24 Apr

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Citations Needed | April 24, 2019 | Transcript[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-74[/embed][Music]Intro: This is Citations Needed with Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson.Nima Shirazi: Welcome to Citations Needed a podcast on the media, power, PR and the history of bullshit. I am Nima Shirazi.Adam Johnson: I’m Adam Johnson.Nima: You can find the show on Twitter @CitationsPod, Facebook Citations Needed and become a supporter of our show through Patreon.com/CitationsNeededPodcast with Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson. All of our support to keep the show going and growing comes from our listeners and patrons through Patreon. We cannot do the show without you. So if you are listening to this show and you like the show and have not yet thought about becoming a patron of ours, please do. It really, really makes a huge difference.Adam: Yeah, and also a reminder there are 40 News Briefs that are for Patreon patrons only, which are kind of shorter episodes, quick hits on the news that you can listen to the backlog of. People really appreciate those and I know that obviously since we’ve been going from now for about...

17 Apr

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Citations Needed | April 17, 2019 | Transcript[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-73-western-medias-narrow-colonial-definition-of-corruption[/embed][Music]Intro: This is Citations Needed with Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson.Nima Shirazi: Welcome to Citation Needed a podcast on the media, power, PR and the history of bullshit. I am Nima Shirazi.Adam Johnson: I’m Adam Johnson.Nima: Thanks everyone for joining us this week. You can find the show on Twitter @CitationsPod, Facebook Citations Needed, and become a supporter of our work through Patreon.com/CitationsNeededPodcast with Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson. We are completely listener-funded so your support is incredibly helpful. It keeps the show going and we cannot thank our patrons through Patreon enough.Adam: Yes, and as always like and rate us and review us on iTunes. That’s apparently helpful. Any support through Patreon is much appreciated.Nima: “The scale of corruption in Africa is daunting,” warns The Economist. “Corruption a Cause of Poverty in the Developing World,” DW (Germany) tells us. “Why corruption is holding Africa back,” CNN laments. Everywhere we turn in elite western media and the halls of power we are told the global South is poor, in part or in whole,...

10 Apr

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Citations Needed | April 10, 2019 | Transcript[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/ep-72-john-stossel-libertarian-billionaires-inside-man[/embed][Music]Intro: This is Citations Needed with Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson.Nima Shirazi: Welcome to Citations Needed a podcast on the media, power, PR and the history of bullshit. I am Nima Shirazi.Adam Johnson: I’m Adam Johnson.Nima: Thank you everyone for joining us this week. You can follow the show on Twitter @CitationsPod, Facebook Citations Needed and become a supporter of the show and our work at Patreon.com/CitationsNeededPodcast with Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson. All your help through Patreon is so appreciated. We are 100 percent listener supported. So not only does your help go a long way, it goes all the way. So thank you again for making that possible.Adam: And reminder as always, if you do sign up to Patreon you get quite a few News Briefs, several hours of content you can’t get otherwise. The episodes will always be free but Patreon helps subsidize them. And one of the ways we give back to that is by doing these News Briefs, which we really enjoy. So just a reminder that that...

03 Apr

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Citations Needed | April 3, 2019 | Transcript[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-71-laundering-imperial-violence-through-anodyne-foreign-policy-speak-part-ii[/embed][Music]Intro: This is Citations Needed with Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson.Nima Shirazi: Welcome to Citations Needed a podcast on the media, power, PR and the history of bullshit. I am Nima Shirazi.Adam Johnson: I’m Adam Johnson.Nima: You can follow the show on Twitter @CitationsPod, Facebook Citations Needed and become a supporter of the show and our work through Patreon.com/CitationsNeededPodcast with Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson. We are completely listener funded so any and all support that you can give us is amazing and uh, helps keep the show going. So, uh, if you haven’t done that but have been maybe thinking about it, please do cause all your support helps.Adam: Do it now. Do it. Give me — no, I’m just kidding. Yes, please help us if you can. We’ll spare you the long winded pitch this week and we’ll move on to the show, which I know we’re excited to dive into because it’s a potpourri, it’s a mixed bag, it’s a smorgasbord of bullshit and we’re excited to finish our Top 10 list...