Episode 144: How the Cold War Shaped First-Person Journalism and Literary Conventions
"Write from experience." "Show, don't tell." Self-knowledge. Self-discipline. Well-known conventions like these, whether delivered in classrooms, writing seminars or simply from one writer to another,...
22 Sep 20211h 8min
Episode 143 - PR and Prop 22: How Silicon Valley Uses Hollow "Anti-Racist" Posturing to Sell Its Exploitative Business Model
In June 2020, founders of the ride-request app Lyft announced that they had launched "allyship dialogues" and were committed to fighting "systemic racism" which they said is "deeply rooted in our soci...
15 Sep 20211h 12min
Ep 142: The Summer of Anti-BLM Backlash and How Concepts of "Crime" Were Shaped By the Propertied Class
"Concerns rising inside White House over surge in violent crime," CNN tells us. "America's Crime Surge: Why Violence Is Rising, And Solutions To Fix It," proclaims NPR. "Officials worry the rise in vi...
4 Aug 20211h 55min
Live Interview: How the 'Pandemic Games' Expose the Neoliberal Scam of Global Sporting Events
In this recording of a Live Interview for Patrons from 7/22, we discuss the scheduled shock doctrine of global sporting events like FIFA and the Olympics and how they use the PR spectacle of sports––a...
28 Juli 20211h 2min
Episode 141: How "Most Livable Cities" Lists Center Upwardly Mobile White Professionals
"America's 50 best cities to live in," reveals USA Today. "These rising U.S. cities could become the top places to live and work from home," reports CNBC. "The best U.S. cities to raise a family," lis...
21 Juli 20211h 10min
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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
