The Project Censored Show
Episodes
Examining the Russian Invasion of Ukraine with Harvey Wasserman and Peter Kuznick
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey and his guests examine the Russian invasion of Ukraine. First, author and activist Harvey Wasserman warns of the dangers of catastrophic radioa...
Special Guests Benjamin Norton on How Biden is “out-Trumping Trump” on Immigration and Eugene Puryear on Racism’s Deep Roots in US
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the Project Censored Show’s new co-host Eleanor Goldfield speaks first with Benjamin Norton to learn how President Biden is “out-Tr...
History Matters: Peter Kuznick on US/NATO Tensions, Russia/Ukraine, and Avoiding Catastrophic War
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey spends the hour with American University historian Peter Kuznick, co-author with Oliver Stone of The Untold History of the United States. Th...
Update on Julian Assange Case, Future of Gulf of Mexico Drilling, and is Graphika Really a Fake News Watchdog?
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After several visits as a guest, Eleanor Goldfield joins the program as co-host with Mickey Huff. In the first segment of this week’s show, Kevi...
Eleanor Goldfield and Nolan Higdon Return to the Program
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Journalist and filmmaker Eleanor Goldfield returns to the program to address several topics in media and world events, including the ongoing scandal o...
Hollywood’s Pentagon Propaganda and News Abuse with Robin Andersen; and a New Book on Decolonizing Podcasters with Nicholas Baham III and Nolan Higdon
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Last year, Chinese producers released The Battle at Lake Changjin, a big-budget war movie celebrating a 1950 Chinese victory against US forces in the ...
American Exception: Empire and the Deep State with Aaron Good and David Talbot
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey presents a discussion between political scientist Aaron Good and author David Talbot on the subject of the assassinations of John and Robert Ke...
Earth on the Edge
04 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How can the arts play a role in addressing the global climate crisis? A December 2021 exhibit at the Ceres Gallery in Manhattan, Earth on the Edge, cu...
A Julian Assange Update Featuring Kevin Gosztola
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Independent journalist Kevin Gosztola of Shadowproof.com returns to the program to deliver another update about the Julian Assange extradition case ...
Andy Lee Roth and Steve Macek Discuss the Under-Reported Stories of the Year
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Project Censored’s new annual volume, “State of the Free Press 2022,” has just been released from The Censored Press. It includes the we...
Chris Hedges
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and author Chris Hedges also teaches college-level courses through Rutgers University for the New Jersey state priso...
Local Journalism Matters: Democracy Needs ‘More Muckrakers and Fewer Buckrakers’ (as Project Censored founder Carl Jensen used to say)
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Should a political lobbyist and real estate investor also be the owner of a major regional newspaper that happens to have bought up the most of the co...
Whistleblowing Matters: Why the Julian Assange Extradition Case is Critical for Press Freedoms Around the World
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Independent journalist Kevin Gosztola returns to the program to deliver an update about the Julian Assange extradition case in the UK, and its disturb...
Jeff Mackler and Kevin Gosztola Discuss Julian Assange
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With British courts nearing a possible decision on whether to extradite Julian Assange to the U.S., Jeff Mackler speaks to Mickey about the campaign t...
Occupy Wall Street With Author Michael Levitin
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
September 17, 2021 was the tenth anniversary of the start of Occupy Wall Street. Journalist and author Michael Levitin was there at its beginning, and...
Anti-Social Media: Can Our Already Volatile Political Culture Transcend a Facebook World?
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the aftermath of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen’s testimony to Congress, Mickey and his guests look at the ongoing issues of social me...
Part 2 – Never Forget: 9/11 and the 20 Year War on Terror – Excerpts From the Online Event
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is Part 2 On the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, Code Pink, Massachusetts Peace Action and several other co-sponsoring organizati...
Banned Books Week and Author/journalist Michael Levitin On the Impact of The Occupy Wall Street Movement
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week is Banned Books Week, an annual affirmation of Americans’ right to read, founded by librarians and concerned booksellers in 1982 to co...
Never Forget: 9/11 and the 20 Year War on Terror – Excerpts From the Online Event
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, Code Pink, Massachusetts Peace Action and several other co-sponsoring organizations, including ...
Ray McGinnis and Ken Jenkins
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the nation marks 20 years since the September 11 attacks, Mickey interviews Ray McGinnis, the author of a new book that looks at numerous questions...
Still-Unanswered Questions About the 9/11 Attacks Featuring Peter Dale Scott, Ben Howard, and Aaron Good
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The US Empire and 9/11 in Historical Context For the twentieth anniversary and commemoration of the September 11th attacks, Mickey and his expert gues...
Dave Lindorff and Dan O’Connell
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the first segment, journalist Dave Lindorff shares the little-known story of Ted Hall (1925-1999), a teenage science prodigy who worked on the WWII...
Dennis Kucinich and Lisa Wells
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Former Congressman and presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich joins the program to discuss his recently published a memoir (The Division of Light and ...
Kevin Gosztola, Shahid Buttar, and Gloria Berry
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey welcomes independent journalist Kevin Gosztola of Shadowproof.com to discuss the importance of whistleblowers for journalists and why they need...
Susan Zakin and Steve Erickson
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey’s guests for the hour are authors Susan Zakin and Steve Erickson. Zakin joined forces with other talent from the literary community to cr...
Kalle Lasn and Chase Palmieri
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey’s first guest is long-time media activist, author, and “culture jammer” Kalle Lasn, the founder of Adbusters magazine. He sum...
Deep Fake Politics- Historiography of the Cold War, the Clandestine State, and Political Economy of US Hegemony with Aaron Good
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey’s guest for the hour is political scientist Aaron Good. Good recently completed a critique of the latest BBC documentary from Adam Curtis...
Dan Kovalik Speaks About his Latest Work, Cancel This Book: The Progressive Case Against Cancel Culture
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s program presents edited audio of a July 13, 2021 Zoom conversation in which Mickey hosted a KPFA event with author Dan Kovalik. Kova...
Emil Marmol, Jennifer Lyons, and Nolan Higdon
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How did the dominant corporate media cover Joe Biden’s first 100 days as President? And how has media coverage of Biden differed from that given...
Aviva Chomsky
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Prof. Aviva Chomsky joined Mickey for a Zoom lecture on April 29, an event presented by Project Censored and KPFA radio. The occasion was the release ...
Third Installment of “The Long Sili-CON: Power and Censorship in the Digital Era,”
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s program presents excerpts from a live online discussion co-produced by Project Censored and The Real News Network. This is the third...
Abby Martin, Michelle Rodino-Colocino, and Brian Dolber
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey’s first guest, independent journalist Abby Martin of The Empire Files, provides background to the Israeli bombardments of Gaza, and expla...
Can Democracy Exist in the Digital Era Part II
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s program presents excerpts from a live online discussion co-produced by Project Censored and the Real News Network. The second in a s...
Excerpts From “The Long Sili-CON: Power and Censorship in the Digital Era”
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s program presents excerpts from “The Long Sili-CON: Power and Censorship in the Digital Era,” a live online discussion co-pro...
The Cold War Truth Commission Part 2
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On March 21st, 2021, an alliance of peace organizations presented the “Cold War Truth Commission,” a day of online lectures and discussion about t...
The Cold War Truth Commission
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On March 21st, 2021, an alliance of peace organizations presented the “Cold War Truth Commission,” a day of online lectures and discussion about t...
Claudio Saunt: The Mass Expulsion of Native American Indians From the Southern US
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s Project Censored Show: History Matters. Historian and author Claudio Saunt is featured on the program for the hour. He addresses the ...
Alison Trope and Nolan Higdon Discuss Critical Media Literacy
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s program focuses on the value of Critical Media Literacy, both for students and youth, and in wider public discourse. Mickey’s firs...
Shahid Buttar and Dan Kovalik
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey’s first guest is Shahid Buttar, who in 2020 ran against Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her seat in the House of Representatives; he speaks abou...
Jordan Elgrably and Andy Lee Roth
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey’s guest for the first half of this week’s show is Jordan Elgrably, editor of The Markaz Review. They explore the importance of free...
The Biden Administration’s Foreign Policy and the Complete Picture Project with Medea Benjamin, Rebecca Grace, John Gray
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the first half of the program, peace organizer Medea Benjamin looks at the Biden Administration’s foreign policy, and finds it mainly a disap...
Daniel Ellsberg, Peter Kuznick, and Peter Dale Scott
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Ellsberg is best-known as the whistleblower who leaked the “Pentagon Papers” to the press, but has also written on the threat posed by nucl...
Peter Byrne and Will Carruthers: National Park Service is betraying its mission at Northern California’s Point Reyes National Seashore
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guests say that the National Park Service is betraying its mission at Northern California’s Point Reyes National Seashore by favor...
John K. Wilson and Abby Martin
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In light of the recent death of conservative icon and talk-show host Rush Limbaugh, media scholar John K. Wilson rejoins the Project Censored Show to ...
Scholar John K. Wilson
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey’s guest for the hour is scholar John K. Wilson, author of a recent report for the University of California about freedom of the press on ...
The “Deplatforming” of the Critical Media Literacy Conference of the Americas
10 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Last October, Project Censored cosponsored the Critical Media Literacy Conference of the Americas, an online academic conference examining content-cen...
Giants: The Global Power Elite – Rebroadcast
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Although a new administration has taken office in Washington, the administrators of the world’s wealth have not changed. Project Censored presen...
Capitol Coup d’Trump
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On January 6, 2021, right-wing protestors invaded the U.S. Capitol building to try to disrupt the certifying of votes for the presidential election, s...
John Marshall And Nolan Higdon
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey’s first guest is veteran technology entrepreneur John Marshall. In his new book “Free is Bad: How the Free Web Hurt Privacy, Truth ...
Kevin Gosztola and Michael D. Knox
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s program begins with Kevin Gosztola’s analysis of the recent UK court rulings about Julian Assange; although the judge refused ...
Aaron Good and Adam Bessie
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the first half of the program, scholar Aaron Good summarizes a recent article he co-authored with Peter Dale Scott about the September 9, 2001 murd...
Sharyl Attkisson and Rachael Jolley
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the first half of the show, award-winning journalist and bestselling author Sharyl Attkisson shares ideas from her new book “Slanted. “ She con...
Journalist Chris Hedges
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In an online speech delivered one week after the election, journalist Chris Hedges spoke about the much deeper forces of political and economic decay ...
Mickey Huff and Andy Lee Roth discuss the New Project Censored Book
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the Project Censored Show Mickey Huff and Andy Lee Roth discuss the new Project Censored book, and explain its analytical approach. Project...
Combating the Hazards of 5G
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Technology companies are enthusiastically promoting the consumer “benefits” of fifth-generation (5G) wireless technology. But today’...
Nico Perrino and John K. Roth
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nico Perrino is the first guest on this week’s program; the topic is “Mighty Ira,” Perrino’s new documentary on the life and t...
Peter Kuznick and Victor Pickard Examines Corporate Media’s Superficial Coverage of the Election
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Historian Peter Kuznick, co-author with Oliver Stone of the Untold History of the United States, is the first guest in this post-Election 2020 show; h...
Why Critical Media Literacy is an Essential Component of Media Education
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
October 26 through 30 was Media Literacy Week. Media scholar Nolan Higdon joined Mickey to explain why critical media literacy is an essential compone...
Abby Martin and Eleanor Goldfield
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Program Summary: Anti-imperialist journalist Abby Martin of The Empire Files returns to the program to note the many similarities between Trump and ...
Nico Perrino and Nolan Higdon
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With the November election drawing near, media analyst Nolan Higdon returns to the Project Censored Show to explain how fake news and biased media und...
Make America Think Again – Mickey Huff at the 56th Annual Faculty Lecture at DVC
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As well as being the director of Project Censored, Mickey Huff is a faculty member at California’s Diablo Valley College. This past April, he wa...
Principles of Journalism on Trial/2020 Banned Books Week
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey’s guest for the first half of the program is Kevin Gosztola, managing editor of www.shadowproof.com who is covering the UK extradition...
Unresolved 911 Issues
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With the September 11, 2001 attacks now nineteen years past, Mickey hosts two truth-and-accountability activists still at work on unresolved issues. ...
Destructive Media Deregulation – With Sue Wilson
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Reporter-turned-media-reformer Sue Wilson joins the program to remind listeners that in spite of extensive and destructive media deregulation, radio a...
From the Political Conventions to Civil Unrest: Corporate Media Still Manufacturing Consent
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do establishment media outlets frame and curate our reality? How prevalent is propaganda, and censorship in the US, at a time when we desperately ...
Episode 102 – White Fragility, Cancel Culture, and Over Policing with Darren Kawaii
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode, Nicholas Baham II (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan Higdon host University of Los Angeles’ Jeff Share. Alon...
Authors William I. Robinson and Peter Phillips Discuss Corporate-Directed Changes in the Economy
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sociologist and author William I. Robinson returns to the program to speak about his forthcoming book, “The Global Police State,” from Plu...
Special Guest Peter Kuznick – Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by U.S. Forces
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
August 6th and 9th, 2020 mark the 75th anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by U.S. forces. U.S. politicians and media perso...
How do private interests maintain control over public land? Featuring Mark Bartolini and Laura Cunningham
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do private interests maintain control over public land? Mickey and his guests explore the example of Point Reyes National Seashore in California, ...
Authors Greg Palast and Ted Rall
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey welcomes two frequent guests back to the program, each with a new book on electoral politics. Greg Palast is a veteran investigative reporter, ...
Fake News With Special Guest Nolan Higdon
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s Project Censored Show, Mickey Huff and Nolan Higdon discuss the topic of fake news and how it relates to Higdon’s forthcoming book,...
Alternatives to Policing: Putting the Power and Money Back Into Our Communities
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Project Censored researcher and author Amber Yang, a Restorative Justice and Wellness Coordinator in Northern California rejoins the show along with P...
Dan Kovalik and Chris Finan
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Author Dan Kovalik joins the program to explain why the “humanitarian” wars of the U.S. and its allies only make life even worse for the p...
Robin Andersen and Eleanor Goldfield
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey’s first guest this week is media scholar Robin Andersen, who explains the misleading consequences of portraying the coronavirus cr...
Part II of the Kent-State Series
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
50 years have passed since Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on Kent State University students protesting the Vietnam War. Four students were k...
Kent State 50th with Mickey Huff
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
50 years have passed since Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on Kent State University students protesting the Vietnam War. Four students were kil...
Special Guests Nicholas Baham, III, Anthony DiMaggio
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s program focuses on the media’s response to the current Covid-19 pandemic. Mickey’s first guest is ethnic studies profess...
Peter Kuznick and The Global Covid 19 Solidarity Manifesto
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Historian Peter Kuznick, co-author with Oliver Stone of “The Untold History of the United States,” returns to the Project Censored Show to di...
Andy Lee Roth, Avram Anderson, and Peter Obstler Discuss LGBTQ Issues
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For the first half of the program, sociologist Andy Lee Roth describes his latest work with research librarian Avram Anderson indicating that Google a...
Mickey Talks With Dr. Steve Macek
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey’s guest for the hour is media scholar Dr. Steve Macek of North Central College in suburban Chicago. Macek, a long time contributor to P...
Media Scholar Victor Pickard Explains the Historical Roots of the Current News Crisis
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey’s guest for the full hour is media scholar and author, Victor Pickard. Pickard is associate professor in the Annenberg School for Communicati...
Lee Camp and Craig Aaron Join the Show
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For the first half of the show, Mickey’s guest is investigative comic, Lee Camp, host of “Redacted Tonight” on RT Television, and au...
How Decades of Neoliberal Policies Impact COVID-19 Responses in the US – Then Emil Marmol Presents How the Corporate Media Undermines Progressive Candidates
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the first segment of this week’s program, Nolan Higdon and Mickey Huff discuss how the Democratic primaries reflect a struggle for control of...
Mary Rothschild and How Digital Devices Affect Developing Brains of Young Children
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How does the constant presence of smart phones and other digital devices affect the developing brains of young children? Media scholar Mary Rothschild...
David Talbot Speaks About His Newest Book Titled “Between Heaven and Hell”
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Journalist and historian David Talbot’s latest book is also his first work of biography. Between Heaven and Hell is an account of the stroke he su...
Guests Robert Manning, Arnie Gundersen, and Andrew Kodama Discuss Climate Change and a Possible Low-Emissions Economy
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey and Chase host an hour dedicated to climate change, and how the world can move toward a low-emissions economy. This week’s guests are cl...
John Corbally and Chase Palmieri
25 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey begins the show in conversation with academic colleague Dr. John Corbally; their topic is “Why History Matters.” Corbally recently ...
Rosa del Duca and Nolan Higdon
11 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey’s first guest, author Rosa del Duca, recounts her personal journey from teenage National Guard recruit to conscientious objector, and the...
Peter Phillips and Tim Ogburn – Should Pacific Gas & Electric Co. be a Public Power Authority?
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As Northern California communities tally the toll of disastrous fires and repeated power shutoffs, Peter Phillips and Tim Ogburn say it’s time t...
Andy Worthington and Kristina Borjesson Return
21 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Worthington and Kristina Borjesson make return visits to the Project Censored Show to update listeners on their work. Journalist and activist And...
Special Guests Kevin Gosztola and Ted Rall
13 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Independent Journalists Kevin Gosztola and Ted Rall make return visits to the Project Censored Show to update listeners on their latest work. Kevin Go...
Peter Byrne and Will Carruthers Examine PG&E’s Role in the Political Influence and Media Control of California
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Investigative reporters Peter Byrne and Will Carruthers return to the show to speak about the latest story in their “Power Brokers” series...
Kenn Burrows and Amber Yang
10 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As the world faces unprecedented challenges like global warming, what role are media and journalism playing? Kenn Burrows and Amber Yang say that soci...
How Facebook, Twitter and Google are working to Undermine News with Emil Marmol and Mnar A. Muhawesh
02 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s program, Mickey Huff and his guests examine how Facebook, Twitter and Google are working to hide, “deplatform” or oth...
Mickey Huff and Nolan Higdon – A Look at the Five Decades of Corrosive Political and Media Changes
18 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, we hear a talk given by Mickey Huff and Nolan Higdon. They spoke about their new book, “United States of Distraction,...
Abby Martin and Matt Taibbi
11 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi is the first guest on this week’s show; his new book, “Hate, Inc.” explains how today’s corporate media, espe...
“Facebook News”
03 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Facebook recently announced, “Facebook News,” a partnership between the social-media giant and established corporate-media outlets, includ...
What will be the consequences of a capitalist crisis of overproduction in the 21st century?
22 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What will be the consequences of a capitalist crisis of overproduction in the 21st century, when nations and political institutions are dominated by...
Mickey Huff at Southern Oregon University
13 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Project Censored director Mickey Huff gave the keynote lecture for Independent Media Week in Ashland, OR, at Southern Oregon University, April 2019. T...
Censored 2020: Through the Looking Glass with Andy Lee Roth
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Project Censored’s co-director Andy Lee Roth is Mickey’s guest, and their topic is the new edition of Project Censored’s annual book...