19 Jun

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Citations Needed | June 20, 2019 | TranscriptBecky Thyre as “Moonbeam” in the movie PCU (1994)[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-80-animal-rights-as-media-and-pop-culture-punchline[/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 listening this week. You can of course follow 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 100% listener funded, there are no ads, we have no corporate sponsorship. It is all you. So if you are a supporter already, we cannot thank you enough. And if you have not yet become a patron of our show but are thinking about it and maybe considering it, please do. It really, really does help.Adam: In addition to helping us out, you get access to exclusive Patreon content. We have 42 News Briefs, which are these 10 to 30 minute to 40 minute segments where we respond to the news as opposed...

12 Jun

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Citations Needed | June 12, 2019 | TranscriptMark Dubowitz of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies makes the media rounds (credit: MintPress News)[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-79-how-neutral-experts-took-over-trumps-iran-policy[/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 listening this week. You can follow the show on Twitter @CitationsPod, Facebook Citations Needed and become a supporter of our work and the show through Patreon.com/CitationsNeededPodcast with Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson. All your help through Patreon is so appreciated. We are 100% listener-funded, so really that does go a long way.Adam: And remember you get access to Patreon-only content, which includes 45 different News Briefs, which are segments we do breaking the news that you can go back and listen to to get that content that you crave.Nima: “Satellite Images Raise Questions About Iran Threat, Experts Say” worries The Daily Beast. “Iran And Trading Partners Will Find Ways To Skirt Sanctions, Analysts Say,” frets NPR.Adam: “Iran uses...

05 Jun

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Citations Needed | June 5, 2019 | Transcript[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-78-the-militarization-of-us-medias-drug-coverage[/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: Thanks, everyone, for listening this week. Of course, you can find 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 that is how we’re able to keep the show going. If you have not yet become a supporter of the show but have thought about it, please do. It really does help out.Adam: Yeah. So any support on Patreon is helpful. Before we do this episode, I want to issue an apology. On the last episode, I made an extremely glib joke about people who buy pre-cut vegetables being lazy. This was meant to sort of lighten up what I viewed as being a scold-y conversation. As many of our listeners that pointed out to...