A podcast on the media, power, PR and the history of bullshit. Hosted by @WideAsleepNima @adamjohnsonchi

Joined May 2017
In this Live Show Beg-a-Thon, "Ben Shapiro, Sex-Pest Actor Comebacks and the New Elevated Rightwing Cinema" we discuss the Daily Wire's film output––its unhinged racism, fascist plots and attempts to revitalize Hollywood stars accused of sexual misconduct soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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Anyone who signs up to support the show on Patreon or moves up a tier in monthly pledges will be in the running for free Citations Needed t-shirts, tote bags, and more merch! Sign up here: Patreon.com/citationsneededp…
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Coming up in a few hours. This is gonna be terrific.
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This Wednesday, 10/21, at 8 PM ET, join us on YouTube for our annual Beg-A-Thon with guest @joshuarolson! We'll discuss the rise of Ben Shapiro's right-wing movie empire and its lurid demonization of Muslims and leftists while parsing just how organic the demand really is.
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VERY much looking forward to this. CN is easily one of the best podcasts out there.
Join us this Wednesday Oct 21 at 8pmET/7pmCT for our annual livestream beg-a-thon! We'll be joined by @joshuarolson to discuss the rise of Ben Shapiro's rightwing movie empire, it's lurid demonization of Muslims and leftists, and we'll parse just how organic the demand really is.
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Join us this Wednesday Oct 21 at 8pmET/7pmCT for our annual livestream beg-a-thon! We'll be joined by @joshuarolson to discuss the rise of Ben Shapiro's rightwing movie empire, it's lurid demonization of Muslims and leftists, and we'll parse just how organic the demand really is.
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"the bipartisan cycle of elite immunity is the highest civic religion in the land"
In Ep 245, "The Authenticity Affect (Part III) - Left Politics as Effete, College Kid Artifice," we examine the popular media trope that progressive politics are exogenous to core Democratic constituencies who, we are told, are axiomatically conservative. soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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In Ep 245, "The Authenticity Affect (Part III) - Left Politics as Effete, College Kid Artifice," we examine the popular media trope that progressive politics are exogenous to core Democratic constituencies who, we are told, are axiomatically conservative. soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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In this News Brief, we discuss the Drop The Genocide 20 campaign, efforts to water down progressive demands around Israel and whether or not progressive electeds are following through on the implications and obligations inherent in the word "genocide". soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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In Ep 244, we examine the media obsession with "political mavericks" who "buck party orthodoxy"—almost aways with either trivial interventions or, as is most often the case, throwing vulnerable populations and causes under the bus. w/ guest @jackmirkinson soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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my reverence for the good works of Citations Needed continues unabated
In Part 1 of our 3-part series on the uses and misuses of "authenticity," we examine the Real America "listening tour," its propaganda utility and how it uses the superficial aesthetics of rural simplicity to sell class-flattening, power-serving narratives soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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In Part 1 of our 3-part series on the uses and misuses of "authenticity," we examine the Real America "listening tour," its propaganda utility and how it uses the superficial aesthetics of rural simplicity to sell class-flattening, power-serving narratives soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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With guest writer and teacher John Patrick Leary.
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We are going live on Patreon in 1 hour …
Join us Friday 9/11 @ 5:30pmET for a livestream recap of the 25th anniversary of the perpetually exploited attack, from the smear campaign against Mamdani to the resurgence of raw Islamophobia as blunt zionist disciplining tool to the CBC's "terrorism" row patreon.com/citationsneededp…
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