

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


News Brief: Media Incitement Against Haitian Migrants and JD Vance's Standpoint Theory for Bigoted Dopes

4 Talking Points Used to Smear DNC Gaza Protesters—And Why They’re Bogus

Ep 207: US-Backed Killing of Journalists in Gaza and the Limits of "Freedom of the Press" Sloganeering

News Brief: A Quantitative Analysis of US Media's Fentanyl Panic and How It Kills

News Brief: Substance vs Vibes in VP Kamala Harris' Gaza PR Reboot

Episode 206: How the Gambling Industry Swallowed Sports Media Whole

Live Show 7/16/24: Paris, Power and Olympic Class War with Jules Boykoff

The Great Neoliberal Burden Shift (Part II)- How Corporate America Offset Liability Onto Its Workers

The Great Neoliberal Burden Shift (Part I) - How Corporate America Offset Liability Onto the Public

News Brief: Unions, Gaza, and Labor's Checkered Relationship With US Militarism

Live Show: Student Organizers Breakdown Media Distortions Over Gaza College Encampments

Ep 203: Ideological Shaping of the Possible Part II: How Corporate Think Tanks Function as Influence Laundromats

Ep 202: Ideological Shaping of the Possible Part I: Democrats and the Black Box Corporate Consulting Industry

Episode 201: The Conservative, Faux-Erudite Rise of Nuance Trolling
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...

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

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

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

Episode 199: The Golden Age of Crybullyism

Episode 198: How The Atlantic Magazine Helps Sell Austerity and War to Middlebrow Liberals
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