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Episode 140 - Kicking the Hollywood Habit: Addiction Morality Tales in Film and TV [Virtual Live Show]
7 Juli 20211h 18min
Episode 139 - Of Meat and Men: How Beef Became Synonymous with Settler-Colonial Domination
"Beef. It's what's for dinner," the baritone voices of actors Robert Mitchum and Sam Elliott told us in the 1990s. "We're not gonna let Joe Biden and Kamala Harris cut America's meat!" cried Mike Penc...
30 Juni 20211h 20min
News Brief: CNN Helps Biden Kick Off 'War On Crime 2.0: This Time It's Not Racist, Trust Us'
In this public News Brief, we examine 24 hours of CNN's mindless police stenography undermining modest bail reform in New York.
26 Juni 202142min
News Brief: The Casual Soft Eugenics of Self-Help "Friendscaping" Content
In this public News Brief, we discuss a recent advice column in the New York Times advocating upwardly mobile professionals dump their fat and depressed friends and how it's part of a much broader tre...
16 Juni 202145min
Episode 138: Thought-Terminating Enemy Epithets (Part II)
"Oligarch". "Hardliner". "Regime". All common terms seen in Anglo-American media when describing politicians and power structures in official villain states; yet - mysteriously absent when talking abo...
9 Juni 20211h 17min
Episode 137: Thought-Terminating Enemy Epithets (Part I)
"Hand-picked successor", "firebrand", "proxy" — In Anglo-American media, there are certain Enemy Epithets that are reserved only for Official Enemy States of United States and their leaders, which are...
2 Juni 20211h 11min
News Brief: "Organized Crime" "Shoplifting Epidemic" Panic Hits San Francisco Media
In this public News Brief, we take a critical look at a recent wave of sensationalist "organized crime" "shoplifting epidemic" stories in national and Bay Area media and how they fit into a resurgent ...
26 Maj 202148min
Episode 136: The 'Ungrateful Athlete': Anti-Black, Anti-Labor Currents in Sports Media
"A good, hard working kid." "A 4.0 student." "He's asking for too much money." "They get paid to play a child's game." "He shows up and does his work and never complains." Despite the fact that th...
19 Maj 20211h 33min
