"The Laura Flanders Show Presents: 'Ireland’s New Rising' ” (25
minutes)
With the news around Brexit, the question of Irish sovereignty still looms
large. New challenges face the Irish in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis,
and slashes to public spending in the North have ignited fresh waves of
resistance. In this special report, Laura Flanders returns to Ireland, 30 years
after first reporting on the so-called "Troubles". With photographer Paula Allen
she takes a fresh look at Irish nationalism through the stories of socialists,
anti-imperialists, anti-austerity activists and several generations of
republicans. With Fintan O'Toole of The Irish Times, Sinn Fein TD Eoin O'Broin,
Clare Daly TD, and more. Made possible by the Pulitzer Center for Crisis
Reporting.
"Why I Left the Westboro Baptist Church" (15 minutes)
What's it like to grow up within a group of people who exult in demonizing
... everyone else? Megan Phelps-Roper shares details of life inside America's
most controversial church and describes how conversations on Twitter were key to
her decision to leave it. In this extraordinary talk, she shares her personal
experience of extreme polarization, along with some sharp ways we can learn to
successfully engage across ideological lines.
"Hedge Fund Billionaires vs. Kindergarten Teachers: Whose Side Are You On?"
(44 minutes)
The top 25 hedge fund managers make more than all kindergarten teachers in
the country combined. These investors make millions - sometimes billions - of
dollars investing borrowed money in hopes of realizing large capital gains. But
what is most absurd is that these millionaires and billionaires pay a lower tax
rate than kindergarten teachers -– and very likely a lower rate than YOU!
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, filmmaker Robert Greenwald and other
panelists discuss this issue at a screening of this Brave New Films
production.
"We Should All Be Feminists" (29.5 minutes)
We teach girls that they can have ambition, but not too much ... to be
successful, but not too successful, or they'll threaten men, says author
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. In this classic talk that started a worldwide
conversation about feminism, Adichie asks that we begin to dream about and
plan for a different, fairer world — of happier men and women who are truer to
themselves.