OptOutcast

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LGBTQ+

🏳️‍⚧️ PODCAST: Imara Jones on the Anti-Trans Hate Machine

🏳️‍⚧️ PODCAST: Imara Jones on the Anti-Trans Hate Machine

Last week I sat down with TransLash creator Imara Jones to talk about the current, highly calculated disinformation campaign against trans people, what these laws and this political landscape mean for the LGBTQ+ community, and the need to move potential allies to action. As it was Trans Day of Visibility last Friday—and the launch of...

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Climate

PODCAST: Brown Girl Green (Unlocked Full Episode)

PODCAST: Brown Girl Green (Unlocked Full Episode)

Today we've unlocked our full Kristy Drutman, the founder of Brown Girl Green, a digital media brand that educates and inspires action around sustainability, climate change, and the environment. She is also the founder of Green Jobs the top online destination for people of color to learn about employment in the environment and climate...

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OptOutcast

PODCAST: Janine Jackson on Corporate Media Bias

PODCAST: Janine Jackson on Corporate Media Bias

Today we have another edition of OPTOUTCAST for you! On this edition of OptOutcast, I speak with Janine Jackson, the host and producer of a weekly radio show and podcast from national media watchdog Jackson is also FAIR's program director. She co-edited The FAIR Reader: An Extra! Review of Press and Politics in the ’90s, and she has...

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OptOutcast

Podcast: Doug Henwood on His Career and Left Media Today

Podcast: Doug Henwood on His Career and Left Media Today

On this edition of OptOutcast, OptOut co-founder Alex Kotch speaks with Doug Henwood, a veteran journalist and author who's the host of BEHIND THE a weekly radio show and podcast, and the creator of the website LBO Doug tells us about his life and career, which has included a print newsletter in the 1980s and even a brief stint on Wall...

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Climate

Podcast: How Fossil Fuel Trade Groups Obstruct Climate Action

Podcast: How Fossil Fuel Trade Groups Obstruct Climate Action

Christian Downie is a political scientist and professor at the Australian National University, where he researches climate and energy politics. He is also the author of Business Battles in the U.S. Energy Sector. His recent paper with co-author Robert Brulle in the journal Climatic Change traces how fossil fuel trade associations in...

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