Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHistory and Journalism with Alex Keller
Episode 13
In this episode, I sat down with Alex Keller, then a Digital Content Producer at CBS News Texas, to talk about his unconventional career path. From s…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Future of the Political Magazine: A Conversation with Ramesh Ponnuru
Episode 128
This week on Madison’s Notes, we welcome Ramesh Ponnuru, renowned journalist and Editor of National Review. In this episode, we dive into his journey…
1 year, 6 months ago
David Tereshchuk, "A Question of Paternity: My Life As an Unaffiliated Reporter" (Envelope Books, 2024)
Episode 81
Today I talked to David Tereshchuk about his memoir A Question of Paternity: My Life As an Unaffiliated Reporter (Envelope Books, 2024)
Tereshchuk lea…
1 year, 6 months ago
S4E14 Our Enemies Will Vanish: A Conversation with Yaroslav Trofimov
Episode 126
Join us as we discuss Yaroslav Trofimov’s recent publication, Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian Invasion and Ukraine's War of Independence (Pengui…
1 year, 6 months ago
Elia Powers, "Performing the News: Identity, Authority, and the Myth of Neutrality" (Rutgers UP, 2024)
Episode 140
Elia Powers' book Performing the News: Identity, Authority, and the Myth of Neutrality (Rutgers UP, 2024) explores how journalists from historically …
1 year, 7 months ago
Amy Reading, "The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker" (Mariner Books, 2024)
Episode 144
In the summer of 1925, Katharine Sergeant Angell White walked into The New Yorker's midtown office and left with a job as an editor. The magazine was…
1 year, 7 months ago
Brad Balukjian, "The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Wrestlemania" (Hachette, 2024)
Episode 277
In 2005, Brad Balukjian left his position as a magazine fact-checker to pursue a dream job: partner with his childhood hero, The Iron Sheik (whose re…
1 year, 7 months ago
Isaac Blacksin, "Conflicted: Making News from Global War" (Stanford UP, 2024)
Episode 80
How is popular knowledge of war shaped by the stories we consume, what are the boundaries of this knowledge, and how are these boundaries policed or …
1 year, 7 months ago
Mikhail Zygar, "War and Punishment: Putin, Zelensky, and the Path to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine" (Scribner, 2023)
Episode 278
As soon as the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, prominent independent Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar circulated a Facebook petition signed first …
1 year, 8 months ago
John V. Pavlik, "Journalism and the Metaverse" (Anthem Press, 2024)
Episode 79
Journalism has been in a state of disruption since the development of the Internet. The Metaverse, or what some describe as the future of the Interne…
1 year, 9 months ago