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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    The fracturing of the far-right, one year after Charlottesville

    On Sunday, white nationalists plan to march on Washington -- one year after the rally in Charlottesville.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 10, 2018 • 48m Listen

    On Sunday, white nationalists plan to march on Washington -- one year after the rally in Charlottesville. We talk with a reporter who’s been tracking neo-Nazi groups behind that action, and investigating why law enforcement failed to intervene in the violence.

    Photo credit: A sign reading "Hate Has No Home Here" hangs by the statue of Civil War Confederate General Robert E. Lee, ahead of the one year anniversary of 2017 Charlottesville "Unite the Right" protests, in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 10, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

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    4 stories
    1. 0:00

      What we know about the man suspected of starting the Holy Fire

      In Cleveland National Forest, the Holy Jim Fire has scorched nearly 10,000 acres since it began Monday -- allegedly from arson. Forest Gordon Clark was charged Thursday on suspicion that he started the fire in Holy Jim Canyon.

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      8 min
    2. 8:27

      Far-right demonstrators plan to mark a year since their Unite the Right rally

      On Sunday, white nationalists plan to march on Washington, one year after the rally in Charlottesville.

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      15 min
    3. 23:36

      Is 'The Meg' a serious film, or 'Jaws' meets 'Sharknado?'

      Our critics review “BlacKkKlansman,” based on the true story of the first African-American officer hired by the Colorado Springs Police Department in the early 1970s; “The Meg,” about a 75-foot-long prehistoric shark; “The Guernsey Literary and…

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      15 min
    4. 29:05

      How much of a difference will LeBron James make to the Lakers?

      LeBron James worked out at the Lakers training facility for the first time on Thursday. He’s taken a role in the national conversation on race, and he got into a Twitter spat with President Trump.

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      10 min
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Amy Ta

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    In this episode

    4 stories
    1. 0:008 min

      What we know about the man suspected of starting the Holy Fire

    2. 8:2715 min

      Far-right demonstrators plan to mark a year since their Unite the Right rally

    3. 23:3615 min

      Is 'The Meg' a serious film, or 'Jaws' meets 'Sharknado?'

    4. 29:0510 min

      How much of a difference will LeBron James make to the Lakers?

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