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News Brief: The Squishy Liberal Euphemisms Big City Dem Mayors Use to Sell Criminalizing Homelessness

News Brief: 5 Worst US Media Reactions to Russia's Ukraine Invasion

Episode 157: How the "Culture War" Label Is Used to Trivialize Life-and-Death Economic Issues

Episode 156: How the "Investigative Journalism" Aesthetic Can Be Used to Launder Power-Serving Narratives

Episode 155: How the American Settler-Colonial Project Shaped Popular Notions of ‘Conservation’

News Brief: "Biden Crack Pipes": Anatomy of a Manufactured GOP Outrage––and Democratic Capitulation

Episode 154: "Inclusive Patriotism": How Radicals Are Retconned into Liberal Champions of the American Project

Ep 153: Crime Stoppers, America's Most Wanted and Rise of Vigilante TV News

Live Interview: Police 'Defunding' That Never Was and Abolitionism as a Long-Term Social Project

News Brief: Dem-Aligned Media Set Up Teachers Unions to Take the Fall for Midterm Losses

A Very Special News Brief - Hallmark's Anti-Labor Churn: A Follow-Up Conversation

Ep. 152: Hallmark Christmas Movies and the Cozy, Conservative Nostalgia Machine

Episode 151: How Economic Jargon and Cliches Make Cruel, Anti-Poor Policies Sound Sterile and Science-y (Part II)

Episode 150: How Economic Jargon and Cliches Make Cruel, Anti-Poor Policies Sound Sterile and Science-y (Part I)

Episode 149: How Fatness Became a Cheap Joke and Proxy for Moral Deficiency in Pop Culture

Ep 148: The GOP’s ‘Rightwing Populism’ Rebrand (Part II) - Messaging Wars in 'White America'

Episode 147 - The GOP's 'Rightwing Populism'  Rebrand: How Billionaire-Backed Charlatans Pick Off Disillusioned Lefties (Part I)

News Brief - Reconciliation Bill Negotiations: A Media Autopsy

Episode 146: Bill Gates, Bono and the Limits of World Bank and IMF-Approved Celebrity 'Activism'

This podcast episode critically examines the relationship between celebrity charity events, global health philanthropy, and the narratives that shape our understanding of poverty and inequality, highlighting how these approaches often obscure deeper systemic issues. Beginning with the historical context of celebrity-dr...

News Brief - Colin Powell: Stumbling Empire Personified