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The Project Censored Show is a weekly public affairs program that airs Fridays from 1-2 P.M. Pacific time on KPFA Pacifica Radio. The program is an extension of the work Project Censored began in 1976 celebrating independent journalism while fighting media censorship and supporting a truly free press. The program focuses on The News That Didn’t Make the News. Each week, co-hosts Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips conduct in depth interviews with their guests and offer hard hitting commentary on the key political, social, and economic issues of the day with an emphasis on critical media literacy. The program began broadcasting in 2010 and is nationally syndicated on over 20 stations.

  1. Unplugging the News: The Fight for Local Journalism and the State of the Free Press

    3 DAYS AGO

    Unplugging the News: The Fight for Local Journalism and the State of the Free Press

    Project Censored’s new yearbook, “State of the Free Press 2025” is fresh off the presses. In the first segment, Andy Lee Roth and Shealeigh Voitl talk with Mickey about the extensive process that culminates in the selection of the annual “Top 25” censored stories. They also speak about the need to extend media analysis beyond fact-checking to “frame-checking.” In the second half, Mickey and co-host Eleanor Goldfield speak about Eleanor’s new article on media literacy for activists, including various ideas on how activists can successfully interact with the different categories of media. Mickey and Eleanor also alert listeners to the dangers of House Bill 9495, a measure that would empower the U.S. Treasury Secretary to unilaterally remove an organization’s non-profit status. GUESTS: Andy Lee Roth is Associate Director of Project Censored and the coordinator of the Project’s Campus Affiliates Program. Shealeigh Voitl is digital and print editor at Project Censored.   The post Unplugging the News: The Fight for Local Journalism and the State of the Free Press appeared first on KPFA.

    1 hr
  2. Special Holiday Fund Drive Programming

    DEC 13

    Special Holiday Fund Drive Programming

    Today’s episode of Project Censored is preempted by special programming for KPFA’s 2024 Holiday Fund Drive. To support our mission, please donate here or call (800) 439-5732.   The post Special Holiday Fund Drive Programming appeared first on KPFA.

    1 hr
  3. Ralph Nader and Peter Phillips on financial power vs. people power

    DEC 6

    Ralph Nader and Peter Phillips on financial power vs. people power

    On today’s special holiday fund drive episode: Mickey talks with political sociologist Peter Phillips about his new book Titans of Capital: How Concentrated Wealth Threatens Humanity. The sequel to 2018’s Giants, Titans identifies the money managers who control the world’s largest sums of capital, in their jobs at Black Rock and other huge investment firms, and how their power worsens the problems facing the human race. Legendary consumer-rights campaigner and political activist Ralph Nader returns to discuss his two forthcoming books: Lets Start the Revolution explains how grassroots people-power can defeat corporate power, while Out of Darkness is a collection of Nader’s writings from 2012 to 2022.   The post Ralph Nader and Peter Phillips on financial power vs. people power appeared first on KPFA.

    1 hr
  4. Connecting the Dots: The War on Workers Is The War Abroad

    NOV 29

    Connecting the Dots: The War on Workers Is The War Abroad

    What does the genocide in Gaza have to do with the working class here at home? Well, quite a lot. Imperialism is a home game and the same corporations and international interests that make bank off of blood oppress the U.S. workforce for that same bottom line. This week in a special one-hour interview episode, three guest experts join the Project Censored Radio show to discuss the U.S. supply chain and war: labor educator Gifford Hartman, researcher and CGPU-UAW union member Abdullah Farooq, and 40-year rail and marine transportation veteran Fritz Edler. Together they outline not only the current actions and efforts of workers to connect the dots between oppression here at home and abroad but also the silenced and buried history of workplace organizing against war, including direct action and strikes. Our guests also dive into the importance of public ownership of transportation such as rail, the nefarious ways in which automation fuels both the war machine and destitution here in the U.S., and what a just transition away from war could mean not only for workers here but indeed around the whole world.   The post Connecting the Dots: The War on Workers Is The War Abroad appeared first on KPFA.

    1 hr
  5. Kashmir occupation / BRICS summit implications

    NOV 22

    Kashmir occupation / BRICS summit implications

    In the first half of today’s show, Eleanor’s topic is India’s occupation of Kashmir and its violent suppression of human rights there. She says, for this topic, the guest’s chair stayed empty, because Kashmiri journalists and activists — even those outside Kashmir — are forced to stay silent for fear of retribution against their families. Eleanor also points out the multiple parallels and connections between the Israeli occupation of Palestine and the Indian  occupation of Kashmir. In the second half-hour, Ben Norton returns to the program to discuss the recent BRICS summit in Russia; he also compares the fast-growing BRICS group of economies with the US economy and its rising inequality. Ben Norton is editor-in-chief at the Geopolitical Economy Report (www.geopoliticaleconomy.com)   The post Kashmir occupation / BRICS summit implications appeared first on KPFA.

    1 hr
  6. Ralph Nader and Peter Phillips on Corporate Power versus People Power

    NOV 15

    Ralph Nader and Peter Phillips on Corporate Power versus People Power

    Legendary consumer-rights campaigner and political activist Ralph Nader returns to the Project Censored Show to discuss his two forthcoming books. Let’s Start the Revolution explains how grassroots people-power can defeat corporate power, while Out of Darkness is a collection of Nader’s writings from 2012 to 2022. Later in the program, Mickey talks with political sociologist Peter Phillips about his new book Titans of Capital: How Concentrated Wealth Threatens Humanity. The sequel to his 2018 book Giants, Titans identifies the money managers who control the world’s largest sums of capital, in their jobs at Black Rock and other huge investment firms, and how their power worsens the problems facing the human race. Note: These interviews were recorded prior to the November 5 election.   The post Ralph Nader and Peter Phillips on Corporate Power versus People Power appeared first on KPFA.

    1 hr
  7. Algorithmic Literacy for Journalists / A New Movement Media Alliance

    NOV 8

    Algorithmic Literacy for Journalists / A New Movement Media Alliance

    Mickey’s first guest this week is Project Censored’s Associate Director, Andy Lee Roth. Roth is a 2024-25 Reynolds Journalism Institute Fellow where he is developing an “algorithmic literacy” toolkit for journalists. He explains why today’s journalists need a basic understanding of the algorithms used by internet and social media tech giants to better serve the public. Issues around horse-race poll coverage, shadow banning, and algorithmic gatekeeping are discussed. In the second half of the show, Maya Schenwar of Truthout and Lara Witt of Prism introduce the organization they co-founded, the Movement Media Alliance. They explain why social-justice-oriented media outlets should work together, both to enhance their impact and to better the working conditions for journalists in independent media. GUESTS: Andy Lee Roth is Associate Director of Project Censored, co-editor of its state-of-the-free-press yearbooks, co-author of The Media and Me, and coordinator of its Campus Affiliates Program. His work on algorithmic literacy for journalists is supported by a fellowship from the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri. Maya Schenwar is Editor-At-Large for Truthout, and writes extensively on prison and policing issues. Lara Witt is Editor-In-Chief at Prism Reports.   The post Algorithmic Literacy for Journalists / A New Movement Media Alliance appeared first on KPFA.

    42 min
  8. Crisis, Culture, and Civility: Critical Media Literacy Education and Election 2024

    NOV 1

    Crisis, Culture, and Civility: Critical Media Literacy Education and Election 2024

    With the 2024 US elections drawing near, host Mickey Huff moderates an expert panel discussion with three media scholars and educators about how critical-media-literacy education can enhance civic engagement. They outline the many challenges posed by social media, hyper-partisanship, and fake news, but also explore what educators can do to engage today’s students and equip them with critical tools necessary to deconstruct media messaging and bridge communication barriers, both inside and outside the classroom. This program is also a special broadcast that is part of the Big Rhetorical Podcast Carnival. GUESTS: Allison Butler is a Senior Lecturer in Communications at the University of Massachusetts and the Director of the Media Literacy Certificate Program in the Department of Communication at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Amherst, MA, where she teaches courses on critical media literacy. Butler co-directs the grassroots organization, Mass Media Literacy, where she develops and conducts teacher training for the inclusion of critical media literacy in K-12 schools. She is co-author of The Media and Me and Surveillance Education. Nolan Higdon is a co-founding member of the Critical Media Literacy Conference of the Americas; a University Lecturer at the Merrill College and the Education Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz; a Project Censored National Judge; and an author of several books on media issues, including The Anatomy of Fake News, as well as co-author of The Media and Me and Surveillance Education. Sydney Sullivan is a Lecturer at San Diego State University, and a doctoral candidate at the University of California, Davis. Her research focuses on education and digital rhetoric with an emphasis on well-being. Sydney’s most recent chapter in Transformative Practice in Critical Media Literacy is out now, titled “Rethinking Curriculums: How Critical Digital Literacy and Mandatory Composition Courses Collide.”   The post Crisis, Culture, and Civility: Critical Media Literacy Education and Election 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

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The Project Censored Show is a weekly public affairs program that airs Fridays from 1-2 P.M. Pacific time on KPFA Pacifica Radio. The program is an extension of the work Project Censored began in 1976 celebrating independent journalism while fighting media censorship and supporting a truly free press. The program focuses on The News That Didn’t Make the News. Each week, co-hosts Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips conduct in depth interviews with their guests and offer hard hitting commentary on the key political, social, and economic issues of the day with an emphasis on critical media literacy. The program began broadcasting in 2010 and is nationally syndicated on over 20 stations.

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