25 Aug

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You can follow Citations Needed on Twitter @CitationsPod, Facebook Citations Needed, and become a supporter of the show through Patreon.com/CitationsNeededPodcast. All your support through Patreon is so incredibly appreciated as we are 100 percent listener funded. We do these News Briefs in between our regularly scheduled full length episodes when — I don’t know — Joe Biden is in the Middle East hanging out with our favorite human rights abusing regimes, and yet, all we hear time and time again is that, you know, it’s probably necessary that these are our best allies because you know what, Adam? We can influence them for good from the inside by being their friend....

25 Aug

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ou can follow Citations Needed on Twitter @CitationsPod, Facebook Citations Needed, and become a supporter of the show through Patreon.com/CitationsNeededPodcast. All your support through Patreon is so incredibly appreciated as we are 100 percent listener funded. We do these News Briefs in between our regularly scheduled full length episodes when — I don’t know — Joe Biden is in the Middle East hanging out with our favorite human rights abusing regimes, and yet, all we hear time and time again is that, you know, it’s probably necessary that these are our best allies because you know what, Adam? We can influence them for good from the inside by being their friend....

25 Aug

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ou can follow Citations Needed on Twitter @CitationsPod, Facebook Citations Needed, and become a supporter of the show through Patreon.com/CitationsNeededPodcast. All your support through Patreon is so incredibly appreciated as we are 100 percent listener funded. We do these News Briefs in between our regularly scheduled full length episodes when — I don’t know — Joe Biden is in the Middle East hanging out with our favorite human rights abusing regimes, and yet, all we hear time and time again is that, you know, it’s probably necessary that these are our best allies because you know what, Adam? We can influence them for good from the inside by being their friend....

25 Aug

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ou can follow Citations Needed on Twitter @CitationsPod, Facebook Citations Needed, and become a supporter of the show through Patreon.com/CitationsNeededPodcast. All your support through Patreon is so incredibly appreciated as we are 100 percent listener funded. We do these News Briefs in between our regularly scheduled full length episodes when — I don’t know — Joe Biden is in the Middle East hanging out with our favorite human rights abusing regimes, and yet, all we hear time and time again is that, you know, it’s probably necessary that these are our best allies because you know what, Adam? We can influence them for good from the inside by being their friend....

25 Aug

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ou can follow Citations Needed on Twitter @CitationsPod, Facebook Citations Needed, and become a supporter of the show through Patreon.com/CitationsNeededPodcast. All your support through Patreon is so incredibly appreciated as we are 100 percent listener funded. We do these News Briefs in between our regularly scheduled full length episodes when — I don’t know — Joe Biden is in the Middle East hanging out with our favorite human rights abusing regimes, and yet, all we hear time and time again is that, you know, it’s probably necessary that these are our best allies because you know what, Adam? We can influence them for good from the inside by being their friend....

03 Aug

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Citations Needed | August 3, 2022 | TranscriptSally Field in 1979's Norma Rae. (20th Century Fox / Everett Collection)[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/ep-165-labor-union-depictions-in-hollywood-part-ii-the-rare-pro-worker-narrative[/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 through Patreon.com/CitationsNeededPodcast. All your support through Patreon is so incredibly appreciated as we are 100 percent listener funded. We have no commercials, no billionaire benefactors that we know of, because we are completely listener funded and cannot thank you all enough for that.Adam: Yes, if you haven’t, please support us on Patreon, it’s very much appreciated, it does help keep the episodes themselves free and keeps the show sustainable. Also, if you could rate and subscribe to us on Apple Podcast, that’s very much appreciated, and as always, check out Bonfire for our merchandise, shirts, tote bags, mugs, what have you, it helps also support the show and...

27 Jul

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Citations Needed | July 27, 2022 | TranscriptMarlon Brando in On the Waterfront (1954). (Columbia Pictures)[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/ep-164-labor-union-depictions-in-hollywood-part-i-from-demonized-to-ignored-or-mafia-plot-cliche[/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 through Patreon.com/CitationsNeededPodcast. All your support through Patreon is so incredibly appreciated as we are 100 percent listener funded.Adam: Yes, and as always, you can rate and subscribe to us on Apple Podcast, that’s appreciated, and remember, you can get Citations Needed merch, t-shirts, tote bags, mugs, et cetera at Bonfire.com/store/citations-needed and get some merch there. It looks good. It’s good and good for you.Nima: Chances are you’ve seen this storyline play out on either a big or small screen: An FBI agent investigates a prominent labor leader. Or maybe a union boss orders a hit on a recalcitrant member of the rank and file. Or perhaps a union president skims money...

22 Jul

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Citations Needed | July 20, 2022 | TranscriptMohammed bin Salman and Joe Biden meet at Al Salman Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 15, 2022. (Reuters)[Music]Nima Shirazi: Welcome to a Citations Needed News Brief. I am Nima Shirazi.Adam Johnson: I’m Adam Johnson.Nima: You can follow Citations Needed on Twitter @CitationsPod, Facebook Citations Needed, and become a supporter of the show through Patreon.com/CitationsNeededPodcast. All your support through Patreon is so incredibly appreciated as we are 100 percent listener funded. We do these News Briefs in between our regularly scheduled full length episodes when — I don’t know — Joe Biden is in the Middle East hanging out with our favorite human rights abusing regimes, and yet, all we hear time and time again is that, you know, it’s probably necessary that these are our best allies because you know what, Adam? We can influence them for good from the inside by being their friend.Adam: Oh, yeah, we’ll get to that one. So for the sub, which you can go to thecolumn.substack.com and go subscribe, I wrote about what I call this “human rights concerns” theater.Nima:...

13 Jul

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Citations Needed | July 13, 2022 | TranscriptPaula Newton of CNN’s Quest Means Business, Nov. 17, 2021.[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/live-interview-how-our-simplistic-inflation-discourse-fuels-the-war-on-workers-with-josh-mason[/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 for another live interview. Of course, you can follow the show on Twitter @CitationsPod, Facebook Citations Needed, and if you’re not already, you can become a supporter of the show through Patreon.com/CitationsNeededPodcast, all your help through Patreon is so incredibly appreciated as we are 100 percent listener funded. And of course, when you become a supporter, you get access to over 100 News Briefs, extensive show notes for every episode, our newsletter and goodies like these live shows, live chats, Ask Me Anythings, and of course, if you’re interested, you can grab some hot new Citations Needed merch, shirts, hoodies, mugs, and of course the requisite tote bag at Bonfire.com/store/citations-needed. But Adam, we are thrilled to have an amazing guest today for this...

29 Jun

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Citations Needed | June 29, 2022 | Transcript(Drew Petrimoulx / Shutterstock.com)[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/news-brief-forced-pregnancies-gutting-the-epa-and-growing-frustration-over-vote-harder-messaging[/embed][Music]Nima Shirazi: Welcome to a Citations Needed News Brief. I am Nima Shirazi.Adam Johnson: I’m Adam Johnson.Nima: You can follow Citations Needed on Twitter @CitationsPod, Facebook Citations Needed, and become a supporter of our work through Patreon.com/CitationsNeededPodcast. All your support through Patreon is incredibly appreciated as we are 100 percent listener funded. We do these News Briefs in between our regular full-length episodes, and this week, Adam, I think it’s probably no surprise that we really feel like we want to talk about the Supreme Court decision about Roe, but also some of the broader issues that we’re seeing play out, some other current and pending Supreme Court decisions, and of course, the media’s response to this.Adam: Right. Some of this was discussed in Episode 163 that aired last week, but we really wanted to expand on some of these themes and get deeper into what we view as being the broader theme on the show, I think it’s fair to say, is the failure of liberal institutions to meet...