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Unfiltered is a new Yahoo News interview series documenting unflinching and unapologetic voices of everyday Americans. Citizen vs. immigrant, uber-wealthy vs. working poor, alt-right vs. antifa, Republican vs. Democrat, gun rights vs. gun control… the U.S. seems more divided than ever. From a transgender individual serving in the armed forces to an alt-right activist living in a diverse community, we will highlight and celebrate differing viewpoints of some of the more polarizing issues we face as a country today.

Episodes will feature the show’s producers, Brian Prowse Gany and Joyzel Acevedo, discussing each interview and offering behind-the-scenes stories and exclusive content. Catch new episodes of Unfiltered every Friday.

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<p>Unfiltered is a new Yahoo News interview series documenting unflinching and unapologetic voices of everyday Americans. Citizen vs. immigrant, uber-wealthy vs. working poor, alt-right vs. antifa, Republican vs. Democrat, gun rights vs. gun control… the U.S. seems more divided than ever. From a transgender individual serving in the armed forces to an alt-right activist living in a diverse community, we will highlight and celebrate differing viewpoints of some of the more polarizing issues we face as a country today. </p><br><p>Episodes will feature the show’s producers, Brian Prowse Gany and Joyzel Acevedo, discussing each interview and offering behind-the-scenes stories and exclusive content. Catch new episodes of Unfiltered every Friday.</p><br><p> See <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

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'How can you hate me when you don't even know me?'

In the first episode of Unfiltered: The Podcast, we profile Daryl Davis, a black man whose quest to understand racism led him to convince more than 200 Ku Klux Klan to leave their robes, hoods and hateful beliefs behind. <br><p> See <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

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'I'm a murder junkie'

In this second episode of Unfiltered, a weekly Yahoo News interview series, we explore society’s morbid curiosity with true crime and take a look at William Harder, a man whose own interest borders on obsession.<br><p> See <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

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‘I have never seen that many injured patients by high-velocity weapons all at once.’

In the third episode of Unfiltered, a weekly Yahoo News interview series, we learn what it was like for trauma surgeon Dr. Lillian Liao of University Hospital in San Antonio to treat victims of the Sutherland Springs mass shooting.<br><p> See <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

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‘It would be my privilege to defend a Nazi.’

In this fourth episode of Yahoo News’ Unfiltered, we sit down with infamous criminal defense attorney Howard Greenberg, a man who isn’t afraid to defend the worst of the worst and who believes the justice system and the government are far from perfect.<br><p> See <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

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'We are human beings'

In this week’s episode of Yahoo News’ Unfiltered, Rev. Juan Carlos Ruíz shows us the daily struggles facing undocumented immigrants, including a mother who has taken sanctuary in a church for fear of deportation.<br><p> See <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

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‘Society treats sex workers as second-class citizens’

In this episode of “Unfiltered,” adult-film actress Ginger Banks explains why adult-entertainment performers need more support for the kind of work they do; why they are severely marginalized and discriminated against; and what are the deadly consequences of a new bill, Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA), recently signed into law by President Trump.<br><p> See <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

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‘Nobody deserves to die because they use drugs’

In this latest episode of Unfiltered, Tino Fuentes, a former drug dealer and addict, has been traveling the world working as a drug harm reduction consultant and making it his personal mission to save lives.<br><p> See <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

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‘Time is running out’

<p>In an age when artificial intelligence plays a dominant role in pop culture, some may view killer robots as science fiction, but for New School professor Peter Asaro, they’re the not-so-distant future.</p><br><p>In this week’s episode of Yahoo News’ Unfiltered, we talk to Asaro and learn about the dangers of AI and autonomous weapons.</p><br><p> See <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

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‘She was completely demonically possessed'

In this week’s episode of Yahoo News’ Unfiltered, we take a look at one psychiatrist’s mission to provide his patients with the help they need – even if it’s an exorcism. By assigning what some may call a controversial diagnosis of demonic possession, Dr. Richard Gallagher confronts the oft-held notion that religion and science are like oil and water, stating that what is religious is not exactly anti-scientific and that society should accept “there may be something more here.<br><p> See <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

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