Episode 224: Corporate Self-Regulation and the Fine Art of 'Preempting" Public Outrage
In this episode, we detail the classic PR gambit of corporations anticipating regulation, offering to "self-police," implementing token or superficial reforms, waiting for the outrage to blow over, th...
16 Jul 20251h 11min
News Brief: ADL, Corporate Media, Dem Elites Manufature "Antisemitism" Scandal to Discipline Mamdani
In this News Brief, we break down recent bad faith attacks on Zohran Mamdani, the ADL's DO YOU CONDEMN extortion racket, and the broader "antisemitism scandal" playbook to derail moderate social democ...
1 Jul 202538min
News Brief: Natural Disaster-izing the Deliberate US-Israeli Starvation Campaign in Gaza
In this News Brief, we are joined by Ashley Bohrer and Ben Teller of Jewish Voice for Peace Chicago to discuss media indifference to the US and Israel-imposed starvation of Palestinians, how sectarian...
19 Jun 202529min
News Brief: Pundits Speed-Run 15 Months of Iraq War Propaganda for Iran in Five Days
In this News Brief, we break down the insta-talking points to sell war with Iran––from Ticking Time Bomb '24' plots to cherry-picked, dubious anecdotes of Iranians supposedly begging for Israeli bombs...
17 Jun 202532min
News Brief: US Media, Top Dems Assist Trump and Israel's Unprovoked Attack on Iran
In this public News Brief, we detail how the NYT, Washington Post, and CNN reinforce every faulty premise of Israel's attack and how top Democrats in Congress and former Harris aides either ignore Tru...
13 Jun 202530min
Ep. 223: The Empire Strikes First, Part II — 'Abundance' Pablum as Counter to Left Populism
"Can Democrats Learn to Dream Big Again?," wonders Samuel Moyn in the New York Times. "The Democrats Are Finally Landing on a New Buzzword. It's Actually Compelling," argues Slate staff writer Henry G...
11 Jun 20251h 25min
Ep 222 - The Empire Strikes First Part I: Party Elites Who Lost to Trump (Twice) Blame Everyone But Themselves
In Ep. 222, "The Empire Strikes First Part I: Party Elites Who Lost to Trump (Twice) Blame Everyone But Themselves," we detail how our media allows the same party flacks who got the Dems into this mes...
4 Jun 20251h 21min
Episode 221: Anti-Science Mugging on the Right and the Ascent of American Anti-Intellectualism
In this episode we detail demagogues' favorite faux populist schtick of taking scientific studies out of context and mocking them, often with help from mainstream media. with guest Brenda Ekwurzel, di...
28 Mai 20251h 8min
