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Citations Needed

Citations Needed is a podcast about the intersection of media, PR, and power, hosted by Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson.

Episodes

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Episode 208: How US Media Repackages Pro-Police Policies as "Reform"

25 Sep 2024
1h 20m
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News Brief: Media Incitement Against Haitian Migrants and JD Vance's Standpoint Theory for Bigoted Dopes

19 Sep 2024
18m
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4 Talking Points Used to Smear DNC Gaza Protesters—And Why They’re Bogus

17 Aug 2024
29m
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Ep 207: US-Backed Killing of Journalists in Gaza and the Limits of "Freedom of the Press" Sloganeering

14 Aug 2024
1h 32m
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News Brief: A Quantitative Analysis of US Media's Fentanyl Panic and How It Kills

07 Aug 2024
29m
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News Brief: Substance vs Vibes in VP Kamala Harris' Gaza PR Reboot

02 Aug 2024
21m
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Episode 206: How the Gambling Industry Swallowed Sports Media Whole

31 Jul 2024
1h 4m
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Live Show 7/16/24: Paris, Power and Olympic Class War with Jules Boykoff

24 Jul 2024
51m
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The Great Neoliberal Burden Shift (Part II)- How Corporate America Offset Liability Onto Its Workers

10 Jul 2024
56m
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The Great Neoliberal Burden Shift (Part I) - How Corporate America Offset Liability Onto the Public

03 Jul 2024
1h 3m
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News Brief: Unions, Gaza, and Labor's Checkered Relationship With US Militarism

19 Jun 2024
44m
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Live Show: Student Organizers Breakdown Media Distortions Over Gaza College Encampments

12 Jun 2024
50m
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Ep 203: Ideological Shaping of the Possible Part II: How Corporate Think Tanks Function as Influence Laundromats

05 Jun 2024
1h 9m
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Ep 202: Ideological Shaping of the Possible Part I: Democrats and the Black Box Corporate Consulting Industry

29 May 2024
1h 0m
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Episode 201: The Conservative, Faux-Erudite Rise of Nuance Trolling

15 May 2024
1h 19m
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This podcast episode critically examines the phenomenon of "nuance trolling," a rhetorical strategy employed by media and political figures to undermine advocacy for social change by instead emphasizing the complexities of issues, a tactic that perpetuates the status quo. Through historical and contemporary examples—in...

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News Brief: Axios, NYT Help White House Obscure Their Role in Rafah Invasion

08 May 2024
23m
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This podcast episode critically examines the Biden administration's management of public relations in relation to the Gaza conflict, highlighting a pattern of prioritizing political image over genuine humanitarian efforts. It reveals how the administration has redefined key terms like "ceasefire," employed symbolic ges...

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News Brief: Campus Anti-Genocide Protests and the Weaponization of Squishy, Bad Faith "Safety" Rhetoric

27 Apr 2024
33m
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Episode 200 - The Rise of the War on Drugs 2.0: This Time It's Different, We Promise

27 Mar 2024
1h 1m
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Episode 199: The Golden Age of Crybullyism

20 Mar 2024
1h 41m
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Episode 198: How The Atlantic Magazine Helps Sell Austerity and War to Middlebrow Liberals

13 Mar 2024
1h 4m
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