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Episode 188: How Capital Repackages Substandard Products for the Poor as "Increasing Access"
"COVAX and World Bank to Accelerate Vaccine Access for Developing Countries," trumpets a World Bank press release. "How AI Is Making Healthcare More…
2 years, 6 months ago
News Brief: Attack of the Salt of the Earth Republican Country Music Stars
In this News Brief we discuss two recent "controversial" country hits, "Try That In A Small Town" by Jason Aldean and "Rich Men North of Richmond" by…
2 years, 7 months ago
Episode 187: Undercover Boss, Uber-Driving CEOs, and the "Empathetic Executive" Schtick
"New Starbucks CEO plans to pull barista shifts in stores every month," CNN announces. "Uber's CEO moonlighted as a driver and it changed the way he …
2 years, 8 months ago
Episode 186: Nativism in Media (Part III) - IMF, NAFTA and Global Inequality By Design
"The World Bank and its president have been doing an important, constructive job the past five years," announced The Southern Illinoisan in 1973. "IM…
2 years, 8 months ago
Episode 185: Nativism in Media (Part II) - The Artificial Cold War Distinction Between 'Migrants' and 'Refugees'
Immigration law should "stop punishing innocent young people brought to the country through no fault of their own by their parents," the Obama White …
2 years, 8 months ago
Episode 184: Nativism in Media (Part I) — How Dehumanization and Militarization Manufactured a "Border Crisis"
"What one photo from the border tells us about the evolving migrant crisis," The Washington Post reveals. "The U.S. immigration crisis through the ey…
2 years, 8 months ago
News Brief: As UPS Strike "Looms," Media Frames Working-Class Revolt as "Threat" to "The Economy"
In this public News Brief, we break down media coverage of the potential UPS strike––and the trend more broadly in labor coverage––that paints a stri…
2 years, 8 months ago
News Brief: 2000s Zombie Neoliberalism Lives On in Obama's New Netflix Doc
In this News Brief, we review the former President's new docuseries and his attempt to paper over class conflict in favor of a Simply Asking CEOs To …
2 years, 9 months ago
News Brief: "Go Fly Yourself": Marketing 'Sex' and the Great Stewardess Rebellion of the 1970s
In this Live Interview with Nell McShane Wulfhart, we discuss the hidden labor and humiliation of the Airline Industry's "Swingin' 60's" image and ho…
2 years, 9 months ago
Episode 183: AI Hype and the Disciplining of "Creative," Academic, and Journalistic Labor
"Is artificial intelligence advancing too quickly?" 60 Minutes warns. "BuzzFeed CEO says AI may revolutionize media, fears possible 'dystopian' path,…
2 years, 10 months ago