“U.S. shipment of 'lethal aid' reaches Ukraine amid Russia tensions,” NBC News reported in January 2022. “U.S. adopting 'deterrence posture' as aircraft carrier heads towards Israel,” France 24 announced in October 2023. The same month, The Hill warned about “Nutrition: The nat...
2023-11-15 15:18:33 +0000 UTC View Post
“Israel Called Them ‘Precision’ Strikes. But Civilian Homes Were Hit, Too.,” The New York Times equivocated back in May 2023. “US Military Footprint in Australia Expands to Counter China,” Bloomberg announced in July 2023. “NATO to launch biggest military e...
2023-11-08 17:56:04 +0000 UTC View Post
“Writers Strike Fallout: $2B Economic Impact May Be Just the Beginning,” the Hollywood Reporter states. “Looming UAW strike could cost US economy more than $5B in just 10 days,” Fox Business announces. “In a Strong Economy, Why Are So Many Workers on Strike?” the New York Times wonder...
2023-11-01 16:42:06 +0000 UTC View PostCitations Needed Live Stream tonight 9:30pmET on the building momentum demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and the counter-propaganda against this movement, from deliberately ambiguous calls for a "humanitarian pause" to the torrent of "terror tunnel" articles.
We will post live link when we go o...
2023-10-30 20:12:21 +0000 UTC View Post
In this impromptu Live Show, recorded on October 16, "Gaza Siege and the Liberal Handwringing Industrial Complex," we break down the latest efforts by Democrats to support Israel's bombing and collective punishment of Gaza while looking Upset and Deeply Concerned.
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impromptu Live Show tonight to discuss efforts to end IDF bombing of Gaza, the "progressive" concern troll industrial complex and the criminalizing of dissent. You can follow our Youtube here. We will be posting a specific URL when we go live @ 10pmET.
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2023-10-17 00:21:56 +0000 UTC View Post
In this public News Brief, we discuss the recent escalation in violence in "the middle east" and the quickly-forming bipartisan consensus to jam the issue into a simplistic, dehumanizing War on Terror narrative.
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"Realities have forced us to remain on diplomatic terms with several dictators," the Pampa Daily News stated in 1958. "U.S. ambassador to the U.N Samantha Power has been forced to look the other way as [Saudi Arabia] does as it pleases in Yemen," Politico told us in 2016. Biden is being ...
2023-10-04 16:10:07 +0000 UTC View Post
"Hitler was a product of his time," historian Kent Gardner told us in 1975, just thirty years after the end of World War II. "Was Frank Rizzo racist, or just a product of his time?" The Philadelphia Inquirer pondered in 2017 about the city's notoriously racist former police commissioner ...
2023-09-27 16:02:33 +0000 UTC View Post
In this public News Brief, we break down recent attempts by Politico, Axios, New York Times and faux populist Republicans to pit autoworkers against climate mandates––despite the fact that workers themselves support a just, green transition.
Our guest is Sydney Ghazarian.
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And we're back! Welcome to season seven of Citations Needed!
Thanks for all your ongoing support of the show. We're thrilled to have been doing this for over six years and it's all thanks to the listeners like you who chose to support our work. We are so grateful.
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2023-09-13 16:21:04 +0000 UTC View Post
In this Patron News Brief, we discuss the rise of Vivek Ramaswamy and his nominal opposition to sending money and arms to The Lame-o Woke war in Ukraine, while calling for the invasion of Mexico and a Cold (Hot?) War with China.
2023-09-01 19:11:44 +0000 UTC View Post
“New Starbucks CEO plans to pull barista shifts in stores every month,” CNN announces. “Uber’s CEO moonlighted as a driver and it changed the way he operates the company,” Fortune insists. “Your DoorDash driver? He’s the company’s co-founder,” the Associated Press smirks.
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2023-08-02 16:39:15 +0000 UTC View Post
"The World Bank and its president have been doing an important, constructive job the past five years," announced The Southern Illinoisan in 1973. "IMF assistance [has] put Jamaica well on the road to recovery," reported The Winnipeg Sun in 1982. The Trans-Pacific Partnership “...
2023-07-26 16:44:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Immigration law should "stop punishing innocent young people brought to the country through no fault of their own by their parents," the Obama White House stated in 2013. "Migrant Caravan Continues North, Defying Mexico and U.S.," The New York Times warned in 2018. "Biden Administration ...
2023-07-19 16:13:55 +0000 UTC View Post
"What one photo from the border tells us about the evolving migrant crisis," The Washington Post reveals. "The U.S. immigration crisis through the eyes of a border town mayor," reports Boston's NPR station. "Everyone can now agree – the US has a border crisis," proclaims CNN.
The...
2023-07-12 15:39:56 +0000 UTC View Post
In this public News Brief, we break down media coverage of the potential UPS strike––and the trend more broadly in labor coverage––that paints a strike as something that harms "the consumer" or "the economy" rather than what it is: the only thing that gives workers any power.
Our gu...
2023-07-05 14:30:07 +0000 UTC View Post
In this News Brief, we review former president Barack Obama's new Netflix docuseries, "Working: What We Do All Day," and his attempt to paper over class conflict in favor of a Simply Asking CEOs To Be Nicer brand of politics.
Our guest is Editor-in-Chief of The Real News Network, M...
2023-06-21 13:26:58 +0000 UTC View Post
In this Citations Needed Live Interview, Nima and Adam talk to Nell McShane Wulfhart, journalist and author of 2023-06-14 15:08:17 +0000 UTC View Post
"Is artificial intelligence advancing too quickly?" 60 Minutes warns. "BuzzFeed CEO says AI may revolutionize media, fears possible 'dystopian' path," CBS News tells us. "TV and film writers are fighting to save their jobs from AI. They won't be the last," CNN reports.
Over and over, especi...
2023-05-31 14:03:14 +0000 UTC View Post
On this Live Show Beg-a-Thon, recorded on May 17, we discuss the pop culture phenomenon and appeal of pseudoarchaeology in its many forms, from fraudulent alternative history books like Erich von Däniken's 1968 book, Chariots of the Gods? Unsolved Mysteries of the Past, to television se...
2023-05-24 14:39:35 +0000 UTC View Post
"Thank God for the hard hats!" declared Richard Nixon during his first term. "Why the construction workers holler, ‘U. S. A., all the way!,’" read a 1970 New York Times headline. "The Day the White Working Class Turned Republican," read another New York Times headline, 50 ye...
2023-05-17 13:48:12 +0000 UTC View PostIt's almost here! Join us tomorrow night for the second Citations Needed BEG-A-THON!
We'll be streaming live on YouTube with Dr. David S. Anderson at 8:30 pm ET, talking ANCIENT ALIENS, ANCIENT APOCALYPSE, and general right-wing currents in junk archaeology. And, of course, all viewer...
2023-05-16 18:48:49 +0000 UTC View Post
"Charting a different course in the Vietnam War to fewer deaths and a better end," muses a book review in the Washington Post. "The Vietnam War was begun in good faith, by decent people," a Ken Burns PBS documentary tells us. "The Iraq War Reconsidered," reads a headline from
Hello, everyone!
Next Wednesday, May 17th, at 8:30 PM ET, we'll be hosting our second Beg-A-Thon! Adam and Nima will discuss Ancient Aliens, Ancient Apocalypse, and all manner of racist, rightwing, ahistorical History Channel/Netflix pseudoscience with Dr. David S. Anderson, Instructo...
2023-05-09 14:11:51 +0000 UTC View Post
In this patron News Brief, we examine US media's years-long incitement coverage targeting unhoused populations and the extrajudicial––and legal––violence that results when a society forecloses on systems of care and social welfare.
2023-05-07 01:18:18 +0000 UTC View Post
"I Was A Teenage Conspiracy Theorist," The Atlantic magazine playfully titled a 2020 essay. "Choose your reality: Trust wanes, conspiracy theories rise," reported The Associated Press in 2022. "Do You Know Someone Who Believes in Conspiracy Theories? We Want to Hear Abo...
2023-05-03 14:05:51 +0000 UTC View Post
In this live streamed News Brief from 4/26/23, we discuss the recent firing of Tucker Carlson and the meta-discourse around whether or not "the left" should see any utility in petty, racist demagogues.
For a full transcript of this episode, go 2023-04-28 18:53:53 +0000 UTC View Post
BAD NEWS: due to an unforeseen scheduling conflict our guest could not make it, so we have to postpone our Ancient Aliens Beg-a-Thon
GOOD NEWS: we are STILL GOING LIVE tonight @ 8:30ET to discuss Tucker Carlson, Third Positionism and "the left"
the live show will appear on our Youtube...
2023-04-26 21:39:29 +0000 UTC View Post
REMINDER: This Wednesday, April 26, at 8:30 PM ET, we'll be hosting our second Beg-A-Thon! Adam and Nima will discuss Ancient Aliens, Ancient Apocalypse, and all manner of racist, rightwing, ahistorical ...
2023-04-24 20:50:42 +0000 UTC View Post