Episode 183: AI Hype and the Disciplining of "Creative," Academic, and Journalistic Labor
"Is artificial intelligence advancing too quickly?" 60 Minutes warns. "BuzzFeed CEO says AI may revolutionize media, fears possible 'dystopian' path," CBS News tells us. "TV and film writers are fight...
31 Touko 20231h 32min
A Citations Needed Live Show Beg-A-Thon: The Very Real Social Brain Rot of Ancient Aliens and Ancient Apocalypse
On this Live Show Beg-a-Thon, recorded on May 17, we discuss the pop culture phenomenon and appeal of pseudoarchaeology in its many forms, from fraudulent alternative history books like Erich von Däni...
24 Touko 20231h 18min
Ep. 182: Hardhats vs Hippies and the Cold War Curation of the Conservative Union Guy Trope
"Thank God for the hard hats!" declared Richard Nixon during his first term. "Why the construction workers holler, 'U. S. A., all the way!,'" read a 1970 New York Times headline. "The Day the White Wo...
17 Touko 20231h 20min
Episode 181: US Media's 5 Most Popular Revisionist Tropes About the Iraq and Vietnam Wars
"Charting a different course in the Vietnam War to fewer deaths and a better end," muses a book review in the Washington Post. "The Vietnam War was begun in good faith, by decent people," a Ken Burns ...
10 Touko 20231h 37min
Episode 180: Havana Syndrome and the Power of Mainstream, Acceptable Conspiracy Theories
"I Was A Teenage Conspiracy Theorist," The Atlantic magazine playfully titled a 2020 essay. "Choose your reality: Trust wanes, conspiracy theories rise," reported The Associated Press in 2022. "Do You...
3 Touko 20231h 26min
News Brief Live: Tucker Carlson's Transparent 'Contrarian Left' Co-Option Strategy
In this live streamed News Brief from 4/26/23, we discuss the recent firing of Tucker Carlson and the meta-discourse around whether or not "the left" should see any utility in petty, racist demagogues...
28 Huhti 202341min
Announcement: Citations Needed's Semiannual Beg-A-Thon Live Show on April 26!
Join us April 26 at 8:30 pm EST for our semiannual Beg-A-Thon live show! This time we will be discussing Ancient Aliens, Ancient Apocalypse, and all manner of racist, ahistorical History Channel and N...
19 Huhti 20232min
News Brief: Media's Credulous "Labor Shortage" Reporting Helps Lay Groundwork For Repealing Child Labor Laws
In this public News Brief, we detail how uncritical acceptance by centrist––and even liberal––media that the US is seeing an unprecedented "labor shortage" is helping justify repealing child labor pro...
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