Media Roots Radio

"Bobcat Goldthwait directed this moving documentary about comedian and peace activist Barry Crimmins. The film is masterfully structured in such a way that it starts as a typical film about an artist, who a group of people believe more people should know. Comics who were given opportunities thanks to him or have memories of his early work appear on screen. Goldthwait then hits the audience with information about a horrific experience from Crimmins’ childhood, and the film is instantly transformed into something incredible...His brash wit and knowledge of current events produce material that still is edgy today. His material is inspired by a motivation for peace and justice...It is refreshing to know there are people in the world of comedy like Barry." - Kevin Gosztola on Shadowproof.com Instead of making Barry go through the plot of 'Call Me Lucky', we spend most of the time talking about the state of the modern comedy scene & how the Reagan-era never ended. This podcast is entirely funded by listener donations. Please donate to MediaRoots.org & put 'podcast' in your donation description. Thanks for your support!

Abby and Robbie Martin talk about the political and media ISIS mythopoeia in the wake of the Paris and #SanBernadino attacks, the anti-Muslim bigotry mirroring 9/11 and the nonsensicalness of the Syria war. DONATE // www.mediaroots.org // put 'media roots radio' in the description of your donation twitter.com/AbbyMartin & twitter.com/FluorescentGrey

Donald Trump's comments about arabs in New Jersey cheering from rooftops on 9/11 have sparked controversy and outrage, but what if Trump is confusing 2 different real events together and inaccurately repeating them as a memory? Is it possible that even someone as ridiculous as Trump could be a 'victim' of the intentionally racist script we were indoctrinated with on the day of 9/11 itself? Why were there 3 separate mainstream media stories between 9:40am and 1:30pm on the day of 9/11 itself that placed blame on Palestinian terrorist groups for the attacks? Robbie tries to answer all these questions and more in this solo episode of Media Roots Radio. Please donate at MediaRoots.org

This episode of Media Roots Radio was recorded 1 day before the Paris terrorist attacks. Abby and Robbie Martin talk about the US regime change plan in Syria and hypocrisy of arming rebels to 'fight ISIS', "new atheism's" bigotry under the guise of intellectualism & people who are plagued with Empire delusional disorder in serial killer America. www.mediaroots.org twitter.com/FluorescentGrey twitter.com/AbbyMartin

This interview was conducted via a collect call from Warren County Regional Jail and originally appeared at http://amerithrax.blogspot.com/ and was also published here : http://mediaroots.org/alleged-cia-involvement-in-2001-anthrax-attacks/ Jail Support Info: Matt Dehart #164682 Warren County Regional Jail 920 Kentucky Street Bowling Green, Ky 42101 https://twitter.com/FreeMattDehart https://twitter.com/FluorescentGrey More information on the story of Matt Dehart http://www.buzzfeed.com/davidkushner/matt-dehart#.caokW8n43

Media Roots speaks to author and porn star Conner Habib about sex work, left bigotry, the establishment co-optation of the LGBTQ movement, PEN awarding Charlie Hebdo with a freedom award and the new atheism movement's colonial attitude toward Islam. twitter.com/connerhabib twitter.com/abbymartin www.mediaroots.org

Abby and Robbie Martin talk about the Charleston massacre, the political debate about the semantics of terrorism and legacy of the Confederate flag. They also discuss the measures the Empire has taken since 9/11 to codify illegal, murderous activity practiced by the government for decades. www.mediaroots.org twitter.com/abbymartin twitter.com/fluorescentgrey

US sponsored violence on the ground in Colombia has been constant for five decades, killing more than 220,000 people and displacing millions. Colombia is removed from most US foreign policy discussions, yet the American military has been more involved there than any other country in the world – including Afghanistan. From immunized war crimes to rampant rape, human rights lawyer Dan Kovalik talks about the disastrous effects of five decades of US militarism in the region and the crushing of resistance movements under the auspices of fighting the Drug War. Please donate to Media Roots Radio by typing in 'radio' into the comments field of your donation on www.mediaroots.org http://twitter.com/abbymartin http://twitter.com/danielmkovalik

Media Roots Radio is joined by Kambale Musavuli, Spokesperson for Friends of the Congo, to talk about how Congo's resource curse feeds the military industrial complex and why anti-drone activists need to organize with the Congolese to disrupt cobalt extraction. Donate to Media Roots by going to the Mediaroots.org homepage and clicking the donate link on the top right. Please put 'podcast' or 'media roots radio' in the comment section/body of the donation if you would like to allocate the donation specifically to that. Follow Abby @abbymartin & @kambale. http://www.friendsofthecongo.org/

Abby and Robbie Martin are joined by journalist Rania Khalek about how Abby got doxxed and bombarded with rape and death threats for wearing a "F*ck Chris Kyle" shirt, and why so called "freedom" lovers express American Exceptionalism through sexual violence. www.mediaroots.org twitter.com/abbymartin twitter.com/raniakhalek twitter.com/fluorescentgrey