Jane Mayer: Dark Money

http://lftlc.com/carriage/InDeep_AngieCoiro_180324W_mayer.mp3 A month ago almost no one had heard of Cambridge Analytica. But when the Facebook data story blew open, one of the names involved was mighty familiar: Mercer. Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah - he an investor, she on the board - moved into prominence with the publication of investigative reporter Jane Mayer's book, Dark Money. The book and our original interview with her - recorded last fall - provides key background to this new story. This week we air it again, to share that context. Use the code snippet below to embed this podcast on your site ...
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March 17, 2018, Dawn Mikkelson, Risking Light

http://lftlc.com/carriage/InDeep_AngieCoiro_180317W_mikkelson.mp3 Emmy-winning journalist and documentarian Dawn Mikkelson brings us her moving, passionate new film, Risking Light. Risking Light profiles three people overcoming damaging pasts: Mary Johnson of Minneapolis, grieving a murdered son; Debra Hocking, a victim of government-sanctioned genocide in Australia; and Kilong Ung, who survived the terror of the Khmer Rouge, in the killing fields of Cambodia. The film explores resilience, and the painful process of moving from grief to compassion and forgiveness. Her earlier films reflect the same passion for humanity and social justice: The Red Tail, Green Green Water, THIS obedience, and Treading Water. A former television news reporter at an ABC affiliate, Mikkelson often speaks and writes on issues around documentary filmmaking and social justice for Minnesota Public Radio and at festival panels, colleges, and universities. Mikkelson has taught Documentary Film as Adjunct Faculty at Ottawa University in Kansas, as well as at IFP Minnesota. In 2006 Mikkelson’s film, Hope for Recovery: Understanding Mental Illness (produced in collaboration with Twin...
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March 3, 2018, Dave Neiwert, Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump

http://lftlc.com/carriage/InDeep_AngieCoiro_180303W_neiwert.mp3 Just as Donald Trump's victorious campaign for the US presidency shocked the world, the seemingly sudden national prominence of white supremacists, xenophobes, militia leaders, and mysterious "alt-right" figures mystifies many. But the American extreme right has been growing steadily in number and influence since the 1990s with the rise of patriot militias. In Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump, investigative reporter David Neiwert looks into the phenomenon and its ringmasters. Following 9/11, conspiracy theorists found fresh life; and in virulent reaction to the first black US president, militant racists have come out of the woodwork. Nurtured by a powerful right-wing media sector in radio, TV, and online, the far right, Tea Party movement conservatives, and Republican activists found common ground. Figures such as Stephen Bannon, Milo Yiannopoulos, and Alex Jones, once rightly dismissed as cranks, now haunt the reports of mainstream journalism. Neiwert has been tracking extremists for more than two decades. In Alt-America, he provides...
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February 23, 2018, Julie Lythcott-Haims, Real American

http://lftlc.com/carriage/InDeep_AngieCoiro_180310W_haims.mp3 One of In Deep's favorite guests returns with her new book, Real American: A Memoir. She pulls no punches in her recollections of growing up a biracial black woman in America. With the same frank style that's endeared her to readers, students and Ted Talk audiences, Julie examines her own life and its place in America's larger picture of race and concept of self....
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January 26, 2018, Dan Knapp, Co-Founder of Urban Ore

http://lftlc.com/carriage/InDeep_AngieCoiro_180210W_knapp.mp3 You sort your trash, you rescue recyclables, you obediently scrape your plates into the compost bin. Good for you, and keep doing that! But lend an ear to Dan Knapp, a deeply-informed critic of corporate recycling messaging. Dan Knapp is known in Northern California for co-founding Urban Ore, a Berkeley shrine to recycling and reuse. But his grand vision goes well beyond one quirky thrift store/salvage yard hybrid, what one scribe dubbed an "eternal, anonymous garage sale". Knapp sees the potential for a world where almost every product can be somehow reinvigorated, reimagined, or reprocessed into something new and useful. But first, he says, we have to invest in the most efficient, proven repurposing of all our materials, prioritizing real results over profit. Dan is one of today's most informed out-of-the-box thinkers about how to soften the impact of consumer culture....
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January 24, 2018, Michael Shermer, Heavens on Earth

http://lftlc.com/carriage/InDeep_AngieCoiro_180203W_shermer.mp3 Michael Shermer's new book, Heavens on Earth: The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia, details the lifelong skeptic's thoughtful, wide-ranging probe into what happens after we die, with respect and humor. He joins Angie to explore life, the universe, and everything - including new strains of American atheist culture....
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January 16, 2018, Gary Ferguson, Land on Fire: The New Reality of Wildfire in the West

http://lftlc.com/carriage/InDeep_AngieCoiro_180127W_ferguson.mp3 Wildfire season is burning longer and hotter, affecting more and more people, especially in the west. Angie talks with Gary Ferguson about his new book, Land on Fire, which explores the fascinating science behind this phenomenon and the ongoing research to find a solution. They'll touch on all aspects of wildfire, from climate change to fuel sources and long-term challenges....
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January 12, 2018, Justin Dillon

http://lftlc.com/carriage/InDeep_AngieCoiro_180120W_dillon.mp3 Justin Dillon, a rockstar turned social entrepreneur is the founder and CEO of Made in a Free World, an award-winning platform that brings consumers, organizations, and businesses to disrupt the $150 billion business of human trafficking. Angie and Justin talk about his paradigm-shifting new book, A Selfish Plan to Change the World, which helps readers see how they can use their passions to help save a life and change history....
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December 7, 2017, Al Gore, An Inconvenient Sequel

http://lftlc.com/carriage/InDeep_AngieCoiro_171223W_gore59min_special.mp3 One of the world's greatest environmental heroes connects the dots between natural disasters, flooding, and health risks like infectious diseases. Listen as he tells the stories of change-makers across the globe and presents the alarming facts and conclusive evidence that demonstrate the real effects the climate crisis is having and will continue to have on our planet....
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