Episode 184: Nativism in Media (Part I) — How Dehumanization and Militarization Manufactured a "Border Crisis"
"What one photo from the border tells us about the evolving migrant crisis," The Washington Post reveals. "The U.S. immigration crisis through the eyes of a border town mayor," reports Boston's NPR st...
12 Juli 20231h 17min
News Brief: As UPS Strike "Looms," Media Frames Working-Class Revolt as "Threat" to "The Economy"
In this public News Brief, we break down media coverage of the potential UPS strike––and the trend more broadly in labor coverage––that paints a strike as something that harms "the consumer" or "the e...
5 Juli 202340min
News Brief: 2000s Zombie Neoliberalism Lives On in Obama's New Netflix Doc
In this News Brief, we review the former President's new docuseries and his attempt to paper over class conflict in favor of a Simply Asking CEOs To Be Nicer brand of politics. With guest Maximillian ...
21 Juni 202350min
News Brief: "Go Fly Yourself": Marketing 'Sex' and the Great Stewardess Rebellion of the 1970s
In this Live Interview with Nell McShane Wulfhart, we discuss the hidden labor and humiliation of the Airline Industry's "Swingin' 60's" image and how the "pretty faces" behind the tawdry ads fought b...
14 Juni 202346min
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 Maj 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 Maj 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 Maj 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 Maj 20231h 37min
