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Channel • 10 Shows

History

History

Updated 29/10/2018
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TV & Film

Updated 06/01/2019
History

History

Updated 27/05/2019
News Commentary

News Commentary

Updated 26/02/2020
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Music Commentary

Updated daily
Parenting

Parenting

Updated weekly
Documentary

Documentary

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31/01/2024

The Real Free Speech Threat: Meet the UN's First Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders

In June 2022, Michel Forst became the first UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders. In that role he has spent the past year visiting various countries and speaking out about the increasingly onerous laws and aggressive tactics being used against climate protestors. Today he released a statement on the UK, saying he is "extremely worried" about "the increasingly severe crackdowns on environmental defenders in the United Kingdom, including in relation to the exercise of the right to peaceful protest." In this episode, our France reporter Anna Pujol-Mazzini talks to Forst about his new position, what it means, and what power he has to do something about the creeping crackdown on climate protest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

31/01/2024

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1hr 13min
SEASON 4 TRAILER

New Season Coming Soon: Light, Sweet Crude

On paper, the small South American country of Guyana is the fastest-growing economy in the world, thanks to its oil boom. The country started shipping barrels of oil in 2019. Hotels are popping up all over its capital city. Historic homes are being turned into condos for visiting oil execs. But average citizens say they aren’t benefiting from the boom like they thought they would. And one lawyer is trying everything she can to stop her homeland from being changed from a carbon sink into a carbon bomb. In this special crossover season of Drilled and Damages, a look at 21st century oil colonialism, amid the climate crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S4 Trailer

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2 min
17/03/2022 · BONUS

Unpacking the Landmark Los Cedros Ruling

Last episode we told the story of Ecuador's rights-of-nature journey, today Melissa Troutman and Joshua Pribanic, directors of Invisible Hand and co-founders of the journalism organization Public Herald, join to talk about what the landmark Los Cedros ruling means, not just for Ecuador but the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

17/03/2022 · Bonus

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23 min
27/01/2024

The Real Free Speech Threat: What Happened At Bayou Bridge? The Other End of the Dakota Access Pipeline

While protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline at the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation garnered international news coverage, at the southern end of the pipeline, cops moonlighting as pipeline security were suppressing free speech with impunity. In this episode, reporter Karen Savage tells us what happened at Bayou Bridge, and what lessons the story holds for the climate movement and for anyone who believes in the importance of democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

27/01/2024

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45 min
09/05/2023

S3 Bonus: A Verdict

The day after our season finale last week, we got some incredible news from Guyana: the High Court ruled against the oil company and the government in the big insurance case Melinda Janki filed. KWe caught up with Janki shortly after the verdict was released for this conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

09/05/2023

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30 min
19/10/2018

Rebecca Traister on the Power of Women's Anger

Author Rebecca Traister joins Ashley to answer reader letters on how to move forward when they're filled with rage over everything from politics to #MeToo. Traister is the author of All the Single Ladies and, out this month Good and Mad, about the catalytic power of women's anger.

19/10/2018

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56 min
05/04/2018

Episode 2: Leticia Aguilar on Immigration, Misogyny, and Valuing Women

In this episode, we meet Leticia Aguilar and hear about her epic journey, from growing up as one of 18 kids in a small town in Mexico to her early days in Sacramento to the work she does now, helping Latina immigrants get educated and defeat machismo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

05/04/2018

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29 min
28/02/2018

Trailer - Welcome to Bearcat

Bearcat (noun): 1920s slang term for a hot-blooded or feisty woman. Bearcat is a podcast for serious women. Bi-weekly episodes, hosted by reporters Brittany Shoot and Amy Westervelt, celebrate women who are committed to leading by example, to benefiting their communities in ways big and small, to taking their lives and their impact on the world seriously. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

28/02/2018

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2 min
16/09/2018

Reverend Roslyn Bouier on the Sin of Income Inequality

Reverend Roslyn Bouier runs one of the largest food pantries in Detroit. Her work feeding hundreds of hungry folks in Detroit every month is profiled in an upcoming episode of The Fifty One. For Bearcat, we dig into Rev. Roslyn's general approach to community service and her push back against the hypocrisy of religious folk who shun the poor. For $35 off your first SunBasket order, visit sunbasket.com/bearcatThe Fifty One: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fifty-one/id1361701448?mt=2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

16/09/2018

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32 min
21/03/2018

Episode 1: St. Rita

In our first episode, traveling bookseller Rita Collins talks to us about why she loves living in the Montana woods and how she came to own and operate the country's first traveling bookstore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

21/03/2018

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18 min

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