Best leonardpod Podcasts (2024)

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Not Guilty 53:30

8M ago53:30

53:30

We dissect the murder trial of Bob Robideau and Dino Butler who were acquitted by an all-white jury of twelve in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, after a period of intense deliberations that almost resulted in a hung jury and retrial. This is the story of how an all-star defense team, a celebrity peanut gallery, and a plucky community organizing effort combined…

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O Canada 1:03:45

8M ago1:03:45

1:03:45

On February 6th, 1976, a tip led Canadian police to the Mountain Cree Camp School in Alberta where one of America’s Most Wanted was hiding out with a few of his friends – and at least one government operative. Hear how Peltier’s luck finally ran out despite the efforts of his legal team and an international coalition of native peoples that was helm…

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Snow Job 1:24:26

8M ago1:24:26

1:24:26

We explore what went down in the federal courthouse in Fargo to convince Leonard that he’d been railroaded into a life behind bars with help from author Louise Erdrich, filmmaker Kevin McKiernan, and attorneys Kevin H. Sharp and Bruce Ellison, among others. Hear how Peltier’s wrongful conviction was orchestrated by a hanging judge in cahoots with t…

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Louise 1:00:35

8M ago1:00:35

1:00:35

We interview Native American author Louise Erdrich, who attended Leonard Peltier’s murder trial in her hometown of Fargo, North Dakota, in 1977. The 2021 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Fiction analyzes where it all went wrong for Peltier, while sharing how the experience affected her concept of justice, a theme which became a hallmark of her literary ca…

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Dragnet 49:31

1+ y ago49:31

49:31

Under increasing scrutiny to avenge their fallen brothers, the FBI fans out across the country and tracks down the Jumping Bull fugitives one by one. Through a combination of illegal searches, physical violence, and coerced confessions, the Bureau builds a circumstantial case against Dino Butler, Bob Robideau and Leonard Peltier, who are indicted o…

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Tipi Quest 21:18

1+ y ago21:18

21:18

Singer-songwriter Joe Troop details how he learned of Leonard’s story while living abroad in Argentina with his Grammy nominated urban bluegrass band Che Apalache. Hear Joe’s new single “Free Leonard Peltier” that was released in support of the American Indian Movement’s Walk to Justice, which will culminate in Washington, D.C., with rallies and mu…

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NDN Kars 21:46

2y ago21:46

21:46

Singer-songwriter Keith Secola expounds on Leonard’s life as a symbol for native rights and Indigenous sovereignty in an unplugged acoustic set, which includes an Anishinaabe flute blessing, the track “Innocent Man,” and a very special version of “NDN Kars,” the number one most requested song on tribal radio since 1992. Support the Show.…

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Big Burning Dumpster Fire 39:10

2y ago39:10

39:10

Journalist Jen Bendery has been reporting on Leonard Peltier’s case for the Huffington Post for the last two years. In this one-on-one interview we chat with Jen about the Biden administration’s strides for Native Americans, missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW), and how a reporter’s routine request for a status update from the Office of the…

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What The Hell Just Happened? 1:22:32

2y ago1:22:32

1:22:32

On the 46th anniversary of the Oglala shootout, we rally for clemency at the Black Voters Matter demonstration in Washington, D.C., a few hundred yards from where a violent mob stormed the Capitol Building on January 6th. It’s a beautiful moment – until a white man in an American flag cape, Navy uniform, and Michael Myers mask rushes the stage and …

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Son of June 56:28

2y ago56:28

56:28

We return to Pine Ridge to visit the grave of Joe Kills Right Stuntz, the murder site of Pedro Bissonette, and the June Little cabin on the Jumping Bull ranch with Chase Iron Eyes. Chase is an Oglala Lakota and currently serves as the co-director and lead counsel of the Lakota People's Law Project. But there’s something else you should know about C…

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Sacrificed 51:13

2+ y ago51:13

51:13

The FBI transferred Special Agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams to Pine Ridge to help with a backlog of cases despite neither having any training, experience, or special preparation for the civil war raging on the reservation. On June 25, 1975, the day before the shootout, a colleague advised the pair not to return to the Jumping Bulls on their o…

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Good Indian Guides 49:02

2+ y ago49:02

49:02

In the early morning hours of June 28th, 1975, daylight was breaking on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation when Leonard Peltier, Bob Robideau, and Dino Butler discovered they’d been hiking in the wrong direction. Instead of finding themselves in Manderson, a nearby community home to numerous allies, they were in Pine Ridge village, the command cente…

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The Great Escape 19:50

3y ago19:50

19:50

To avoid the tragic fate of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, who were killed after surrendering to the US government, AIM leader Dennis Banks was persuaded to leave Wounded Knee the night before the federal stand down on May 8, 1973. The warrior selected to lead his escape party was Lenny Foster, a Diné Navajo, who has since become Leonard Peltier’s s…

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Treaty Defender 51:37

3y ago51:37

51:37

Over the course of his tenure, President Trump issued 143 pardons, but he showed no mercy to Leonard Peltier. In this episode Leonard reacts to Trump’s snub; filmmaker Kevin McKiernan joins us for a conversation with Indian treaty expert Charles Wilkinson; and Carol Gokee from the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee shares important upd…

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Incident at Pacific Palisades 41:00

3+ y ago41:00

41:00

According to the documentary’s director, accomplished filmmaker Michael Apted (Coal Miner’s Daughter, Thunderheart, The World Is Not Enough), Robert Redford ruined “Incident at Oglala” out of fear of upsetting the powers that be. Although Redford was scarcely involved in the production of the documentary, he became heavily involved in its post-prod…

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Indigenous Resilience 42:02

4y ago42:02

42:02

Political prisoners are often forgotten because the government disappears them into the system. Leonard’s art draws attention back to his story, which is why some would rather silence him. In this bonus episode we speak with UCLA professor Dr. Tria Blu Wakpa, who explains why Leonard’s art is a powerful example of indigenous resilience, and Larry H…

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I Ain’t No Young Man No More 54:04

4y ago54:04

54:04

The Bureau of Prisons makes it deliberately hard to interview federal inmates. In the case of political prisoners like Leonard Peltier, they make it even harder. But in this episode, we get around all their procedural barricades and finally speak with Leonard himself—about his health, his hopes, and his future. We also interview Kevin Sharp, the la…

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Coincidental Witness 42:21

4y ago42:21

42:21

In June, 1975, reporter Kevin McKiernan traveled to South Dakota to cover the trial of AIM leader Dennis Banks who was standing trial for his role in the 1973 Custer Courthouse Riot. But as the hearing got underway on June 26, word spread that shots had been fired 100 miles away on the Pine Ridge Reservation between Federal agents and members of AI…

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Treaties, Goons, and G-Men (Part 2) 47:11

4y ago47:11

47:11

Edgar Bear Runner, the newly elected President of the Porcupine District of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, was just 25 on the morning of June 26, 1975. When shots rang out on the Jumping Bull ranch between the FBI and members of the American Indian Movement, Edgar visited a Lakota medicine man, said a prayer, and went in to help negotiate a tru…

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Treaties, Goons, and G-Men (Part 1) 41:39

4y ago41:39

41:39

The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation—full of gold, uranium, and oil—contains some of the most valuable land on the planet. But the Federal Government didn’t know that when they originally granted the territory to the Lakota in the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868. So for the next 100 years, the U.S. secretly took back the land piece by piece: ultimately wi…

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Mr. Bear Runner Goes to Rushmore 18:48

4y ago18:48

18:48

To commemorate July 4, 2020, President Trump is traveling to the Black Hills of South Dakota to give a speech in front of Mount Rushmore. But for the Lakota, the Black Hills are sacred. And the carvings of the four Presidents represent a desecration of their history and culture. As Edgar Bear Runner, a Lakota tribal historian, puts it: “Mount Rushm…

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June 26, 1975 43:35

4y ago43:35

43:35

On the morning of June 26, 1975, a firefight broke out on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and members of the American Indian Movement. By noon, three people lay dead: AIM member Joe Stuntz, and special agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams. But why was the FBI shooting at AIM activists on sovereign Lako…

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Introducing LEONARD: Political Prisoner 3:38

4y ago3:38

3:38

Leonard Peltier has spent the last 44 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. This is the story of how he ended up behind bars, and the people who’ve been working for decades to set him free. Support the Show.By Rory Owen Delaney, James Kaelan, Andrew Fuller

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LEONARD: Political Prisoner

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Not Guilty 53:30

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O Canada 1:03:45

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Snow Job 1:24:26

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Louise 1:00:35

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Dragnet 49:31

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Tipi Quest 21:18

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NDN Kars 21:46

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Big Burning Dumpster Fire 39:10

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What The Hell Just Happened? 1:22:32

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Son of June 56:28

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Sacrificed 51:13

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Good Indian Guides 49:02

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The Great Escape 19:50

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Treaty Defender 51:37

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Incident at Pacific Palisades 41:00

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Indigenous Resilience 42:02

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I Ain’t No Young Man No More 54:04

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Coincidental Witness 42:21

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Treaties, Goons, and G-Men (Part 2) 47:11

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Treaties, Goons, and G-Men (Part 1) 41:39

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Mr. Bear Runner Goes to Rushmore 18:48

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June 26, 1975 43:35

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Introducing LEONARD: Political Prisoner 3:38

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