The Project Censored Show
Episodes
Oakland International Film Festival – California Roots of Thrash-Metal Music
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Timed to coincide with the 17th annual Oakland International Film Festival, this week’s Project Censored show explores the cultural value of fil...
The Freedom to Read and Learn
16 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In observance of Banned-Books Week (Sept 22 – 28) Mickey and his guests discuss some of the obstacles placed in the way of Americans’ fre...
Danny Haiphong
03 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts Mickey Huff and Chase Palmieri spend the hour in conversation with Danny Haiphong, co-author of the new book with Roberto Sirvent “American Ex...
Why Corporate Media is Not “Mainstream”
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s program is an overview of the biases and dangers of corporate media. Freelance journalist Chelli Stanley explains why corporate medi...
Will Carruthers and Whitney Webb
19 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week the Project Censored Show highlights two impeccable investigative reporters, both of whom illustrate the power a free press can wield in ...
The 1988 Edward Herman/Noam Chomsky Propaganda Model in Modern Media
29 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey and Chase spend the hour with media scholar Alan Macleod, for a discussion on how the 1988 Edward Herman/Noam Chomsky propaganda model applies ...
Dan Kovalik – The Cost of the US Military Machine
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s guest is author/scholar Dan Kovalik; he speaks about US interventions around the world, past and present, and the cost Americans pa...
Authors John Duffy and Ray Nowosielski
02 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Authors John Duffy and Ray Nowosielski are the guests for the hour; to speak about their recent book The Watchdogs Didn’t Bark. The product of y...
Jon Gold – The Continuing Lies and Unanswered Questions of the 9/11 Attacks
22 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sept 11 scholar Jon Gold returns to the show to explain some of the continuing lies, and lingering unanswered questions, nearly 18 years after the 9/1...
Activism of the Millennial Generation
18 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, “Rallying Over Balloting: The Origins of Millennial Activism.” Nolan Higdon, university lecturer of media studies a...
Daniel Ellsberg and Peter Dale Scott Part 2
10 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s Project Censored episode presents a continuation of the May 27 program, the interview of Daniel Ellsberg and Peter Dale Scott togeth...
The Transnational Capitalist Class, Global Economic Crisis, and Twenty-First Century Fascism
03 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On the latest Project Censored Show— “The Transnational Capitalist Class, Global Economic Crisis, and Twenty-First Century Fascism,” ...
The Deep State and the Doomsday Machine: A Conversation between Peter Dale Scott and Daniel Ellsberg
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this Project Censored Show Mickey Huff interviews Aaron Good, with Scott/Ellsberg excerpts from the Media Freedom Summit 2.0. Daniel Ellsberg is mo...
Dave Lindorff and Michael D. D. White
21 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Veteran journalist Dave Lindorff is the first guest; he describes the misrepresentations and complete falsehoods that US corporate media has been pres...
The Other Slavery – With Andres Resendez
06 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Author and history professor Andres Resendez speaks about “the other slavery” — the enslavement of millions of Native Americans from...
Credder – The Future of Validated News?
30 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Co-host Chase Palmieri takes a turn as a guest, to explain his latest project – www.credder.com. On this site, readers can evaluate news stories...
Historian Peter Kuznick
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Historian Peter Kuznick returns to the Project Censored Show to discuss the newly released second edition of The Untold History of the United States. ...
Corporate Media Literacy?
08 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
At a time when media education is perhaps more vital than ever, Project Censored associates Nolan Higdon and Ben Boyington make the case that corpora...
Junk Food News
01 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Each year’s Project Censored volume includes a chapter on “junk-food news” — trivial or scarcely-significant stories that rece...
Fukushima Meltdown Site With Arnie and Maggie Gundersen and US Military Plans to Dominate Outer space with Bruce Gagnon
25 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Nuclear-power experts Arnie and Maggie Gundersen return to the show to publicize the ongoing damage the Fukushima meltdown site is inflicting on Japan...
How “Fighting Fake News” Has Become the New Trojan Horse for Corporate and Social Media Censorship
19 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Project Censored Show, Mickey and Chase spend the hour with journalist Kevin Gosztola of Shadowproof.com. They discuss how R...
Abby Martin at Social Justice Week
12 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s program, we hear a speech by Abby Martin, delivered as part of Sonoma State University’s Social Justice Week activities. Sh...
Kenn Burrows, Neal Gorenflo, and Michael Morey
19 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kenn Burrows of San Francisco State University returns to the program to talk about SFSU’s annual Gandhi-King Season of Nonviolence. Then Neal G...
Activists at the Local and Global Levels
13 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey interviews two activists who work at the local and global levels, respectively. High School student Lucia Garay explains how she became motivat...
Abby Martin and Mnar Muhawesh
04 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mnar Muhawesh of MintPress News explains the recent US Senate bill aimed at suppressing the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement; she also...
Ted Rall, Robert Manning, and Kenneth Dubroff
29 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Author and editorial cartoonist Ted Rall is the first guest; he explains the latest developments in his legal battle with the Los Angeles Times, and t...
Rob Williams and ‘Russian Interference’ in the Election
23 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Amid the ongoing corporate-media hue and cry about ‘Russian interference’ in the 2016 US election, media scholar Rob Williams reviews the ...
Abby Martin, Nora Barrows-Friedman, Eleanor Goldfield, John Collins, Nicole Eigbrett, and Steve Peraza at the Media Freedom Summit 2.0
08 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s show presents speeches and conversation from Project Censored’s 2018 Media Freedom Summit 2.0 The first 2/3 of the show is fro...
Eleanor Goldfield and the Need for an Alternative to Facebook
18 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the aftermath of the Facebook/Twitter purge of hundreds of pages, artist/journalist Eleanor Goldfield explains the need for an alternative to thos...
Dave Lindorff Explores the Pentagon’s Financial Mysteries
11 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Long-time investigative reporter Dave Lindorff explores the Pentagon’s financial mysteries, including massive unaccounted-for spending and decad...
Ifat Gazia, Steve Macek and Robin Andersen
20 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s program presents excerpts from two of the panels at Project Censored’s recent “Media Freedom 2.0” conference. We a...
Journalism Using Blockchain with Dan Kinsley, and a California Scandal with Peter Byrne
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Our first guest, Dan Kinsley, presents a new approach to journalism, based on blockchain technology. His organization, the Civil Media Company, emplo...
Social Media Censorship in the Era of So-called Fake News (as we approach midterm elections)
22 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey, Chase and their guests analyze the October 11-12 mass deletion of pages or accounts by Facebook and Twitter. The two social-media giants elim...
The Top 25 Most Censored Stories
09 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey Huff and Chase Palmieri are joined by several of the contributors to “Censored 2019,” the latest edition, just-published, of Proje...
Banned Books Week with Betsy Gomez, Charles Brownstein, and Abena Hutchful
25 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In observance of Banned Books Week 2018, Mickey speaks with three guests, all involved in different facets of defending Americans’ right to rea...
Speeches from the 2018 Petaluma Progressive Festival
20 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Project Censored Show we present some of the speeches from the 2018 Petaluma Progressive Festival. Speakers at this year’s even...
Abby Martin, Mike Prysner, and Kevin Gosztola
04 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this Project Censored Show, Mickey Huff and Chase Palmieri continue their discussion regarding efforts to censor voices critical of the US empire f...
The Censorship of Youtube and Facebook with David Pakman and Andrew Austin
22 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this Project Censored show Mickey, Chase and their guests discuss how Internet titans like Facebook and Youtube are censoring what users can post,...
Free Press with Craig Aaron
19 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s program, we look at the state of the media as we hear updates from Craig Aaron, CEO and president of FreePress.net about their latest cam...
Peter Phillips Returns
13 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Phillips returns to the Project Censored Show, this time as a guest, to discuss his new book, Giants: The Global Power Elite. The product of ye...
Historian Peter Kuznick and The Untold History of the United States
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Historian Peter Kuznick returns to the Project Censored Show to discuss the forthcoming update to his book The Untold History of the United States. ...
Jenna Orkin and Jon Gold on 9/11 Activism
15 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
9/11 activists Jenna Orkin and Jon Gold are Mickey’s guests for the hour. Rather than considering who the perpetrators might’ve been,the g...
Peter Byrne on the War on Terror
02 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Longtime investigative reporter Peter Byrne shares what he learned from numerous interviews with academic and military analysts involved in the “wa...
Medea Benjamin Speaks at the Hillside Club in Berkeley, California
24 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s program we hear a recent speech by author and peace organizer Medea Benjamin. She discusses her newly-published book “Insid...
Henry Giroux
18 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the Project Censored Show Mickey Huff welcomes new co-host Chase Palmieri as they welcome back world-renowned educator, author, and publi...
Abby Martin and Chase Palmieri
02 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Journalist Abby Martin, host of The Empire Files on teleSUR, makes a return visit to the program and speaks with Mickey about how corporate media obfu...
African American Social and Political Issues with Audrena Redmond
02 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this Project Censored Show we discuss African American social and political issues with Audrena Redmond of Beautiful Struggle and then youth radio ...
International Journalism in Russia and Latin America with Dan Kovalik
23 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nolan Higdon, Nicholas Baham III, and Aimee Casey co-host this Project Censored Show as they discuss international journalism in Russia and Latin Amer...
Israeli Brutality, Heidi Kramer, and Violence in Children’s Media
15 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this Project Censored Show Susan Rahman hosts the first half of the show and speaks with three students researching the history of Palestine and t...
Civil Rights, Protests and Media Education
06 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nolan Higdon, Nicholas Baham III, and Aimee Casey co- host this edition of the Project Censored Show. They first discuss civil rights, protest, and me...
Researching the Top 25 Most Censored Stories
01 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Project Censored’s annual “top 25 most censored stories” are gleaned from hundreds of stories nominated by students and faculty at p...
Gender, Race, and Class in Media with Dr. Bill Yousman and Dr. Lori Bindig-Yousman
26 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nolan Higdon, Nicholas Baham III, and Aimee Casey co-host this edition of the Project Censored Show. They discuss Gender, Race, and Class in Media wit...
Giants – The Global Power Elite
23 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s show features a recent talk by Peter Phillips at Sonoma State University titled “Giants – The Global Power Elite.”...
Fake News and the Truth Emergency – A Speech by Mickey Huff
17 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s program, we hear a speech given in March by Mickey Huff as part of the annual Social Justice Week lecture series at Sonoma State ...
Critical White Studies and the Trump Voter
13 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Project Censored Show, hosts Nolan Higdon, Nicholas Baham III,and Aimee Casey discuss critical white studies and the Trump vote...
Ralph Nader – Out of Control Corporations, Death in the Workplace, and the Issues Facing Americans
09 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s program we hear a recent speech by the legendary political activist and consumer-rights advocate Ralph Nader. Nader outlines some...
Sanctuary Cities in African American Communities
07 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Project Censored Show, hosts Nolan Higdon, Nicholas Baham III, and Aimee Casey discuss sanctuary cities in African American com...
Radical Sociology with Michael Thompson, Frances Fox Piven, and William Robinson
28 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Sukhov and Peter Phillips explore the importance of radical sociology with three social scientists: Michael Thompson, Frances Fox Piven, and W...
Chase Palmieri of Tribeworthy.com and Dave Lindorff Reports on “Russiagate”
05 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
For the first half of the show, Chase Palmieri explains the latest developments at Tribeworthy.com, the web site where readers critique and rate journ...
#MeToo Movement with Pioneer Newspaper writers Jamie de Silva and Daniel MacGuire
27 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this weeks Project Censored Show, Nolan Higdon, Nicholas Baham III, and Aimee Casey discuss youth journalism and the #MeToo Movement with Pioneer N...
Resisting the Ghost of Fascism With Guest Henry A. Giroux
26 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this Project Censored Show, host Mickey Huff is joined for the hour by Henry A. Giroux, renowned educator, prolific author, and public intellectua...
Darfur Genocide and efforts at world peace with Adeeb Yousif
18 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nolan Higdon, Nicholas Baham III, and Aimee Casey discuss the Darfur Genocide and efforts at world peace with Adeeb Yousif, the president and founder ...
Manufacturing Consent with Rob Williams
17 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In 1988 Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky published their influential work, “Manufacturing Consent.” One of the book’s features was th...
Marijuana Discourse with Tim Cromartie
10 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this Project Censored show we discuss recreational and medical marijuana discourse with special guest Tim Cromartie. Alexandra Archuletta, Aimee Ca...
Guests Matt Ginsberg-Jaeckle and Ursula Wolfe-Rocca
28 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Long-time Honduras-solidarity activist Matt Ginsberg-Jaeckle is the first guest on this weeks show; he provides updates on the suppression of popular...
Immigration Policy and Higher Education
24 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this Project Censored show the topic is immigration policy and higher education. Specifically, we take a look at DACA and how it is being reported ...
Kevin Gosztola and Eleanor Goldfield + Issues Being Ignored in the Corporate Media
22 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
To open the show, Mickey welcomes back artist/writer/activist Eleanor Goldfield. They address a range of issues being ignored or slighted in corporate...
Poets Reading the News
03 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this special edition of the Project Censored Show, the co-editors of Poets Reading the News spend the hour looking back at some of the most importa...
Art Activism with Eleanor Goldfield
11 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey’s first guest is the multitalented Eleanor Goldfield. An artist, writer and social activist. She explains the connections between art and...
Corporate-Media Denunciations of “fake news”Dave Lindorff
06 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For the first segment of the show, Mickey and Michael speak with independent journalist Dave Lindorff. In a recent Salon.com article, Lindorff contend...
Seven Days in May – Nick Flix Part 2
06 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This Project Censored show features part 2 of our 5 part series entitled Nicks Flix. Looking at authoritarianism and politics in the US through the le...
U.S. Immigration Policy
26 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Project Censored program we discuss U.S. immigration policy and talk to real people suffering from it. We are joined by a DACA ...
Nuclear Power Problems with Robbie Leppzer, Arnie and Maggie Gundersen
23 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The first guest, documentary producer Robbie Leppzer, discusses his latest work, Power Struggle. It’s an account of the grassroots campaign to s...
Pratap Chatterjee, Khalil Bendib, and Media Scholar Julie Frechette
07 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For the first half of the show, Mickey’s guests are Pratap Chatterjee and Khalil Bendib, co-authors of the new book Verax (‘truth-teller&#...
Rachael Jolley, Anna Callahan, and Elle Aviv Newton
28 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For the first half of the program, Mickey speaks with Rachael Jolley of Index on Censorship in London, who explains the vital role of radio in breakin...
Native Americans – The Other Slavery – With Andres Resendez
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Historian and author Andres Resendez speaks about “the other slavery” — the enslavement of millions of Native Americans from the ti...
Health Effects of Cellphones and the Limitations of Online Activism with Michael Levitan
16 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this Project Censored Show Mickey and guest co-host Kenn Burrows spend the first half of the program on a discussion of health effects arising from...
Are US Elections Clean, and How Can Voters Be Sure?
13 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey and his guests spend the hour addressing election integrity: are US elections clean, and how can voters be sure? We discuss serious doubts we h...
The New American Authoritarianism: How the Corporate Media Normalized Racism in 2016
07 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Nolan Higdon, Nicholas Baham, and Desiree McSwain discuss the release of Censored 2018 with a focus on the chapter “The New American Authoritariani...
The Media – With Special Guests Rob Williams, Abby Martin, and Andy Lee Roth
03 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey and Peter devote this week’s show to discussions about the media, including both critiques of corporate media and a briefing on the latest w...
Project Censored helps celebrate the Right to Read and the 35th Anniversary of Banned Books Week
27 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s show celebrates the 35th Anniversary of Banned-Books Week as Mickey spends the hour with five guests representing a variety of perspecti...
“Nicks Flix” Authoritarianism and Politics in the U.S.
25 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this Project Censored show, we examine the first of five films that deal with Authoritarianism and Politics in the US. The post “Nicks Flix&#...
Latin America Journalism with Kali Persall and T.M. Scruggs
17 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this installment of the Project Censored show we speak with Kali Persall who is just returning from Cuba, and T.M. Scruggs a musicologist and Media...
Looking Back at the September 11th Attacks
11 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Marking the 16th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, Peter and Mickey speak with two scholars who’ve written extensively about Sept. 11. ...
Corporate Media Representations of Latin America with William Robinson
27 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Phillips and Michael Sukhov spend the hour in conversation with scholar/activist William Robinson. Addressing a wide range of topics, their dis...
Surveillance and Authoritarianism With Kalemba Kizito
12 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the Project Censored Show we quickly touch upon the latest news including the Trump’s twitter problem. We then talk about surveilla...
Community Journalist Louis Laventure
05 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Nolan, Nicholas and Desiree speak with long-time community journalist Louis Laventure about how journalism needs to adapt to serve today’s young...
Violence and Journalism
29 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this Project Censored Show Dr. Nicholas Baham III leads a round table discussion focussing on violence and journalism. The post Violence and Journa...
The Erosion of the Democratic Republic of the USA with Dr. Henry Giroux
22 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Project Censored director and host Mickey Huff had the pleasure of being in dialogue with the prolific author and brilliant scholar Dr. Henry Giroux. ...
Islam in Journalism with Mnar Muhawesh
13 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Project Censored Show we speak with Mnar Muhawesh. Mnar Muhawesh is founder, CEO and editor in chief of MintPress News — ...
Pro-Israel Organizations with Alison Weir
10 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this Project Censored Show Peter Phillips and guest co-host Michael Sukhov spend the hour with Alison Weir, founder of the organization “If A...
What the Corporate Media is Missing About Terrorism
25 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Project Censored Show we talk about what the corporate media is missing when it comes to reporting Terrorism. We also discuss t...
Katherine Olmstead and the Conspiracy Culture in Media
18 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Nolan and Nicholas spend this week’s show in conversation with author and historian Katherine Olmstead; their topic is “conspiracy culture...
New Approaches to Journalism
09 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the first half of the show Mickey and Peter speak with three student researchers and their advisors at San Francisco State University about their c...
Punishing Political Protest with Caitlin Henry and Laleh Behbehanian
02 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Peter and Mickey speak with attorney Caitlin Henry and sociologist Laleh Behbehanian about the rise in state legislative efforts to suppress or punish...
Sexual Harassment in the Media
30 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this week on the Project Censored Show we discuss sexism in U.S. society, the health care system, and how the media has impacted these topics. We ...
The U.S. Drug Problem and Grounds for Impeaching Trump
30 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Project Censored Show Program we examine some of the most recent news stories. We begin with the untimely death of Chris Cornell,...
Fighting Fake News With Mickey Huff
08 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we present a speech delivered in April by the Project Censored Show’s co-host Mickey Huff. His topic was ‘fake news,’ and...
Orange Is The New Black, Black Lives Matter, and Project Censored Student Researchers
01 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The program begins with a discussion of how TV depicts female inmates; is “Orange Is The New Black” a step forward in public understanding...
The US Drone Warfare Program
20 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show is devoted to the US drone warfare program, its consequences for targeted populations, and activists’ efforts to stop it. Sel...