Episode 195: David Leonhardt and the Elite Consensus Manufacturing Machine
"Make sense of the day's news and ideas," urges The Morning, a daily New York Times newsletter. "Get smarter, faster on news and information that matters to you," Axios assures its readership. "This i...
24 Jan 20241h 20min
Beg-A-Thon Announcement Jan 30: The Worst Rise-And-Grind TikTok #Influencers
Get shredded! Get a hot trad wife! Close the Baxter Account! Join us Jan 30 at 8:30pm ET for a live show beg-a-thon with guest Hussein Kesvani, as we break down the most ridiculous and toxic rise-and-...
24 Jan 20242min
News Brief: Quantifying the Media's Selective Humanity in Gaza
In this News Brief, we are joined by Adam's anonymous co-author of their two recent studies—one of print and one of cable news—detailing US's media's double standards when covering the 'Gaza conflict....
19 Jan 202457min
News Brief: 5 Ways US Media Helps Put a 'Humanitarian' Spin on Gaza Ethnic Cleansing
In this News Brief, we detail how horrific population transfers, mass bombings, and collective punishment are spun as humanitarian gestures to protect civilians.
14 Dec 202340min
Episode 194: The "Graying Population" Panic and the 90-Year War on Social Security
"Aging population to hit U.S. economy like a 'ton of bricks'," Reuters reported in 2021. "Aging Is The Real Population Bomb," the International Monetary Fund cautioned earlier this year. "How an aging...
6 Dec 20231h 13min
News Brief: Media Adopts Israel's Simplistic 'Hunt for Hamas' Narrative, Providing Cover For Ethnic Cleansing
In this News Brief, we detail how American media focusing entirely on discrete "counter attacks" and adopting cool military-speak play-by-play ignores the much bigger and important reality of forcible...
21 Nov 202335min
Episode 193: How Military Jargon and Cliches Make Mass Death Seem Sterile (Part II)
"U.S. shipment of 'lethal aid' reaches Ukraine amid Russia tensions," NBC News reported in January 2022. "U.S. adopting 'deterrence posture' as aircraft carrier heads towards Israel," France 24 announ...
15 Nov 202351min
Episode 192: How Military Jargon and Cliches Make Mass Death Seem Sterile (Part I)
"Israel Called Them 'Precision' Strikes. But Civilian Homes Were Hit, Too.," The New York Times equivocated back in May 2023. "US Military Footprint in Australia Expands to Counter China," Bloomberg a...
8 Nov 202354min
