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The Deprogram

Episode 230 - Cuba Libre (Ft. Abby Martin & Matt Belen)

The Deprogram

JT, Hakim, and Yugopnik

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4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 75 minutes

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0:00.0

Well, howdy, everybody? Welcome back to the D program. Today we are skipping your beloved intro banter that half of you absolutely hate and you will not stop commenting about.

0:10.0

Today with us we have two fantastic guests, Abby Martin and Matt Belen.

0:15.0

You may be familiar with their work. I certainly hope you're familiar with their work. Abby's Gaza Fights for Freedom is still my number one recommended piece on Means TV. You may know them

0:27.7

from also the encampments, which came out recently, also on Means TV, and now Cuba after Castro,

0:35.4

a new film that is coming out very, very soon to a computer screen near you.

0:40.3

Or phones, you degenerates.

0:41.9

Please watch it on something bigger than a phone.

0:45.1

Hello, Abby, Matt, thank you for coming on the show.

0:48.0

Please do tell our listeners a little bit more about who you are and what you do.

0:52.2

Thank you so much for having us.

0:53.8

This is Abby Martin.

0:55.2

I am an investigative journalist, founder of the Empire Files, and the host, and, you know,

1:02.0

alongside my husband, Mike Prysner.

1:04.0

And we just put out a new film, Earth's Greatest Enemy, about the U.S.

1:08.2

military's impact on the environment.

1:09.8

So that, along with Cuba after

1:12.1

Castro, I think, are two really important subjects that I'm excited to be doing right now.

1:16.9

Yeah. And this is Matt. I'm a video producer, documentary producer at Breakthrough News,

1:24.0

where I've been for about five years. Our last big thing that we put out was the encampments in 2025, which was co-directed by

1:33.3

our great Michael Workman.

1:35.1

You mentioned Means TV before.

1:36.5

Me and Michael actually both met when we were originally on the board at Meets TV back in the day.

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