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"Immigrant Prisons" (14.5 minutes)

Few Americans know about our nation's system of immigrant detention centers. Each year, the U.S. government locks up roughly 440,000 immigrants in over 200 immigrant prisons. Companies like the CCA and Geo Group, got started in the 1980s, and have since made over $12 billion in profits, largely from immigrant detention. These facilities have grown into a highly privatized, lucrative and abusive industry that profits off the misery of immigrants awaiting deportation. These abuses happen behind closed doors with little to no oversight.

"What Happened? … And What Do We Do Now?" (1 hour, 31 minutes)

One year ago, on November 11, 2016 (just 3 days after the presidential election), a shocked Sacramento audience welcomed Eugene Robinson, Pulitzer prize-winning columnist for the Washington Post and MSNBC contributor, who spoke with them about the results of the 2016 presidential election, and what we can do about this in the future. A Media Edge crew recorded the event at St. Mark's United Methodist Church as part of its Moon Lecture Series.

Sci-Fi Journal for November 2017 with hosts James Hinsey, Jay Kingston, Marc Morisseau and Calvin Watts III. Jay does Popcorn Previews with trailers for "Maze Runner: The Death Cure", "Black Panther", "Tomb Raider", and "Pacific Rim: Uprising". Calvin does Game Over covering upcoming home video releases and video game news. Marc does Toob News covering all of our favorite and new television shows. James does Anime Daisuki covering anime news from Japan and in the US.

"The Laura Flanders Show" (27 minutes)

Going beyond the headlines of the Ferguson story, a talk with one of the directors of the documentary "Whose Streets?" As the news cameras left Ferguson, Missouri, after the police killing of Michael Brown, Sabaah Folayan and her team stayed on to document what happens to people subjected to police violence as a matter of routine.

"The Laura Flanders Show" (25.5 minutes)

From taking power to making power. This week on The Laura Flanders Show, a special report from Athens, Greece where many are asking if progressives in government can change much at all if people don’t first change society. In 2015, anti-austerity Greeks were disappointed by the progressive left Syriza government, which they'd voted into office after the financial crisis, but the other things they did to meet society’s needs just might be sowing the seeds for transformation.

"The Laura Flanders Show" (26 minutes)

Marxist geographer David Harvey weighs in on natural and not so natural disasters and how we might organize our cities better to avoid them. And Thanu Yakupitiyage from 350.org explains why climate justice requires that we make movements that will reverse our policies on refugees.

"Trump’s Strange Alliance with Russia" (2.5 minutes)

Amy Siskind of MoveOn.org explains how Donald Trump is steering us to authoritarianism.

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"The Struggle Continues" (1 hour, 22 minutes)

Sci-Fi Journal for October 2017 shot live at HASCON in September at the Rhode Island Convention Center with hosts James Hinsey, Jay Kingston, Marc Morisseau and Calvin Watts III. Marc interviews Ken Rogers of Real Movie Toys who brought a Star Wars Landspeeder. Calvin interviews Liz Lamb-Ferro of Wizards of the Coast who talks about Magic: The Gathering, and MTG Arena. Jay does Popcorn Previews with trailers for Hasbro's "My Little Pony: The Movie", "IT", "Mother!" and "Insidious: The Last Key". James does Anime Daisuki covering anime news from Japan and in the US.