11 Apr

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Citations Needed | April 11, 2018 | Transcript[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-33-liberals-obsession-with-the-phantom-reasonable-republican[/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 for joining us this week everybody. Of course you can follow us on Twitter @CitationsPod. Share us, like us, say nice things on Facebook at Citations Needed. You can of course help out the show, help us do more research about more of this wonderful content by supporting us through Patreon.com, Citations Needed Podcast, we’re the ones with the black and gold logo, says with Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson right on there, can’t miss it.Adam: We will not do what the NPR does where we have, like, episodes dedicated to begging you where they’re like-Nima: No, we’ll just do that every episode.Adam: (Laughs) Yeah. Well a two-second beg is better than what NPR does where they were like, they do the little telethon and they’re like, ‘Oh, here’s Garrison Keillor to tell you a...

28 Mar

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Citations Needed | March 28, 2018 | Transcript[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-32-attack-of-the-pc-college-kids[/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’m Nima Shirazi.Adam Johnson: I’m Adam Johnson.Nima: You can follow us on Twitter @citationspod, Facebook at Citations Needed and of course help us out via Patreon, Citations Needed Podcast with Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson.Adam: Yeah, definitely help us out if you can on Patreon we always appreciate the support. I don’t want to sound like Sally Struthers, you know, but a simple donation - no, I’m just kidding. Sally Struthers reference.Nima: (Laughs) That was really solid. I liked it.Adam: I know, that was great. Moving on. So we are excited about his episode for I think the primary reason of its sort of an ever, there’s always every green controversies that never go away. There’s some that flare up and go down but there are some that always have a steady beat. They’re kind of always there. They’re kind of the white noise as...

21 Mar

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Citations Needed | March 21, 2018 | Transcript[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/ep-31-fake-isis-plots-and-the-selling-of-forever-war[/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’m Nima Shirazi.Adam Johnson: I’m Adam Johnson.Nima: You can follow us on Twitter @citationspod, Facebook at Citations Needed and of course support the show through Patreon.com. Look for Citations Needed Podcast with Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson. Thanks, everybody.Adam: Yeah. So, uh, welcome to the show.Nima: I was thanking people-Adam: You weren’t thanking me?Nima: For, for supporting us before they support us.Adam: Oh.Nima: That’s what I just did.Adam: Oh, on Patreon. Patreon.com. You know, we should do like, you know, there’s like radio commercials with guys like, “Patreon.com/citationsneededpodcast?” And you’re like, “Patreon.com/citationsneededpodcast.” “Wait, tell me more about how much I can give them.” “No, that would be shameless if we did that.” But if we do it mockingly then that doesn’t count as a, as a promo.Nima: Right. As a shameless plug.Adam: It’s irony. So, uh, anyway, thanks to the support we do have, you...

14 Mar

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Citations Needed | March 14, 2018 | Transcript[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-30-liberal-medias-myopic-military-worship[/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’m Nima Shirazi.Adam Johnson: I’m Adam Johnson.Nima: You can follow us on Facebook at Citations Needed, Twitter @citationspod and of course you can support the show through Patreon.com. Look for ‘Citations Needed Podcast’ with Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson, that way you get our show notes and additional resources, a weekly newsletter, you can help us churn out transcriptions of each episode, help us do more research and so much more. All your help is greatly appreciated.Adam: We do appreciate it. It’s been able to keep the podcast going so far and hopefully can continue for much, much longer.Nima: Today we’re going to talk about violence. Namely, who is allowed to be violent, who is allowed to be a victim of that violence, and obviously who is not. To do this we’re going to talk about certain reactions to the ever-increasing horror of mass shootings...

07 Mar

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Citations Needed | March 7, 2018 | Transcript[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-28-the-asymptotic-two-state-solution-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: Thank you everyone for joining us this week. You can follow us on Twitter: @CitationsPod; Facebook: Citations Needed. Help us out on Patreon: Citations Needed Podcast with Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson.Adam: Look for the black and yellow logo. People keep giving to the other Citations Needed. Don’t do that. Give to us. I had another friend recommend our podcast to someone else and they listened to the other one. I want to apologize for that. We probably should not have used that name, so be cognizant of that and give to our Patreon, you know, help us out.Nima: It keeps the show going, guys.Adam: I’m just kidding. But really do it.Nima: So this is actually going to be, this is Part II of our deep-ish dive into Israel/Palestine. The common tropes and narratives that we hear,...

28 Feb

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Citations Needed | February 28, 2018 | Transcript[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-28-the-asymptotic-two-state-solution-part-i[/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’m Nima Shirazi.Adam Johnson: I’m Adam Johnson.Nima: Thanks everyone for joining us. You can of course follow us on Twitter @citationspod, Facebook at Citations Needed and help us out, support the show through Patreon, Citations Needed Podcast with Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson; you can find it that way. Thank you everyone for supporting the show. Thanks everyone for listening. Hi, Adam. What are we talking about today?Adam: Today we are talking about one of our favorite perma-narratives, which is the ‘two-state solution’ and the nebulous ‘peace process’ as it regards to Israel and Palestine.Nima: And since this is such a tiny topic to talk about-Adam: Very obscure.Nima: Really we could just knock it right out. We’ve decided to do this as a two-part episode so we can actually have the time to dig into this. We will be joined later on this show by...

27 Feb

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Citations Needed | January 31, 2018 | Transcript[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-25-the-banality-of-cia-curated-definitions-of-democracy[/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’m Nima Shirazi.Adam Johnson: I’m Adam Johnson.Nima: You can find us on Twitter @citationspod, Facebook at Citations Needed and of course you can support the show by going to Patreon, Citations Needed Podcast with Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson. All your help is always much appreciated and of course helps the show keep going.Adam: Yeah so thanks for all the support as usual. The topic of today is one that is sort of warm and fuzzy to our hearts. I think as a country and I think as a culture we have a very lofty impression of democracy. It sort of gives us a sense of warmth you know we fight wars over it. Our entire moral paradigm is built around it. And advancing it is sort of the most, I think, consistent moral justification for American, I guess, imperialism or American expansion over seas...

13 Sep

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The Hashtag Resistance warms up to rightwing ghouls David Frum and Evan McMullin while ignoring anti-Trump protesters facing 80 years in federal prison.In the wake of Trump’s unexpected win, the “Resistance” to Trump displayed by many in liberal media has been a toxic combination of gratuitous smears of left activists and ignoring their existence altogether. As over 200 people — including several journalists — face decades in prison for being in the proximity of window-breaking the day of Trump’s inauguration, the silence from those nominally charged with opposing Trump is deafening.If you can donate to the #J20 legal defense fund, do it here.The Show[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-9-liberal-media-throws-j20-activists-under-the-bus[/embed]The GuestSam Menefee-Libey is a longtime grassroots organizer and trainer with experience working on a broad spectrum of economic and social justice issues, including anti-oppression, education and environmental justice. Sam is currently a member of the Dead City Legal Posse, working on behalf of #J20 arrestees.Citations Needed is available on iTunes, Soundcloud and LibSyn (here’s the RSS feed). You can also check us out on Twitter and Facebook.Want More?For subscriber-only News Briefs, further reading, show notes, a periodic newsletter, and more exclusive...

06 Sep

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The concept of human rights has served as the underlying moral foundation of the United States’s role in the world since the end of World War II.The conceit that the U.S. has been a dedicated and earnest promoter of “freedom”, “democracy,” and “human rights” throughout the world — even if, at times, a “flawed” one — is a defining narrative, largely taken for granted by major media. But how accurate is this assumption? What do we mean when we talk about “human rights”? What abuses are highlighted and which aren’t? Where do labor rights fit into the broader discussion of human rights?On this episode of Citations Needed, along with our guest Glenn Greenwald, we attempt to parse some of these complex questions and how they fit into a broader discussions of soft power and war.The Show[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-08-the-human-rights-concern-troll-industrial-complex[/embed]The GuestGlenn Greenwald is a co-founding editor of The Intercept. He is a journalist, constitutional lawyer, and author of four New York Times best-selling books on politics and law. His most recent book, No Place to Hide, is about the U.S. surveillance state and his experiences reporting on the...

23 Aug

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In Episode 7 we explore how the media discusses the issue of BDS and the broader topic of Palestinian liberation.What are the stakes? Who are the smear artists? What are the similarities with past apartheid boycotts? We discusses these topics and more using a 1989 pro-apartheid Christian Science Monitor op-ed as our guide.[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-07-bds-the-moral-narratives-of-colonization[/embed]NYT’s BDS Debate Excludes BDS ProponentsAdam Johnson | April 6, 2017 | FAIRDefending Apartheid: Then in South Africa, Now in PalestineNima Shirazi | August 30, 2014 | Wide Asleep in AmericaOn 50th Anniversary of Israeli Occupation, Palestinian Opinions Largely IgnoredAdam Johnson | June 7, 2017 | FAIRJeffrey Goldberg’s Anti-Boycott Bluster & BlunderNima Shirazi | December 19, 2010 | Wide Asleep in AmericaScarlett’s Letter: SodaStream’s Global Apartheid Ambassador & the Enduring Effervescence of Ethnic CleansingNima Shirazi | January 26, 2014 | Wide Asleep in AmericaThe “Constructive Engagement” of Liberal ZionistsNima Shirazi | April 15, 2013 | Wide Asleep in AmericaFor even more background on the boycott movement, arguments for and against it, and a deeper dive into the colonial history of Zionism in Palestine, see here.And here’s the pro-Apartheid article we discuss...