About this episode

Amy Goodman discusses the silencing of anti-war voices in media and her career in independent journalism.

Amy Goodman is the longtime host of Democracy Now!, the independent news program she helped launch 30 years ago, which has since grown from a small network of community radio stations into a global media institution. She spoke to Current Affairs Editor-in-Chief Nathan Robinson and Digital Editor John Ross, alongside filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin, about the new documentary Steal This Story, Please!, which traces the history of Democracy Now! and Goodman’s career in independent journalism.

People in this episode

Host: Nathan Robinson

Guest: Amy Goodman

Topics covered

• media
• anti-war
• independent journalism
• documentary
• Democracy Now!
• Amy Goodman

Keywords

• media silencing
• anti-war
• independent journalism
• Democracy Now!
• documentary
• Amy Goodman

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Democracy Now!

Books & works: Steal This Story, Please!

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