by efc8d-admin | Jul 13, 2026 | Journalism, Media, Palestine, Politics and Culture
In today’s discussion with veteran media historian and critic Robin Andersen, we discuss in depth the ways that the New York Times, CNN, and other legacy media outlets became little more than Israeli propaganda organs, uncritically feeding IDF narratives, images, and...
by efc8d-admin | May 17, 2026 | Capitalism, Democracy, Media, Technologies
Today I am delighted to talk with Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff about their new book, Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed. This is much more than a biography or popular account of Elon Musk, it is a radical analysis of a deeply disturbing, computational way of seeing...
by efc8d-admin | Apr 19, 2026 | Iran, Media, Politics and Culture, War
Today I am deeply honored to welcome back Iranian journalists Fatemeh Jamalpour and Nilo Tabrizy. Before, they talked about their book, For the Sun After Long Nights: the Story of Iran’s Women-led Uprising, today they tell us of conditions in Iran, which since January...
by efc8d-admin | Apr 15, 2026 | Journalism, Media, Palestine, Politics and Culture
Today I am excited to talk with journalist and media critic Adam Johnson about his new book, How to Sell a Genocide: The Media’s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza. Many of us gained an intuitive sense of just how bad the media coverage of the genocide in Gaza and...
by efc8d-admin | Dec 4, 2025 | Feminism, Human Rights, Iran, War
Today I am honored to speak with Nilo Tabrizy, co-author of a remarkable and powerful book, For the Sun After Long Nights: The Story of Iran’s Women-Led Uprising. This interview complements another episode I did with her collaborator, Fatemeh Jamalpour. Ms...
