Live Show 7/16/24: Paris, Power and Olympic Class War with Jules Boykoff
In this live show from July 16 2024, we are joined by Citations Needed Senior Olympics Correspondent Jules Boykoff of The Nation to discuss unrest in France over the upcoming Olympic games, increased ...
24 Jul 202451min
The Great Neoliberal Burden Shift (Part II)- How Corporate America Offset Liability Onto Its Workers
"How Railroaders Are Killed; Train Crews Grow Careless," read a 1906 syndicated article. "There is a kind of personality who is accident-prone," reported the Kansas City Star in 1944. Amazon's safety ...
10 Jul 202456min
The Great Neoliberal Burden Shift (Part I) - How Corporate America Offset Liability Onto the Public
"Choose the product best suited for baby," Nestlé urged in a 1970s baby formula ad. "What size is your carbon footprint?" wondered oil giant BP in 2003. "Texting, music listening put distracted pedest...
3 Jul 20241h 3min
News Brief: Unions, Gaza, and Labor's Checkered Relationship With US Militarism
On this public News Brief, we are joined by author and historian Jeff Schuhrke to discuss labor's response to the ongoing genocide in Gaza, the history of union support for (and opposition to) U.S.-le...
19 Jun 202444min
Live Show: Student Organizers Breakdown Media Distortions Over Gaza College Encampments
On this Citations Needed Live Show, recorded virtually on May 23, 2024, Adam and Nima discuss recent coverage of the campus protests over the ongoing genocide in Gaza, from the media's habit of pathol...
12 Jun 202450min
Ep 203: Ideological Shaping of the Possible Part II: How Corporate Think Tanks Function as Influence Laundromats
"Susan Rice examines U.S. foreign policy strategy with The Post's David Ignatius," read the title of a 2016 Washington Post Live conversation. "Key player in war on climate change? The Pentagon," CNN ...
5 Jun 20241h 9min
Ep 202: Ideological Shaping of the Possible Part I: Democrats and the Black Box Corporate Consulting Industry
"David Plouffe's advice for 2020," Axios shared in 2019. "James Carville: 'Stupid wokeness' is a national problem for Democrats," CNN reported in 2021. "Robert Gibbs, former White House Press Secretar...
29 Mai 20241h
Episode 201: The Conservative, Faux-Erudite Rise of Nuance Trolling
"Here's why creating single-payer health care in America is so hard," explained Harold Pollack in Vox in 2016. "The benefits of climate action…are diffuse and hard to pin down," shrugged a Foreign Aff...
15 Mai 20241h 19min
