Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDavid B. Nieborg and Maxwell Foxman, "Mainstreaming and Game Journalism" (MIT Press, 2023)
Episode 5
Why games are still niche and not mainstream, and how journalism can help them gain cultural credibility.
Mainstreaming and Game Journalism (MIT Press…
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Mudita Nisker and Dan Clurman, "Let's Talk: An Essential Guide to Skillful Communication" (2022)
Episode 219
Let's Talk: An Essential Guide to Skillful Communication (2022) is a transformative guide to elevate your everyday conversations. Authored by Mudita …
2 years, 5 months ago
Kathryn Mathers, "White Saviorism and Popular Culture: Imagined Africa as a Space for American Salvation" (Routledge, 2022)
Episode 430
In White Saviorism and Popular Culture: Imagined Africa as a Space for American Salvation (Routledge, 2022), Kathryn Mathers interrogates the white s…
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Matt Singer, "Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever" (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2023)
Episode 185
Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten Tomatoes or IMDB. You asked whether Siskel & Ebert h…
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Comics Journalism in Taiwan: The Reporter File
Episode 18
This episode’s host, Adina Zemanek, invited Sherry Lee, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy CEO of the non-profit, independent media organization The …
2 years, 5 months ago
Thomas DeGloma, "Anonymous: The Performance of Hidden Identities" (U Chicago Press, 2023)
Episode 333
In recent years, anonymity has rocked the political and social landscape. There are countless examples: An anonymous whistleblower was at the heart o…
2 years, 5 months ago
Katherine Rye Jewell, "Live from the Underground: A History of College Radio" (UNC Press, 2023)
Episode 119
Bands like R.E.M., U2, Public Enemy, and Nirvana found success as darlings of college radio, but the extraordinary influence of these stations and th…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ayelet Brinn, "A Revolution in Type: Gender and the Making of the American Yiddish Press" (NYU Press, 2023)
Episode 463
A Revolution in Type: Gender and the Making of the American Yiddish Press (NYU Press, 2023) by Dr. Ayelet Brinn offers a fascinating glimpse into the…
2 years, 5 months ago
Christopher R. Martin, "No Longer Newsworthy: How the Mainstream Media Abandoned the Working Class" (Cornell UP, 2019)
Episode 142
Until the recent political shift pushed workers back into the media spotlight, the mainstream media had largely ignored this significant part of Amer…
2 years, 5 months ago
Roland Allen, "The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper" (Profile Books, 2023)
Episode 1401
We see notebooks everywhere we go. But where did this simple invention come from? How did they revolutionise our lives, and why are they such powerfu…
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