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Project Censored – 12.08.15

Peter and Mickey spend the hour in conversation with political author Chris Hedges; his latest book is "Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt." The discussion covers issues from freedom of information to U.S. Middle East interventions, and the ideas of intellectuals from W.E.B. Dubois to Cornel West to Sheldon Wolin.

Project Censored – 12.01.15

With the 52nd anniversary of the JFK assassination recently past, Peter and Mickey present a rebroadcast of a November 2013 interview with Mark Lane, part of the observance of the 50th anniversary of the assassination. 

Mark Lane is an author, attorney and independent researcher into the killing of JFK. He was one of the first to dispute the conclusions of the Warren Commission, and his written extensively about the assassination. His most recent book is "Last Word: My Indictment of the CIA in the Murder of JFK.”

Project Censored – 11.24.15

Peter and Mickey spend the hour with David Talbot, author of "The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA and the Rise of America's Secret Government."  According to Talbot, Dulles -- a Wall Street lawyer turned spymaster -- shaped the modern CIA, defied the will of Presidents, and was complicit in the JFK assassination. Talbot says that Dulles' influence continues into modern times, in government acitivities such as torture, rendition, and pervasive surveillance.

Project Censored – 11.17.15

Nuclear-industry critics Arnie and Maggie Gunderson warn that, four-and-a-half years after the meltdown, Fukushima still poses a danger to Japan and the Pacific region, and that the Japanese government is trying to prevent journalists and physicians from disclosing the ongoing problems.

The program closes with an excerpt from a speech by Arnie Gunderson rebutting the idea of nuclear power as a solution to global warming. 

Arnie and Maggie Gunderson both worked in the nuclear-power industry, then became whistleblowers about problems in the industry. They now operate the Fairewinds foundation
(www.fairewinds.org)

Project Censored – 11.10.15

Peter Phillips and Anthony Fest spend the hour discussing the battle for LGBT rights -- past, present, and future. Renown LGBT historian Lillian Faderman speaks about her new book "The Gay Revolution," a chronicle of the gay-rights struggle from the 1940s to the present day. Later in the hour, Marin college student and activist Caitlin McCoy joins the conversation with an LGBT-youth perspective. Mickey Huff will return next week. 

Project Censored – 11.03.15

Peter and Mickey spend the hour speaking with author/educator Henry Giroux.  Giroux explains the concept of 'critical pedagogy,' and the pivotal role that education plays for the whole of society. He warns of the increasing domination of the world by the ultra-rich, and a new form of anti-intellectualism fostered by a failing corporate media. Among the measures the left must take to resist these forces, he names the formation of a third political party, and more academics taking on the duties of public intellectuals, rather than limiting 

their activities to the campus.

Project Censored – 10.20.15

What is Critical Media Literacy, and why is it a vital skill for students and citizens today? Peter Phillips and Mickey Huff speak with two Media Literacy scholars, who explain how the concepts apply to both old and new forms of media. Julie Frechette chairs the Department of Communications at Worcester State University in Massachusetts. Bill Yousman is director of the graduate program in Media Literacy and Education at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut.

Project Censored – 10.13.15

Mark Crispin Miller of NYU discusses some of the recent additions to his Forbidden Bookshelf series, which seeks out important out-of-print political works and republishes them as e-books; Miller explains the insidious ways the books were first "disappeared." Next, Peter Hart with the National Coalition Against Censorship speaks about this year's Banned Books Week, and some of the means -- short of outright banning -- which keep important books away from students. The program concludes with Gerry Condon of Vets for Peace, speaking about the historic vessel Golden Rule, brought to San Francisco as part of a protest against the U.S. Navy's annual Fleet Week activities there.

Project Censored – 09.15.15

9/11 and the Rise of Neoconservative Foreign Policy. For this 14th anniversary 9/11 special program, co-hosts Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips speak with Media Roots journalist and filmmaker Robbie Martin about his new film "A Very Heavy Agenda." The film looks in depth at the Kagan family and the rise of neoconservative foreign policy prior to and since the events of 9/11. Tune in for a detailed discussion about the development of the US policy driving American Empire.

Project Censored – 09.08.15

Authors Mark Pilisuk and Jennifer Rountree discuss their new book, "The Hidden Structure of Violence: 

Who Benefits From Global Violence and War." They contend that organized violence is not an inescapable 

part of human existence, but is organized and carried out by the dominant social order to enhance its own power.  

In the second half of the program, Tara Dorabji joins in to explain how violence and social control are wielded in 

two of the world's occupied lands, Palestine and Kashmir, and the role women play in preserving life and culture 

in those areas, despite the occupiers' brutality.

Marc Pilisuk teaches at Saybrook University; Jennifer Rountree works at the National Indian Child Welfare Association; 

Tara Dorabji works at Youth Radio and is a contributor to the forthcoming Project Censored 2016.