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Leid Stories episodes

August 17, 2018 Leid Stories--Buckle Up! It’s ‘Free Your Mind Friday’ on Leid Stories!—08.17.18
You’re cordially invited to "Free Your Mind Friday," our weekly, free-form gabfest that runs the gamut of listeners' opinions and ideas.
We're a polite, friendly group, and we welcome differences of opinion. Call 888-874-4888 and let's hear you free your mind!
celebration of information, opinions and ideas. It’s “Free Your Mind Friday” on Leid Stories, and joy in our world is having our say about things that matter.
Call in (888-874-4888) and join the festivities!
56 min
August 17, 2018 Leid Stories–Buckle Up! It’s ‘Free Your Mind Friday’ on Leid Stories!—08.17.18

You’re cordially invited to "Free Your Mind Friday," our weekly, free-form gabfest that runs the gamut of listeners' opinions and ideas.

We're a polite, friendly group, and we welcome differences of opinion. Call 888-874-4888 and let's hear you free your mind!

celebration of information, opinions and ideas. It’s “Free Your Mind Friday” on Leid Stories, and joy in our world is having our say about things that matter.

Call in (888-874-4888) and join the festivities!

56 min
August 16, 2018 Leid Stories—Remembering Aretha Franklin, The Queen of Soul—08.16.18
Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, died at her home in Detroit today after a long battle with cancer. She was 76.
We remember her.
58 min
August 15, 2018 Leid Stories—The Storm Still Rages in Puerto Rico--08.15.18
Elisa Llenza, a citizen-journalist and activist, reports that crisis is the order of the day in Puerto Rico in just about every sphere of life for most Puerto Ricans. Ten months after Hurricane Maria hit the island, and after promises of federal aid to restore basic services, for example, thousands of school children and their teachers have no idea where classes are to be held. And there still is not a true accounting of how many lives were lost to the hurricane. For most, life is at bare subsistence level, Llenza reports, and even as the people persist, there is little indication things will change soon.
56 min
August 15, 2018 Leid Stories—The Storm Still Rages in Puerto Rico–08.15.18
Elisa Llenza, a citizen-journalist and activist, reports that crisis is the order of the day in Puerto Rico in just about every sphere of life for most Puerto Ricans. Ten months after Hurricane Maria hit the island, and after promises of federal aid to restore basic services, for example, thousands of school children and their teachers have no idea where classes are to be held. And there still is not a true accounting of how many lives were lost to the hurricane. For most, life is at bare subsistence level, Llenza reports, and even as the people persist, there is little indication things will change soon.
56 min
August 14, 2018 Leid Stories—Historian Gerald Horne on Trump's Trade Wars; Zimbabwe's Election; South Africa's Land Reform; Maduro's Close Call; and Other Global Land Mines--08.14.18
Historian and political scientist Dr. Gerald Horne gives an authoritative guided tour of global hot spots and their connection to U.S. trade, military and foreign policies.
Horne holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. He has written more than 30 books and 100 scholarly papers on struggles against imperialism, colonialism, fascism and racism.
He regularly decodes complex social, political and economic issues on Leid Stories.
58 min
August 14, 2018 Leid Stories—Historian Gerald Horne on Trump’s Trade Wars; Zimbabwe’s Election; South Africa’s Land Reform; Maduro’s Close Call; and Other Global Land Mines–08.14.18
Historian and political scientist Dr. Gerald Horne gives an authoritative guided tour of global hot spots and their connection to U.S. trade, military and foreign policies.

Horne holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. He has written more than 30 books and 100 scholarly papers on struggles against imperialism, colonialism, fascism and racism.

He regularly decodes complex social, political and economic issues on Leid Stories.
58 min
August 13, 2018 Leid Stories—Feds Ramp Up Moves Against Clintons and Foundation—08.13.18
If it seemed that the federal investigation of the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation had stalled or was eclipsed by prosecutions emanating from the Muller probe, that might just be a wrong reading. in fact, well-placed sources tell Leid Stories there is a major gearing up afoot, with at least two airplane loads of documents relating to the Clintons and their eponymous foundation recently shipped to investigators.
Charles Ortel, a retired Wall Street banker turned financial investigator, has been tracking the Clinton Foundation and its affiliated spinoffs all over the world for several years. He blew the lid off Wall Street crime during the 2008-2009 crash when he proved that several major corporations were overvaluing their stock.
Ortel's self-initiated probe of the Clinton Foundation has led him to conclude that it is a cleverly designed slush fund for the Clintons and “the largest unprosecuted charity fraud in history.”
He brings us up to speed on Clinton Foundation probes currently in play--both in the United States and in several other countries.
56 min
August 10, 2018 Leid Stories—It’s ‘Free Your Mind Friday!’ Don’t Hold Back!—08.10.18
Quite a week. Lots to say. Get it said on “Free Your Mind Friday,” the best open forum on the planet.
Add your own special flavor to this delicious intellectual soup. Call 888-874-4888 and serve it up hot!
55 min
August 09, 2018 Leid Stories—Free Your Mind of the System's Designs on It!--08.09.18
We've been walking around with the system's calamities cluttering our already overtaxed brains. Time to defrag and reclaim some brainspace for what really matters.
54 min