Podcasts about Molly Ivins

In this episode, Zen speaks with several people who contributed to a new Baylor University Press book called God of the Whirlwind. The book collects stories and reflections from the Black Waco community that revolve around the Black storytelling tradition in Waco related to two significant events: a lynching and a deadly tornado.GuestsLinda Jann Lewis describes herself as a 1960's Baby Boomer who worships at the altar of Voting Rights and Civil Rights. She is a writer, having contributed to the Austin Villager, Nokoa, and multiple books. She has been featured in a film about Molly Ivins. And she helped found and remains involved with Austin Community Radio's kazifm.org.George Oliver is the Assistant Director of Huntsville Hornet Drama, a 1998 graduate of Huntsville High School, received his BFA in Theatre from Sam Houston, and earned a MDiv from Andover Newton Seminary (at Yale Divinity School). George is Co-Producer on the short film Ado, starring Jennifer Lewis, which was just invited to both the Florida Film Festival and the Cleveland International Film Festival, and made its Festival debut at the Flickfest Short Film Festival in Australia. He plans to begin studying Commercial Real Estate Development in the year to come.Tyler B. Davis is a Research Administrator, Adjunct Professor in the Mexican American Studies Program and Department of Theology, and Affiliate Faculty in the Center for Catholic Studies at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas. He is also a graduate of Baylor University's Religion Department. LinksBuy God of the Whirlwind: https://www.baylorpress.com/9781481322560/god-of-the-whirlwind/

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Monique Zavistovski, ACE about editing the documentary Will & Harper. The film was nominated for a BAFTA, and Monique was nominated for an ACE Eddie and a BFE Cut Above award for Best Documentary Editing. Also this year, she edited The Only Girl in the Orchestra, a documentary short that won the Oscar for that category. We'll speak with her about both films.Monique has also edited the documentaries They Call me Magic, Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins and Served Like a Girl.This discussion includes - among other things - staying true to the emotional journey of the characters, the difficult choices in killing your darlings, and using empathy to time reaction shots.Read along with the podcast on the BorisFX.com blog to see trailers and exclusive images.borisfx.com/blog/aotc

Molly Ivins spent years pointing out the emperor's lack of new clothes. In this 2004 interview Ivins talked about how, and why, American politics has become so screwed up. Get Who Let The Dogs In? by Molly IvinsAs an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualifying purchases.You may also enjoy my interviews with Art Buchwald and Al Franken For more vintage interviews with celebrities, leaders, and influencers, subscribe to Now I've Heard Everything on Spotify, Apple Podcasts. and now on YouTube #politics #election #Trump #Harris

There are few men politically or intellectually smarter than President Lyndon Johnson and his defense secretary Robert McNamara. So how did LBJ and McNamara screw up America's involvement in Vietnam so tragically? According to Peter Osnos, the author of LBJ and McNamara: The Vietnam Partnership Destined to Fail, it might have been because the two men were, in their own quite different ways, too smart. For Osnos - a legendary figure in American publishing who, amongst many other things, edited Donald Trump's Art of the Deal - the catastrophe of America's war in Vietnam is a parable about imperial hubris and overreach. According to Osnos, who has access to much previously unpublished material from McNamara, The Best and the Brightest orchestrated the worst and dumbest episode in American foreign policy. Peter Osnos began his journalism career in 1965 as an assistant to I. F. .Stone on his weekly newsletter. Between 1966–1984 Osnos was a reporter and foreign correspondent for The Washington Post and served as the newspaper's foreign and national editor. From 1984-1996 he was Vice President, Associate Publisher, and Senior Editor at Random House and Publisher of Random House's Times Books division. In 1997, he founded PublicAffairs. He served as Publisher and CEO until 2005, and was a consulting editor until 2020 when he and his wife, Susan Sherer Osnos, launched Platform Books LLC. Among the authors he has published and/or edited are — former President Jimmy Carter, Rosalyn Carter, Gen. Wesley Clark, Clark Clifford, former President Bill Clinton, Paul Farmer, Earvin (Magic) Johnson, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Sam Donaldson, Kenneth Feinberg, Annette Gordon Reed, Meg Greenfield, Dorothy Height, Don Hewitt, Molly Ivins, Vernon Jordan, Ward Just, Stanley Karnow, Wendy Kopp, Charles Krauthammer, Brian Lamb, Jim Lehrer, Scott McClellan, Robert McNamara, Charles Morris, Peggy Noonan, William Novak, Roger Mudd. Former President Barack Obama, Speaker of the House Thomas P. (Tip) O'Neill, Nancy Reagan, Andy Rooney, Morley Safer, Natan Sharansky, George Soros, Susan Swain, President Donald Trump, Paul Volcker, Russian President Boris Yeltsin, and Nobel peace prize Winner Muhammad Yunus, as well as journalists from America's leading publications and prominent scholars. Osnos has also been a commentator and host for National Public Radio and a contributor to publications including Foreign Affairs, The Atlantic, and The New Republic. He wrote the Platform column for the Century Foundation, the Daily Beast and The Atlantic.com from 2006-2014. He has also served as Chair of the Trade Division of the Association of American Publishers and on the board of Human Rights Watch. From 2005-2009, he was executive director of The Caravan Project, funded by the MacArthur and Carnegie Foundations, which developed a plan for multi-platform publishing of books. He was the Vice-Chairman of the Columbia Journalism Review from  2007-2012. He is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations. He is a graduate of Brandeis and Columbia Universities. He lives in New York City, with his wife Susan, a consultant to human rights and philanthropic organizations. His children are Evan L.R. Osnos and Katherine Sanford. There are five grandchildren.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.Keen On is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

[This blog will always be free to read, but it's also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com. And if this is too big of a commitment, I'm always thankful for a simple cup of coffee.]I spent this weekend in El Paso at the 2024 Texas Democratic Convention, and it was a breath of fresh air just to be around Texas Democrats. The excitement, the passion, the values, the pride, and the unyielding commitment were on full display. It felt so good to be home.When I was invited to speak at this year's convention, there was no doubt in my mind what I wanted to say. I wanted to offer a love letter to what it means to be a Texan, and specifically, the Texas Democrats who have guided my path in life and continue to do so.The original speech I wrote was a bit long, and after a kind and very reasonable request from convention staff, I trimmed a few minutes off it, but I want to include here the text that I had to cut, so the remarks that are italicized indicate they were in the original speech but not what folks saw at the convention.I implore folks to support Texas Democrats this year. I've rarely seen such energy as I saw this weekend. Folks are putting in the work, and it shows. I am optimistic about November.Please consider donating to Texas Democrats right here, Annie's List (supporting women candidates) right here, and Find Out PAC, a project started by the legendary Gina Ortiz Jones to beat extremist Republicans on the Texas Supreme Court, right here.I'm including the video of the speech below for those who'd like to watch it, and below that will be the full text of my remarks:FULL REMARKS (italicized text in original speech but not during delivery):My name is Charlotte Clymer, my pronouns are she/her, and I am proud to be from the Great State of Texas.I currently live in our nation's capital, and often, when I meet someone for the first time and they ask where I'm from and I tell them, they'll have a look of sympathy on their face and say something like: “Oh, I'm sorry. That sounds terrible.” And they mean it.And when that happens, I respond that I'm actually very proud to be from Texas. I love Texas.And the sympathetic look on their face will vanish and, in its place, will be confusion and incredulity.They'll say to me: “But Charlotte, you're a Democrat. You're pro-choice. You support abortion access. You're a trans woman. How can you be proud to be from Texas?”And I realize, in that moment, they truly don't get it. So, I gotta tell them.I tell them that I am from the home of Barbara Jordan, and that during the Watergate scandal, when Americans felt so alarmed and uncertain about our country's leadership, the conscience of our nation was a Black queer woman from Texas.I tell them that I'm from the home of Gov. Ann Richards and that long before these extremist male politicians were so threatened by women controlling their own destiny, Gov. Richards was making it look easy, backwards and in high heels.I tell them that I am from the home of Wendy Davis and Molly Cook and Julian Castro and Joaquin Castro and Gina Ortiz Jones and Molly Ivins. I'm from the home of Celia Israel and Beto O'Rourke and Gene Wu and Monique Alcala and Becca DeFelice.I tell that them that if they listen to Willie Nelson and Beyoncé and Selena, they are listening to Texas music.I tell them that when they watch Simone Biles dominate the Paris Olympics this summer, they are watching a Texas woman do that.I tell them that I'm from the home of Sheila Jackson Lee and Sylvia Garcia and Lizzie Fletcher and Greg Casar. I'm from the home of Veronica Escobar and Al Green and Marc Veasey and Vicente Gonzalez and Lloyd Doggett.I tell them that I am from the home of Jasmine Crockett.I tell them that I am from the home of Sarah Weddington and Cecile Richards and Ilyse Hogue and Kate Cox and millions of Texas women who refuse to be told what they can and cannot do with their own health care. These women terrify the leadership of the Republican Party for a very simple reason: because they know what every Texan knows, regardless of party or ideology or religion or race: they know that there is nothing as powerful as a Texas woman with a plan.I'm from the home of Colin Allred, the son of a single mother and public school teacher, who will be the next senator from the great State of Texas. And it's not because he has embodied a high standard of excellence his entire life (although he has). I's not because he's a beloved and respected Member of Congress (although he is). It's because Texans know, deep down, that Colin Allred is not the kind of man who's gonna fly off to Cancun in the middle of a natural disaster.I'm from the home of Dr. Kristin Hook. She's a former public school teacher and scientist and labor organizer. And when she saw that Chip Roy might be reelected by default, despite his obstruction, despite his irresponsibility, despite his lack of care and attention to the needs of working-class families, she thought to herself: “I can do better than this.” She is now the Democratic nominee for the 21st congressional district of Texas. And folks, she's gonna win.I'm from the home of Lauren Ashley Simmons, a brilliant union organizer and mom who showed up to her local school board meeting in the face of a cowardly and cynical effort by Greg Abbott to take over her children's school district. She looked at the absolute nonsense occurring in front of her and thought: “You know what, I can do better than this.” She came to that meeting as a concerned parent and left as a leader ready to change things. She is now the Democratic nominee for Texas House District 146. And folks, she's gonna win.I tell folks that I am from the home of nearly 400,000 Texas public school teachers and professional support staff who are overworked and underpaid and under-resourced and yet still come to schools every day ready to fight for the future of every young person. Did you what I said? Every young person, regardless of their religion or their race or their economic background or whether or not they are transgender.I tell folks that no matter what I accomplish in this lifetime, every bit of success I have ever achieved would not be possible without my Texas public school education and the teachers who never gave up on me.And I have a message for transgender and nonbinary youth in Texas: you are loved, you are important, you deserve happiness and authenticity, and we will never stop fighting for you.And I tell them that I come from the home of Carolyn Wilson. That's my grandmother. I know what it means to be a Texan because of my grandmother. She taught me that being a Texan means community. It means helping your neighbor. It means lending a hand to the most vulnerable. Being a Texan means no one gets left behind.My grandmother is an atheist, but when I became a Christian at 19, she didn't hesitate to show up to my baptism and tell me that she's proud of me. When I enlisted in the Army, my grandmother wrote me at basic training every week with encouragement, challenging me to reach a higher standard. When I came out as a trans woman, my grandmother told me how proud she is to have me as her granddaughter.The leadership of the Republican Party lives in fear of people like my grandmother because she is closer to the love and grace and empathy of God than they care to understand.They live in fear of meeting a reasonable adult who disagrees with them and defies being put in a box. I'm a progressive, pro-choice trans woman, and I am a Christian military veteran from Texas. They can't stand me because I make it impossible for them to place me in a box. I make it harder for them to divide people and pit Americans against each other.And I'm a Democrat because the Democratic Party has no time for that. Texas Democrats have no time for that. There are working class families to support, homeless veterans to house, minimum wage workers to be helped, gun reform to be achieved, health care to be expanded, children to be fed and educated, civil rights to advance, democracy to be defended, and a country, a proud country, to believe in.Folks, I wanna be very clear about this: we're gonna win in November. President Biden and Vice President Harris will be reelected, Colin Allred will be in the Senate, and we will take back the House.And Texas Democrats are going to lead the way.God bless America. God bless Texas.Thank you.Charlotte's Web Thoughts is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. 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The Austin newspaper, the Texas Observer, chose Searchlight reporter Alicia Inez Guzmán, to receive its 2024 MOLLY Prize on May 30 th . Guzmán holds a Ph.D. in Visual and Cultural Studies from the University of Rochester in New York. Her article, “Buried Secrets, Poisoned Bodies,” is exemplary investigative journalism. The prize, awarded to only one journalist a year, honors Molly Ivins, the Observer editor for six years in the 70's. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ccnsupdate/support

SUPD Presents : Ana Marie Cox "Getting Better" with guest A.J. Daulerio  A.J. Daulerio is the creator of The Small Bow, one of my all-time-favorite newsletters, which he began publishing in 2018. It's about addiction and recovery and also about family stories, big memories, stubborn feelings, and experiencing grace. The fact that I, a not-sober person, find it so resonant with my experiences suggests some of the expansive excellence you'll find within. I consider The Small Bow a newsletter about being an accountable, self-aware adult, which is a topic area that is oddly underexplored in … the world? A.J.'s personal history is pretty well documented. He was an editor at the sports website Deadspin before becoming editor-in-chief of Gawker in 2012. That year, he published clips of a sex tape that featured Hulk Hogan, who ultimately sued Gawker for $100 million and won. The suit ended Gawker as a company and threw Daulerio's life into utter disarray. Ana Marie Cox is a political columnist for The New Republic and a culture critic whose writing has appeared in Texas Monthly, Sports Illustrated, the New York Times, and NBC.com. Through 2022, she wrote a “Sober Questioning” column at The Cut. She hosts the science fiction and political science podcast Space the Nation with Dan Drezner (created to fill the hole in their hearts when The Churn was canceled). She's a regular on the Stephen King podcast The Losers Club (a favorite episode is this one on recovery themes in King's work). Her memoir, “Just Like Your Mother” — a reported account of addiction, recovery, and intergenerational trauma — will be published by Random House. She hosted "With Friends Like These," a podcast from Crooked Media from 2017-2022. During the pandemic When we recognized there was a pandemic, she had a regular Instagram Live check-in with John Moe, that archive is here. She conducted the "Talk" interviews featured in the New York Times Magazine from 2015-17. She was the senior political correspondent for MTV News from 2016 until they pivoted to video. She is on cable news more often than she'd like, which isn't that often. Since starting the snarky political blog Wonkette in 2004, she has worked at a bewildering variety of outlets, including Time magazine, GQ, Air America, and The Guardian. Prior to Wonkette, she was an editor at Mother Jones and at the webzine Suck.com. She is the author of the romantic comedy novel Dog Days. Ana gained attention in 2008 for being an early, enthusiastic adopter of Twitter and quickly amassed a following of 1 million. She is not on Twitter anymore (because Nazis) but you can follow her on Instagram and Bluesky (@anamariecox on both). You can hear her story about being a suicide attempt survivor here. You may have read that she's a Christian now, too. After ten years in the frigid Midwest, she returned home to Austin, TX in December 2020. She is accompanied by her dog, Exley, named for the author Fred Exley, her murder kitten, Molly Ivins, named for Molly Ivins, and her cat-shaped void, Bram Stoker, named for Bram Stoker. Ana Marie Cox Website  Ana Marie Cox Instagram Sign Up for Ana's Third Story Workshop Send Ana $10 or whatever  More on Stand Up with Pete Dominick 

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GET TICKETS TO SUPD POD JAM IN LAS VEGAS MARCH 22-23 Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 700 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Check out StandUpwithPete.com to learn more SUPD Presents: "Getting Better with Ana Marie Cox" I convinced Ana Marie Cox to come back to Podcasting One Episode at a time. I am really excited about this opportunity and I hope you will support Ana by sending her 5-10$ for joining us today.  For more on what "Getting Better" all about you will have to press play! Oliver Broudy is the author of The Sensitives, published in 2020 by Simon & Schuster. He has written for Men's Health, The New York Times, Mother Jones, and many other publications. His work has taken him to China, Afghanistan, New Zealand, and elsewhere. He has written about mega-pop stars, mega-sports stars, kung-fu, anarchy, and lots of weird medical conditions. He is a finalist for the National Magazine Award and his Amazon Singles have twice been named best Single of the year. Currently, he is at work on a book about the labor movement. Ana Marie Cox is a political columnist for The New Republic and a culture critic whose writing has appeared in Texas Monthly, Sports Illustrated, the New York Times, and NBC.com. Through 2022, she wrote a “Sober Questioning” column at The Cut. She hosts the science fiction and political science podcast Space the Nation with Dan Drezner (created to fill the hole in their hearts when The Churn was canceled). She's a regular on the Stephen King podcast The Losers Club (a favorite episode is this one on recovery themes in King's work). Her memoir, “Just Like Your Mother” — a reported account of addiction, recovery, and intergenerational trauma — will be published by Random House. She hosted "With Friends Like These," a podcast from Crooked Media from 2017-2022. During the pandemic When we recognized there was a pandemic, she had a regular Instagram Live check-in with John Moe, that archive is here. She conducted the "Talk" interviews featured in the New York Times Magazine from 2015-17. She was the senior political correspondent for MTV News from 2016 until they pivoted to video. She is on cable news more often than she'd like, which isn't that often. Since starting the snarky political blog Wonkette in 2004, she has worked at a bewildering variety of outlets, including Time magazine, GQ, Air America, and The Guardian. Prior to Wonkette, she was an editor at Mother Jones and at the webzine Suck.com. She is the author of the romantic comedy novel Dog Days. Ana gained attention in 2008 for being an early, enthusiastic adopter of Twitter and quickly amassed a following of 1 million. She is not on Twitter anymore (because Nazis) but you can follow her on Instagram and Bluesky (@anamariecox on both). You can hear her story about being a suicide attempt survivor here. You may have read that she's a Christian now, too. After ten years in the frigid Midwest, she returned home to Austin, TX in December 2020. She is accompanied by her dog, Exley, named for the author Fred Exley, her murder kitten, Molly Ivins, named for Molly Ivins, and her cat-shaped void, Bram Stoker, named for Bram Stoker. Ana Marie Cox Website  Ana Marie Cox Instagram Sign Up for Ana's Third Story Workshop Send Ana $10 or whatever  More on Stand Up with Pete Dominick 

SUPD Presents: "Getting Better with Ana Marie Cox" I convinced Ana Marie Cox to come back to Podcasting One Episode at a time. I am really excited about this opportunity and I hope you will support Ana by sending her 5-10$ for joining us today.  For more on what "Getting Better" all about you will have to press play! For more on Ana's Guest Sans Bar Founder: Chris Marshall Chris is the visionary founder Sans Bar. He is a renowned mental health advocate and writer who has dedicated his career to building inclusive, alcohol-free communities. Chris has been alcohol-free since 2007 and began his work as a Substance Use counselor in 2009. His passion for supporting those in recovery led him to create Sans Bar in 2017, a groundbreaking alcohol-free space and community based in Austin, Texas. Chris has gained national recognition for his innovative approach to building sober communities and has been featured in major publications, including Men's Health, The New York Times, and USA Today. He's an accomplished speaker and has been invited to share his insights at events such as the Aspen Ideas Festival. With a track record of success in mental health advocacy and community-building, Chris is a leading voice in the movement to create more inclusive spaces for those seeking a sober lifestyle. Ana Marie Cox is a political columnist for The New Republic and a culture critic whose writing has appeared in Texas Monthly, Sports Illustrated, the New York Times, and NBC.com. Through 2022, she wrote a “Sober Questioning” column at The Cut. She hosts the science fiction and political science podcast Space the Nation with Dan Drezner (created to fill the hole in their hearts when The Churn was canceled). She's a regular on the Stephen King podcast The Losers Club (a favorite episode is this one on recovery themes in King's work). Her memoir, “Just Like Your Mother” — a reported account of addiction, recovery, and intergenerational trauma — will be published by Random House. She hosted "With Friends Like These," a podcast from Crooked Media from 2017-2022. During the pandemic When we recognized there was a pandemic, she had a regular Instagram Live check-in with John Moe, that archive is here. She conducted the "Talk" interviews featured in the New York Times Magazine from 2015-17. She was the senior political correspondent for MTV News from 2016 until they pivoted to video. She is on cable news more often than she'd like, which isn't that often. Since starting the snarky political blog Wonkette in 2004, she has worked at a bewildering variety of outlets, including Time magazine, GQ, Air America, and The Guardian. Prior to Wonkette, she was an editor at Mother Jones and at the webzine Suck.com. She is the author of the romantic comedy novel Dog Days. Ana gained attention in 2008 for being an early, enthusiastic adopter of Twitter and quickly amassed a following of 1 million. She is not on Twitter anymore (because Nazis) but you can follow her on Instagram and Bluesky (@anamariecox on both). You can hear her story about being a suicide attempt survivor here. You may have read that she's a Christian now, too. After ten years in the frigid Midwest, she returned home to Austin, TX in December 2020. She is accompanied by her dog, Exley, named for the author Fred Exley, her murder kitten, Molly Ivins, named for Molly Ivins, and her cat-shaped void, Bram Stoker, named for Bram Stoker. Ana Marie Cox Website  Ana Marie Cox Instagram Sign Up for Ana's Third Story Workshop Send Ana $10 or whatever  More on Stand Up with Pete Dominick 

Buy Tickets for the Stand Up PodJam Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 700 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Ana Marie Cox is a political columnist for The New Republic and a culture critic whose writing has appeared in Texas Monthly, Sports Illustrated, the New York Times, and NBC.com. Through 2022, she wrote a “Sober Questioning” column at The Cut. She hosts the science fiction and political science podcast Space the Nation with Dan Drezner (created to fill the hole in their hearts when The Churn was canceled). She's a regular on the Stephen King podcast The Losers Club (a favorite episode is this one on recovery themes in King's work). Her memoir, “Just Like Your Mother” — a reported account of addiction, recovery, and intergenerational trauma — will be published by Random House. She hosted "With Friends Like These," a podcast from Crooked Media from 2017-2022. During the pandemic When we recognized there was a pandemic, she had a regular Instagram Live check-in with John Moe, that archive is here. She conducted the "Talk" interviews featured in the New York Times Magazine from 2015-17. She was the senior political correspondent for MTV News from 2016 until they pivoted to video. She is on cable news more often than she'd like, which isn't that often. Since starting the snarky political blog Wonkette in 2004, she has worked at a bewildering variety of outlets, including Time magazine, GQ, Air America, and The Guardian. Prior to Wonkette, she was an editor at Mother Jones and at the webzine Suck.com. She is the author of the romantic comedy novel Dog Days. Ana gained attention in 2008 for being an early, enthusiastic adopter of Twitter and quickly amassed a following of 1 million. She is not on Twitter anymore (because Nazis) but you can follow her on Instagram and Bluesky (@anamariecox on both). You can hear her story about being a suicide attempt survivor here. You may have read that she's a Christian now, too. After ten years in the frigid Midwest, she returned home to Austin, TX in December 2020. She is accompanied by her dog, Exley, named for the author Fred Exley, her murder kitten, Molly Ivins, named for Molly Ivins, and her cat-shaped void, Bram Stoker, named for Bram Stoker. Join us Thursday's at 8EST for our Weekly Happy Hour Hangout! Pete on Tik Tok Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page All things Jon Carroll 

How do we wrestle with history? This week, Jess and Aaron talk about rote learning, putty, history as study vs. history as culture, stories, empathy, and erasure. They don't talk about the history of Play-Doh. references Six The Very Serious History of Silly Putty Red, White & Royal Blue Giving credit where it's due: "Molly Ivins, lively columnist who dubbed Bush 'Shrub'" See also: Shrub: The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush by Molly Ivins 

Watch now (5 min) | Hightower recounts the story of longtime activist John Henry Faulk’s appearance at a community meeting about an X-rated movie theater on South Congress Avenue in Austin. Featuring the brilliant and much-missed Molly Ivins!

First broadcast on October 25, 1991.

In the 1990s, renowned Texas progressive writer Molly Ivins regaled (and appalled) readers with her reports on the tragicomic awfulness of George W. Bush's two terms as Texas' governor. His tenure was notable for his deep ignorance, frat-boy arrogance, and flagrant servility to corporate interests. But those very qualities made America's moneyed powers decide that–Wow!– he'd make a dandy president! Molly warned that this was madness, but in the 2000 race, W's patrons stuffed him with money, buffed him up with PR Shinola, pulled off a post-election political heist… and squeegeed him, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, and that whole regime of horrors into office. Americans soon began expressing astonishment at how shallow, imperious, and dangerous Bush & Company were proving to be, leading Molly to say: “Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention.” Don't look now, but another Texas gubernatorial goober, named Greg Abbott, is coming at you, insisting he should be your next president. Sadly, Molly is gone, but I think I can speak for her on this matter of national import: Hell No! Excuse the redundancy here, but right-wing extremism has become extremely extreme, and Abbott is vying to be the “extremiest” of all. A clue to his loopiness is his vituperative anti-abortion absolutism, forcing victims of rape to give birth to their rapists' spawn. Not a problem, proclaimed Abbott, for he's the Lone Star Wizard. He declared that he intends to go out and arrest all rapists – get this – before they rape anyone! Abbott, a governor with no talent for governing, has run up a record noted for spectacular program failures, corporate bootlicking, widening inequality, corruption, political buffoonery… and so awful much more. If that's your idea of a president, there he is.

Welcome to the Independent Streak Podcast, only on Jesse Ventura's Die First, Then Quit. Here we showcase candidates, activists, and influencers who are fighting to bring something new, fresh, and game changing to the worlds of politics and pop culture.On this episode, Gov. Jesse Ventura sits down with the award winning journalist and screenwriter, David SirotaDavid Sirota, the journalist, author, and Academy Award nominated screenwriter, has made an illustrious career shining a light on the corruption, graft, and downright lunacy found in both U.S. politics and Wall Street. Dubbed a “new generation populist” by famed columnist Molly Ivins, Sirota's fearless investigative journalism and unique voice as a writer has not only uncovered shady deals between corporate power and public institutions it also landed him on the 2020 campaign trail where he worked as a speech writer for Sen. Bernie Sanders during his run for President. Staying ever vigilant to his profession, 2020 also witnessed Sirota launch The Lever, a reader supported, online news outlet dedicated to bringing true independent investigative journalism to its subscribers. Most recently, he was nominated for Best Original Screenplay by the Film and Motion Picture Academy for his work, along side director Adam Mckay, on the Netflix smash hit, Don't Look Up.David Sirota embodies exactly what the Fourth Estate was originally meant to be, the people's watchdog against government corruption and oppression. This makes him the perfect guest for this edition of the Independent Streak Podcast, only on Jesse Ventura's Die First, Then Quit. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jesseventura.substack.com/subscribe

Deep in the Heart (2022) is a visually stunning portrait of Texas, told through the eyes of the wildlife species themselves. Narrated by Texas icon Matthew McConaughey and featuring state of the art cinematography, this documentary brings to life one of the world's most diverse, but possibly lesser known set of ecosystems. Similar in style to Planet Earth, the film shows off some of the most remarkable wildlife spectacles and eco regions in the state of Texas, weaving in the story of our society's relationship with wildlife in Texas over the past 150 years. Award winning filmmakers Ben Masters and Katy Baldock join us to celebrate the diverse landscapes and remarkable wildlife of the Lone Star State. Joining us as well to co-host this conversation is Matthew Sherwood, host of the Factual America podcast which explores American experience through the lens of documentary filmmaking.  Watch the interview at https://lonestarplate.show Deep in the Heart has its Texas-wide theatre release on June 3rd, and will be available on streaming platforms in July 2022.  “I learned a lot about my home state during the production of ‘Deep in the heart.'” - Ben Masters  What is Covered: 00:00 - Guest introduction and Deep in the Heart Trailer.  08:38 - What Deep in the Heart is about and how the idea for the film came about.  15:50 - How the film crew managed to capture ocelots on camera and what other animals they filmed.  26:30 - What message Ben and Katy want to get across to the audience with this film.  32:30 - How they got Matthew McConaughey to narrate the documentary.  44:00 - What Katy and Ben want the legacy of this film to be.  50:30 - What actions are taken every day to preserve Texas waters and  01:09:00 - The role of writing, narration and music in the documentary.  Resources: - Deep in the Heart (2022) https://www.deepintheheartwildlife.com/ - Take action to preserve Texas wildlife https://www.deepintheheartwildlife.com/take-action - Fin and Fur Films https://www.finandfurfilms.com/ - Planet Earth series on BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mywy - Re:Heat: Raise Hell: The Live and Times of Molly Ivins https://www.lonestarplate.show/episodes/raise-hell-molly-ivins Connect with Ben Masters:  - Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bencmasters/ - Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bencmasters/ - IMDb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7200037/ Connect with Katy Baldock: - Instagram https://www.instagram.com/katybaldock7/ - Facebook https://www.facebook.com/katy.baldock/ Connect with Patrick Scott Armstrong: - Instagram: https://instagram.com/patrickscottarmstrong  Follow The Lone Star Plate: - Follow us on Twitter: @lonestarplateTX - Follow us on Instagram: @lonestarplateTX - Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LoneStarPlateTX - Follow us on TikTok: @lonestarplate - More From The Lone Star Plate: https://lonestarplate.show - Texas Real Food: https://www.texasrealfood.com Special Thanks To Legendary Austin Singer Bob Schneider For Producing And Narrating Our Podcast Intro/Outro. Make Sure and Follow Bob at https://www.BobSchneider.com

Guest host Heather Lenz interviews Janice Engel about her documentary: RAISE HELL: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins.

Guest host Heather Lenz interviews Janice Engel about her documentary: RAISE HELL: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins.

Jody Brannon, director of the Center for Journalism & Liberty at the Open Markets Institute, started her career in print in her native Seattle. Never one to shy from a challenge (she's an avid skiier and beamed in from the snowy mountains of Idaho), she transitioned to digital relatively early on in the revolution. She has had leadership or consulting roles at washingtonpost.com, usatoday.com, msn.com, as well as the tech universe. She served on the board of the Online News Association for 10 years and holds a PhD in mass communication from the University of Maryland. The Center for Journalism & Liberty is part of the Open Markets Institute, which has a pretty bold mission statement: To shine a light on monopoly power and its dangers to democracy. They also say they work to engage in grassroots coalitions, such as Freedom from Facebook and 4Competition.  Dan's Quick Take is on an arcane subject — the future of legal ads. Those notices from city and county government may seem pretty dull, but newspapers have depended on them as a vital source of revenue since the invention of the printing press. Now they're under attack. Ellen weighs in on a mass exodus at the venerable Texas Observer magazine, once a progressive voice to be reckoned with and home to the late great columnist Molly Ivins.  

Writing with Fire (2021) is an inspiring story about India's only newspaper run by Dalit, low-caste women. Armed with smartphones and tenacity, chief reporter Meera Devi and her journalists break traditions as they break stories and tackle India's biggest issues. In the process, they are redefining what it means to be powerful socially.  Writing with Fire is one of this year's Academy Award nominees for The Best Feature Documentary. The film has already won the Audience Award and Special Jury Award at Sundance Film Festival 2021, and a host of other awards at over a hundred film festivals around the world. Award-winning co-director, co-producer, editor and cinematographer of Writing with Fire, Sushmit Ghosh, joins us to share the five-year journey of making this film in collaboration with his partner in film and life, Rintu Thomas. He reveals what drew him and Rintu to this story, how they chose the subjects, and how the film was received worldwide.  Watch the full interview at: https://www.alamopictures.co.uk/podcast/writing-with-fire/ “It's not just a story about a journalist who's managing an institution that may or may not grow, it's a story about a mother, a wife and a daughter, and the guilt that women have to bear in making choices on a day to day basis.” - Sushmit Ghosh Time Stamps: 00:00 - Clip from Writing with Fire, showing Meera on a reporting assignment.    02:40 - How the filmmakers reacted to the Academy Awards shortlist. 04:30 - What the film is about. 06:20 - The background of the Dalit community and their position in India. 13:34 - What it's like for the film protagonist Meera to live the life of a journalist. 17:15 - Who the other two main subjects of the film are.   22:18 - Second clip: Meera teaches Shyamkali how to use smartphone for her work.   24:35 - Where Writing with Fire can be seen. 29:31 - Whether Sushmit ever felt he and Rintu were endangered while filming. 33:10 - Political changes that have happened during the four years of filming. 36:43 - How Sushmit and Rintu got the idea for making this film. 41:25 - Reception to the film on the festival circuit and how it inspired people to take action. 47:30 - What's next for Sushmit and Rintu. Resources:  Writing with Fire (2021)  MovieMaker Magazine Innersound Audio Alamo Pictures Connect with Sushmit Ghosh:  LinkedIn Instagram Connect with Factual America: Facebook Instagram Twitter Connect with Matthew Sherwood: Facebook LinkedIn Twitter More From Factual America: The First Wave: The Human Face of COVID-19 The Rescue: A Story of Bravery, Cave Diving & GenerosityThe Political Wit and Persona of Molly Ivins

This week we're going back to the 1970s with Thunderheart! Join us as we learn about FBI jurisdiction on Native American reservations, the American Indian Movement, the Pine Ridge reservation, and more! Sources: "What We Investigate: Indian Country Crime," FBI.gov: https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/violent-crime/indian-country-crime https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/Public-Law%2083-280 Stewart Wakeling et al, "Policing on American Indian Reservations," US Department of Justice. July 2001 Maura Douglas, "Sufficiently Criminal Ties: Expanding VAWA Criminal Jurisdiction for Indian Tribes," University of Pennsylvania Law Review 166, 3 (2018) Rebecca A Hart and M. Alexander Lowther, "Honoring Sovereignty: Aiding Tribal Efforts to Protect Native American Women from Domestic Violence," California Law Review 96, 1 (2008) Roger Ebert Review, available at https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/thunderheart-1992 Sam Pack, "The Best of Both Worlds: Otherness, Appropriation, and Identity in Thunderheart," Wicazo Sa Review 16, 2 (2001) TV Reed, "Old Cowboys, New Indians: Hollywood Frames the American Indian," Wicazo Sa Review 16, 2 (2001) "Who is Native American, and Who Decides That?" NPR, available at https://www.npr.org/2012/11/01/164101913/who-is-native-american-and-who-decides-that Circe Sturm, "How the Native American Population Increased 87% Says More About Whiteness Than About Demographics," The Conversation, available at https://theconversation.com/how-the-native-american-population-in-the-us-increased-87-says-more-about-whiteness-than-about-demographics-170920 Sarah Viren, "The Native Scholar Who Wasn't," New York Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/25/magazine/cherokee-native-american-andrea-smith.html Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderheart  American Experience, "Wounded Knee" We Shall Remain https://youtu.be/DgKJ6UTRMJ4  Kenny Rogers/ History Channel https://youtu.be/lJxqMAopPuA  Charles Trimble, "Honor the Goons? Never!" Indian Country Today https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/honor-the-goons-never  John M. Crewdson, "2 F.B.I. Men Die, Indian Reported Slain in a Sioux Village Near Wounded Knee," The New York Times (27 February 1975):1, 6. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1975/06/27/issue.html  Grace Lichtenstein, "16 Sioux Sought by F.B.I. In the Slaying of 2 Agents," The New York Times (28 June 1975): 1, 12. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1975/06/28/78253597.html?pageNumber=1   Molly Ivins, "5 Years After Wounded Knee, Elections Show Tribal Splits," The New York Times (24 February 1978): 12. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1978/02/24/110934343.html?pageNumber=12  "It's time to free Leonard Peltier, America's longest serving political prisoner," Scheer Intelligence, KCRW (3 Dec. 2021), https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/scheer-intelligence/its-time-to-free-leonard-peltier-americas-longest-serving-political-prisoner  "June 26, 1975," Leonard (podcast); https://leonard.buzzsprout.com/1176053/4324784-june-26-1975?t=0  https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/resmurs-case-reservation-murders  C-SPAN, "1989 - American Indian Activist Russell Means testifies at Senate Hearing," YouTube (posted 24 October 2012), https://youtu.be/xVANRroxuOo  Kevin McKiernan, "Agnes Lamont - Oglala Sioux on Pine Ridge Reservation," MPR Archive, https://archive.mpr.org/stories/1974/08/30/agnes-lamont-oglala-sioux-on-pine-ridge-reservation  https://libguides.usd.edu/abourezk-woundedknee  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Abourezk  PBS Newshour "Why the Sioux Are Refusing $1.3 Billion," PBS/YouTube (24 August 2011) https://youtu.be/ObabZdcEXh4  Delilah Friedler, ""Get the Hell Off": The Indigenous Fight to Stop a Uranium Mine in the Black Hills," Mother Jones March/April 2020 Issue, https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/05/the-black-hills-are-not-for-sale/    

Hello to you listening in Coupeville, Washington!Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is 60 Seconds for Wednesdays on Whidbey with your host Diane Wyzga.  Molly Ivins was six feet of Texas trouble who took on the Good Old Boy corruption wherever she found it before she lost her battle with breast cancer in 2007 and died far too early depriving us of a brilliant mind, a razor sharp wit, and a woman not afraid to call it like it was. Decades before the current chicanery that passes for politics Ivins said, "Polarizing people is a good way to win an election and a good way to wreck a country."Here's something else Molly Ivins said: “It is the stories we don't get, the ones we miss, pass over, fail to recognize, don't pick up on, that will send us to hell.” [line in the novel It's a Wonderful Woof, the Chet & Bernie Mystery Series books written by Spencer Quin pen name for Peter Abrahams who, like Ivins wrote for the NYTimes].Which stories are those? The ones that don't get told or heard. Here's the thing: either you tell your own story in your own words and voice or one will be told for you. I can coach you to your true authentic story voice.  Question: What are you waiting for? When will you discover your voice? How about now! Contact information is in the Episode Notes. Email: diane@quartermoonstoryarts.netLinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/diane-f-wyzga-QMSA60 Seconds is your daily dose of hope, imagination, wisdom, stories, practical tips, and general riffing on this and that. This is the place to thrive together. Come for the stories - stay for the magic. Speaking of magic, I hope you'll subscribe, follow, share a nice shout out on your social media or podcast channel of choice, including Android, and join us next time! You're invited to stop by the website and subscribe to stay current with Diane, her journeys, her guests, as well as creativity, imagination, walking, stories, camaraderie, and so much more: Quarter Moon Story ArtsStories From Women Who Walk Production TeamPodcaster: Diane F Wyzga & Quarter Moon Story ArtsMusic: Mer's Waltz from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch & Night Heron MusicAll content and image © 2019 - Present: for credit & attribution Quarter Moon Story Arts 

On Thursday's show: City council members have overwhelmingly approved an agreement with the developers of the Ion innovation district despite two years of pushback from community organizers and neighbors who are concerned about the massive development's potential gentrification impact on the historically Black Third Ward area. News 88.7's Jen Rice explains what the vote means. Also this hour: Plans for the East River development in the East End. Plus, on this Veterans Day, Houston Army veteran Tam Pham, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and is now a student at South Texas College of Law Houston, shares how working to resettle refugees from Afghanistan helped him process his experiences from the war. And we revisit a 2019 conversation about how Houston influenced the late columnist and humorist Molly Ivins.

Creative duo and producers Janice Engel and Carlisle Vandervoort join us to speak about documentary filmmaking. In particular, their brilliant new project ‘Raising Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins' a documentary about a Texan journalist who challenged the political establishment with her razor-sharp wit and outspoken approach. Janice is an award-winning filmmaker and a professor at Academy of Art University, San Francisco, where she teaches documentary film. Carlisle is a born and bred texan and a successful producer, as well as being an avid bee keeper and artist! SHOW NOTES: Raise Hell: The Life & Times Of Molly Ivins - https://www.modernfilms.com/mollyivins Watch on Amazon Prime @mollyivinsfilm Film Mentions: All In: The Fight for Democracy John Lewis: Good Trouble Sisters with Transistors Crip Camp Inspirations: TIME - https://linktr.ee/TIMEMovie @foxandrob Honeyland - https://honeyland.earth (both available on prime) Editor @jackbaxter Partner podcast: @outwoodspodcast

"Satire is the weapon of the powerless against the powerful." –Molly Ivins, born on this day 1944.

On READ TO ME, we practice the most fundamental skill of writing — how to listen for what works on the page. And then understand why! In this live episode, recorded in front of a Texas audience, I read from "The Wit and Wisdom of Ann Richards" by the incomparable Molly Ivins. It's an amazing piece about regionalism and racism and sexism and the power of the woman to prevail above what's expected of her. We listen for Ivins genius — to be funny, devastating, brilliant, and casual in every sentence. READ TO ME podcast is supported by READ TO ME Literary Arts. Here, you get the space, time, community, and method to grow as a writer and a reader. You have a gift, no matter how much you doubt it. Now's the time to use it. Find the program that's right for you at readtomepod.com.

Enjoy a short bonus episode with the iconic (and iconoclastic) Kinky Friedman...country music legend, best-selling novelist, and sometimes political candidate. Kinky talks through some of his political heroes, his favorite political stories, his time in the Peace Corps, his friendship with both Bill Clinton and George W Bush.,.& and closes the episode with one of his songs - that was a favorite of Nelson Mandela.IN THIS EPISODE...Kinky talks about the politician that spoke to him most as a kid....Kinky tells the story of Texas political legend Barbara Jordan's famous speech at the 1976 Democratic Convention...Kinky's time in the Peace Corps in Borneo...Kinky tells the story of a lunch involving Bob Dylan and his father...The story of one of Kinky's songs being played regularly by Nelson Mandela in his prison cell...Kinky writes the "first pro-choice" country song...Kinky talks through his early days as a musician in Nashville...Kinky's time around Bill Clinton and George W. Bush (both big fans of his novels)Kinky visits the White House...Kinky's current passion project of the Echo Hill Ranch, providing a summer camp experience for kids of Gold Star families...AND...Barrabas, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Marcie Friedman, Professor Tom Friedman, John Glenn, Hill Country Motors, Molly Ivins, Barbara Jordan, JFK, Moses, Dolly Parton, Rick Perry, Ann Richards, Rolling Thunder Revue, Mark Twain, Tokyo Sexwale, Shel Silverstein, Adlai Stevenson, Robert Strauss, Helen Suzman, Billy Swann, the White Horse Saloon, Hank Williams, Warren Zevon, and MORE!

Today we are joined by author and Vietnam Veteran Tim O'Brien and the Award-winning Director and Producer of The War and Peace of Tim O'Brien, Aaron Matthews. Tim is a literary giant in the US, who has written many books about the Vietnam war, including The Things They Carried as the most famous one. The documentary follows him writing his final book, that he wanted to leave as a memoir and legacy for his sons. I loved this gripping documentary, and it's just impressive how Aaron followed Tim's life for 5 years, still filming even when Tim became seriously ill. We talk about the making of the film and about Tim's views on war in general. He's a fascinating man who manages to make me laugh even when discussing difficult topics. He's made me re-evaluate the way I view the wars we wage and I feel like I'll be mulling this discussion over for a good while yet... “ We pride ourselves in our sophistication, our cosmopolitan, and our awareness of moral issues. Yet we just abandon that in a Stone Age response to things, let's just kill people.” - Tim O'Brien   Time Stamps: 04:08 - The trailer for the documentary The War and Peace of Tim O'Brien.  13:42 - The difficulties talking about being at war and how Tim opened up to Aaron.  16:32 - What it's like being filmed while almost dying from pneumonia.  22:05 - Some of the funny things Tim did on camera.  25:44 - What Aaron was trying to portray in making this film.  28:11 - The life-changing realization Aaron had while making the film.  30:06 - Tim's views on the draft and what it feels like to be drafted.  37:51 - The fact that most Americans don't know the wars we're in or why we're in them.  42:44 - The way technology has changed warfare.  45:42 - The chances there are of living in a world without war.  48:18 - Why Aaron wanted to make the film.  52:31 - Why Tim doesn't oppose wars even though he is against most of the wars we wage.  58:27 - The tribalism behind warfare.  1:00:34 - The separation between the policymakers and the men on the ground in war.  1:03:54 - How divisive American politics has become.  Resources:  The War and Peace of Tim O'Brien (2021) Dad's Maybe Book by Tim O'Brien Slaughterhouse-Five   Factual America Podcast Texas Real Food Connect with Aaron Matthews: Website   Connect with Tim O'Brien: Twitter Connect with Patrick Scott Armstrong: Instagram Facebook Email Connect with The Lone Star Plate: Facebook Twitter YouTube Instagram More From The Lone Star Plate: Director Catherine Hardwicke Discusses Her Movies Twilight, Lord of Dogtown and More Documentary on Restaurants Re-Opening During the Pandemic Boys State: Apple Original Film's Directors Stop By to Discuss the Film Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins

Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins (2019) chronicles the career of the iconic Texas and American columnist, author and political commentator. Now 13 years after Molly's untimely death, award-winning director and producer, Janice Engel, brings Molly's acerbic wit and no-holds-barred approach to journalism to the big screen.  Full episode and show notes: https://www.alamopictures.co.uk/podcast/raise-hell-molly-ivins/ Subscribe to Factual America: https://linktr.ee/FactualAmerica Connect with Factual America: YouTube Facebook Instagram Twitter

Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins (2019) chronicles the career of the iconic Texas and American columnist, author and political commentator. Now 13 years after Molly's untimely death, award-winning director and producer, Janice Engel, brings Molly's acerbic wit and no-holds-barred approach to journalism to the big screen.  Full episode and show notes: https://www.alamopictures.co.uk/podcast/raise-hell-molly-ivins/ Subscribe to Factual America: https://linktr.ee/FactualAmerica Connect with Factual America: YouTube Facebook Instagram Twitter

Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins (2019) chronicles the career of the iconic Texas and American columnist, author and political commentator. Now 13 years after Molly's untimely death, award-winning director and producer, Janice Engel, brings Molly's acerbic wit and no-holds-barred approach to journalism to the big screen.  Full episode and show notes: https://www.alamopictures.co.uk/podcast/raise-hell-molly-ivins/ Subscribe to Factual America: https://linktr.ee/FactualAmerica Connect with Factual America: YouTube Facebook Instagram Twitter

Our guest today is Janice Engel, the director of an amazing documentary film Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins. Who is Molly Ivins, some of you may ask? Molly Ivins (1944-2007) was a famous Texan journalist and libertarian, who changed the space of journalism in the US. Using her witty persona and writing, she was challenging corruption and injustice wherever she saw them. But she was also an amazing cook and her recipes even ended up in a book! Raise Hell premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, won the Audience Award at SXSW and numerous other festival awards. You can watch it on Hulu, stream it through Magnolia Pictures, or Modern Films if you are in the UK. In this episode Janice Engel and I talk about who the current Molly Ivins might be, why Texas is the blueprint for America, and how our society has become polarized to this extent. Janice is also a passionate foodie herself and I can't wait to taste her famous spicy fig jam! "We have a shared humanity that we need to start embracing. We have one planet. And if you all want to go to Venus, have fun with it." - Janice Engel Time Stamps: 00:50 - Who our guest is, and who Molly Ivins was. 2:28 - The trailer for Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins. 4:40 - Showcasing Texas Real Food website. 9:00 - Janice Engel deputizes me. 11:32 - Is there a current Molly Ivins? 17:00 - Why Texas is the blueprint for America. 22:44 - How Janice experiences the divide in America. 27:50 - How America looked like post WWII and the roots of today's divisions. 34:30 - The root of conspiracy theories in inequity. 39:00 - Education and massive middle class as a precondition for a healthy democracy. 44:20 - How eugenics started in America and not in Germany. 48:00 - Where food trucks in Austin disappeared and how much food businesses were affected by the pandemic. 52:32 - How America never experienced the horrors of wars on its territory. 55:00 - Janice's passion for food and her favourite food places in Austin. 58:05 - What Janice's last meal would be. 1:03:50 - Regenerative farming vs. factory farming. 1:09:35 - How Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins was received and the awards it won. 1:10:34 - How Molly was an amazing cook. 1:16:40 - Janice's famous spicy fig jam. 1:17:55 - Where people can see the Molly Ivins movie. Resources: Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins (2019) Stirring it Up with Molly Ivins by Ellen Sweets The Political Wit and Persona of Molly Ivins on Factual America The Great Hack (2019) The Social Dilemma (2020) Selling Lies (2019) RBG (2018) Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011) Dai Due Justine's Brasserie   Texas Real Food Connect with Janice Engel: Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Connect with The Lone Star Plate: Facebook Twitter YouTube Connect with Patrick Scott Armstrong: Instagram Facebook Email   More From The Lone Star Plate: Phunware CEO and the Trump Campaign Mobile App What is Regenerative Agriculture Rebuilding Local Farms with Jordan Green

In this episode, Entertainment Writer at Harper's Bazaar, Yasmin Omar, chats with Raise Hell director, Janice Engel, and producer, Carlisle Vandervoort. Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins tells the story of media firebrand Molly Ivins, six feet of Texas trouble who took on the Good Old Boy corruption wherever she found it. Her razor sharp wit left both sides of the aisle laughing, and craving ink in her columns. She knew the Bill of Rights was in peril, and said "polarizing people is a good way to win an election and a good way to wreck a country." Molly's words have proved prescient. Now it's up to us all y’all to raise hell! Watch the film here: https://www.modernfilms.com/mollyivins/watch

Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins is a documentary that chronicles the career of the acclaimed Texas columnist and journalist. Molly was nominated multiple times for the Pulitzer Prize for her commentary, and her Texas twang became an unlikely voice of liberal America.  Now 13 years after Molly's untimely death, award-winning director and producer, Janice Engel, brings Molly's acerbic wit and no-holds-barred approach to journalism to the big screen.  Janice shares with us how she went from not knowing who Molly was to making a film about her. She also talks about the sometimes tragic private side to Molly's larger-than-life public persona. Even in death, Molly remains as unique now as she did when she was unveiling the hypocrisy of the political establishment. And she sure can still make us laugh. “Everybody needs a dose of Molly Ivins. Firstly, how many documentaries make you laugh? And secondly, she has something to teach us all.” - Janice Engel “Everybody needs a dose of Molly Ivins. Firstly, how many documentaries make you laugh? And secondly, she has something to teach us all.” - Janice Engel Time Stamps:  04:14 - The extent of Molly's lasting power and how the release of the documentary went. 08:03 - How to stream the film online. 09:16 - Who Molly Ivins was and what she did. 10:23 - A brief synopsis of the film. 16:49 - How Molly managed to make a career around Texas politics. 21:22 - The preconceived notions Janice had about Texans before visiting Texas herself. 24:40 - The things that make Molly Ivins such a unique political columnist. 27:29 - The differences between Molly's public persona and her personal life. 32:10 - Molly's relationship with alcohol and drinking. 35:25 - How Janice Engel got involved with the project. 39:45 - How much archival footage she went through to create the film. 45:15 - The extent of love Molly had for the state of Texas. 46:39 - What Molly would think of the current state of American politics. 54:16 - The people that are following in Molly's footsteps. 56:50 - What Janice is now focusing on.  Resources: The Molly Ivins Film Website Alamo Pictures Connect with Janice Engel: Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Connect with Factual America: Facebook Instagram Twitter Connect with Matthew Sherwood: Facebook LinkedIn Twitter

Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins (2019) helps us learn more about the iconic Texas and American columnist, author and political commentator. The post The Political Wit and Persona of Molly Ivins appeared first on Factual America.

On today's episode, Andrew Keen talks with Peter Osnos, founder of PublicAffairs, about the recent news that Bertelsmann, the parent of Penguin Random House, will purchase Simon & Schuster and why this does not mean the Amazonization of the publishing industry. Between 1966-1984 Peter Osnos was a reporter and foreign correspondent for The Washington Post and served as the newspaper's foreign and national editor. From 1984-1996 he was Vice President, Associate Publisher and senior editor at Random House and publisher of Random House's Times Books division. In 1997, he founded PublicAffairs, an imprint of the Hachette Brook Group specializing in books of journalism, history, biography and social criticism. He served as Publisher and CEO until 2005. Among the authors he has published and or edited are; former President Jimmy Carter, Rosalyn Carter, Gen. Wesley Clark, Clark Clifford, former President Bill Clinton, Sam Donaldson, Dorothy Height, Molly Ivins, Vernon Jordan, Stanley Karnow, Wendy Kopp, Jim Lehrer, Scott McClellan, Robert McNamara, Charles Morris, Peggy Noonan, Barack Obama, Tip O’Neill, Nancy Reagan, Andy Rooney, Morley Safer, Natan Sharansky, George Soros, Donald Trump, Paul Volcker, Russian President Boris Yeltsin, and Muhammad Yunus, as well as journalists from America’s leading publications and prominent scholars. Osnos has also been a commentator and host for National Public Radio and a contributor to publications including Foreign Affairs, The Atlantic, and The New Republic.  He has also served as Chair of the Trade Division of the Association of American Publishers and on the board of the Human Rights Watch. He was executive director of The Caravan Project, funded by the MacArthur and Carnegie Foundations, which developed a plan for multi-platform publishing of books. He was Vice Chairman of the Columbia Journalism Review and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Chicago News Cooperative and is active in a number of other journalism and human rights organizations. He writes a regular column called Peter Osnos' Platform on Medium.com. He is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations. He is a graduate of Brandeis and Columbia Universities. He lives in Greenwich, CT with his wife Susan, a consultant to human rights and philanthropic organizations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Bill Fitzhugh Bill Fitzhugh is the award-winning author of ten comic and satiric crime novels. His debut, Pest Control, was translated into half a dozen languages, the film rights sold to Warner Brothers, it was produced as a popular radio show in Germany, and as a stage musical in Los Angeles. Prior to Human Resources, Fitzhugh published The Exterminators, the sequel to Pest Control. The New York Times said, “Fitzhugh is in a league with Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard…he is a strange and deadly amalgam of screenwriter and comic novelist.” The late, great political humorist, Molly Ivins said, “Fitzhugh is one seriously funny guy.” A one-time FM rock deejay, he wrote, produced, and hosted Fitzhugh's All Hand Mixed Vinyl for five years on Sirius-XM's Deep Tracks channel. Born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi, Fitzhugh lives in Los Angeles where he is at work on his next project.   Connect with Bill. Billfitzhugh.com

Sometimes, politics is so nasty, so partisan, that you better laugh—or else you might cry. Molly Ivins was a legendary reporter and columnist — hilariously acerbic, staunchly feminist and uniquely Texan — who pilloried the powerful and defended democracy. She is the subject of “Raise Hell” a documentary biographic by filmmaker Janice Engel.

It would seem at first blush that working from home might be a boon to women - especially women who endure toxic workplace culture. But it turns out the pandemic has done harm to women.Last month, 865,000 women left the workforce. Only 216,000 men did. The trend line is down for all of us, but women are losing jobs at a faster pace. That's because not only are women at home, but their children are, too. And gender bias isn't limited to the workplace.Andie Kramer and Al Harris are both attorneys in Chicago, and have written a few books together about how to overcome gender bias in the workplace. Andie contributes to Forbes.com.As Al points out, a recent study found that men who are home with their families think they are contributing to their children's education equally with their spouses. Their wives think the exact opposite.------------------------------------------We also look at the life and career of journalist Molly Ivins. A documentary about her is being shown via UNLV and Boyd Law School. 

In our first of three episodes about Unstoppable Texas Women, we discuss two women who were great friends, awesome political forces, and very funny Texas women: Ann Richards (our 45th governor) and Molly Ivins (reporter and writer). We'll get into what made them unstoppable, some favorite quotes from each, ordeals they overcame, and their best barbs aimed at the Bush family. We're inspired by Ann Richards and Molly Ivins because they told the truth, worked hard for others, and weren't afraid to be themselves on a public stage.  We start the episode with a round-up of other women notable in Texas history, like Ma Ferguson and Clara Driscoll. Want extra reading? Here's where we did our research: A Texas Monthly article about the legacy of Ann Richards: https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/the-renaissance-of-ann/ Ann Richards's bio from the Texas Politics Project: https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/archive/html/exec/governors/31.html Info and photos of Ann Richards, from the Austin Public Library: https://library.austintexas.gov/ahc/ann-richards-54629 Ann Richards's Keynote Address to the DNC, 1988: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtIFhiqS_TY “The Price of Being Molly Ivins”: https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/the-price-of-being-molly/ “Why We Need Molly Ivins's Wisdom Now More Than Ever”: https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/molly-ivins-raise-hell-film-janice-engel-politics/ Profile of Molly on “Americans Who Tell The Truth”: https://www.americanswhotellthetruth.org/portraits/molly-ivins Profess-Hers is written and created by Allegra Davis Hanna and Misty Wilson-Mehrtens. We produce the show ourselves, with help from Austin Haynes. 

Mark Hanson (Product Manager of Bay Street Video) and Justin Decloux (Co-Host of The Important Cinema Club) take you through this week's new releases on Blu-ray and DVD live from BAY STREET VIDEO. RELEASES DISCUSSED: Ancient Aliens: Season 12 Vol. 1 (lionsgate) Big Trouble in Little China (shout) Boys Next Door, the (1985) (severin) Bread Factory, a (grasshopper) Burn Your Maps (vvs) Candy (2006) (shout) Demons, the (a.K.A Les Demons) (2015) (film Movement) Doctor Who: Season 2 (colin Baker) (bbc/warner) Eegah (film Detective) Emanuelle in America (mondo Macabro) Funan (2018) (shout/g Kids) Game of Thrones: Season 8 / Complete Series / Ltd. Coll. Set (hbo/warner) Genese (a.K.A. Genesis) (2018) (film Movement) Goldfinch, the (warner) Ground Beneath My Feet, the (2019) (strand) Jake Speed (arrow) Joan the Maid: The Battles + the Prisons (cohen) Liaisons Dangereuses, Les (1959) (kino) Nutcracker Fantasy (1979) (discotek) Official Secrets (2019) (paramount) Parts You Lose, the (2019) (samuel Goldwyn) Portals (2019) (screen Media) Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins (magnolia) Ready or Not (fox) Row, the (2018) (lionsgate) Savage (2018) (well Go) Scarface (1932) (universal) Semper Fi (2019) (lionsgate) Slaughterhouse-Five (arrow) Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie (uhd) (discotek) Story of Temple Drake, the (criterion) Tunes of Glory (criterion) Turtle Odyssey (2018) (shout) Where'd You Go Bernadette (fox)

An interview with the late great Molly Ivins, recorded in December 2003 on the publication of her book, “Bushwhacked” (co-written with Lou Dubose) in honor of the release of a documentary about her titled “Raise Hell: The Life & Times Of Molly Ivins.” She is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky. The first part of the interview deals with the current events of 2003, but as the discussion goes on, more and more it foreshadows the America of 2019. Photo: Molly Ivins and Richard Wolinsky outside KPFA, 2003. The post Molly Ivins (1944-2007), 2003: “Bushwhacked” appeared first on KPFA.

A conversation about Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins with filmmaker Janice Engel and former Texas Agriculture Commissioner, Jim Hightower.

SFFILM, the San Francisco International Film Festival, begins Wednesday, April 10 and runs through April 23 in multiple venues throughout the Bay Area. This year's festival includes films by 72 women directors. We talk with director Janice Engel about her new film, Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins, and with Kristina Motwani, co-editor of Midnight Traveler, a real time documentary of a two-filmmaker family's migration from Afghanistan to Europe. Director of Programming Rachel Rosen joins us to break down other highlights of this year's festival, which offers films from 52 countries, in 36 languages. https://zm8l34inie1d68kp1frf9jnc-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2019-SFFILM-Festival-teaser-trailer.mp4 jQuery(document).ready(function($) { var media = $('#video-308184-1'); media.on('canplay', function (ev) { this.currentTime = 0; }); }); The post Lights, Camera, Action! Feminist Films at SFFILM appeared first on KPFA.

Civil rights, women's liberation, the labor movement, battles over the environment: those struggles were fought and won by millions of people, inspired by the ideas of iconoclasts and visionaries.  And KPFA was there to capture and record those struggles and the ideas that nurtured them.  We'll feature some highlights from that inspiring history, including from the likes of Edward Said, Molly Ivins, and Howard Zinn. The post Fund Drive Special: Voices from KPFA's Past appeared first on KPFA.

Novelist and critic Gore Vidal, Malcolm X, and journalist Molly Ivins are just some of the luminaries of the left whose voices were given a platform on KPFA and Pacifica Radio.  We look back at some highlights. The post Fund Drive Special: Voices from the Annals of Pacifica appeared first on KPFA.

Rare recordings of Fannie Lou Hamer, Molly Ivins, Bob Dylan, George Carlin, and John Lennon. The post Fund Drive Special: Hamer, Dylan, Carlin, Ivins, and Lennon appeared first on KPFA.