19 May

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Citations Needed | May 14, 2021 | TranscriptBenjamin Netanyahu and Joe Biden. (Michel Euler / AP)[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/debunking-the-5-most-popular-anti-palestinian-talking-points[/embed]Nima Shirazi: Welcome to a Citations Needed News Brief. I am Nima Shirazi.Adam Johnson: I’m Adam Johnson.Nima: We do these News Briefs in between our regularly scheduled episodes and cannot thank you enough for your ongoing support of Citations Needed. Of course, you can follow the show on Twitter @CitationsPod, Facebook Citations Needed, and if you have not yet become a supporter, maybe consider it, you can do that through Patreon.com/CitationsNeededPodcast with Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson. We’re 100 percent listener-funded so all your help through Patreon is incredibly appreciated.Gaza, an occupied open air prison surrounded by Israeli walls and gates and tanks and planes and boats and allies in Egypt keeping Palestinians, over a million Palestinians, imprisoned in Gaza, and again, have engaged in airstrikes and Adam, we thought that because this happens, I mean, this is an Israeli policy known unbelievably, genocidally as “mowing the lawn.”Adam: Yeah, some of the Israeli national security community have referred to that unironically, although I don’t believe it’s...

19 May

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Citations Needed | May 19, 2021 | Transcript[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-136-the-ungrateful-athlete-anti-black-anti-labor-currents-in-sports-media[/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. All your support through Patreon is so incredibly appreciated, we are 100 percent listener funded and so that is because of all the generous support that our listeners give.Adam: Yes, and as always, we have patron-only News Briefs we try to do as often as possible, mini episodes you can unlock if you do sign up for Patreon, if you need more of that content that you crave. We also have newsletters and AMAs, Ask Me Anythings, which we do for patrons as well. If you could help us out there we’d really appreciate it.Nima: “Good, hard working kid”, “they get paid to play a child’s game”, “he’s asking for too...

12 May

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Citations Needed | May 12, 2021 | TranscriptJuan Guaidó speaks at a rally opposing Nicolás Maduro in Caracas. (Rafael Hernandez / DPA/Zuma Press)[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/news-brief-how-us-media-helped-trump-and-usaid-weaponize-aid-during-2019-venezuela-coup-attempt[/embed][Music]Nima Shirazi: Welcome to a Citations Needed News Brief. I am Nima Shirazi.Adam Johnson: I’m Adam Johnson.Nima: We do these News Briefs in between our regularly scheduled Citations Needed episodes when — I don’t know — the Associated Press reveals that a new inspector general report from USAID actually admits that the humanitarian aid convoy sent to Venezuela in February of 2019 was actually part of a regime change operation. So we thought we’d talk about that, of course, I have to first say that 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. All your support through Patreon is so incredibly appreciated. But Adam, this report was published on April 29, 2021 by the Associated Press, not The Nation, not In These Times.Adam: Well, the way they framed it though is very much, they downplayed it, but if it should be the report it’s pretty scathing....

07 May

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Citations Needed | May 6, 2021 | TranscriptActivists rally on the National Mall in support of global access to Covid-19 vaccines on May 5, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/news-brief-on-bidens-trips-waiver-support-substance-matters-more-than-headlines[/embed][Music]Nima Shirazi: Welcome to a Citations Needed News Brief. I am Nima Shirazi.Adam Johnson: I’m Adam Johnson.Nima: We do these News Briefs in between our regularly scheduled episodes of Citations Needed when the news just calls for the hottest of takes that we could possibly give. But of course, 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. All your support through Patreon is so incredibly appreciated, we are 100 percent listener funded and so your support goes such a long way. Adam, I feel like we really need to get to what we’re going to talk about quick, we’re going to cut out any kind of superfluous intro, because there is breaking news regarding the TRIPS waiver, about intellectual property as it pertains to COVID-19 vaccines and we have been following this...

07 May

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Citations Needed | April 30, 2021 | Transcript[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/newsbrief-vaxlive-is-a-pr-scam-so-those-causing-vaccine-inequity-can-pose-as-saviors-of-global-poor[/embed][Music]Nima Shirazi: Welcome to a Citations Needed News Brief. I am Nima Shirazi.Adam Johnson: I’m Adam Johnson.Nima: We do these News Briefs in between our regularly scheduled episodes when the news just demands the hot Citations Needed takes. Of course, 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. All your support through Patreon is so incredibly appreciated, we are 100 percent listener funded, and we’d love to keep it that way. And this News Brief, Adam, is part of our ongoing series, apparently, about the vaccine rollout, the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, and how there still remains the fight over intellectual property rights. We have discussed this on a full length episode, we talked about this on a News Brief as well after that, but calls for loosening the IP on vaccines, we hear from advocates, we hear from experts, we hear from medical and civil society groups in the Global North and Global South, we’ve heard...

28 Apr

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Citations Needed | April 28, 2021 | Transcript(Source: Pablo, KAIT 8)[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/ep135-the-labor-shortage-ruse-how-capital-invents-staffing-crises-to-bust-unions-depress-wages[/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 the show through Patreon.com/CitationsNeededPodcast with Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson. All your help through Patreon is so incredibly appreciated. We are 100 percent listener funded and have no commercials, we don’t read out ads on the show, we’d love to keep it that way and your help through Patreon makes that happen.Adam: Yeah, if you haven’t given please do so and as always have access to our Patreon News Briefs that we put on Patreon. There’s about 70–80 or so that you can listen to back catalogue. Any support there is very much appreciated, and as always, you can rate and subscribe to us on Apple Podcast.Nima: “Trucking Shortage: Drivers Aren’t Always In It For The Long Haul,” NPR tells...

21 Apr

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Citations Needed | April 21, 2021 | TranscriptHillary Clinton, then First Lady of the United States, promotes a healthcare reform plan in 1993. (Joe Marquette / AP)[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-134-the-80-year-pr-campaign-that-killed-universal-healthcare[/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 the show on Twitter @CitationsPod, Facebook Citations Needed, become a supporter of our work through Patreon.com/CitationsNeededPodcast with Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson. All your support through Patreon is so incredibly appreciated, we are 100 percent listener funded and cannot thank you enough for your generous support.Adam: And as always, you can rate and subscribe to us on Apple Podcast, that is always very much appreciated.Nima: Despite the fact that every other wealthy country has some type of universal healthcare system, the United States of America stands alone in the world as the only one that doesn’t. With over 170 million of its citizens left to fend for themselves in a sprawling and complex maze of Medicare, Medicaid,...

14 Apr

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Citations Needed | April 14, 2021 | TranscriptPresident Richard Nixon announces the entry of US troops in Cambodia in 1970, during the Vietnam war. (STF / AFP / Getty Images)[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-133-the-art-of-fake-ending-wars[/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: We are back after our spring break. Thanks, everyone, for sticking with us, for bearing with our little hiatus, but you know what we are back now and one team member stronger. Adam has had a baby. So congratulations, my friend.Adam: Yes, Peter Gene Lazare was born February 12, 2021 in healthy condition. He’s eating a lot. He’s a chubby baby, which we’re very excited about.Nima: I should actually make a correction there, Adam did not have a baby, Sarah had a baby.Adam: I did not have a baby. That’s correct. But no, he’s doing good. We’re very happy with him. He’s great. He poops and pees everywhere, you know, normal stuff. We’re trying to get...

13 Apr

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Citations Needed | April 10, 2021 | Transcript(Spencer Platt / Getty Images)[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/news-brief-big-pharma-bill-gates-spin-against-generic-vaccines-for-global-south-as-biden-a-no-show[/embed][Music]Nima Shirazi: Welcome to a Citations Needed News Brief. I am Nima Shirazi.Adam Johnson: I’m Adam Johnson.Nima: We do these News Briefs in between our full-length episodes when there is a take that needs to be hotted. Of course, 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, all your help through Patreon is so incredibly appreciated. We’re 100 percent listener funded but beyond all that crap, what we are here to talk about today is actually a follow up on an episode we did back in January about vaccine apartheid and I think that what we’re seeing now are some indications maybe over the past couple of weeks, that the Biden administration may be considering warming up to thinking about and then evaluating whether or not maybe they should think some more about supporting a waiver to TRIPS, the intellectual property regime that if there is a waiver would allow the recipes for...

25 Mar

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Citations Needed | March 24, 2021 | TranscriptSource: KVUE[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/news-brief-austin-activists-combat-anti-homeless-stigma-in-prop-b-media-fight[/embed][Music]Nima Shirazi: Welcome to a Citations Needed News Brief. I am Nima Shirazi.Adam Johnson: I’m Adam Johnson.Nima: We do these News Briefs in between our regularly scheduled episodes when there is something a bit more pressing to discuss. We are still on our spring break, and Adam, you are still transitioning back to the show from your parental leave, which is ongoing. Congratulations to you, new dad.Adam: Evidently, yes, I’m enjoying it very much, I’ll spare you the personal schmaltz, we try to avoid that in the show, but kid is great, love him to death. Got a good attitude.Nima: He’s a winner.Adam: Very sweet, pees on me all the time. Moving on. We’ve been following and connected with a group of activists in Austin who helped us facilitate our episode on Incitement Against the Homeless two-parter we did in 2019, and as it turns out, there’s a really important vote coming up on something called Prop B which is going to criminalize the existence of homeless people.Nima: Right. Recriminalize incidentally.Adam: Yeah,...