On this week’s show, we have a crossover between the “Unauthorized Disclosure” weekly podcast and “Media Roots” radio. In the first part of the show, Rania Khalek highlights a recent project for “In The Now,” Kevin Gosztola shares some of the work he is doing to cover Julian Assange’s case, Abby discusses her documentary being made about Gaza and Robbie talks about his latest work on neocons. Later they talk about Russia Gate era censorship of alternative media, the ongoing efforts by the Trump administration to force regime change in Venezuela and the right-wing attacks backed by law enforcement against the Venezuela embassy in Washington, D.C.

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Abby and Robbie Martin speak to 2020 presidential candidate Mike Gravel about his campaign to end US empire and implement direct democracy as well as his positions on Wikileaks, Palestine and the Democratic Party.

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In this episode of Media Roots Radio, Robbie Martin, along with guests Michael Buchanan and Mat Dryhurst explore the potential ethical and existential dilemmas posed by the normalization and subsequent closure of Red Bull Music Academy. The podcast starts with a reading of an article about RBMA Robbie wrote for German magazine Melodie Und Rhythmus : www.melodieundrhythmus.com/mr-3-2017/m…-subkultur/. In the first hour Robbie chats with friend and electronic musician Michael Buchanan about the transition from ‘raves to clubs’ and why they think RBMA was an inherently problematic institution. In the second hour lecturer & electronic musician Mat Dryhurst is interviewed. Mat explains why he feels that RBMA actually provided a positive archival service for culture and how the music economy at large with streaming services like Spotify are much worse problems that need to be confronted.

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Abby and Robbie discuss the arrest of Julian Assange, the profound importance of Wikileaks and the grave implications for press freedom to criminalize publishers for exposing war crimes.

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