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Incident at Pacific Palisades

LEONARD: Political Prisoner - December 03, 2020 10:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
According to the documentary’s director, accomplished filmmaker Michael Apted (Coal Miner’s Daughter, Thunderheart, The World Is Not Enough), Robert Redford ruined “Incident at Oglala” out of fear of upsetting the powers that be. Although Redford was scarcely involved in the production of the do...

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Incident at Pacific Palisades

LEONARD: Political Prisoner - December 03, 2020 10:00 - 40 minutes
According to the documentary’s director, accomplished filmmaker Michael Apted (Coal Miner’s Daughter, Thunderheart, The World Is Not Enough), Robert Redford ruined “Incident at Oglala” out of fear of upsetting the powers that be. Although Redford was scarcely involved in the production of the do...

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Indigenous Resilience

LEONARD: Political Prisoner - October 15, 2020 09:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Political prisoners are often forgotten because the government disappears them into the system. Leonard’s art draws attention back to his story, which is why some would rather silence him. In this bonus episode we speak with UCLA professor Dr. Tria Blu Wakpa, who explains why Leonard’s art is a ...

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Indigenous Resilience

LEONARD: Political Prisoner - October 15, 2020 09:00 - 41 minutes
Political prisoners are often forgotten because the government disappears them into the system. Leonard’s art draws attention back to his story, which is why some would rather silence him. In this bonus episode we speak with UCLA professor Dr. Tria Blu Wakpa, who explains why Leonard’s art is a ...

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I Ain’t No Young Man No More

LEONARD: Political Prisoner - August 27, 2020 09:00 - 53 minutes
The Bureau of Prisons makes it deliberately hard to interview federal inmates. In the case of political prisoners like Leonard Peltier, they make it even harder. But in this episode, we get around all their procedural barricades and finally speak with Leonard himself—about his health, his hopes,...

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I Ain’t No Young Man No More

LEONARD: Political Prisoner - August 27, 2020 09:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
The Bureau of Prisons makes it deliberately hard to interview federal inmates. In the case of political prisoners like Leonard Peltier, they make it even harder. But in this episode, we get around all their procedural barricades and finally speak with Leonard himself—about his health, his hopes,...

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Coincidental Witness

LEONARD: Political Prisoner - August 13, 2020 09:00 - 41 minutes
In June, 1975, reporter Kevin McKiernan traveled to South Dakota to cover the trial of AIM leader Dennis Banks who was standing trial for his role in the 1973 Custer Courthouse Riot. But as the hearing got underway on June 26, word spread that shots had been fired 100 miles away on the Pine Ridg...

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Coincidental Witness

LEONARD: Political Prisoner - August 13, 2020 09:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
In June, 1975, reporter Kevin McKiernan traveled to South Dakota to cover the trial of AIM leader Dennis Banks who was standing trial for his role in the 1973 Custer Courthouse Riot. But as the hearing got underway on June 26, word spread that shots had been fired 100 miles away on the Pine Ridg...

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Treaties, Goons, and G-Men (Part 2)

LEONARD: Political Prisoner - July 30, 2020 09:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Edgar Bear Runner, the newly elected President of the Porcupine District of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, was just 25 on the morning of June 26, 1975. When shots rang out on the Jumping Bull ranch between the FBI and members of the American Indian Movement, Edgar visited a Lakota medicine m...

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Treaties, Goons, and G-Men (Part 2)

LEONARD: Political Prisoner - July 30, 2020 09:00 - 46 minutes
Edgar Bear Runner, the newly elected President of the Porcupine District of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, was just 25 on the morning of June 26, 1975. When shots rang out on the Jumping Bull ranch between the FBI and members of the American Indian Movement, Edgar visited a Lakota medicine m...

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Treaties, Goons, and G-Men (Part 1)

LEONARD: Political Prisoner - July 16, 2020 09:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation—full of gold, uranium, and oil—contains some of the most valuable land on the planet. But the Federal Government didn’t know that when they originally granted the territory to the Lakota in the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868. So for the next 100 years, the U.S. sec...

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Treaties, Goons, and G-Men (Part 1)

LEONARD: Political Prisoner - July 16, 2020 09:00 - 40 minutes
The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation—full of gold, uranium, and oil—contains some of the most valuable land on the planet. But the Federal Government didn’t know that when they originally granted the territory to the Lakota in the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868. So for the next 100 years, the U.S. sec...

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Mr. Bear Runner Goes to Rushmore

LEONARD: Political Prisoner - July 03, 2020 09:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
To commemorate July 4, 2020, President Trump is traveling to the Black Hills of South Dakota to give a speech in front of Mount Rushmore. But for the Lakota, the Black Hills are sacred. And the carvings of the four Presidents represent a desecration of their history and culture. As Edgar Bear Ru...

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Mr. Bear Runner Goes to Rushmore

LEONARD: Political Prisoner - July 03, 2020 09:00 - 18 minutes
To commemorate July 4, 2020, President Trump is traveling to the Black Hills of South Dakota to give a speech in front of Mount Rushmore. But for the Lakota, the Black Hills are sacred. And the carvings of the four Presidents represent a desecration of their history and culture. As Edgar Bear Ru...

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June 26, 1975

LEONARD: Political Prisoner - June 26, 2020 09:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
On the morning of June 26, 1975, a firefight broke out on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and members of the American Indian Movement. By noon, three people lay dead: AIM member Joe Stuntz, and special agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams. But why w...

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June 26, 1975

LEONARD: Political Prisoner - June 26, 2020 09:00 - 42 minutes
On the morning of June 26, 1975, a firefight broke out on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and members of the American Indian Movement. By noon, three people lay dead: AIM member Joe Stuntz, and special agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams. But why w...

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Episode One: June 26, 1975

LEONARD: Political Prisoner - June 26, 2020 09:00 - 42 minutes
On the morning of June 26, 1975, a firefight broke out on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and members of the American Indian Movement. By noon, three people lay dead: AIM member Joe Stuntz, and special agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams. But why w...

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Introducing LEONARD: Political Prisoner

LEONARD: Political Prisoner - June 22, 2020 15:00 - 3 minutes
Leonard Peltier has spent the last 44 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. This is the story of how he ended up behind bars, and the people who’ve been working for decades to set him free. Support the Show.

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Introducing LEONARD: Political Prisoner

LEONARD: Political Prisoner - June 22, 2020 15:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Leonard Peltier has spent the last 44 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. This is the story of how he ended up behind bars, and the people who’ve been working for decades to set him free. Support the Show.