Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAndrew Holter, ed., "Going Around: Selected Journalism / Murray Kempton" (Seven Stories Press, 2025)
Episode 83
From 1949 until his death in 1997, Murray Kempton was a distinct presence in New York City journalism. Peddling around town on a three-speed bicycle …
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Noel Rubinton, "Looking for a Story: A Complete Guide to the Writings of John McPhee" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Episode 120
John McPhee has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1965 and has written more than thirty acclaimed books that began on the magazine's pages…
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Mark Fallon, "Unjustifiable Means: The Inside Story of How the CIA, Pentagon, and US Government Conspired to Torture" (Regan Arts, 2017)
Episode 115
From busting drug lords to leading the Pentagon task force charged with bringing the 9/11 terrorists to justice, Mark Fallon has spent his career on …
1 year ago
Alan Chong, "The International Politics of Communication: Representing Community in a Globalizing World" (U Michigan Press, 2025)
Episode 155
In an era of globalization, international communication constantly takes place across borders, defying sovereign control as it influences opinion. Wh…
1 year, 1 month ago
"I have not Finished...": Rokahya Diallo on being Black, Muslim, and frequently interrupted (Emilie Diouf, JP)
Emilie Diouf of Brandeis English, whose monograph on genocide and trauma is forthcoming, joins John to speak with the celebrated French journalist an…
1 year, 1 month ago
Institutional Corruption in News Media: A Conversation with William English
Episode 148
Why has trust in the news media declined? How can we combat biased reporting and the spread of misinformation? And how do these challenges compare to…
1 year, 1 month ago
Talking Thai Politics: Reporting Thai Politics Internationally
What is it like to be a foreign correspondent in Thailand? How can someone develop sufficient understanding of this complex society to write effectiv…
1 year, 1 month ago
Chris Stowers, "Shoot, Ask...and Run" (Earnshaw Books Ltd, 2025)
Episode 235
Chris Stowers, longtime photographer, credits a fellow journalist for the title of his latest memoir, Shoot, Ask...and Run (Earnshaw, 2025). The jour…
1 year, 1 month ago
John Alekna, "Seeking News, Making China: Information, Technology, and the Emergence of Mass Society" (Stanford UP, 2024)
Episode 109
Contemporary developments in communications technologies have overturned key aspects of the global political system and transformed the media landsca…
1 year, 2 months ago
Vanessa Freije, "Citizens of Scandal: Journalism, Secrecy, and the Politics of Reckoning in Mexico" (Duke UP, 2020)
Episode 8
In Citizens of Scandal: Journalism, Secrecy, and the Politics of Reckoning in Mexico (Duke UP, 2020), Vanessa Freije explores the causes and conseque…
1 year, 2 months ago