Project Censored

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Project Censored episodes

March 17 Project Censored Show - 3-17-26
Eleanor Goldfield hosts this week’s program.In the first half of today’s show, I sit down with Michael Wriston and Em from Project Saltbox to discuss their work of data gathering and analysis vis a vis DHS. They discuss their ICE Warehouse Tracker tool, and how ill-prepared these sites are to house tens of thousands of people. Michael and Em also discuss what the effects would be on communities surrounding these warehouses, and how we can use data to better understand the massive planned network of disappearing people, and thereby act to stop it. Next up, James Schneider with the Nuestra America Convoy joins us to discuss the planned aid drop on March 21st in Havana, bringing together citizens from around the world to stand in active opposition to the US’ escalated punishment against Cuba for being a good example. James highlights the importance of these coordinated actions, inspired by the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza, the importance of engaging with the world as if sovereignty and justice mattered, and providing ways for people to express their solidarity.

Michael Wriston is a co-founder and investigative reporter at Project Salt Box. He brings over 20 years of military experience in analysis and reporting, with a specialization in contract and procurement analysis and data visualization, including the ICE Warehouse Tracker.
Em is a co-founder and immigration affairs expert at Project Salt Box. She brings years of on-the-ground experience working with asylum seekers and advocacy organizations, and helps shape the editorial and policy direction of the team's coverage.
James Schneider is the communications director for the Progressive International, one of the organizations behind the Nuestra América Convoy to Cuba.
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March 10 Project Censored Show - 3-10-26
Eleanor Goldfield and Mickey Huff host this week’s program.First up, journalist Stephanie Koithan joins the show to discuss Dilley, a concentration camp predominantly for children. Stephanie discusses some of the horrific stories she’s uncovered through her investigative reporting including instances of gross medical neglect and how difficult it is to do that reporting from what she calls a black site of information, and the retaliation by guards against the children for speaking with press.
Next up, my cohost Mickey Huff and I dig into some of the news that didn’t make the news with a focus on the US/Israeli illegal and unprovoked attacks on Iran. We discuss the nuance and multitude of facts that corporate media always miss or omit, the importance of historical context, the regional repercussions of these attacks, and more.
Stephanie Koithan is the Digital Editor of the San Antonio Current, where she covers politics, music, and other topics for the leftist alternative weekly. She also covers voter suppression, homelessness and ICE actions in the area, among other areas of focus.

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March 03 The Project Censored Show - 3-3-26
Program Summary:

Eleanor Goldfield and Mickey Huff host this week’s program.

First up this week, Mexico City-based journalist José Luis Granados Ceja joins the show to talk about the recent Mexican operation that captured and killed a notorious cartel kingpin, and how US corporate media is twisting this story to not only give the US undue credit but to further the dangerous and dehumanizing rhetoric of Mexicans as villains. José Luis also digs into Mexico / US relations and how regional solidarity is needed in order to address the violent grandstanding by the US.

Next up, Mickey sits down again with media analyst Nolan Higdon to dig into the latest in the Epstein files including the disturbing lack of accountability, the spectacle of the slow release of information, deconstructing propaganda around the files, and more.

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José Luis Granados Ceja is an experienced journalist based in Mexico City, co-host of the Canal Once public affairs television program Sin Muros, as well as Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast. He covers Latin America for DropSite News, and has worked as a writer, editor, photographer, correspondent, radio host, TV producer, and as on-camera analyst, with a particular focus on social movements and labor unions throughout Latin America.

Nolan Higdon is a political analyst, author, host of The Disinfo Detox Podcast, lecturer at Merrill College and the Education Department at University of California, Santa Cruz, and Project Censored National Judge. Higdon’s areas of concentration include critical AI literacy, podcasting, digital culture, news media history & propaganda, and critical media literacy.

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February 17 Project Censored - 2-17-26
In the first part of the program Eleanor sits down with Martha Dimitratou, founder and Executive Director of Repro Uncensored to talk about the battles to bring reproductive health and sexual education information to the people in a time of escalating digital and indeed analog censorship. Martha talks about how incorrect information is often platformed while science-backed and nuanced information is stifled - and what this means for the physical, mental and emotional health of those seeking reproductive health information and access. She also outlines tactics to sidestep this censorship, online and off.

Next up, Mickey sits down with Norman Stockwell, publisher of The Progressive magazine and indie media veteran to talk about the current state of the media, some history of independent media and why that matters, the importance of becoming the media ourselves, and framing the news outside of the 24/7 extractive cycle. Norm and Mickey also dig into the nuance of attacks on corporate media, and why a truly free press means more, not fewer voices.
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Martha Dimitratou is the founder and Executive Director of Repro Uncensored, the global nonprofit documenting systemic online censorship affecting sexual and reproductive health, abortion, LGBTQ+ communities, sex worker"led initiatives, and feminist organizations and activists.
Through Repro Uncensored, she also leads cultural initiatives and movement convenings that bridge art, technology, and advocacy.

Norman Stockwell is publisher of The Progressive magazine. Previously, for more thantwenty years, he served as WORT Community Radios Operations Coordinator in Madison, Wisconsin.He also coordinated the IraqJournal website in 2002-2003.In 2011, he regularly reported on protests in Madison for Irans PressTV and other outlets.His reports and interviews have appeared on Free Speech Radio News, DemocracyNow!, and AirAmerica, and in print in Z Magazine, the Capital Times, AlterNet, Toward Freedom, the Tico Times, the Feminist Connection, and elsewhere.He is co-editor of the bookREBEL REPORTING: John Ross Speaks to Independent Journalists.
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February 10 The Project Censored Show - 2-10-26
First up, Mickey and Eleanor dive into some critical media literacy including AI-generated videos and images that ping our confirmation biases, making it all the more important to stay vigilant in analyzing content, regardless of whether or not we want it to be true. We also look at patterns of mis and disinformation, tools and tips for media consumers and creators, and more.

Next up, Katie Jones from Fractracker joins the show to talk about the shadowy connection between data centers and fracking. Katie talks about how data centers are in many ways the new fracking boom, and are using many of the same loopholes and tactics to push through public opposition while also of course demanding a power surge, mostly coming from fossil fuels. Katie and I also debunk some of the propaganda around how good data centers are for your community, and highlight Fractracker tools to educate, engage and organize in your home place.
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February 03 Project Censored 2-3-26
Eleanor Goldfield & Mickey Huff host this week’s program.

First up, cohost Mickey Huff sits down with professor of communications Dr. Steve Macek to talk about Trumps war on epistemic institutions. Dr. Macek shares specific examples of attacks on vital research that leaves millions of Americans without the necessary knowledge to address basic needs such as hunger and thirst. Mickey and Steve also dissect some deja vu news - the where are they now for stories previously uplifted by Project Censored and ignored by corporate media. Such analysis not only tracks trends in corporate media but also highlights the importance of thinking of news less as a fleeting headline but rather as continuously developing stories that require attention on a rolling rather than 24-hour blip basis.

Next up, cohost Eleanor Goldfield sits down with researcher and associate director at the Eisenhower Media Network Christian Sorensen to talk about how the military is a tool of corporate capture, how the military industrial complex hurts the working class here at home, medias bedazzling of military life, and how the US empires greed actually in the long term hurts its own hegemonic objectives.

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Dr. Steve Macek is a media scholar and professor of communications at North Central College.

Christian Sorensen is a researcher focused on the bundling of military and big business. A U.S. military veteran, he is associate director at the Eisenhower Media Network. His research is available at thebusinessofwar.substack.com.
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January 27 Project Censored - 1/27/26
Eleanor Goldfield & Mickey Huff host this week’s program.

In the first part of the program we welcome back political and legal geographer Dr. Austin Kocher to talk about the immigration news that never makes the news. Dr. Kocher talks about overcrowded and deadly detention centers, the 287g clause that transforms your local law enforcement into ICE officers, the fundamental flaw in the US immigration legal system, and how we shouldnt think of borders as a matter of what they are, but rather what they do in service of the state.

Next up, Mickey Huff sits down with frequent guest and political analyst Nolan Higdon to dissect some recent news, focusing especially on AI: what can history tell us about the unintelligence of artificial intelligence, how deep fakes are crowbarring the political divide even further and deeper, the corporate capture of the classroom, and more.
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January 20 Project Censored - 1-20-26
This week, were covering two things youll never hear about on corporate media - or if you do, theyll be demonized: whistleblowers, and targeted boycott movements.
First up, were joined by a Capital One whistleblower who talks about how the companys internal dealings with Israeli weapons manufacturers chafes against the companys external PR campaign of progressive and diversity politics. The whistleblower outlines the so-called proper channels they attempted to utilize in addressing their concerns, and what organizing work theyre doing now to hold Capital One accountable to not only their clients but to international law.

Next up, were joined by two organizers with the Eject Elbit campaign focused on decoupling the Israeli weapons manufacturer from the financial institutions it relies on. Scotty and Liza share the BDS precedent for their work, recent wins, and upcoming goals. They talk about the medias framing of their work, not least of all using and twisting their Jewishness while continuing to silence and obscure Palestinian voices and calls for justice.
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January 13 Project Censored 1-13-26
Leonardo Flores is a co-founder of the Venezuela Solidarity Network. He previously worked as an organizer with CODEPINK and as an analyst with the Venezuelan Embassy in the U.S. Leonardo was born in Venezuela and maintains close ties to social movements that have transformed the country over the past twenty-six years.
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January 06 The Project Censored Show 1-6-25
Dr. Shir Hever is a scholar of Israel's occupation, apartheid and genocide, born in Israel and now living in Germany. He is the managing director of the Alliance for Justice between Israelis and Palestinians and his latest book is The Privatization of Israeli Security.

Brendan Ballou is a former federal prosecutor and served as special counsel for private equity in the Department of Justice's antitrust division. He is the author of "Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America" and the forthcoming "When Companies Run the Courts: Forced Arbitration and America's Secret Justice System."

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Mickey Huff is co-host of the Project Censored Show with former Project Censored director Dr. Peter Phillips. It airs on the progressiveradionetwork.com out of New York City