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The Progressive Page Turner

The Progressive Page Turner

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Conversations about books with the people who wrote them. Hosted by Marianne Barisonek

Copyright 2025 The Progressive Page Turner Politics & Government
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  • Episode 13: Lee McIntyre - On Disinformation

    Episode 13: Lee McIntyre - On Disinformation
    Jul 4 2025

    Before the last election Lee McIntyre published his book On Disinformation: How to Fight for Truth and Protect Democracy. Now that we are dealing with Constitutional collapse his message is even more crucial.
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    30 mins
  • Episode 12: Eileen Flanagan - Common Ground

    Episode 12: Eileen Flanagan - Common Ground
    Jun 20 2025

    As the environment heats up and authoritarianism is on the rise, dgivide and conquer has been a very effective technique to keep people from organizing for political or economic change. In her book Common Ground Eileen Flanagan explores how we can come together in spite of difference in race, class and religion.

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    30 mins
  • Episode 11: Brian Goldstone - There is no place for us

    Episode 11: Brian Goldstone - There is no place for us
    Jun 5 2025

    Homelessness is visible in every city in the United States but the number of people on the streets is just the tip of the iceberg according to journalist and anthropologist Brian

    Goldstone. In his new book, There Is No Place For Us: Working and Homeless in America , he follows families in Atlanta as they struggle to stay housed. The combination of low wages, skyrocketing housing costs and lax government regulations bear down on working families. Goldstone looks at the causes, magnitude and consequences of the problem with portraits of families who are left off the official statistics because they sleep in cars or squalid extended stay hotels.
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    30 mins

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