1:00 PM Pacific Time: Fridays
The Project Censored Show is a weekly public affairs program that airs Fridays from 1-2 P.M. Pacific time on KPFA Pacifica Radio. The program is an extension of the work Project Censored began in 1976 celebrating independent journalism while fighting media censorship and supporting a truly free press. The program focuses on The News That Didn’t Make the News. Each week, co-hosts Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips conduct in depth interviews with their guests and offer hard hitting commentary on the key political, social, and economic issues of the day with an emphasis on critical media literacy. The program began broadcasting in 2010 and is nationally syndicated on over 20 stations.
May 3 is World Press Freedom Day. In the first segment, Mickey speaks with Professor Andrew Kennis, who explains his new theoretical model of media and society and also proposes reform policies (notably BBC-style public financing) to revive U.S. journalism in a way that serves the public, rather than commercial interests. Then, Mickey and Eleanor …
In the first segment, Mickey speaks with Professor Raza Rumi, director of the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College, who explains the declining relevance of “legacy” media and the essential work of a truly independent press. They also discuss media censorship and propaganda around Israel and Hamas and what appears to be an … Continued
In the first half of the show, Eleanor sits down with two residents of East Palestine, Ohio — Zsuzsa Gyenes and Chris Albright — to discuss the ongoing fallout from the catastrophic train derailment in February of last year. Zsuzsa and Chris talk about a purgatory of waiting without help, without answers, without accountability, all … Continued
Britain’s High Court of Justice has ruled whether Julian Assange can appeal an extradition order that would send him to the U.S. Independent journalist Kevin Gozstola, author of Guilty of Journalism, explains the implications of the order and whether the U.S. might file new charges against the Wikileaks publisher, if it finally gets custody of … Continued
In the first half of the show, researcher and U.S. military veteran Christian Sorensen joins Eleanor Goldfield to discuss the business of war, the mapping of it, the remarkable spread of it, and the very real ability and need to shift this trillion dollar industry to something more sustainable and peaceful. Sorensen explains how the … Continued
This week’s show presents excerpts from a recent panel discussion about the “Military-Entertainment Complex.” Inspired by the documentary “Theaters of War,” the panelists examined the remarkable extent of Pentagon / CIA influence over movies, television, and computer games, and its aim of molding the attitudes of Americans about the military as well as U.S. behavior … Continued
In the first half of the show, Libertie Valance and Cindy Barukh Milstein join host Eleanor Goldfield to talk about how a small co-op bookshop in Asheville, NC came to be the keeper of more than 20,000 youth books banned in Florida, as well as the emergence of the Banned Books Back! initiative and how … Continued
A new book edited by a trio of media scholars tracks the spread of censorship across countries and across the media spectrum. All three co-editors join Mickey to explain their disturbing findings. Then, Mickey and co-host Eleanor Goldfield discuss the widely published story of supposed mass rape by Hamas fighters on October 7, and the … Continued
This week’s show is preempted by special fund drive programming.
On this KPFA fundraising special, filmmaker and media-studies professor Roger Stahl describes the surprising breadth and depth of Pentagon and CIA control over Hollywood movies and television shows. His 2022 documentary, “Theaters of War,” examined how the military demands script changes as the price of its cooperation with producers, with the aim of favorably portraying … Continued
In this special fund drive episode, Kevin Gosztola delivers the latest news about the Julian Assange case, including Assange’s final judicial appeal in the UK against US efforts to extradite him and the consequences an Espionage Act trial of Assange could hold for journalists worldwide.
