The 10 Best Citations Needed Podcast Episodes
1) News Brief: The Harper's Letter and Our Extremely Narrow, Self-Serving Definition of Cancel Culture
A bizarrely vague, cliquish letter demanding everyone be open-minded has no interest in explaining what, precisely, it wants.
2) Episode 74: Liberal Gandhi Fetishism and the Problem with Pop Notions of 'Violence'
"The United States believes any Palestinian government must renounce violence,” a U.S. official told Ha'aretz. When it comes to nonviolence, writes Barbara Reynolds in The Washington Post, “Black Live...Show More
3) Episode 99: The Cruel, Voyeuristic Quackery of Rehab TV Shows
Over the last 20 years, the topics of substance use and treatment have become the stuff of televised entertainment: heart-wrenching stories of desperation and redemption, of suffering and survival. Sh...Show More
4) Episode 65: How Empire Uses ‘Feminist’ Branding to Sell War and Occupation
Since the dawn of the American Empire, thin moral pretexts in our politics and press have been used to justify our wars and conquest. The invasion of Cuba and Philippines in 1898 was declared to be a ...Show More
5) Episode 141: How "Most Livable Cities" Lists Center Upwardly Mobile White Professionals
"America's 50 best cities to live in," reveals USA Today. "These rising U.S. cities could become the top places to live and work from home," reports CNBC. "The best U.S. cities to raise a family," lis...Show More
6) Episode 80: Animal Rights as Media and Pop Culture Punchline
In countless pop culture and media depictions, animal rights advocates and vegetarians in general, are viewed as effete weirdos, dirty hippies and humorless busybodies. Pop culture staples from "South...Show More
7) Episode 77: Frugality Fables and the Poor-Shaming Grift of Financial Advice Journalism
“How this millennial saved $1 million by age 30,” The Washington Post writes. “A Millennial Saved $100,000 With This Simple Habit,” CNBC insists. “How to save for retirement when you're living paychec...Show More
8) Episode 94: The Goofy Pseudoscience Copaganda of TV Forensics
Since the early 2000s, a spate of forensics-focused TV shows and films have emerged on the pop culture scene. Years after Law & Order premiered in the '90s, shows like CSI, NCIS, and The Mentalist fol...Show More
9) News Brief: Quantifying the Media's Selective Humanity in Gaza
In this News Brief, we are joined by Adam's anonymous co-author of their two recent studies—one of print and one of cable news—detailing US's media's double standards when covering the 'Gaza conflict....Show More
10) News Brief: Media Adopts Israel's Simplistic 'Hunt for Hamas' Narrative, Providing Cover For Ethnic Cleansing
In this News Brief, we detail how American media focusing entirely on discrete "counter attacks" and adopting cool military-speak play-by-play ignores the much bigger and important reality of forcible...Show More