Best Stenography Podcasts (2025)

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Ep 232: US Meddling, the Limits of 'Agency' Discourse and How Media Chooses Which 'Voices' To Center 1:29:03

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In this episode, we discuss the uses and misuses of liberal standpoint theory to promote US meddling, sanctions, and bombing. With guest Vincent Bevins.

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News Brief: BBC's Gaza Double Standard and Western Liberalism's Crisis of Legitimacy 44:48

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In this News Brief, we interview journalist Daniel Trilling and discuss his investigation into the BBC's systemic anti-Palestinian bias.

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Ep 231 - How To Oppose Genocide Without Opposing Genocide (Part 2): AIPAC Dems' Fake Israel Criticisms 1:17:44

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In this episode, we detail the buyers' market for superficial Gaza critiques that permit ambitious Democrats to look pro-Palestine without the downside of actually being so. With guest Tariq Kenney-Shawa.

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Ep 230 - How To Oppose Genocide Without Opposing Genocide (Part 1): Biden World's Reputation Laundering PR Tour 1:41:11

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In this episode, we detail recent attempts by former Biden officials to rewrite history and absolve themselves of responsibility for the horrors of Gaza, and lay out the emerging Dem-aligned media industry of vibing past Democrats' lockstep support for genocide.

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Citations Needed Live Show Beg-a-Thon: MAHA, TikTok and the Rise of Health-Branded Fascism 54:40

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In this Live Show Beg-a-Thon from 10/13, we are joined by Justin Feldman to discuss the rise of MAHA, the broader Granola-to-Fascist Pipeline and how corporate-written food policies and our shitty for-profit medical system fuel hucksterism.

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News Brief: As Trump Attacks Venezuela, Media Takes His Absurd "Drug War" Pretext at Face Value 22:49

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In this News Brief, we detail how the AP, Atlantic, Washington Post and New York Times are accepting Trump's framing that his attacks on Venezuela and Colombia are about "going after drug cartels" when it's clear they are—based on Trump's own words—about controlling Venezuela's oil.

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News Brief: Media Helps Sell ICE Raids with Zero Dark Thirty Ride-Along Schlock 31:29

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In this News Brief, we are joined by Matthew Cunningham-Cook to discuss his recent media analysis of "embedded reports" of ICE raids that prime the public for brutal crackdowns on undocumented immigrants.

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News Brief: The Billionaire-Backed Groups Working to Push Dems Right in 2026 and 2028 29:50

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In this News Brie, we detail the major factions seeking to rewrite the history of the 2024 election as "woke" Gone Too Far, downplay Gaza, and prevent economic populism at all costs.

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Live Show Beg-A-Thon Monday 10/13 - Promo! 2:06

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Ep 229: Sociopathic 'You Got To Hand it To 'Em' Punditry and the Rise of Politics as Sport 1:14:00

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In this episode we detail the rise of detached "who's winning and who's losing" political analyses that reduces high stakes life and death issues to fodder for ESPN-style navel-gazing. With guest Jack Mirkinson.

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Ep 228 - Billionaires as Insta-Experts: How Our Media Conflates Extreme Wealth with Expertise 1:24:32

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In Ep 228, "Billionaires as Insta-Experts: How Our Media Conflates Extreme Wealth with Expertise," we break down the media convention of assuming the rich are per se experts on everything from education to "the economy" to poverty in Africa when, in reality, they are Just Some Guys. With guest Rob Larson.…

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News Brief - NYT, BBC, Guardian: Starvation in Gaza Doesn't Really Count if Victim Has Preexisting Condition 40:14

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In this News Brief, we detail recent "updates," "clarifications" and "added context" pro-Israel crybullies have pressured Western media outlets to make (some more willingly than others) that give readers the distinct impression emaciated children in Gaza aren't really an urgent humanitarian crisis if they have rickets, cancer, or cerebral palsy. Wi…

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Ep 227: The Importance of 'Seriousness,' or Why Palestinians Can't Be Witness to Their Own Genocide (Part II) 1:33:52

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"Exclusive Look at Life in War-Ravaged Gaza," reads the title for a CNN interview with correspondent Clarissa Ward. "'It's a Killing Field': IDF Soldiers Ordered to Shoot Deliberately at Unarmed Gazans Waiting for Humanitarian Aid," report Yaniv Kubovich and Bar Peleg for Ha'aretz. "I'm a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It," argues Omer Bart…

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Ep 226: The Importance of 'Seriousness,' or Why Palestinians Can't Be Witness to Their Own Genocide (Part I) 1:08:20

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"12 UN Relief Works Agency staff members are accused of involvement in Hamas' attack against Israel," reports NPR. "Details Emerge on U.N. Workers Accused of Aiding Hamas Raid," announces The New York Times. "Hamas Military Compound Found Beneath U.N. Agency Headquarters in Gaza," claims The Wall Street Journal. In January 2024—literally on the sam…

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Ep 225: How US Media Frames Democracy that Actually Helps People as 'Buying Votes' 1:04:21

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"Student loan forgiveness is a bribe for young voters," shouted Newsweek in 2022. "Harris's call for price controls on groceries is more pandering than policy," declared The Hill in 2024. "Free for all: Democratic socialist's policy pitches face tough fiscal reality in New York," warned Politico this year. Every time an elected official or politica…

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Episode 224: Corporate Self-Regulation and the Fine Art of 'Preempting" Public Outrage 1:11:52

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In this episode, we detail the classic PR gambit of corporations anticipating regulation, offering to "self-police," implementing token or superficial reforms, waiting for the outrage to blow over, then going back to business a usual. With guest Timi Iwayemi of Revolving Door Project.

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News Brief: ADL, Corporate Media, Dem Elites Manufature "Antisemitism" Scandal to Discipline Mamdani 38:24

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In this News Brief, we break down recent bad faith attacks on Zohran Mamdani, the ADL's DO YOU CONDEMN extortion racket, and the broader "antisemitism scandal" playbook to derail moderate social democratic policies and any meaningful criticism of Israel.

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News Brief: Natural Disaster-izing the Deliberate US-Israeli Starvation Campaign in Gaza 29:01

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In this News Brief, we are joined by Ashley Bohrer and Ben Teller of Jewish Voice for Peace Chicago to discuss media indifference to the US and Israel-imposed starvation of Palestinians, how sectarianism is central to the ADL's strategy, and why six JVP activists have decided to hunger strike to draw more attention to the Israeli and US-made famine…

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News Brief: Pundits Speed-Run 15 Months of Iraq War Propaganda for Iran in Five Days 32:09

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In this News Brief, we break down the insta-talking points to sell war with Iran––from Ticking Time Bomb '24' plots to cherry-picked, dubious anecdotes of Iranians supposedly begging for Israeli bombs.

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News Brief: US Media, Top Dems Assist Trump and Israel's Unprovoked Attack on Iran 30:21

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In this public News Brief, we detail how the NYT, Washington Post, and CNN reinforce every faulty premise of Israel's attack and how top Democrats in Congress and former Harris aides either ignore Trump and Israel's massive escalation or openly support it, showing once again the scope of debate in our politics and media ranges all the way from A to…

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Ep. 223: The Empire Strikes First, Part II — 'Abundance' Pablum as Counter to Left Populism 1:25:52

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"Can Democrats Learn to Dream Big Again?," wonders Samuel Moyn in the New York Times. "The Democrats Are Finally Landing on a New Buzzword. It's Actually Compelling," argues Slate staff writer Henry Grabar. "Do Democrats Need to Learn How to Build?," asks Benjamin Wallace-Wells in The New Yorker. For the past few months, news and editorial rooms ha…

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Ep 222 - The Empire Strikes First Part I: Party Elites Who Lost to Trump (Twice) Blame Everyone But Themselves 1:21:29

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In Ep. 222, "The Empire Strikes First Part I: Party Elites Who Lost to Trump (Twice) Blame Everyone But Themselves," we detail how our media allows the same party flacks who got the Dems into this mess, control over the narrative of how to get them out. With guest UC-Berkeley professor Jake Grumbach.…

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Episode 221: Anti-Science Mugging on the Right and the Ascent of American Anti-Intellectualism 1:08:10

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In this episode we detail demagogues' favorite faux populist schtick of taking scientific studies out of context and mocking them, often with help from mainstream media. with guest Brenda Ekwurzel, director of climate science for the Union of Concerned Scientists.

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News Brief: NPR Asks Starving Palestinian Living On Rubble to Denounce Hamas, Co-Sign His Own Ethnic Cleansing 23:08

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In this News Brief, we we break down an object lesson in racist US-Israeli national security state toadyism, double standards, and runaway condescension.

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This Will Gross You Out But Could Save Your Health | Start Your Parasite Cleanse with TikTok's Worm Queen 37:38

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The Parasite Cleanse Revolution: Find Out How These Creepy Crawlies Are Ruining Your Health with TikTok's Worm Queen, Kim Rogers! Start Your Parasite Cleanse Today - https://rogershood.com/ref/1971/ Here’s the hard truth: If you’re human — and reading this — chances are you’re hosting parasites, worms, harmful bacteria, and spores right now. And wh…

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News Brief: Baltimore Uprising 10 Years on: PR Co-option vs Genuine Reform 36:49

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In this News Brief we are joined by Taya Graham and Stephen Janis of The Real News Network to discuss their new documentary, "Freddie Gray: A Decade of Struggle" about the lessons, pitfalls and genuine reforms stemming from the 2015 Baltimore Uprisings. You can watch the documentary here: therealnews.com/freddie-gray-the-…ng-10-years-later…

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Episode 220: The Power of Thought-Terminating Bad Guy Labels 1:21:06

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"American Extremists Aiding Radicals Across Border," trumpeted the Detroit Free Press in 1919. "707 Illegal Aliens Arrested in Checkpoint Crackdown," reported the Los Angeles Times in 1987. "87 Bronx gang members responsible for nine years of murders and drug-dealing charged in largest takedown in NYC history," announced the New York Daily News in …

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Ep 219: How Elites Concern Troll 'Waste' to Gut Social Welfare and Divide the Working Class 1:15:34

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"Poverty plan hit for fraud, waste," reported the Associated Press in 1966. "Study says government waste is unbelievable," insisted United Press International in 1983. "Beneath Trump's Chaotic Spending Freeze: An Idea That Crosses Party Lines," announced The New York Times in January of this year. It's an argument that dates back decades, even cent…

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Ep 218: The Siren Song of Rallying Around a 'Common Enemy' to Promote Progressive Causes 1:13:21

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"Senate Weighs Investing $120 Billion in Science to Counter China," trumpeted The New York Times in 2021. "A New Economic Patriotism Can Help Unite Our Divided Congress," argued Newsweek in 2023. "US cedes ground to China with 'self-inflicted wound' of USAid shutdown, analysts say," cautioned The Guardian in 2025. In recent years, we've been expose…

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Meet Gigi Gonzalez: The Heartwarming TikTok Granny You Need to Know 32:51

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Meet Gigi Gonzalez: The Heartwarming TikTok Granny You Need to Know In this episode of 'The TikTok Influencers You Really Should Know About,' host Christine Blosdale introduces Gigi Gonzalez, also known as Ms. Mary or Granny, whose TikTok handle is LadyGG50. Gigi shares her journey from a standup comedian to a beloved TikTok influencer, who brings …

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News Brief: Dem Leaders, 'Free Speech' Warriors Mostly Shrug as Trump Disappears Political Dissidents 28:09

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In this public News Brief, we discuss the media and high-profile Democratic Party leaders and 'Free Speech' crowd's muted—or, in many cases, completely silent—response to the greatest attack on free speech in recent memory: Trump's kidnapping and disappearing of Palestinian solidarity students.

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Episode 217: A.I. Mysticism as Responsibility-Evasion PR Tactic 1:03:20

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"Israel built an 'AI factory' for war. It unleashed it in Gaza," laments the Washington Post. "Hospitals Are Reporting More Insurance Denials. Is AI Driving Them?," reports Newsweek. "AI Raising the Rent? San Francisco Could Be the First City to Ban the Practice," announces San Francisco's KQED. Within the last few years, and particularly the last …

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Unlocking Emotional Intelligence: A Chat with TikTok Influencer Erin Darden 26:48

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In this episode of 'The TikTok Influencers You Really Should Know About,' host Christine Blosdale interviews Erin Darden, an attorney and emotional intelligence coach. Erin shares her journey from Instagram to TikTok, where she found her true community. They discuss the importance of emotional intelligence in relationships, the difference between r…

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News Brief: Trump's Hollow Working Class Aesthetics and How Unions Can Lead a Real Resistance 33:11

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In this Citations Needed News Brief interview, we're joined by Rutgers professor Eric Blanc to discuss his new book "We Are The Union," and lay out how any meaningful resistance to Trump and Trumpism has to be grounded in a growing, strong, confrontational labor movement.

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News Brief: Israel Kills Over 400 in 12 Hrs, Media Unsure if This Counts as Violating the 'Ceasefire' 19:35

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In this News Brief, we detail the struggle to continue framing Israel as a reluctant, defensive peace-seeking party despite its openly genocidal rhetoric and acts.

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News Brief: The Disappearance of Mahmoud Khalil and the Phony 'Campus Safety' Panic 34:15

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In this News Brief, we detail how Center-Left institutions and media have cynically wielded "lived experience" claptrap to assist Trump's overtly fascistic crackdown on dissenting speech.

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Episode 216: Sunday Morning News Shows and the Problem With 'Agenda Setting' Court Stenography 57:53

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"It's fair to call the deteriorating situation at the US/Mexican border a crisis," declared NBC's Meet the Press in 2021. "[CNN anchor Dana] Bash presses Netanyahu on Gaza death toll: 'Is Israel doing everything possible to... avoid civilian casualties?'," boasted CNN's State of the Union in 2023. "Principle over party… The latest high-profile Repu…

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Citations Needed Live Show Beg-a-Thon: Ancient Rome and the False Histories Inspiring Musk & the MAGA World 1:06:10

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In this Beg-a-Thon live show, "Ancient Rome and the False Histories Inspiring Musk & the MAGA World," with guest Dr. Sarah E. Bond, we discuss Sarah's new book, Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire, and how Elon Musk and everyone in his MAGA orbit appropriate the aesthetics of Rome while understanding almost nothing about the h…

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Human Clones, Hollywood’s Dark Secrets and the Royal Family: Meet TikTok Star Rebecca Joelle 35:51

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Human Clones, Hollywood’s Dark Secrets and the Royal Family: Meet TikTok Star Rebecca Joelle Uncover shocking revelations about human cloning, Hollywood's dark secrets, and the royal family with TikTok sensation Rebecca Joelle. In this mind-bending episode, Rebecca shares her journey as a spiritual mentor and truth catalyst, facing energetic backla…

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News Brief: Silicon Valley Patronage, How To Subtly Drift Right, and the New Conservative Media Ecosystem 35:09

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In this News Brief, we interview journalist and author Eoin Higgins about his new book, "Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left," discuss the new model of tech billionaire funding, and detail how some of the biggest names in Left media became MAGA-aligned, Tucker-boosting petty, score-settlers.…

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News Brief: Media Continues Painting Musk's Far Right Coup as Good Faith "Cost-Cutting Effort" 24:30

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In this News Brief we detail how The New York Times, Washington Post, and CNN took a pathological liar with a clear ideological agenda at his word he's worried about "waste" for the sole reason he's rich and powerful.

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News Brief: Trump's Anti-Migrant Terror PR Strategy, Dr Phil's ICE Reality Show & NYT's MAGA Assist 35:35

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In this News Brief, we detail the Trump's administration's strategy of trying to terrorize migrant communities, why it's not working as planned, how The New York Times is manufacturing a pro-mass deportation consensus and how migrant communities and their allies are fighting back. We are joined by Chris from the humanitarian aid organization No Mor…

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Addicted to a Narcissist? Lisa Sonni Speaks On Why You Need To Get Out Now! 38:02

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In this episode of 'TikTok Influencers You Really Should Know About,' host Christine Blosdale speaks with Lisa Sonni, a trauma bond recovery expert and relationship coach known for her impactful TikTok presence. Lisa shares her personal journey of surviving narcissistic abuse, sheds light on the complex nature of narcissism, and discusses how indiv…

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News Brief: Media Won't Say a Nazi Salute is a Nazi Salute and How MAGA Became Too Big To Fail 36:00

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In this inauguration coverage recap we detail how elite #resistance to Trump is MIA, how grassroots liberals and leftists are working behind the scenes anyway to fight back and why Trump and the billionaires who back him are now, more than ever, simply Too Big To Fail.

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Episode 215: "Bipartisanship" as High-Minded Rhetorical Cover for Pushing Rightwing Policies 1:11:56

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"Clinton seeks common ground with Republicans," reported the Associated Press in 1994. "Obama hosts dinner, urges bipartisanship," announced the AP again, in 2009. "Resist Trump? On Immigration, Top Democrats See Room for Compromise," stated The New York Times in late 2024. For decades, we've heard Democratic policymakers extol the virtues of worki…

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News Brief: NYT Bars Quakers From Using "Genocide" in Ad and Liberal Squeamishness Over the "G" Word 31:08

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In this News Brief, we talk to Joyce Ajlouny of the American Friends Service Committee, discuss a recent episode where the New York Times refused to run an AFSC pro-ceasefire ad with the word "genocide" in it, and detail the broader battle within liberalism over labeling the US and Israel's "war" as genocide––and what it would entail if our media d…

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Meet Karen Rontowski: The Hilarious Psychic and Tarot Reader You Need to Know 28:02

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In this episode of The TikTok Influencers You Really Should Know About, host Christine Blosdale introduces us to Karen Rontowski, a unique and captivating content creator who blends humor with psychic readings and tarot cards. Karen shares her journey from stand-up comedy to becoming a tarot reader. The discussion also delves into conspiracy theori…

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TikTok Creator Denee Vadell Shines A Spotlight on Stenography 22:29

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Join host Christine Blosdale as she interviews TikTok creator Denee Vadell, a dedicated stenographer. Denee discusses her journey into stenography, the critical role stenographers play in the justice system, and how she uses TikTok to promote the profession. Learn about the stenographer shortage, the challenging yet rewarding path of court reportin…

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Laughing at Life's Little Messes: Meet TikTok's Colleen Landry! 25:18

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In this episode, host Christine Blosdale introduces Colleen Landry, a retired teacher turned TikTok sensation. Colleen shares the story of how a humorous video about her husband's minor messes unexpectedly gained traction and inspired her to create more content. Colleen discusses the importance of consistency for creators and how she transitioned f…

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The Impending TikTok Ban: Insights and Alternatives for Content Creators 19:15

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In this episode of 'The TikTok Influencers You Really Should Know About,' Media Coach and host Christine Blosdale welcomes back TikTok Growth Coach Nicole Lamoureux. They discuss the upcoming ban on TikTok in the United States and its implications for users and creators. Nicole shares insights on alternative platforms like Lemon8, YouTube Shorts, a…