On today’s Your Call Media Roundtable, we’ll discuss the plight of Venezuelan immigrants deported from the US to a notorious maximum-security prison in El Salvador. The Trump administration will pay El Salvador’s government $6 million for detaining undocumented immigrants.
Joining us to discuss will be Roman Gressier, editor of El Faro English and host of the Central America in Minutes podcast.
Then later in the show, we discuss The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram, a Frontline/ProPublica documentary that investigates the Terrorgram Collective, a transnational network of extremists accused of inciting acts of white supremacist terrorism on the messaging platform Telegram. Joining us will be AC Thompson, senior reporter with ProPublica and correspondent for Frontline.
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On today’s Your Call Media Roundtable, we’ll discuss ‘Battle for Tibet,’ a new Frontline documentary that examines how the Chinese government controls Tibet’s Buddhist population. Joining us will be Gesbeen Mohammad, BAFTA and Emmy-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker, and the director of the film.
Then we’ll look at the budget resolution passed by House Republicans this week that calls for a massive tax cut for the wealthy, and billions of dollars of cuts in Medicaid, a program that provides coverage of health and long-term care to 83 million low-income people.
David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter, co-founder of DCReport, and author of many books, including “It’s Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America”, will join us to unpack what’s in the bill.
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On Your Call’s Media Roundtable this morning, we’ll discuss the new FRONTLINE documentary “Trump’s Comeback.” The film examines key moments in Trump’s life and career, his lies about the result of the 2020 election, felony convictions, and his return to the Oval Office. Joining us will be the director/writer Michael Kirk.
Then later in the program we’ll look at the media coverage of ICE raids, Trump’s immigration crackdown, and the mass deportations happening across the country. Joining us to discuss will be:
- Uriel García, immigration reporter at the Texas Tribune
- Wendy Fry, Emmy-winning multimedia investigative journalist who reports on poverty and inequality for the California Divide team at CalMatters
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We have a packed show for today’s Your Call Media Roundtable, where I’ll be guest hosting. First, we’ll cover the breaking news of California senator Diane Feinstein’s death last night. We’ll be joined by Arthur Delany, HuffPost reporter who covers politics and the economy on Capitol Hill. Delany will also discuss the real impact of a government shutdown on millions of families.
Then we’ll discuss two documentaries from The Marshall Project and Frontline about the criminal justice system in the US.
Two Strikes examines how a former West Point cadet got life in prison under the little-known two-strikes law, and Tutwiler documents what happens to pregnant women in prison and their newborns.
Joining us will be:
- Elaine McMillion, documentary filmmaker and the director of Tutwiler
- Ursula Liang, award-winning director and producer of Two Strikes
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I’ll be guest hosting today’s Your Call’s Media Roundtable, when we’ll discuss the vicious power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan. This escalation of violence has created a humanitarian crisis of immense proportion, turning the Khartoum into a war zone. Hundreds have died and tens of thousands are fleeing to neighboring countries. What is next for Sudan?
Joining us will be Mat Nashed, journalist and analyst specializing in the Middle East and North Africa, with a focus on Sudan.
Then later in the program we’ll cover America and the Taliban, a new Frontline series that traces America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan.
Drawing on decades of on-the-ground reporting and interviews with Taliban and U.S. officials, this epic three-part investigation traces how America’s 20-year investment in Afghanistan culminated in Taliban victory and examines the missteps and consequences.
Joining us will be:
- Marcela Gaviria, award winning journalist and filmmaker with Rain Media
- Martin Smith, award winning senior producer and foreign correspondent for FRONTLINE
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