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"5 To Life Compassionate Release" (9 minutes)

The terminally ill deserve to die a dignified death with loved ones able to see
them go in peace. But for Allison's father, it was too late. Watch their story
about the agonizing struggle against time and red tape that is all too familiar
to too many Americans dealing with the criminal justice system.

"How Racism Makes Us Sick" (17.5 minutes)

Sci-Fi Journal for May 2017 with hosts James Hinsey, Jay Kingston, Marc Morisseau, and Calvin Watts III. Marc does Popcorn Previews with trailers for "Spider-Man: Homecoming", "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets", and "Justice League" and some news on possible future DCU movies.

Resting on stilts on the margins of lakes and marshes in northern Italy were the houses of the Bronze Age Polada Culture, which lasted from 2200 to 1500 BC.  The wooden piles driven into the ground often are well preserved in the marshy ground and mark the houses of these ancient people.  This film shows how archaeologists, based on excavations at the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Cavriana and Castellaro Lagusello, investigated the construction techniques used for these houses by actually building them.

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Archaeological Museum of High Mantua

"The Laura Flanders Show" (25 minutes)

This week, Angela Glover Blackwell, executive director of PolicyLink and former Obama advisor, has a long history of using policy for progressive, radical, change. Blackwell says this is a moment to protect and resist, certainly, but also a time to return to the roots that are our local neighborhoods, our cities, our suburbs and build something better with them. People must make demands of the system if the system is to change, says Blackwell.

"The Laura Flanders Show" (25 minutes)

(1) Despite the influence of Balinese kings, Dutch traders and the modern world, many indigenous Sasak villages on the Indonesian island of Lombok still rely on their traditions producing pottery and weaving. (2) Dane Ngahuka introduces Kapa Haka, a traditional Maori performing art that integrates singing, dancing, facial expressions, and other elements to tell stories. (3) The troubled history of the Virgin Episkepsis, a Byzantine icon of the Virgin Mary, symbolizing a Greek city in Asia Minor and brought to by Greek refugees to Greece in 1924.

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"The Laura Flanders Show" (80.5 minutes)

Three episodes of The Laura Flanders Show are presented:

    (1) "Trumpism, Warfare, and Fixing Fissures in the

Left."  Laura interviews organizers about going beyond Trumpism and

Trump, with Color of Change director, Rashad Robinson; immigrant rights

advocate Kica Thomas, and anti-war activist Medea Benjamin.

"The Laura Flanders Show" (80.5 minutes)

Three episodes of The Laura Flanders Show are presented:

    (1) "Trumpism, Warfare, and Fixing Fissures in the

Left."  Laura interviews organizers about going beyond Trumpism and

Trump, with Color of Change director, Rashad Robinson; immigrant rights

advocate Kica Thomas, and anti-war activist Medea Benjamin.

Sci-Fi Journal for April 2017 with hosts James Hinsey, Marc Morisseau, and Adam Tuchman. Marc does Popcorn Previews with trailers for "Alien: Covenant" and "Bright". James has an interview with actor Sean Gunn who was at Northeast Comic Con in December 2016 in Wilmington, MA. Also we were at TerrorCon in February in Rhode Island and James interviews actor Ann Mahoney of The Walking Dead, Marc interviews author Heather Rigney, and Calvin interviews writer-director David Zagorski of MAD Z Productions. James does Anime Daisuki covering anime news.