Laura Flanders & Friends

THE LAURA FLANDERS SHOW is back with more award-winning interviews and investigative reporting on the people and movements driving positive systemic change in our world today. Hosted by multi-media reporter and author Laura Flanders, the series features smart, solutions-driven conversations with forward-thinking people, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Indian writer Arundhati Roy, actress Sheryl Lee Ralph, and actress/activist Laverne Cox. Laura and her team also report from the field on cutting-edge innovations and topics such as collective ownership and ways that organizations across the country are addressing disparity in the housing market. Every month, contributors S. Mitra Kalita and Sara Lomax, co-founders of the URL Media network, join Laura for "Meet the BIPOC Press," a monthly feature of the show highlighting reporters of color from minority-owned and operated media outlets from around the country. THE LAURA FLANDERS SHOW Season 5 is independently-produced and recorded in a small cabin in rural Sullivan County, New York.

Sun, Apr 26	11:30 A.M.	What Happens After a Prison Shuts Down? A Report from Rural Craigsville, Virginia NH World (11.3) The Augusta Correctional Center employed many residents and brought business to Craigsville, Virginia, a two square-mile, 900-person town in the Shenandoah Valley.
Sun, May 3	11:30 A.M.	The Lucas Plan at 50: A Radical Investment in Society, Not the War NH World (11.3) Military spending around the world is soaring, while spending on meeting social needs is on the chopping block.
Sun, May 10	11:30 A.M.	Alone & Under Water: Learning from Hurricane Helen NH World (11.3) When Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina in September 2024, it came as a shock.
Sun, May 17	11:30 A.M.	Louisiana Survived Katrina. Will it Survive the Petrochemical Industry? NH World (11.3) Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest hurricanes ever to strike the United States, killing 1,833 people, displacing hundreds of thousands more and causing more than $100 billion in damage.
Sun, May 24	11:30 A.M.	Cooperation VS. Authoritarianism In Spain NH World (11.3) What lessons can Spain give us about the value of cooperation in an authoritarian time? A vicious civil war followed by decades of rule by the dictator Francisco Franco led the country to respond to its authoritarian challenges by encouraging various cooperative efforts.
Sun, May 31	11:30 A.M.	Disability Justice: Alice Sheppard & Jess Thom NH World (11.3) Laura Flanders interviews two performance artists whose work illustrates how difference and neurodiversity make art and society richer and more interesting.