With the November election drawing near, media analyst Nolan Higdon returns to the Project Censored Show to explain how fake news and biased media undermine democracy, and why individuals should be “media citizens” rather than “media consumers.” Then in the second half-hour, Nico Perrino joins the program to explain the results of a new study of freedom-of-speech on US college …

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 was invited to deliver the annual Faculty Lecture (via Zoom); he spoke on the topic “Make America Think Again.” Drawing on his years of teaching and research, his talk explored both distant and recent media history, …

Reporter-turned-media-reformer Sue Wilson joins the program to remind listeners that in spite of extensive and destructive media deregulation, radio and TV stations still have a legal obligation to serve the public interest; she calls on citizens to demand the FCC firmly enforce this mandate. In the final 15 minutes of the show, Nolan Higdon provides a skeptical review of CNN’s …

With the Democratic and Republican conventions recently concluded, Mickey is joined by two media analysts to examine the substance and the coverage of those events, and to take note of other stories that have drawn either too much or too little attention from the dominant US media outlets. Notes:   Alan MacLeod is a media critic, a staff writer at …

Peter and Mickey spend the hour in conversation with Carol Anderson. Her book, “White Rage,” chronicles the history of white resistance and obstruction to African-American equality, from the Reconstruction period to modern times. Download Here Notes:   This is a rebroadcast of a previously-aired Project Censored Show.   Carol Anderson is Professor of African-American Studies at Emory University in Atlanta. …

How does the constant presence of smart phones and other digital devices affect the developing brains of young children?  Media scholar Mary Rothschild has investigated this question, and offers her surprising conclusions, as well as suggested  strategies for parents and teachers to manage children’s use of these devices. Mary Rothschild has taught at Fordham and Adelphi Universities, and now offers …

Sociologist and author William I. Robinson returns to the program to speak about his forthcoming book, “The Global Police State,” from Pluto Press. Also on the program is sociologist and author Peter Phillips. For the hour, they discuss the corporate-directed changes in the economy that have left more and more of the world’s population without stable employment, and the consequent …

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 personalities often claim that the bombings were the only option President Truman had to bring World War II to a swift end, but historian Peter Kuznick says this is a myth. On this week’s program, Kuznick …

How do private interests maintain control over public land? Mickey and his guests explore the example of Point Reyes National Seashore in California, where commercial ranches and dairies still operate, despite being bought out after the park’s creation in 1962.   Also in the conversation,  how can national parks be made more welcoming and accessible to communities of color? Notes: Mickey’s …

Mickey’s guest for the hour is Nolan Higdon; their subject is fake news and Higdon’s forthcoming book, “The Anatomy of Fake News.” Their discussion includes a look at the long history of fake news, as well as Higdon’s proposed checklist for identifying a story as fake news. Download Here   Notes: Nolan Hidgon teaches teaches history and media studies at …