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RadioNation with Laura Flanders is the weekly broadcast edition of The Nation magazine and TheNation.com. RadioNation cuts through the news and spin of the week for engaging conversations about politics, media, news and culture.

Hosted by journalist Laura Flanders, RadioNation talks directly with the grassroots activists, newsmakers and artists who are making change. Recent guests include frequent Nation contributors like Katrina vanden Heuvel, Naomi Klein, Jeremy Scahill, Katha Pollitt, John Nichols, Christopher Hayes and film critic Stuart Klawans, as well as leading progressive voices like Bill McKibben, Barbara Ehrenreich, Howard Zinn, Medea Benjamin, Eric Schlosser, Al Franken, Dennis Kucinich, Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Jesse Jackson and Dahlia Lithwick.

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About the Show

RadioNation with Laura Flanders is produced in New York City by The Nation in conjunction with Air America Radio. The program has been one of America's most requested weekly news programs since it first debuted in 1995. Host Laura Flanders, an award-winning journalist, radio host, commentator and author, most recently, of Blue Grit: Making Impossible, Improbably and Inspirational Political Change in America. Click here for more about Laura's upcoming projects and appearances. Ben Wyskida is senior producer for RadioNation with Laura Flanders; Dave Fazekas is chief engineer.

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  • RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 7/21/08

    This week: A look at the advocacy group MoveOn.org at 10. Plus: Controversy in Africa over the indictment of the Sudanese President; Amy Alexander and Chris Rabb on the challenges facing minority journalists in their transition to the web; and The Nation's new sex column.

  • RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 7/14/08

    Where does anti-FISA organizing go now that the new surveillance act is law? And is it possible that we might see, after all a floor debate on the big I -- Impeachment? Plus: The latest on US war reisisters in Canada.

  • RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 7/7/08

    This Week: Katrina vanden Heuvel on the meaning of patriotism this July 4th. Plus, some of our most compelling interviews from the first half of 2008: Victor Navasky on the experts getting it wrong about Iraq; Stuart Klawans on Romanian film; and Arthur Danto on the state of contemporary art.

  • RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 6/30/08

    This week: Can Barack Obama be a "People's President," or is his move to the center for good? Betsy Reed, Doug Henwood, Jo-Ann Mort, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Gary Younge debate.

  • RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 6/23/08

    This week: Tom Engelhardt on oil contracts and the prospects for Vietnamization in Iraq and empire; Peace activist Ava Lowery on anti-war activism at 14; Mike Connery on the power of young voters, and the week in politics.

  • RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 6/16/08

    This week: A New Inequality in America. Barbara Ehrenreich, Doug Henwood and Chuck Collins talk about the causes, while Sarah Anderson lays out a 12-step solution. Plus: Gary Younge on Obama and the power of symbols.

  • RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 6/9/08

    This week: Katha Pollitt on the end of the Clinton campaign. Plus: Corey Robin on a neo-conservative book scandal, and Mark Hertsgaard on the latest effort to pass serious climate change legislation.

  • RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 6/2/08

    This week: Bob McChesney and John Nichols on media justice and the '08 election; plus: Esther Kaplan and the fight for the future of labor, and David Sirota on his book "The Uprising."

  • RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 5/26/08

    This week: A conversation with Nation Editor and Publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel about the role of independent media in the 2008 election and beyond.

  • RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 5/19/08

    This week: The Nation's art critic Arthur C. Danto considers the contemporary art world through the lens of the Whitney Biennial. Plus: Zephyr Teachout on the internet and the '08 election, and Richard Kim discusses the impact of the California Supreme Court decision.

  • RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 5/12/08

    This week: Political shifts in the U.K.; Roberto Lovato and Jeanvieve Williams talk about "Juan Crow," a matrix of anti-immigration laws; and Ross Tuttle and Scott Horton look at the chaos in Guantanamo, as the first detainees head to trial.

  • RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 5/05/08

    This week: Will racism or sexism win the day? Plus: Esther Kaplan on workplace safety and Steven Greenhouse on the struggle facing younger workers.

  • RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 4/28/08

    This week: Katrina vanden Huevel talks about the media's silence about the Pentagon's propagandist generals and former Weather-woman Cathy Wilkerson talks about political violence. Plus: Christian Parenti lays out the case against nuclear power, and Chris Hayes has the latest from the campaign trail.

  • RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 4/21/08

    To torch or not to torch!? Sports columnist Dave Zirin, The Nation's Richard Kim and Burma democracy activist Christina Moon tackle the politics of the Olympics. Plus: Journalist Karen Houppert on the rape of KBR employees and Ari Berman previews Pennsylvania.

  • RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 4/14/08

    This week, Hawaiian independence activists shout out for US allies; John Nichols and Ari Berman on Democrats and trade; columnist Eric Alterman on his new book; and more.

  • RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 4/7/08

    Can the netroots really change politics? A panel discussion with blogger Matt Stoller, internet strategist Zephyr Teachout, blogger and journalist Roberto Lovato, Nation Editor Katrina Vanden Heuvel and the Nation's net movement correspondent Ari Melber.

  • RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 3/31/08

    Rhetorical turning points that weren't, economic and ecological ones that just might be and ... is this a watershed moment for progressive policy? Victor Navasky and Chris Cerf on the lies told by our leaders; ecological melt-down with author/activist Bill McKibben, and Jeff Faux on the economic crisis that just might be a big one.

  • RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 3/24/08

    This week: Imagining a *new* new deal, with Howard Zinn, Frances Moore Lappe, Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Eric Schlosser and ... FDR himself. Plus: Ennis Carter and Stephen Duncombe on the political propaganda legacy of the WPA.

  • RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 3/17/08

    War spending is supposed to be good for jobs, right? Not so, says our guest economist Robert Pollin, and Leslie Cagan of United for Peace and Justice. Plus, Michael Zweig and war resister Aimee Allison on the common ground between war workers and America's working class. Also: a new takes on the late latin american author Roberto Bolano.

  • RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 3/10/08

    This week: Did the media swing the March 4 primaries? Did Rush Limbaugh? Plus: Iraq and Afghanistan veterans prepare for this generations "Winter Soldier" hearings; New York, State Senator Eric Schneiderman wants liberals to overhaul their "checklist" change approach; and the ruckus over a gang memoir that wasn't.

Podcast

RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 7/21/08
This week: A look at the advocacy group MoveOn.org at 10. Plus: Controversy in Africa over the indictment of the Sudanese President; Amy Alexander and Chris Rabb on the challenges facing minority journalists in their transition to the web; and The Nation's new sex column. (13mb mp3)

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