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Amy Goodman is a reporter's reporter.

She's late for our call because she's interviewing a man who had dogs set on him in his prison

cell, and she's late to hang up because she wants to hear about a piece I'd recently

published.

She believes, fervently, in the ability of stories to redistribute power away from elites

and towards the people.

And she's been doing it for decades, reporting from East Timor, Standing Rock, and broadcasting

live on democracy now throughout the 9-11 attacks.

I spoke to her about why independent media matters, whether it's possible to be a partisan

and a trusted source of news, and just what happened when Bill Clinton phoned into the

show.

So listen up.

So big broad question just to open up, how would you characterize the state of American

political media right now?

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