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 Juni 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 Juni 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 Juni 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 Maj 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 Maj 20241h 19min
News Brief: Axios, NYT Help White House Obscure Their Role in Rafah Invasion
In this News Brief, we breakdown the White House's latest attempt to arm and fund Israeli war crimes while looking like helpless. bumbling humanitarians.
8 Maj 202423min
News Brief: Campus Anti-Genocide Protests and the Weaponization of Squishy, Bad Faith "Safety" Rhetoric
In this public News Brief, we discuss Establishment reaction to pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses, from liberal handwringing to police crackdowns to therapy-speak.
27 Apr 202433min
Episode 200 - The Rise of the War on Drugs 2.0: This Time It's Different, We Promise
"Sen. Chuck Schumer warns drug dealers are pushing rainbow fentanyl to children," CBS News cries. "'It's very challenging': Inside the fentanyl fight at the border," ABC News reports. "The hard-drug d...
27 Mars 20241h 1min
