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Film Discussion Leaders

SEASON 11

2024 / 2025

One Person, One Vote

September 19, 2024

Panel Profiles

John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for The Nation, a contributing writer for The Progressive, and associate editor of The Capital Times, the daily newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin.  He has written, co-written, or edited over a dozen books on topics ranging from histories of important movements in American politics and the Democratic Party to analyses of US and global media systems. His latest book, co-written with Senator Bernie Sanders, is The New York Times bestseller It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism.

Bad Faith

October 10, 2024

Panel Profiles

Bob Welch is a former Register-Guard columnist and author of more than two dozen books, his latest two being Cross Purposes: One Believer’s Struggle to Reconcile the Peace of Christ with the Rage of the Far Right and Seven Summers (And a Few Bummers): My Adventure Hiking the 2,650-Mile Pacific Crest Trail. Welch is a former adjunct professor of journalism at the University of Oregon and founder of the Beachside Writers Workshop. He now authors a weekly column on Substack called Heart, Humor & Hope. 

Don Gall is a retired Eugene area pastor.

We Are All In This Together

December 19, 2024

Panel Profiles

Daniel Troia has spent the past 18 years learning alternative ways to travel. His films are a combination of adventure mixed with human connection. His first film, Two Wheels To Freedom, was featured in National Geographic Adventure, and he will be releasing his next film, The Child Within, in late 2024