A podcast on the media, power, PR and the history of bullshit. Hosted by @WideAsleepNima @adamjohnsonchi
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Coming up in a few hours. This is gonna be terrific.
Our Beg-A-Thon is TONIGHT at 8 pm ET / 7 pm CT / 5 pm PT! Join us here: youtube.com/watch?v=8SypVJ7J…
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VERY much looking forward to this. CN is easily one of the best podcasts out there.
Join us this Wednesday Oct 21 at 8pmET/7pmCT for our annual livestream beg-a-thon! We'll be joined by @joshuarolson to discuss the rise of Ben Shapiro's rightwing movie empire, it's lurid demonization of Muslims and leftists, and we'll parse just how organic the demand really is.
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"the bipartisan cycle of elite immunity is the highest civic religion in the land"
In Ep 245, "The Authenticity Affect (Part III) - Left Politics as Effete, College Kid Artifice," we examine the popular media trope that progressive politics are exogenous to core Democratic constituencies who, we are told, are axiomatically conservative. soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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my reverence for the good works of Citations Needed continues unabated
In Part 1 of our 3-part series on the uses and misuses of "authenticity," we examine the Real America "listening tour," its propaganda utility and how it uses the superficial aesthetics of rural simplicity to sell class-flattening, power-serving narratives
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In Ep 241, "The Disempowering Politics of 'Inevitability' Part 1: Data Centers & LLM as 'The Future'," we breakdown the anti-democracy "inevitability" line AI companies use & how it's been used to sell everything from Manifest Destiny to "free trade" deals soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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was offline writing our next book and I totally missed that this came out, always a great hang to talk to @WideAsleepNima and @adamjohnsonCHI on @CitationsPod about our collective interdependence and the fantasy bribe of “the good life”
In Ep240, "How the Media's 'Burden,' 'Straining Resources' Framing Manufactures the Expendable Other," we discuss the ideological work done by our media's default frame of immigrants, poor seniors, those with disabilities etc as "burdens" on The Taxpayer
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TONIGHT: @CitationsPod Patreon livestream!
Wednesday Aug. 5 | 7:30pm ET / 6:30pm CT
@adamjohnsonCHI & I will review media coverage of yesterday's primary results. Come hang out!
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Tomorrow!
Hi all! Please join us at 7:30ET/6:30CT on Wed Aug 5 for a Patreon-only live stream reaction to the Michigan Senate primaries. It's the biggest AIPAC expenditure ever, and some of the worst people in media are primed for all-time meltdowns.
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REMINDER: Join @CitationsPod at 7:30pm ET/6:30pm CT TOMORROW NIGHT - Wed 8/5 - for a Patreon livestream!
We'll be talking about the Michigan Senate primary results and inevitable media meltdown.
Not a Patreon supporter yet? No problem, sign up now!
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One of the best things you can do for any well-meaning person in your life who consumes a lot of news is to have them listen to 5 episodes—virtually any will do—of this exceptional podcast. It will change their perspective and make it easier to talk to them.
In this News Brief, "Why US Media Has Evoked Israel's "Right to Exist" 1,001 Times vs Only 6 For Palestine," we examine the phrase "right to exist," why it only applies to Israel, what role it serves and why Palestinians are never said to have such a right soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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An absolute delight to be back on @CitationsPod to talk about the use and abuse of "affordability" as a political frame.
In Ep 239, "The Vague, Capital-Serving Co-Optation of 'Affordability' Politics," we detail the long history of generic "affordability" discourse and how, post-Mamdani, it's become the go-to buzzword justifying deregulation and tax breaks for developers. soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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With the great @BayoumiMoustafa!
In Ep 238, "The Fictional, Racist, Paranoia-Sowing 'Sleeper Cell' Media Construction," we detail our media obsession with so-called "sleeper cells," a trope that has consumed post-9/11 US but suffers from one major problem: there's no evidence it exists. soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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Great episode and we don’t talk about capital strikes nearly enough
In Ep 233, "How US Media Naturalizes Capital Strikes and Helps the Rich Undermine Democracy," we examine how billionaires and corporations threatening capital strikes to discipline populist politicians is treated as normal, obvious, and healthy by US media
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Had a blast talking to @mmmbanksy and Kate Fortmueller for this one!
In this News Brief, "'Peak TV,' Streamer Studio Accounting Gimmicks, and the Precarity of Hollywood Labor," we talk with Miranda Banks and Kate Fortmueller about how the dream of fame, 100 years on, is still used to concentrate power and drive down wages. soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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In case you missed this yesterday!
In this News Brief, we talk w/ @ajbauer about his new book, "Making the Liberal Media," and the corporate and ideological forces that shaped the popular idea mainstream media was crawling with fifth columnist agitators hostile to the values of Real America soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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Listen to the latest episode of @CitationsPod on “radicalization” and “reeducation” instead of reading Ezra Klein’s apologia for Liberal Zionism. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Another great and important ep
In Ep 235, "'Shadow Fleets,' Sanctions and Western Media's International Law-ification of Arbitrary US Dictates," we explore how unilateral US sanctions against Enemy States are given the halo of international legal legitimacy by print and cable news. soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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Such an excellent episode of @CitationsPod on what IS sanctions really mean and media complicity with US regimes in presenting them as international law. A must listen.
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In Ep. 97, "Porch Pirate Panic and the Paranoid Racism of Snitch Apps", we discuss how local media, the police, snitch apps, Amazon and real estate work together to keep us frightened and atomized. With guests @SarahLustbader and @stevenrenderos. soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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required listening right now. this was put out in early december but we're 100% seeing this exact phenomenon play out re: venezuela today
In Ep 232, "US Meddling, the Limits of 'Agency' Discourse and How Media Chooses Which 'Voices' To Center," we discuss the uses and misuses of liberal standpoint theory to promote US meddling, sanctions, and bombing.
with guest @Vinncent
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