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We constantly hear that America’s democracy is in peril. Corruption is running amuck. Authoritarianism is on the rise. And very few in the hall of ...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida and KCBX
- Added: Mar 14, 2023
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Darnella Frazier captured images of injustice for the world to see. Like a professional cinematographer, King understoo...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Sep 06, 2022
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Today's guest is legendary Montana political journalist Chuck Johnson. During Chuck’s forty-five year reporting career he covered twenty-two Montan...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Oct 04, 2021
- Length: 28:31
- Purchases: 3
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
More and more celebrities are tweeting about the farmer protest in India, and while this is about the backbone of India but it’s not the farmers wh...
- Added: Feb 08, 2021
- Length: 06:00
In this episode, we explore how the news media is doing in covering COVID-19 – including the responses of public officials… the data on infections ...
- Added: Apr 23, 2020
- Length: 29:30
In part 2 of my interview with Dr. Boydstun, we explore social media and our own behavior as media audiences and consumers… AND people connected to...
- Added: Apr 16, 2020
- Length: 29:30
In this episode, we talk with Dr. Amber Boydstun, Associate Professor of Political Science at UC Davis, and author of Making the News… about how me...
- Added: Apr 09, 2020
- Length: 29:30
Public discourse is at an all time low. Even without considering the political polarization of today, civility in public discourse is challenging.
- Added: Jul 09, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Do people of opposing political parties believe in different facts? The mantra at the moment is that they do, because of media echo chambers, motiv...
- Added: Jul 25, 2018
- Length: 43:49
Millennials and younger people now make up America’s largest group of eligible voters, surpassing Baby Boomers for the first time.
- Added: Jul 03, 2018
- Length: 03:00
Veteran journalist and Bloomington native David Shuster spoke about the role of journalism in promoting civility and fact-driven opinion during a f...
- Added: Oct 23, 2017
- Length: 27:50
The art of communication. We grow up thinking that we can talk and hear, or even sign, therefore we can communicate.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Aug 09, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
In recent years, national elections have been tightly contested and one result has been an uptick in the rancor in political discourse. With that, ...
- Added: Jul 01, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
In recent years, national elections have been tightly contested and one result has been an uptick in the rancor in political discourse. With that, ...
Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM
- Added: Jun 26, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
This week we talk about ad hominem, Soviet propaganda, and red herrings.
We also discuss Pravda, logical fallacies, and hypocrisy.
- Added: May 05, 2017
- Length: 27:25
This week we talk about chronological snobbery, signaling theory, and the Chicken Connoisseur.
We also discuss social cognition, Discover Weekly, ...
- Added: Mar 30, 2017
- Length: 44:37
This week we talk about enemies who are friends, globalization, and non-polarized opinions.
- Added: Feb 23, 2017
- Length: 36:24
This week we talk about noble lies, compassion fatigue, and addiction.
- Added: Feb 23, 2017
- Length: 36:55
This week we talk about smart mobs, reddit, and Kompromat.
- Added: Feb 23, 2017
- Length: 41:27
An unexpected turn has unfolded with the 2016 elections. The Washington Post broke the story on Friday, December 9 that Russia not only hacked Amer...
- Added: Dec 13, 2016
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 2
A new beast is on the scene, and it just may be part of the information age. The multi-headed monster is known as Post-Factual Democracy.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Nov 01, 2016
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 1
America’s prison population has grown by leaps and bounds over the past 40-years. The “land of the free” has the dubious distinction of handing dow...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: May 18, 2016
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg. Wide ranging discussion from his relationship with Bob Dylan to the potential of viral video...
- Added: Dec 18, 2013
- Length: 16:54
With primary season starting up, the Republican candidates are traveling around the nation, making stump speeches, kissing babies, and spending mil...
- Added: Jan 17, 2012
- Length: 02:00
