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Episode 77: Frugality Fables and the Poor-Shaming Grift of Financial Advice Journalism
"How this millennial saved $1 million by age 30," The Washington Post writes. "A Millennial Saved $100,000 With This Simple Habit," CNBC insists. "H…
6 years, 10 months ago
Episode 76: The Anti-War Rebranding of Rhodes and Power and the Moral Hazard of Faux Mea Culpas
In the lead up to the 2020 presidential election, two of the Obama administration's most consistently hawkish advisors, former Deputy National Securi…
6 years, 10 months ago
News Brief: The #Bronx120 and Preet Bharara's Woke Rebranding
In this unlocked News Brief we discuss New York media's racist, factually incorrect coverage of the #Bronx120 and how Preet Bharara went from careeri…
6 years, 10 months ago
Episode 75: The Trouble with 'Florida Man'
"Naked Florida man revealed on video sneaking into restaurant and munching on ramen." "Florida man broke into jewelry store, cut himself on glass and…
6 years, 11 months ago
Episode 74: Liberal Gandhi Fetishism and the Problem with Pop Notions of 'Violence'
"The United States believes any Palestinian government must renounce violence," a U.S. official told Ha'aretz. When it comes to nonviolence, writes B…
6 years, 11 months ago
Episode 73: Western Media's Narrow, Colonial Definition of "Corruption"
"The scale of corruption in Africa is daunting," warns The Economist. "Corruption a Cause of Poverty in the Developing World," DW tells us. "Why cor…
6 years, 11 months ago
Episode 72: John Stossel: Libertarian Billionaires' Inside Man
Though now a fixture of the fringe right-wing, libertarian pundit John Stossel was a longtime staple of mainstream, Serious Person media. With hour-l…
6 years, 11 months ago
Episode 71: Laundering Imperial Violence Through Anodyne Foreign Policy-Speak (Part II)
Kinetic strikes. Limited military coercion. Robust sanctions. No fly zones. Military muscle. Modernization. All options are on the table.
So much of …
7 years ago
Episode 70: Laundering Imperial Violence Through Anodyne Foreign Policy-Speak (Part I)
Barack Obama unleashes "kinetic strikes" on Libya, Hillary Clinton lobbies for "limited military coercion" in Syria, Congress passes "robust sanctio…
7 years ago
Episode 69: The Rise of the Inexplicable Republican Best Friend
It's a trope that dates back more than a decade, but the rise of Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has seen a recent resurgence i…
7 years ago