Latest #politicalprisoner Podcast Episodes
Snow Job
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - November 08, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWe explore what went down in the federal courthouse in Fargo to convince Leonard that he’d been railroaded into a life behind bars with help from author Louise Erdrich, filmmaker Kevin McKiernan, and attorneys Kevin H. Sharp and Bruce Ellison, among others. Hear how Peltier’s wrongful conviction...
Louise
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - November 08, 2023 10:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWe interview Native American author Louise Erdrich, who attended Leonard Peltier’s murder trial in her hometown of Fargo, North Dakota, in 1977. The 2021 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Fiction analyzes where it all went wrong for Peltier, while sharing how the experience affected her concept of justi...
O Canada
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - November 08, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsOn February 6th, 1976, a tip led Canadian police to the Mountain Cree Camp School in Alberta where one of America’s Most Wanted was hiding out with a few of his friends – and at least one government operative. Hear how Peltier’s luck finally ran out despite the efforts of his legal team and an i...
Not Guilty
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - November 08, 2023 10:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWe dissect the murder trial of Bob Robideau and Dino Butler who were acquitted by an all-white jury of twelve in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, after a period of intense deliberations that almost resulted in a hung jury and retrial. This is the story of how an all-star defense team, a celebrity peanut gall...
Snow Job
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - November 08, 2023 10:00 - 1 hourWe explore what went down in the federal courthouse in Fargo to convince Leonard that he’d been railroaded into a life behind bars with help from author Louise Erdrich, filmmaker Kevin McKiernan, and attorneys Kevin H. Sharp and Bruce Ellison, among others. Hear how Peltier’s wrongful conviction...
Louise
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - November 08, 2023 10:00 - 59 minutesWe interview Native American author Louise Erdrich, who attended Leonard Peltier’s murder trial in her hometown of Fargo, North Dakota, in 1977. The 2021 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Fiction analyzes where it all went wrong for Peltier, while sharing how the experience affected her concept of justi...
O Canada
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - November 08, 2023 10:00 - 1 hourOn February 6th, 1976, a tip led Canadian police to the Mountain Cree Camp School in Alberta where one of America’s Most Wanted was hiding out with a few of his friends – and at least one government operative. Hear how Peltier’s luck finally ran out despite the efforts of his legal team and an i...
Not Guilty
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - November 08, 2023 10:00 - 52 minutesWe dissect the murder trial of Bob Robideau and Dino Butler who were acquitted by an all-white jury of twelve in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, after a period of intense deliberations that almost resulted in a hung jury and retrial. This is the story of how an all-star defense team, a celebrity peanut gall...
Dragnet
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - February 16, 2023 10:00 - 48 minutesUnder increasing scrutiny to avenge their fallen brothers, the FBI fans out across the country and tracks down the Jumping Bull fugitives one by one. Through a combination of illegal searches, physical violence, and coerced confessions, the Bureau builds a circumstantial case against Dino Butler...
Dragnet
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - February 16, 2023 10:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsUnder increasing scrutiny to avenge their fallen brothers, the FBI fans out across the country and tracks down the Jumping Bull fugitives one by one. Through a combination of illegal searches, physical violence, and coerced confessions, the Bureau builds a circumstantial case against Dino Butler...
Tipi Quest
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - November 03, 2022 09:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSinger-songwriter Joe Troop details how he learned of Leonard’s story while living abroad in Argentina with his Grammy nominated urban bluegrass band Che Apalache. Hear Joe’s new single “Free Leonard Peltier” that was released in support of the American Indian Movement’s Walk to Justice, which w...
Tipi Quest
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - November 03, 2022 09:00 - 21 minutesSinger-songwriter Joe Troop details how he learned of Leonard’s story while living abroad in Argentina with his Grammy nominated urban bluegrass band Che Apalache. Hear Joe’s new single “Free Leonard Peltier” that was released in support of the American Indian Movement’s Walk to Justice, which w...
NDN Kars
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - September 29, 2022 09:00 - 21 minutesSinger-songwriter Keith Secola expounds on Leonard’s life as a symbol for native rights and Indigenous sovereignty in an unplugged acoustic set, which includes an Anishinaabe flute blessing, the track “Innocent Man,” and a very special version of “NDN Kars,” the number one most requested song on...
NDN Kars
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - September 29, 2022 09:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSinger-songwriter Keith Secola expounds on Leonard’s life as a symbol for native rights and Indigenous sovereignty in an unplugged acoustic set, which includes an Anishinaabe flute blessing, the track “Innocent Man,” and a very special version of “NDN Kars,” the number one most requested song on...
Big Burning Dumpster Fire
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - September 01, 2022 09:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsJournalist Jen Bendery has been reporting on Leonard Peltier’s case for the Huffington Post for the last two years. In this one-on-one interview we chat with Jen about the Biden administration’s strides for Native Americans, missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW), and how a reporter’s rout...
Big Burning Dumpster Fire
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - September 01, 2022 09:00 - 38 minutesJournalist Jen Bendery has been reporting on Leonard Peltier’s case for the Huffington Post for the last two years. In this one-on-one interview we chat with Jen about the Biden administration’s strides for Native Americans, missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW), and how a reporter’s rout...
What The Hell Just Happened
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - August 09, 2022 09:00 - 1 hourOn the 46th anniversary of the Oglala shootout, we rally for clemency at the Black Voters Matter demonstration in Washington, DC, a few hundred yards from where a violent mob stormed the Capitol Building on January 6th. It’s a beautiful moment – until a white man in an American flag cape, Navy u...
What The Hell Just Happened?
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - August 09, 2022 09:00 - 1 hourOn the 46th anniversary of the Oglala shootout, we rally for clemency at the Black Voters Matter demonstration in Washington, D.C., a few hundred yards from where a violent mob stormed the Capitol Building on January 6th. It’s a beautiful moment – until a white man in an American flag cape, Navy...
What The Hell Just Happened
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - August 09, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsOn the 46th anniversary of the Oglala shootout, we rally for clemency at the Black Voters Matter demonstration in Washington, DC, a few hundred yards from where a violent mob stormed the Capitol Building on January 6th. It’s a beautiful moment – until a white man in an American flag cape, Navy u...
What The Hell Just Happened?
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - August 09, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsOn the 46th anniversary of the Oglala shootout, we rally for clemency at the Black Voters Matter demonstration in Washington, D.C., a few hundred yards from where a violent mob stormed the Capitol Building on January 6th. It’s a beautiful moment – until a white man in an American flag cape, Navy...
Son of June
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - April 28, 2022 09:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWe return to Pine Ridge to visit the grave of Joe Kills Right Stuntz, the murder site of Pedro Bissonette, and the June Little cabin on the Jumping Bull ranch with Chase Iron Eyes. Chase is an Oglala Lakota and currently serves as the co-director and lead counsel of the Lakota People's Law Proje...
Son of June
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - April 28, 2022 09:00 - 55 minutesWe return to Pine Ridge to visit the grave of Joe Kills Right Stuntz, the murder site of Pedro Bissonette, and the June Little cabin on the Jumping Bull ranch with Chase Iron Eyes. Chase is an Oglala Lakota and currently serves as the co-director and lead counsel of the Lakota People's Law Proje...
Sacrificed
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - December 02, 2021 10:00 - 50 minutesThe FBI transferred Special Agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams to Pine Ridge to help with a backlog of cases despite neither having any training, experience, or special preparation for the civil war raging on the reservation. On June 25, 1975, the day before the shootout, a colleague advised ...
Sacrificed
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - December 02, 2021 10:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe FBI transferred Special Agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams to Pine Ridge to help with a backlog of cases despite neither having any training, experience, or special preparation for the civil war raging on the reservation. On June 25, 1975, the day before the shootout, a colleague advised ...
Good Indian Guides
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - October 21, 2021 09:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn the early morning hours of June 28th, 1975, daylight was breaking on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation when Leonard Peltier, Bob Robideau, and Dino Butler discovered they’d been hiking in the wrong direction. Instead of finding themselves in Manderson, a nearby community home to numerous alli...
Good Indian Guides
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - October 21, 2021 09:00 - 48 minutesIn the early morning hours of June 28th, 1975, daylight was breaking on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation when Leonard Peltier, Bob Robideau, and Dino Butler discovered they’d been hiking in the wrong direction. Instead of finding themselves in Manderson, a nearby community home to numerous alli...
The Great Escape
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - June 24, 2021 09:00 - 19 minutesTo avoid the tragic fate of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, who were killed after surrendering to the US government, AIM leader Dennis Banks was persuaded to leave Wounded Knee the night before the federal stand down on May 8, 1973. The warrior selected to lead his escape party was Lenny Foster, a...
The Great Escape
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - June 24, 2021 09:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTo avoid the tragic fate of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, who were killed after surrendering to the US government, AIM leader Dennis Banks was persuaded to leave Wounded Knee the night before the federal stand down on May 8, 1973. The warrior selected to lead his escape party was Lenny Foster, a...
Treaty Defender
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - June 07, 2021 09:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsOver the course of his tenure, President Trump issued 143 pardons, but he showed no mercy to Leonard Peltier. In this episode Leonard reacts to Trump’s snub; filmmaker Kevin McKiernan joins us for a conversation with Indian treaty expert Charles Wilkinson; and Carol Gokee from the International ...
Treaty Defender
LEONARD: Political Prisoner - June 07, 2021 09:00 - 50 minutesOver the course of his tenure, President Trump issued 143 pardons, but he showed no mercy to Leonard Peltier. In this episode Leonard reacts to Trump’s snub; filmmaker Kevin McKiernan joins us for a conversation with Indian treaty expert Charles Wilkinson; and Carol Gokee from the International ...
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