A Mother's Horror, A Prison Uprising, Protesting With Against Me!
Coming up on today's show:Christianne Boudreau is co-founder of Mothers for Life. She started the group after her son was radicalized and died fighting for ISIS in Syria. Boudreau is working to help...
View ArticleSession to Repeal HB2 is a Bittersweet Pill for the Trans Community
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.North Carolina lawmakers are holding a special session today to consider repealing the controversial House Bill 2, commonly known as the...
View ArticleNew Documentary Highlights Landmark Transgender Bathroom Fight
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.In 2013, 6-year-old Coy Mathis became the emblem in the fight for transgender rights. Standing on the steps of the Colorado State Capitol, the...
View ArticleHigh-Fashion Hijabs, Jill Soloway, and Bluesman Blind Joe Death
Modelling can be a tricky business for Muslim women who cover up. Judith Thurman visits Nailah Lymus, the head of a new modelling agency that represents the modestly dressed, and admires the bright,...
View Article“Transparent” Creator Jill Soloway Talks With David Remnick
Jill Soloway grew up with an “unavoidable, constant obsession with gender.” When her father transitioned to being a woman, Soloway channelled the experience into the television show “Transparent,”...
View ArticleA Chilean Love Story That Could Make Oscar History
Writer/director Sebastian Lelio discusses A FantasticWoman, along with actress Daniela Vega who stars in it. It tells the story of Marina (Vega) and Orlando who are in love and planning for the future,...
View Article'I Am Not Your Negro,' Why MLK Went to Memphis, The Perils of Reporting on...
Hébert Peck discusses the Oscar-nominated documentary, I Am Not Your Negro, which he produced with his brother, director Raoul Peck. Journalist Ted Conover talks about his latest article for...
View ArticleLive: Boots Riley, Janet Mock, and Chris Hayes
In live conversations at the New Yorker Festival, the writer Janet Mock talks with Hilton Als about learning self-acceptance from Hawaiian culture, the musician and director Boots Riley talks about the...
View ArticleJanet Mock Finds Her Voice
Janet Mock first heard the word “māhū,” a Native Hawaiian word for people who exist outside the male-female binary, when she was twelve. She had just moved back to Oahu, where she was born, from Texas,...
View ArticleLive: Janet Mock and Chris Hayes
Janet Mock first heard the word “māhū,” a Native Hawaiian word for people who exist outside the male-female binary, when she was twelve. She had just moved back to Oahu, where she was born, from Texas,...
View ArticleJanet Mock Finds Her Voice
Janet Mock first heard the word “māhū,” a Native Hawaiian word for people who exist outside the male-female binary, when she was twelve. She had just moved back to Oahu, where she was born, from Texas,...
View ArticleThe Director Boots Riley on “Sorry to Bother You”
Boots Riley’s directorial début, “Sorry to Bother You,” blends a dark strain of comedy with a sci-fi vision of capitalism run amok. The film’s hero, Cassius Green, is a telemarketer who rises quickly...
View Article'DISCLOSURE'
Director Sam Feder joins us to discuss his Netflix documentary "DISCLOSURE" premiering on June 19.
View ArticleTransgender People on Screen
The documentary “Disclosure” examines how transgender people have been portrayed in film and television from harmful stereotypes to more positive representations. Mixing film clips with commentary,...
View ArticleGet Lit: Dr. Lee Airton on 'The New Gender Culture'
Our August Get Lit with All Of It book club selection dealt with themes of queer and trans identity. Dr. Lee Airton, Assistant Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies in Education at Queen's...
View ArticleGet Lit with All Of It: Dr. Lee Airton on 'The New Gender Culture'
[REBROADCAST FROM SEPTEMBER 4, 2020] Our August Get Lit with All Of It book club selection dealt with themes of queer and trans identity. Dr. Lee Airton, Assistant Professor of Gender and Sexuality...
View ArticleExamining Depictions of Trans People in Film and Television
[REBROADCAST FROM JUNE 18, 2020] Director Sam Feder joins us to discuss his Netflix documentary "Disclosure," which discusses the history of depictions of trans people in Hollywood throughout the...
View ArticleBad Idea Machine
With Delta Variant cases surging, public health officials are pleading with Americans to get vaccinated ASAP. This week, we examine at how some journalists are turning anti-vaxxer deaths into COVID-19...
View ArticleA Look at Police Violence Against Black Women and Queer People
Amid all of the issues that exist in coverage and legal accountability when it comes to cases of police violence against Black people, separate hurdles remain when it comes to acknowledging the stories...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: The Right's Shift from Homophobia to Transphobia; New...
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.How the Political Right Shifted its Focus from Homophobia to Transphobia (first) | New Jersey Politics, a Double Murder and a...
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