked by it. I never forgot its name, the Handsome Cab. I don't know what it is. So nobody from England come after me on that one. If it's a bad pub, I don't know. But I remember thinking, I want to go to that pub one day. But anyways, yeah, I love Great Britain. I can't wait to come see you. And yes, let's go outside of London. I still haven't seen Stonehenge. So maybe one of these trips, I'll get to see it. And now we're outside London. It's easy.   Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Recorded on 03.12.24  

Artists who are willing to put themselves in harm's way are a rare bread, and those who use their work to help others are perhaps even rarer. Photographer, Brian McCarty, is one of these unique artists, and since 2011, he has been collaborating with the United Nations and other NGOs to help traumatized children in war zones. Through his project, War Toys, Brian uses the power of children's toys, free play, and his camera to help these children process their pain. Brian has worked in places like Iraq, Syria, and the West Bank, and he joins us today to share insights into his work. We begin by hearing about his experience of working in a war zone and the complex emotions these spaces cause him to feel. On the one hand, he is exposed to the darkest side of humanity, while on the other, he sees people trying to help in the most selfless ways. Brian talks about the absurd and trite nature of his work and how this exact absurdity ultimately hooks people and draws them in. This endeavor has not been easy for a variety of reasons, and Brian shares more about the 15-year journey he has been on which culminated in forming a non-profit last year. Naturally, we discuss the pandemic, where Brian explains why he – like many who have worked in war zones – is particularly on edge about the election and the conflict that may come with the transfer of power. Our conversation also touches on projects Brian has in the pipeline, the immense power of art therapy in high-conflict areas and war zones, and the potential of a documentary about his work being made. Tune in today to hear more.   Key Points From This Episode: Hear how Brian was drawn to photographing toys, a passion that started at a young age. What it's like to be working in an active war zone; it's an addicting experience. The long road Brian walked to finally get to work in a war zone – It took 15 years to get there. What Brian believes the hook of his work – which at first glance seems trite – ultimately is. Brian's relationship with toy manufacturers and the support they provide him. Forming the War Toys non-profit; why Brian finally decided to launch it last year and their pilot project. The interesting connection Brian has seen between toy guns and active war zones. War zones reveal both the primal and deeply hopeful nature of human beings. How religion affects the work Brian does and what he has learned along the way. The difficulty that comes with trying to find children again in high conflict areas and war zones. Find out how the lessons Brian has learned from his work have helped him in the pandemic. How Brian is using this newfound time seeing as he is unable to travel. Donating to War Toys; what the money will be used for. Some important photographers like Chris Hondros and Dickey Chapelle Brian hopes to honor. Why Brian doesn't think that the media will be protected in war zones again. Insights into DesignerCon and why Brian is so excited about what is happening in the space. What Brian's day-to-day looks like and how he stays disciplined. Brian's fundraising goal for 2021 and the work he hopes to do going forward. Children in war zones need to be taught emotional literacy because they are often detached from their feelings. Capturing the work; how filming has formed a part of Brian's project. Where to find Brian and War Toys online. For more information and photos, visit here: https://notrealart.com/brian-mcCarty

Artists who are willing to put themselves in harm’s way are a rare bread, and those who use their work to help others are perhaps even rarer. Photographer, Brian McCarty, is one of these unique artists, and since 2011, he has been collaborating with the United Nations and other NGOs to help traumatized children in war zones. Through his project, War Toys, Brian uses the power of children’s toys, free play, and his camera to help these children process their pain. Brian has worked in places like Iraq, Syria, and the West Bank, and he joins us today to share insights into his work. We begin by hearing about his experience of working in a war zone and the complex emotions these spaces cause him to feel. On the one hand, he is exposed to the darkest side of humanity, while on the other, he sees people trying to help in the most selfless ways. Brian talks about the absurd and trite nature of his work and how this exact absurdity ultimately hooks people and draws them in. This endeavor has not been easy for a variety of reasons, and Brian shares more about the 15-year journey he has been on which culminated in forming a non-profit last year. Naturally, we discuss the pandemic, where Brian explains why he – like many who have worked in war zones – is particularly on edge about the election and the conflict that may come with the transfer of power. Our conversation also touches on projects Brian has in the pipeline, the immense power of art therapy in high-conflict areas and war zones, and the potential of a documentary about his work being made. Tune in today to hear more.   Key Points From This Episode: Hear how Brian was drawn to photographing toys, a passion that started at a young age. What it’s like to be working in an active war zone; it’s an addicting experience. The long road Brian walked to finally get to work in a war zone – It took 15 years to get there. What Brian believes the hook of his work – which at first glance seems trite – ultimately is. Brian’s relationship with toy manufacturers and the support they provide him. Forming the War Toys non-profit; why Brian finally decided to launch it last year and their pilot project. The interesting connection Brian has seen between toy guns and active war zones. War zones reveal both the primal and deeply hopeful nature of human beings. How religion affects the work Brian does and what he has learned along the way. The difficulty that comes with trying to find children again in high conflict areas and war zones. Find out how the lessons Brian has learned from his work have helped him in the pandemic. How Brian is using this newfound time seeing as he is unable to travel. Donating to War Toys; what the money will be used for. Some important photographers like Chris Hondros and Dickey Chapelle Brian hopes to honor. Why Brian doesn’t think that the media will be protected in war zones again. Insights into DesignerCon and why Brian is so excited about what is happening in the space. What Brian’s day-to-day looks like and how he stays disciplined. Brian’s fundraising goal for 2021 and the work he hopes to do going forward. Children in war zones need to be taught emotional literacy because they are often detached from their feelings. Capturing the work; how filming has formed a part of Brian’s project. Where to find Brian and War Toys online. For more information and photos, visit here: https://notrealart.com/brian-mcCarty

On Tuesday, June 23, 2015, Hyperallergic hosted our first-ever live reading event, which took place at Housing Works Bookstore and Cafe in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood. Hyperallergic Weekend Editors John Yau and Albert Mobilio read their poetry, writers Marisa Crawford (“Crying for Ana Mendieta at the Carl Andre Retrospective”) and Ryan Wong (“I Am Joe Scanlan”) read pieces that were among our favorites from that year, while two Hyperallergic veterans Allison Meier and Jillian Steinhauer (“Wading in Matthew Barney’s River of Shit”) read some of their own writing.The event also included a wacky comments section, where Hyperallergic staff and contributors Tiernan Morgan, Jennifer Samet, and Elisa Wouk Almino read some of our zaniest comment threads that were percolating on the website at the time — my favorite involves Shakespeare truthers. There’s even a short Q&A at the end with Hyperallergic Weekend Editor Thomas Micchelli.I know you’ll get a kick out of this time capsule from what feels like a bygone age, back when Obama was still president and “fake news” wasn’t the ubiquitous term it is today.The music in this episode is titled “A Boy and a Makeshift Toy.” It’s performed by violist Michael Hall, pianist Stephanie Titus, and composed by Mary Kouyoumdjian. The piece is inspired by the war photography of Chris Hondros, particularly a photo of Albanian refugees from Kosovo waiting at a train station.Subscribe to Hyperallergic’s Podcast on iTunes, or anywhere else you listen to podcasts.

American photographer Michael Christopher Brown was raised in the Skagit Valley, a farming community in Washington. After moving to New York City in 2005, he joined the Italian photo agency Grazia Neri in 2006. He then moved to Beijing, China, in 2009 and over the next two years put together a series of works from road and train trips across the country.In 2010 Michael began taking pictures with an iPhone, driving around eastern China in his Jinbei van. Since then he has produced iPhone photographs in Libya, Egypt, Congo, Central African Republic, Cuba and Palestine. Michael's ability to capture critical moments with an iPhone has led to his involvement with Time, The New York Times Magazine, and National Geographic's Instagram platforms.In 2011, Michael spent seven months in Libya photographing the Libyan Revolution, exploring ethical distance and the iconography of warfare. He covered several battles along the coast, was ambushed several times in Eastern Libya and injured twice. In early March, on the frontline near the eastern town of Bin Jawad, he was shot in the leg during a Government offensive. Six weeks later, while covering the Siege of Misrata, he was injured by incoming mortar fire, losing nearly half the blood in his body and requiring two transfusions. His colleagues Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros were both killed in the same attack and Guy Martin was also badly injured. Michael returned to Libya twice in 2012 and was the subject of the Michael Mann directed HBO documentary series Witness: Libya.A contributing photographer at National Geographic since 2005, Michael is also a contributor to The New York Times Magazine and other publications. Since 2006 his photographs have been published in dozens of international publications. He joined Magnum Photos as a nominee in 2013 and was an associate from 2015 until leaving the agency in June 2017.Michael's book Libyan Sugar won the Paris Photo First Photobook Award and the International Center of Photography's 2017 Infinity Award for Artist's Book.In 2015 and 2016 Michael produced Paradiso, a multimedia project on the electronica music and youth scene in Havana, Cuba, part of which was exhibited in 2017 during the Cuba IS show at the Annenberg Space for Photography.In 2018 Michael released the book Yo Soy Fidel, which follows the cortège of Fidel Castro, former Cuban revolutionary and politician, over a period of several days in late 2016.Michael has also documented conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2012 and was based in Goma from late 2012 until early 2014. A three book series of images from that time, both his and those he collected from numerous Congolese photographers, is forthcoming, entitled Congo Sunrise. On episode 142, Michael discusses, among other things: His new podcast, The Searcher, and the reasons for starting it.The controversy surrounding his story on Skid Row in L.A. for National Geographic.The PTSD that took nearly six years to manifest itself and the efficacy of psychedelic drugs as a treatment.His thoughts on the inclusion of gory images of war in his book Libyan Sugar.His forthcoming book project, Congo Sunrise, featuring collected images from Congolese photographers.Reasons for shooting with the iPhone.Recent personal challenges, including his partner Lauren’s brain surgery.Being a ‘connector’. Referenced:Tim HetheringtonChris HondrosGuy MartinChristophe Bangert, War PornCongolese photographer Moyes KayumbaChuck CloseKira Pollack  Website | Instagram | Facebook“In an age of so much bullshit and so many lies, where we don’t know what’s real and what’s not, it’s just so important to show the way the world actually looks.”

In episode 57 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed considering his recent week in Vancouver, Canada, and the relationship between photography and lens-based-media contemporary art practice. Plus this week photographer Guy Martin takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which he answer's the question ‘What Does Photography Mean to You?' Guy Martin was born in Cornwall, England and graduated from the Documentary Photography course at the University of Wales, Newport in 2006. He began pursuing long term personal documentary projects while studying at Newport, one of which, Trading Over the Borderline - a documentation of the border region between Turkey and Northern Iraq and its trade routes – won him The Guardian and Observer Hodge Award for young photographers. Inspired by regions that are in periods of transition, he went on to pursue a long term project on the re-birth of the Cossack movement and Russian nationalism in Southern Russia and the Caucasus from 2005 to 2007, which culminated in the documentation of the Russian/Georgia conflict in August 2008. From January 2011 he began to document the revolutions sweeping through the Middle East and North Africa, photographing the revolution in Egypt before documenting the civil war in Libya from the east to the besieged western city of Misrata. In 2012 Martin was left seriously injured with shrapnel lodged in his spleen after a rocket attack in Misrata, in which his fellow photographers Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros were killed. His work has appeared in The Guardian, The Observer, The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, Der Spiegel, D Magazine, FADER, Monocle, Huck, The New Statesman, The Wall Street Journal and Time. In 2011 he became a member of the photographic agency Panos and in 2012 his work from Egypt and Libya formed the basis for joint exhibitions at the Spanish Cultural Centre in New York, at the HOST Gallery in London, the Third Floor Gallery in Cardiff and the SIDE Gallery in Newcastle. His first solo show Shifting Sands was held at the Poly Gallery in Falmouth, Cornwall. He now divides his time between Istanbul and London. https://guy-martin.co.uk You can also access and subscribe to these podcasts at SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/unofphoto on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/a-photographic-life/id1380344701 on Player FM https://player.fm/series/a-photographic-life and Podbean www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/i6uqx-6d9ad/A-Photographic-Life-Podcast Grant Scott is the founder/curator of United Nations of Photography, a Senior Lecturer in Photography, a working photographer, and the author of Professional Photography: The New Global Landscape Explained (Focal Press 2014) and The Essential Student Guide to Professional Photography (Focal Press 2015). His next book New Ways of Seeing: The Democratic Language of Photography will be published by Bloomsbury Academic in 2019. He is currently work on his next documentary film project Woke Up This Morning: The Rock n' Roll Thunder of Ray Lowry. His documentary film, Do Not Bend: The Photographic Life of Bill Jay can now be seen at www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd47549knOU&t=3915s. © Grant Scott 2019

Welcome boys and girls to a fun and long Reel Film Nerds podcast!  Mr. Mike Talent is not here today. He is out of country fulfilling his obligation for MI6.  Luckily Matt is good at blackmailing people and was able to find a guest host for today, Mr. Mile High Show himself Matt Santos!  The film they attempt to review today is Hondros a documentary on war photographer Chris Hondros. Topics include obviously lots and lots and lots of talk about photojournalism, downing Nyquil, and the Oakland A’s. Both the Matt’s agree Hondros is an incredible doc on an amazing photographer that you can go watch right now on Netflix.  Mr. Mile High Show is not a big fan of movies especially documentaries on photographers but he loved this one. He especially enjoyed the interviews of Chris’s mother about her son growing up with a camera in his hands.  RFN Matt really enjoyed the film as well. He especially liked how the documentary was not just about Chris’ life but 3 of his most impactful images and the stories behind them. Matt Santos gives Hondros an amazing rating of 4 out of 5 Reels.  RFN Matt goes a little bit above and beyond with 4.5 out of 5 Reels. He really loved this movie not just because it is about photography but it is a really great documentary in it’s own right. Mike Talent will continue to be out of the country for our next pod this Thursday so Matt again is calling in a favor, a huge favor for our very special 100th Episode!  Who you may ask is joining him well you will have to tune in on Thursday to find out. Here is a hint they also have a podcast. Chat with you on Thursday and hopefully Mike will find his way home next week so we can review the new Jordan Peele horror flick everyone is raving about, Us. If you have a film you would like to hear Matt and Mike review feel free to email us at nerds@reelfilmnerds.com  Thank you for liking, subscribing, rating, reviewing, and telling your friends about our podcast. Our little show can be found anywhere Podcasts reside such as iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Tune In, Player FM, etc. While you are there like, subscribe, rate, and review us if you can too! Make sure to follow us on social media such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Feel free to visit our website to watch trailers, read bios, and just flat out get more info on the movies we review.  http://www.ReelFilmNerds.com  You can contact us through email as well Nerds@ReelFilmNerds.com Now go out and catch a movie!

Episode #203 is up- This week Matt & Matt sit down- Reel Film Nerds podcast host Matt Hinshaw opens up his dollhouse to record a swapcast about Hondros- the documentary about Chris Hondros, the Getty Images photographer who was killed covering the war in Libya in 2011.  The film is currently available on Netflix. We are pleased to announce Our New Partnership with BarkBox- Delivering 4 to 6 natural treats and super fun toys built around a surprise theme each month. Use our LINK or go to getbarkbox.com/milehigh and get a FREE MONTH of treats! The Mile High Show is brought to you by Amazon- use the Mile High Show link to do all of your online shopping & also support the show, and Audible.com – use the code MILEHIGH  at check out for your FREE audio download & FREE 30-day subscription- Code MILEHIGH for FREE STUFF!

The journalist and filmmaker discusses his documentary about the late photojournalist Chris Hondros.

Should students protest gun violence by walking out of class, and what do the protesters hope to gain? Two Front Range teenagers talk about it. Then, the mystery if a polio-like illness In Colorado may have been solved. We meet one family that recovered. A Colorado filmmaker takes about documenting the life and work of the late war photographer Chris Hondros.

Read Thom's tribute to Chris Hondros from 2011.On Twitter: @greg_campbell @hondrosfilm @thompowers @PureNonfictionThis interview was conducted at SVA MFA SocDoc program. Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.

The documentary “Hondros” tells the story of war photographer Chris Hondros who was killed alongside Tim Hetherington in Libya in 2011. Hondros is known for iconic photos that were published all over the world: a jubilant warrior in Liberia; an Iraqi girl after a checkpoint shooting in Tal Afar; and an Arab Spring clash in Tahrir […] The post PN 69: Remembering Chris Hondros appeared first on Pure Nonfiction.

Jeremy and Matt give a spring football update on Utah State, Colorado State, Fresno State and Nevada. The two also discuss the Oakland Raiders moving to Las Vegas with Chris Hondros now of Forgotten5.com. We dive into how that move will help the UNLV football program and a look at the Mountain West bowl scenarios with the new billion-dollar stadium.  Find out if Chris is #TeamTacos or #TeamBacon. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeremy and Matt give a spring football update on Utah State, Colorado State, Fresno State and Nevada. The two also discuss the Oakland Raiders moving to Las Vegas with Chris Hondros now of Forgotten5.com. We dive into how that move will help the UNLV football program and a look at the Mountain West bowl scenarios with the new billion-dollar stadium.  Find out if Chris is #TeamTacos or #TeamBacon. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/support

Join Allen Murabayashi and Sarah Jacobs for an exclusive interview with St. Louis Post Dispatch photographer David Carson whose been covering the rioting in Ferguson since August 9th.   0:46 Interview with St Louis Post Dispatch Photographer David Carson was one of the first on the scene in Ferguson 23:04 Philadelphia Daily News changes the cover at the last moment 25:53 Ferguson images evoke civil rights era and changing visual perception 27:12 Photography, Authority and Race 31:05 How a Chris Hondros photo changed military policy 33:04 NYPD cops receive memo reminding them they can be filmed on duty 33:33 Photography is not a crime 34:50 Robin Williams' career as seen in 8x10 "glossies" 37:08 Platon photographs Edward Snowden for Wired 38:30 Little girl learns what happens when you delete a photo 40:00 Kim Kardashian's "Selfish" 41:37 Polish couple falls off cliff and dies while taking a selfie 43:20 Jen Davis' self portraits 46:00 Tom Levritt's How the Sun Sees You 47:34 Brian Smith's Gear Guide 48:50 Marco Longari's images of Gaza 50:28 David Chancellor's Images of African Conservation Efforts 51:50 Martin Schoeller photographs Tavi Gevinson 54:12 Humans of New York in Iraq

Hoy viajamos a través del visor del fotógrafo Andoni Lubaki ganador del premio internacional de fotoperiodismo Chris Hondros por su trabajo en la guerra de Siria. Una guerra que conoció de cerca el invierno pasado durante su estancia en Alepo. Andoni durante esos días fue secuestrado durante unas horas por un grupo rebelde Yihadista. También ha recorrido otros conflictos del mundo como el de S ahara, Libia o Irak. También es fundador de la agencia de fotografía Bostok

With John Wilson Historian Thomas Asbridge discusses his forthcoming three-part TV series about the Crusades, which considers the medieval holy war from both the Christian and the Muslim perspectives. Scottish singer-songwriter Emeli Sande has won the Brits Critics' Choice for 2012 - a prize for new talent, with previous winners including Adele, Jessie J and Florence And The Machine. She reflects on her unusual career path - she studied medicine and neuroscience before entering the music business full-time. Early in 2011, photographer Guy Martin travelled to Egypt and Libya to record the unfolding Arab Spring. This project was cut short, when he was seriously injured in a rocket attack. Two of his colleagues, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Tim Hetherington and photojournalist Chris Hondros, were killed in the same attack. Now images Guy produced up to that point are on show, and he reflects on the experience of working under fire. Gentrification is having an unexpected effect on Hollywood, as it's running out of dark New York alleys to film in. According to reports, only two remain, and even they are under threat of closure. Adrian Wootton of Film London discusses whether the UK will soon suffer a similar shortage of grimy urban locations. Producer Ellie Bury.