Global Stuff with Jeff Cohen and Andra Watkins
This podcast of Global Stuff features two guests. In the first half, JeffCohen, media critic, writer and journalism professor who led theRootsaction.org campaign, “Don’t Run Joe” to convince Joe Biden todrop out of the presidential race, discusses the impact of his exit. Healso provides a perspective on the challenges facing Kamela Harris andthe dynamics of the upcoming election. In the second half, AndraWatkins journalist and author of the substack newsletter, “How Project2025 Will Ruin Your Life” clarifies the extreme threat posed by the farChristian Right nationalist agenda represented by Project 25. As awoman who was raised in the South in a Christian fundamentalistculture, Andra knows firsthand what their plans mean for individualrights and freedoms. Jeff Cohen, media critic and lecturer, was founding director of the ParkCenter for Independent Media at Ithaca College, where he was anassociate professor of journalism. He founded the media watchgroup FAIR in 1986, and cofounded the online activistgroup RootsAction.org in 2011. Cohen has coproduced documentarymovies, including “The Corporate Coup D’Etat” and “All GovernmentsLie: Truth, Deception and the Spirit of I.F. Stone.” He is the authorof Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media. Hehas been a TV commentator at CNN, Fox News and MSNBC, and wassenior producer of MSNBC’s Phil Donahue primetime show until it wasterminated three weeks before the Iraq invasion. His columns have been published online at such websites as HuffPost, CommonDreamsand Truthout—and in dozens of dailies, including USAToday, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, AtlantaConstitution, and Miami Herald.Andra Watkins is the author of the Substack newsletter “How Project2025 Will Ruin Your Life.” She is the author of five books (and counting)including the NY Times bestseller, Not Without My Father: OneWoman’s 444-Mile Walk of the Natchez Trace, 2015 National BookAward nominee. More information at andrawatkins.comandproject2025istheocracy.substack.com Jimmy Durchslag has been the host of “Global Stuff”, a monthly guestdriven talk show for over 20 years. He has interviewed many prominentscholars and leaders who clarify complex issues and providesuggestions for positive change. He has a long experience as a managerof several for profit and non-profit organizations. He is one of thefounders of Redwood Community Radio, the parent organization forKMUD. He recently served as the Director of the Mainstream MediaProject, a nonprofit organization that scheduled expert guests forinterviews on talk shows both nationally and internationally.
