Laura Flanders (born 5 December 1961) is an English

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living in the United States who presents the weekly, long-form interview show ''The Laura Flanders Show''. Flanders has described herself as a "lefty person". The brothers

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and

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, all journalists, are her half-uncles. Author

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is her half-aunt. Her sister is

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journalist. Actress

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is her cousin.

Early life

Flanders is the daughter of the British comic songwriter and broadcaster

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and the American-born

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, first daughter of radical journalist

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and American author

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. She was raised in the

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district of London and moved to the U.S. in 1980 at age 19. She graduated from

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in 1985 with a degree in history and women's studies.

Career

Flanders was founding director of the women's desk at the media watch group

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(FAIR), and for a decade produced and hosted ''

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'', FAIR's syndicated radio program. In January 1993, she appeared on the

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'' program as a spokesperson for FAIR to discuss how domestic violence increases during the annual

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. Flanders hosted the weekday radio show ''Your Call'' on

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, before starting the Saturday/Sunday evening ''Laura Flanders Show'' on

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in 2004. It became the weekly one-hour ''

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'' in 2007, and a daily TV show on

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, "GRITtv with Laura Flanders" in 2008. That show aired for three years on Free Speech TV before moving to

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and teleSUR, as a weekly program. Flanders is a contributing writer for ''

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'', and '' Yes Magazine'' and has also contributed to ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', magazine. She has authored six books, including ''Blue Grit: True Democrats Take Back Politics from the Politicians'' (Penguin Press 2007); ''Bushwomen: Tales of a Cynical Species'' (Verso, 2004), a study of the women in

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's cabinet; and a collection of essays, ''Real Majority, Media Minority: The Cost of Sidelining Women in Reporting'' (1997). She edited "''At the Tea Party....''" (O/R Books 2010) and ''The W Effect: Sexual Politics in the Age of Bush'' (2004) and contributed to ''The Contenders'', (Seven Stories, 2008) among others.

''The Laura Flanders Show''

In 2008, Flanders began hosting and executive producing ''The Laura Flanders Show''. ''The Laura Flanders Show'' is a 30-minute news and public affairs show that explores actionable models for creating a better world by reporting on the people and movements driving systemic change. Its tagline is, "Where the people who say it can't be done take a back seat to the people who are doing it." The show originally aired weekly on

and teleSUR. In 2018, it became a coproduction of

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. In 2019, ''The Laura Flanders Show'' was picked up for distribution by

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and in 2020 began airing on

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stations across the United States, including in 20 of the country's top 25 television markets.

Personal life

Flanders is a lesbian. In 2019, she married her partner of 30 years, choreographer

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. Flanders currently resides in Smallwood, New York.

Awards

References

External links

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The Laura Flanders Show
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