East Palestine, Labor and Where We are Now with Max Alvarez
The Marianne Williamson Podcast
Marianne Williamson talks to The Real News Network's Max Alvarez about the dire situation in East Palestine, Ohio and Norfolk Southern’s actions that brought on the disaster. They also discuss where the labor movement is today. Learn more about Max and Follow Max on Twitter
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My Very Personal Interview with Christian Smalls
The Marianne Williamson Podcast
Mariane talks to labor organizer and Amazon Labor Union president Christian Smalls about his fight against Amazon and the larger impacts he's had on the current labor movement. For more information visit
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FDR and his Legacy: A Conversation with historian Harvey Kaye
The Marianne Williamson Podcast
Marianne Williamson discusses the legacy of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt with historian Harvey Kaye. Learn more at MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com Follow Harvey on Twitter @HarveyJKaye
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The Privatization of Everything: A conversation with author Donald Cohen
The Marianne Williamson Podcast
Should government be run like a business? No, says Donald Cohen, the founder and executive director of In The Public Interest and author of the book “The Privatization of Everything: How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back" In this episode, Marianne & Donald go deep into the insidious ways that private industry exerts undue influence on our government. These interests “strip public goods of their power to lift people up, creating instead a tool to diminish democracy, further inequality, and separate us from each other.” For more information...
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Climate Emergency! A Conversation with Climate Scientist Peter Kalmus
The Marianne Williamson Podcast
Marianne interviews climate scientist Peter Kalmus for Earth Day. For more infomration visit and
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Freeing Jesus: A Conversation with religious scholar Diana Butler Bass
The Marianne Williamson Podcast
“Get me out of here.” Five simple words religious scholar Diana Butler Bass heard repeatedly while sitting in a pew at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC. But why? And who was whispering this to her? Jesus. And she writes about why in her latest book, Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence Diana and Marianne discuss what Jesus means to them individually and the importance of freeing him from the confines of doctrine and dogma. As Diana says, “When I think of Jesus I think of wisdom. I think of embodied compassion. I think...
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Whole Brain Living: A Conversation with Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor
The Marianne Williamson Podcast
Marianne Williamson discusses spirituality and brain science with stroke survivor and neuroscientist Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor. The two talk about Dr. Taylor's recovery, the difference in the brains of boomers and millennials and how to create and keep a healthy brain. The conversation stems from Dr. Taylor's latest book, "Whole Brain Living: The Anatomy of Choice and the Four Characters That Drive Our Life." For more information visit or .
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Unions Rising: Amazon v Labor | A Conversation with Max Alvarez
The Marianne Williamson Podcast
Marianne talks to Real News Network editor-in-chief Max Alvarez in the wake of the historic vote to unionize a Staten Island Amazon warehouse. The two discuss the lead up to the vote, why it was successful as well as the history of labor in the United States. Read, listen to and watch Max Alvarez's work: Follow Max on Twitter: Max's book "" will be released by OR books this June
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Another Civil War?: A Conversation with Author Stephen Marche
The Marianne Williamson Podcast
Thousands of Americans now reject the American experiment and are actively trying to tear the country apart. White nationalists have infiltrated just about every community, seriously armed, and can be found in towns and cities across the United Stares. Marianne discusses all of this with author Stephen Marche who details the problems we face in his frightening new book, “The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future.” For more information visit and .
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A Conversation with Congressman Ro Khanna
The Marianne Williamson Podcast
Marianne speaks with Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA) about his new book "DIGNITY IN THE DIGITAL AGE: Making Tech Work for All of Us," other progressive issues, and also the war in Ukraine. For more information visit MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com
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Visit FreeDonziger.com to learn more about Steven and his case.
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Steven Donziger is a Harvard law school graduate who went to Ecuador in the 1990’s. He was traveling with a team of lawyers and doctors to view the horrific evidence that Texaco, an oil giant since bought by Chevron, had poisoned a huge swath of the Ecuadorian Amazon during oil drilling in the 1960’s, 1970’s and 1980’s. What they saw were the results of a massive and man-made environmental disaster that poisoned the water, earth and food of tens of thousands of people. Worst of all, the evidence indicated it was done deliberately as part of an engineering plan to save $3 per barrel. This horror was not an accident.
Ultimately, Steven led a team of lawyers in procuring a $9.5B judgement against Chevron that was affirmed by the Ecuadorian Supreme Court. Yet that was not the end of the story. For Chevron - while note even arguing the veracity of the disaster - chose not to pay the judgment. Instead, they chose to come after the lead lawyer who held them accountable: namely, Steven Donziger. In Donziger’s words, “The company’s goal is to silence my advocacy, bankrupt my family, and intimidate activists and environmental allies.”
Donziger has now spent more than 780 days under house arrest. He stands to be sentenced on Oct. 1 for contempt of court charges stemming from his refusal to turn over to Chevron his cell phone and computer containing confidential data on environmental activists here and in Ecuador. The Department of Justice having chosen not even to pursue the case, it was turned over- incredibly -to Chevron itself to prosecute.
Most Americans would not believe that here in the United States, a corporation could literally use an American court to criminally prosecute its critics. And yet that is exactly what has happened: a show trial that leaves an American environmental lawyer punished harshly and at risk of imprisonment, for the not-to-be-tolerated crime of standing up to Chevron.
Attorney General Merrick Garland has not intervened in this private corporate prosecution, although he should. The request has been simply that he return the case from Chevron’s law firm to the US justice system. He has not chosen to do so despite pleas from Senators, Congresspeople, legal groups and Nobel Laureates. And this point you and I have to speak up, and speak up loudly - for justice, for the earth, and for Steven Donziger.
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