• News Brief: How Corporate Media Laid the Groundwork for a Rightwing Incitement Campaign in Minnesota
    Jan 7 2026

    In this News Brief, we detail how CBS, Fox, WSJ, and NYT promoted an essentialized, overblown narrative on the "Somali Minnesota fraud" story, teeing up a full blown rightwing incitement campaign against Minneapolis's immigrant communities.

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    28 Min.
  • Ep 232: US Meddling, the Limits of 'Agency' Discourse and How Media Chooses Which 'Voices' To Center
    Dec 10 2025

    In this episode, we discuss the uses and misuses of liberal standpoint theory to promote US meddling, sanctions, and bombing. With guest Vincent Bevins.

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    1 Std. und 29 Min.
  • News Brief: BBC's Gaza Double Standard and Western Liberalism's Crisis of Legitimacy
    Dec 3 2025

    In this News Brief, we interview journalist Daniel Trilling and discuss his investigation into the BBC's systemic anti-Palestinian bias.

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    45 Min.
  • Ep 231 - How To Oppose Genocide Without Opposing Genocide (Part 2): AIPAC Dems' Fake Israel Criticisms
    Nov 26 2025

    In this episode, we detail the buyers' market for superficial Gaza critiques that permit ambitious Democrats to look pro-Palestine without the downside of actually being so.

    With guest Tariq Kenney-Shawa.

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    1 Std. und 18 Min.
  • Ep 230 - How To Oppose Genocide Without Opposing Genocide (Part 1): Biden World's Reputation Laundering PR Tour
    Nov 19 2025

    In this episode, we detail recent attempts by former Biden officials to rewrite history and absolve themselves of responsibility for the horrors of Gaza, and lay out the emerging Dem-aligned media industry of vibing past Democrats' lockstep support for genocide.

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    1 Std. und 41 Min.
  • Citations Needed Live Show Beg-a-Thon: MAHA, TikTok and the Rise of Health-Branded Fascism
    Nov 10 2025

    In this Live Show Beg-a-Thon from 10/13, we are joined by Justin Feldman to discuss the rise of MAHA, the broader Granola-to-Fascist Pipeline and how corporate-written food policies and our shitty for-profit medical system fuel hucksterism.

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    55 Min.
  • News Brief: As Trump Attacks Venezuela, Media Takes His Absurd "Drug War" Pretext at Face Value
    Oct 29 2025

    In this News Brief, we detail how the AP, Atlantic, Washington Post and New York Times are accepting Trump's framing that his attacks on Venezuela and Colombia are about "going after drug cartels" when it's clear they are—based on Trump's own words—about controlling Venezuela's oil.

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    23 Min.
  • News Brief: Media Helps Sell ICE Raids with Zero Dark Thirty Ride-Along Schlock
    Oct 22 2025

    In this News Brief, we are joined by Matthew Cunningham-Cook to discuss his recent media analysis of "embedded reports" of ICE raids that prime the public for brutal crackdowns on undocumented immigrants.

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    31 Min.