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1701
Good & Bad Arguments with Trudy Govier
An interview with Trudy Govier
26 min
1702
Mitchell Stephens, “The Voice of America: Lowel...
Mitchell Stephens‘s new book, The Voice of America: Lowell Thomas and the Invention of 20th Century Journalism (St. Martins Press, 2017), could be described, in part, as an entertaining book of stories about a legendary American storyteller. Stephens,
49 min
1703
Blake Atwood, “Reform Cinema in Iran: Film and ...
Iranian cinema has close connections to the 1979 Islamic revolution. Ayatollah Khomeini , explicitly pointed to the uses of cinema for religious and revolutionary political purposes. But Iranian films and the means of film production gradually changed ...
25 min
1704
Mark Banks, “Creative Justice: Cultural Industr...
How can we address inequity and injustice in cultural and creative industries? In Creative Justice: Cultural Industries, Work and Inequality (Rowman and Littlefield, 2017), Mark Banks, a professor of culture and communication and director of CAMEo,
47 min
1705
Gillian McIver, “Art History for Filmmakers: Th...
Gillian McIver‘s Art History for Filmmakers: The Art of Visual Storytelling (Bloomsbury, 2016) is a ground-breaking book that illustrates the relationships among the histories of painting and cinema. Of interest to established filmmakers,
47 min
1706
Clyde Farnsworth, “Tangled Bylines: A Father an...
Journalists intentionally leave themselves out of the stories they cover. In Clyde H. Farnsworth‘s book Tangled Bylines: A Father and Son Cover the Twentieth Century (University of Missouri Press, 2017) he gets the chance to tell not only his own stori...
42 min
1707
James Poyner, “Trump Tweets: His Social Media P...
The title of James Poyner’s book, Trump Tweets: His Social Media Phenomenon (Wilkinson Publishing, 2017), tells you everything you need to know about the world you about to enter. In temperament, and style,
78 min
1708
Different Medias with Eric Alterman
An interview with Eric Alterman
28 min
1709
Matt Pearl, “The Solo Video Journalist: Doing I...
While the title of Matt Pearl‘s book, The Solo Video Journalist: Doing it All and Doing It Well in TV Multimedia Journalism (Focal Press, 2016), hints at a solitary existence, he shares experiences of many journalists who have inspired his work and emp...
59 min
1710
Jeremy C. Young, “The Age of Charisma: Leaders,...
In the age of the railroad, social movements, revivals, and campaigns for political office spread like wildfire across the United States. Leaders and their surrogates could go travel faster than ever before,
49 min
1711
Kathleen Collins, “Dr. Joyce Brothers: The Foun...
In her book, Dr. Joyce Brothers: The Founding Mother of TV Psychology (Rowman and Littlefield, 2016), Kathleen Collins presents an extensive history of the woman who is arguably the most famous television psychologist.
51 min
1712
Democracy and Dialogue Online with Joshua Cohen
An interview with Joshua Cohen
35 min
1713
Donna Freitas, “The Happiness Effect: How Socia...
In The Happiness Effect: How Social Media is Driving a Generation to Appear Perfect at Any Cost (Oxford University Press, 2017), Donna Freitas investigates the darker side of social media use and explains how pressure to appear happy and successful onl...
23 min
1714
Rebecca Scales, “Radio and the Politics of Soun...
What did sound mean to French people as radio and other listening technologies began to proliferate in the early twentieth century? What was the nature and significance of French auditory culture in the years between the two world wars?
59 min
1715
Democracy and Social Media with Michael Lynch
Social Media rewards snap judgments and blind conviction. Michael Lynch finds this troubling. is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Humanities Institute a University of Connecticut. His research concerns truth, public...
24 min
1716
Free Speech Matters with Robert George
An interview with Robert George
29 min
1717
Steven M. Avella, “Charles K. McClatchy and the...
Charles K. (CK) McClatchy was a towering figure in the making of Sacramento and the inland empire he liked to call Superior California. As editor of the Sacramento Bee from 1883 to 1936, McClatchy was both ardent booster and strident critic,
52 min
1718
Steve Aldous, “The World of Shaft: A Complete G...
Who’s the black private dick That’s a sex machine to all the chicks? (Shaft) Ya damn right Who is the man that would risk his neck For his brother man? (Shaft) Can you dig it? Who’s the cat that won’t cop out When there’s danger all about?
43 min
1719
Kate Murphy, “Behind the Wireless: A History of...
From the early days of the BBC in 1922, women were everywhere in the broadcasting company’s offices. They were absent, however, argues Dr. Kate Murphy from most of the historiography devoted to this illustrious institution. In this vibrant monograph,
48 min
1720
James McGrath Morris, “Eye on the Struggle: Eth...
In his acclaimed biography Eye on the Struggle: Ethel Payne, the First Lady of the Black Press (Amistad, Reprint Edition, 2017), James McGrath Morris explores the fascinating life of pioneering black female journalist Ethel Payne.
59 min
1721
Travis Linnemann, “Meth Wars: Police, Media, Po...
If all you knew about methamphetamines came from popular culture (“Breaking Bad”) or government anti-drug campaigns (“Faces of Meth”), then you’d probably think that the typical meth user was a unemployed, rail thin degenerate with bad acne,
55 min
1722
Glyne Griffith, “The BBC and the Development of...
The BBC radio program “Caribbean Voices” aired for fifteen years and introduced writers like George Lamming, Louise Bennett, Sam Selvon and others to listeners on both sides of the Atlantic. Glyne Griffith’s The BBC and the Development of Anglophone Ca...
48 min
1723
Brian T. Edwards, “After the American Century: ...
American culture is ubiquitous across the globe. It travels to different social contexts and is consumed by international populations. But the relationship between American culture and the meanings attached to the United States change over time.
56 min
1724
Dave Karpf, “Analytic Activism: Digital Listeni...
For the start of 2017, Dave Karpf is back on the podcast with his new book, Analytic Activism: Digital Listening and the New Political Strategy (Oxford University Press, 2016). Karpf is associate professor of media and public affairs at The George Wash...
30 min
1725
Nicholas A. John, “The Age of Sharing” (Polity ...
In his new book The Age of Sharing (Polity Press, 2016), the sociologist and media scholar Nicholas A. John documents the history and current meanings of the word sharing, which he argues, is a central keyword of contemporary media discourse.
45 min