29 Jan

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Citations Needed | January 29, 2020 | TranscriptCelebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, VH1, via Access Hollywood[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-99-the-cruel-voyeuristic-quackery-of-rehab-tv-shows[/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 our work through Patreon.com/CitationsNeededPodcast with Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson. We cannot thank all of you who are supporting the show through Patreon enough for lending us that amazing support. It truly keeps the show going. We really do appreciate it, it allows us to stay independent, allows us to not have ads or commercials. We are 100 percent listener-funded, and your support enables us to do that.Adam: Yeah, and as always help us out on Patreon if you can, if you’re thinking about it, haven’t done it, please do. It keeps the show sustainable. We have these things called News Briefs, which there are about 50 or so mini-episodes you can go...

22 Jan

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Citations Needed | January 22, 2020 | TranscriptA British colonial official arriving at Simla, the summer capital of the Raj. (Getty Images)[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-98-the-refined-sociopathy-of-the-economist[/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, become a supporter of our work through Patreon.com/CitationsNeededPodcast with Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson. We are 100 percent listener-funded. We have no ads, no billionaire backers keeping the show alive. It is all you, the listeners. So if you have not joined us through Patreon, we would absolutely appreciate that. It keeps the show going.Adam: It’s true. Although technically one of our $5 patrons could be a billionaire. We wouldn’t know.Nima: And if you are and you’re only giving $5, shame on you. (Laughs.)Adam: Yeah. Fuck you, asshole. Give more money. Anyway. Yes, support us on Patreon if you can, everything there helps keep the show sustainable. And as always, please go to...

15 Jan

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Citations Needed | January 15, 2020 | Transcript[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-97-porch-pirate-panic-and-the-paranoid-racism-of-snitch-apps[/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: Happy New Year, everybody. This is the first episode of 2020 for Citations Needed. Hope everyone who was able to take a break had a lovely break. We are now back for a new year of episodes. We are thrilled to have you all with us. Of course you can follow the show on Twitter @CitationsPod, Facebook Citations Needed, and please do support us through Patreon.com/CitationsNeededPodcast with Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson. All your help through Patreon is so appreciated. We are 100 percent listener-funded. We would love to keep that going through this year and we cannot stress enough how our listeners enable us to do that.Adam: Yeah, and of course you can always rate and subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts. We really appreciate that feedback.Nima: Everywhere we turn, local media — whether TV, digital, radio — is constantly...