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The Real News Podcast
Daily Reports, specials, and podcasts by The Real News Network (TRNN). TRNN makes media connecting you to the movements, people, and perspectives that are advancing the cause of a more just, equal, and livable planet. TRNN is a nonprofit media organization. We do not accept advertising revenue or corporate sponsorship.
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The Real News PodcastHeat inside CA prison killed Adrienne Boulware—who's responsible? | Rattling the Bars
A 42-year-old Black woman, Adrienne Boulware, has died in the custody of the California Department of Corrections at the Central California Women's Facility in…
The Real News PodcastThe Panama Canal | Under the Shadow, Episode 12
Panama is, perhaps, the country in Central America that has suffered under the longest US shadow, right from the very beginning. The country and its famous…
The Real News PodcastNora Loreto's news headlines for Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Tuesday, July 23, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
The Real News PodcastRank-and-file Teamsters RESPOND to Sean O'Brien's RNC speech | Working People
On Monday, July 15, on Day 1 of the Republican National Convention, Sean O’Brien, general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, became the…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Monday, July 22, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Monday, July 22, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
The Real News PodcastSean O'Brien faces criticism from Teamsters Vice President for RNC appearance
O'Brien is in hot water as rank-and-file Teamsters speak out against his appearance at the Republican National Convention this week. The International…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Friday, July 19, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Friday, July 19, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
The Real News PodcastLabor militancy can't be stopped: Palestine and Labor Notes 2024 | Working People
Two months ago, from April 17-21, workers and labor organizers of all stripes convened in Chicago for the bi-annual Labor Notes conference, which overlapped…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Thursday, July 18, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Thursday, July 18, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Wednesday, July 17, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
The Real News PodcastThe Trump assassination attempt changes everything | The Marc Steiner Show
John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and now Trump. America is no stranger to attempted and successful political assassinations, but…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Tuesday, July 16, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
The Real News PodcastSlavery once split up Black families. Today, prisons do the same thing. | Rattling the Bars
The modern prison system's origins in slavery can be seen in telltale signs throughout the system. The system of chattel slavery had no incentive to keep Black…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Monday, July 15, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Monday, July 15, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Friday, July 12, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Friday, July 12, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Thursday, July 11, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Thursday, July 11, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
The Real News PodcastJulian Assange vs. Mike Pompeo and the FBI w/Chip Gibbons & Kevin Gosztola
After more than a decade of persecution, Julian Assange has returned home to Australia a free man. He almost didn't make it. The FBI and the Pentagon…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Wednesday, July 10, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
The Real News PodcastThe US hand in Costa Rica | Under the Shadow, Episode 11
In this episode of Under the Shadow, host Michael Fox takes us to Costa Rica to examine the so-called peaceful and democratic beacon in a region beset by…
The Real News PodcastFrance's elections: Can the NFP hold its ground against the right? | The Marc Steiner Show
The twists and turns of France's recent election have ended with a surprise majority for the New Popular Front, a hastily cobbled together left coalition…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Tuesday, July 9, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Tuesday, July 9, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
The Real News PodcastEducation, freedom, and prison abolition w/Dominque Conway | Rattling the Bars
One of the most persistent myths about the US prison system is that the system of mass incarceration helps deter and change harmful behavior. Yet according to…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Monday, July 8, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Monday, July 8, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Friday, July 5, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Friday, July 5, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
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Double punishment—the truth about supervised release | Rattling the Bars
It's been 40 years since supervised release was first introduced into the federal court system by the 1984 Sentencing Reform Act. Supervised release, which…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Thursday, July 4, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Thursday, July 4, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Wednesday, July 3, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
The Real News PodcastBaltimore St. Agnes nurses demand safe staffing from billion-dollar employers | Working People
On the morning of Thursday, June 20, unionized nurses at Ascension St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore held a rally outside the hospital to raise awareness of…
The Real News PodcastArik Ascherman: A West Bank rabbi defending Palestinians from settlers | The Marc Steiner Show
In the West Bank, the Palestinian struggle to defend land from the clutches of settlers is a daily battle. Rabbi Arik Ascherman is one of the few Israeli Jews…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Tuesday, July 2, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
The Real News PodcastThe Biden-Trump presidential debate train wreck w/Adam H. Johnson
There's no mincing words—the first presidential debate was a travesty of the highest order. The leading story is President Biden's horrendous performance and…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Friday, June 28, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Friday, June 28, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Thursday, June 27, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Thursday, June 27, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
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Tahaka Gaither: The Black Panther imprisoned by Maryland for 54 years | Rattling the Bars
For the past 54 years, Thomas 'Tahaka' Gaither has lived behind bars as a political prisoner. A former member of the Black Panther Party Baltimore Chapter…
The Real News PodcastIn Brazil, the climate crisis is already turning working people into climate refugees
“Southern Brazil is facing its worst climate tragedy ever," Latin-America-based journalist Mike Fox wrote from Brazil for the North American Congress on Latin…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Wednesday, June 26, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
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Bonus Episode 2 | Chomsky on U.S. Intervention in Central America
Noam Chomsky needs no introduction. He’s a celebrated linguist, who has long denounced U.S. empire at home and abroad. And he has a long relationship with…
The Real News PodcastIsrael is 'fake,' 'like Disney World'—Jen Perelman's run for Congress | The Marc Steiner Show
Jen Perelman challenged incumbent Debbie Wasserman Schultz once before for Florida's 25th congressional seat in the 2022 Democratic primary. Now, Perelman is…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Tuesday, June 25, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Friday, June 21, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Friday, June 21, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
The Real News PodcastThe Trump trial & America's two-tiered justice system
Editor's note: This livestream originally aired on YouTube on June 12, 2024. Following his conviction on 34 felony counts, former President Donald Trump will…
The Real News PodcastMy childhood in Cuba under the US blockade
For the past six years on this show, we've talked to working people from across the United States, from virtually every walk of life, about their lives, jobs…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Thursday, June 20, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Thursday, June 20, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Wednesday, June 19, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
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Life in the West Bank since Oct. 7 w/Joyce Ajlouny | The Marc Steiner Show
The genocide in Gaza has captured the attention of the world, but nowhere in Palestine is safe from Israel's onslaught. Israeli repression, land grabs, and…
The Real News PodcastNora Loreto's news headlines for Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Tuesday, June 18, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Monday, June 17, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Monday, June 17, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
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Prison deprived me of my father—I want him back | Rattling the Bars
The prison system keeps millions of families from celebrating Father's Day together. For Alexia Pitter of Families Against Mandatory Minimums, separation from…
The Real News Podcast‘CSX has got to go!’ South Baltimore residents want rail giant out of their community | Working People
Read the transcript of this podcast here: On June 10, in the working-class community of Curtis Bay in South Baltimore, over 50 residents, activists, and…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Friday, June 14, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Friday, June 14, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Thursday, June 13, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Thursday, June 13, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
The Real News PodcastNora Loreto's news headlines for Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Wednesday, June 12, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
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Debate: AMLO, MORENA, Claudia Sheinbaum, and Mexico's future | The Marc Steiner Show
The June 2 election of Claudia Sheinbaum made history for two reasons: Sheinbaum will be Mexico's first woman president ever, and the progressive MORENA party…
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Bonus Episode | Hollywood. Empire
In the late 1980s, British film director Alex Cox spent several months in Nicaragua filming Walker, a movie about the U.S. filibuster who invaded and took over…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Tuesday, June 11, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
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Mass trauma and the prison system w/Dr. Da'Mond Holt | Rattling the Bars
The lived reality of the racist prison system can get lost in the swirl of facts and figures surrounding mass incarceration. Frigid cells in winters and…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Monday, June 10, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Monday, June 10, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Friday, June 7, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Friday, June 7, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Thursday, June 6, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Thursday, June 6, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Wednesday, June 5, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…