Citations Needed Podcast Transcripts
Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson · 380 episodes with transcripts
Citations Needed is a podcast about the intersection of media, PR, and power, hosted by Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson.
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Latest Citations Needed transcripts
Live Show Beg-A-Thon: Wednesday Oct 21 - Promo!
October 20, 2026
Nima Shirazi (0:02)
Hi, everyone. This is Nima Shirazi, co-host of Citations Needed.
Adam Johnson (0:05)
And I'm Adam Johnson, the other co-host.
Nima Shirazi (0:07)
We're excited to announce that we'll be hosting our next Citations Needed Beg-A-Thon. That is a virtual live show fundraiser streaming on our YouTube channel the evening of Wednesday, October 21st. That is very soon.
- Live Show Beg-A-Thon: Wednesday Oct 21 - Promo!
- Ep 245: The Authenticity Affect (Part III) - Left Politics as Effete, College Kid Artifice
- News Brief: 2028, Israel's Progressive Rebrand and the Risk of "Genocide" as Rhetorical Box Check
- Ep 244: The Authenticity Affect (Part II) - The Dopey, Power-Flattering, Media-Created "Maverick" Politician
- Ep 243: The Authenticity Affect (Part I) — Whistlestop Tours, Smarm, and the Art of Channeling 'Folk'
- Ep 242 - The Disempowering Politics of 'Inevitability' Part 2: US Empire as Mysterious, Teleological Force
- Ep 241 - The Disempowering Politics of 'Inevitability' Part 1: Data Centers and LLM as 'The Future'
- News Brief: Very Serious New Yorker Article Launders Biden Officials' Responsibility for Gaza Genocide
- News Brief: Why US Media Has Evoked Israel's "Right to Exist" 1,001 Times vs Only 6 For Palestine
- Ep 240: How the Media's "Burden," the "Straining Resources" Framing Manufactures the Expendable Other
- News Brief: Despite 9-Figure Infusion from Silicon Valley, Abundance Still Seeks Popular Support
- News Brief: The ADL's Bogus Origin Story and Its Rise as Ideological Enforcer for Empire and Israel
- Episode 239: The Vague, Capital-Serving Co-Optation of "Affordability" Politics
- Episode 95: The Hollow Vanity of Libertarian "Choice" Rhetoric
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