Tens of millions of Americans, most of them men, tune in to sports talk radio. Is sports talk a haven for old-school guy talk, including misogyny and gay-bashing? For the final episode in our series…
Two families, both making big investments of time and money to involve their kids in sports. But the investments they’re able to make are very different. In Part 5 of “Contested,” our series on sports,…
Tal Ben-Artzi didn’t worry about being an out bisexual athlete at Penn State. Maybe she would have if she’d known the school’s history. How much have times changed? In Part 4 of “Contested,” our series…
Two small towns, one in Idaho, the other in Upstate New York, try to decide whether to change the nickname of their high school sports teams: The Redskins. Photo: Emblem in the main foyer at…
More from suburban St. Louis, post-Ferguson, on the popular notion that sports unites communities. Can the camaraderie of a team sport make race and class status “disappear” for the kids involved or their parents? Scene…
Can a winning baseball team bring St. Louis together post-Ferguson? John Biewen investigates in the inaugural episode of Scene On Radio, a new podcast of audio stories from the Center for Documentary Studies…
Always great to work with the brilliant journalists at Reveal. Check out this taste of our new season, The News.
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For decades, many Americans have accused the major news media of liberal bias. But is it true?
We take a fresh look with our partners at @SceneOnRadio. https://revealnews.org/podcast/american-news-media-trust-journalism-bias-scene-on-radio/
In Ep 3 of The News: How about that long-running claim of a liberal/left news media? True story or successful propaganda campaign? Why does it matter? We take a fresh look, with receipts and experts like @PeterBeinart.
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Thanks, Victor! And everyone needs to know that Victor plays a major role in the series in later episodes.
The voices and stories and analyses covered in these episodes couldn't be timelier. I urge folks to check them out!
After 18 months of intense work, we dropped eps 1 and 2 of our new season, The News. We think this project is making some real interventions, as @catchatweetdown
likes to say(!), into the scattered and confused debates about "the media." Check it!
Our Season 8 audio trailer is up! The News -- eps 1 and 2 drop 5/27. With @catchatweetdown and a cast of dozens.
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