Jim Knipfel / TruthdigJan 27, 2025
As the world remembers the singular director’s oeuvre, his “other” television show has been curiously forgotten. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Ed Rampell / TruthdigOct 7, 2024
“Daytime Revolution” chronicles John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1972 takeover — with a little help from their radical friends — of “The Mike Douglas Show.” Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Ed Rampell / TruthdigSep 26, 2024
From Aztecs and Incans to United Farm Workers and Young Lords, the actor tells ‘the untold history of Latinos’ in a new documentary series. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Freddie deBoer / TruthdigAug 30, 2024
The columnist-turned-host still has the ability to conceive of a better world. He just lost the ability to be ruthlessly honest about what it takes to build it. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Jeff Cohen / Common DreamsAug 20, 2024
Remembering TV’s most progressive daytime host, fired for giving airtime to Iraq War opponents. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Ed Rampell / TruthdigAug 1, 2024
An interview with Ellen Geer about her actor father, the Red Scare and growing up with a famous folk singer in a cottage that’s now a museum. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Ed Rampell / TruthdigNov 20, 2023
The new series "Four Died Trying" seeks to expose what—and who—was really behind the sizzling ’60s’ politics of assassination. We sat down with the filmmakers, John Kirby & Libby Handros. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )
Freddie deBoer / TruthdigNov 17, 2023
Instead of his usual shtick of making a mockery of unsuspecting rubes, Nathan Fielder finds himself in the crosshairs in this scripted Showtime original show. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Jake Johnson / Common DreamsSep 25, 2023
"It is the leverage generated by your strike, in concert with the extraordinary support of our union siblings, that finally brought the companies back to the table to make a deal." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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