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A Citations Needed Live Show Beg-A-Thon: The Very Real Social Brain Rot of Ancient Aliens and Ancient Apocalypse
On this Live Show Beg-a-Thon, recorded on May 17, we discuss the pop culture phenomenon and appeal of pseudoarchaeology in its many forms, from fraud…
2 years, 10 months ago
Ep. 182: Hardhats vs Hippies and the Cold War Curation of the Conservative Union Guy Trope
"Thank God for the hard hats!" declared Richard Nixon during his first term. "Why the construction workers holler, 'U. S. A., all the way!,'" read a …
2 years, 10 months ago
Episode 181: US Media's 5 Most Popular Revisionist Tropes About the Iraq and Vietnam Wars
"Charting a different course in the Vietnam War to fewer deaths and a better end," muses a book review in the Washington Post. "The Vietnam War was b…
2 years, 10 months ago
Episode 180: Havana Syndrome and the Power of Mainstream, Acceptable Conspiracy Theories
"I Was A Teenage Conspiracy Theorist," The Atlantic magazine playfully titled a 2020 essay. "Choose your reality: Trust wanes, conspiracy theories ri…
2 years, 11 months ago
News Brief Live: Tucker Carlson's Transparent 'Contrarian Left' Co-Option Strategy
In this live streamed News Brief from 4/26/23, we discuss the recent firing of Tucker Carlson and the meta-discourse around whether or not "the left"…
2 years, 11 months ago
Announcement: Citations Needed's Semiannual Beg-A-Thon Live Show on April 26!
Join us April 26 at 8:30 pm EST for our semiannual Beg-A-Thon live show! This time we will be discussing Ancient Aliens, Ancient Apocalypse, and all …
2 years, 11 months ago
News Brief: Media's Credulous "Labor Shortage" Reporting Helps Lay Groundwork For Repealing Child Labor Laws
In this public News Brief, we detail how uncritical acceptance by centrist––and even liberal––media that the US is seeing an unprecedented "labor sho…
2 years, 11 months ago
News Brief: How Brandon Johnson's Win Upends US Media's Patronizing, Simplistic "Crime" Narratives
In this public News Brief, we break down Johnson's "surprise" win and how it undermines every lazy media trope involving local Democratic politics pu…
2 years, 11 months ago
Episode 179: From Budget Cuts to Book Bans — The Decades-Long Assault on Public Libraries
"Parents fighting schools to protect their kids are heroes, not book-banners," Fox News tells us. Are Privatized Public Libraries So Bad?" asks CityL…
3 years ago
Episode 178: The Palliative Pop-History of American "Racial Progress" Narratives
"Our progress has been part of the living history of America," President Jimmy Carter declared in a 1979 speech. "America is a nation of progress, of…
3 years ago