News In Context

Series produced by Gina Baleria

Caption: Logo: News In Context, Credit: Joyce Cheng
Image by: Joyce Cheng 
Logo: News In Context 

A weekly podcast focused on discussing the issues that impact how information is delivered, how we consume it, and how that affects our interactions with each other.

A weekly podcast focused on discussing the issues that impact how information is delivered, how we consume it, and how that affects our interactions with each other.


93 Pieces

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Caption: Headshot: Danny O'Brien
In this episode, we explore issues of free expression, privacy, and the roles of corporate and government entities in moderating social media conte...

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Logo: La Casa de las Madres
In this episode, we discuss domestic violence – an issue that affects one third of women and teen girls in the U.S. As the COVID-19 pandemic has le...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 05, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode, we explore how journalists experience trauma and manage - or fail to manage - the stressors that are inherent to the job. My guest...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
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In this episode, we explore how Asian Americans are framed in mainstream news and media, and how that framing informs our understanding and discour...

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  • Added: Apr 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode, we explore the current state of news, and how the way news is presented in the U.S. has shifted during the pandemic, including a g...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Letha Ch'ien, Ph.D.
In this episode, we explore how the imagery and visuals that are infused into racist and misogynistic tropes today can be traced to classical works...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: headshot: Laura Specker Sullivan
In this episode, we explore the role and power of language - words and phrases - in how we discuss the issues that affect us and that drive our new...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
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In this episode, we discuss the current state of California’s climate - how it’s changed in recent years, and what we face in 2021, including a sig...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
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In this episode, we take a deeper look at California’s fire outlook in 2021 and moving forward. Over the past few years, massive wildfires tore ac...

  • Added: May 14, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Jan. 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol Insurrection, Credit: (photo by: Blinkofanaye (CC BY-NC 2.0)
In this episode, we explore the importance of precision in language - in particular for journalists and other content creators seeking to inform an...

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  • Added: May 21, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode, we explore the impacts of News Deserts and Ghost Newspapers - parts of the U.S. where there’s either no local paper, or where the ...

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  • Added: May 28, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode, we explore the parameters and jurisdiction of the First Amendment, as well as how we can better navigate issues and challenges inv...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
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In this episode, we explore the role of the public health department - from obvious activities, such as educating the public about COVID-19 - to ac...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
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In this episode, we explore carbon offsets, and how their promise as a way to mitigate carbon emissions - and thus climate change - have not yet pa...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Headshot: Dr. Monica Gandhi
In this episode, we explore where we’re at with the COVID-19 pandemic - regionally, nationally, and internationally - and begin to assess where we’...

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  • Added: Jul 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Nang Mo Kham
In this episode, we explore the importance of making connections across sectors to achieving healthy communities. Our guest is Nang Mo Kham, Eisen...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
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In this episode, we explore the First Amendment aspects of voting, elections, and campaigns - in particular how voting and related activities might...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
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In this episode, we explore taxes in the US, including how tax policy has evolved and devolved over the course of U-S history, what taxes are meant...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
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In this episode, we discuss the state of U-S tax policy, as well as some ideas for how to overhaul the system to make it more equitable, efficient,...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
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In this episode, we discuss the disparity in attention in the U.S., when it comes to missing people of color. My guest is Derrica Wilson, co-found...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 29:30