Tag: media
For Medieval Scholars, “Game of Thrones” is Bittersweet
GoT has drawn new interest to medieval times while also furthering misconceptions.
CFR Podcast Roundtable: Why We Need Books
A podcast with CFR writers on what we read, how we read and why books matter.
►Watch: 20 Rhetorical Fallacies in 2 Minutes
A handy video guide to making terrible arguments.
3 Questions to Ask About Art Other Than “Did You Like...
We watch a lot of arts and media. Here's how we can do a better job of talking about it.
Michael Barra on How Big Media is Disrupting Broadway
In this podcast, Barra discusses his recent CFR article on the future of Broadway.
I Don’t Want to Be Over the Election of Trump
The US chose an inarticulate, racist, homophobic, pussy-grabbing buffoon.
A War Criminal Slow Jams the “News”
Have you noticed how corporate media works to entertain and indoctrinate you with the government’s rendition of news rather than the real news? And...
Roger Stone: Donald Trump’s Professional Lord of Mischief
Stone is all set to replace hardcore sex with hardcore violence.
“The 100” and the Toxic Tropes of Romantic Comedy
Not everyone gets told their relationship fantasies will come true.
Strategic Storytelling: Getting to the Heart of the Matter
It takes both history and heart to tell a good story.
Marketing Classical Arts in a Modern World
From the war for attention, notes from the battlefield.
The Physics of Modern Media and Politics
In political inertia, "a body at rest stays at rest until the voters decide to act."
Sexpionage with Martin Zimmerman
Digging into history for a play about sexuality, censorship and mass communication.
Journalism by the Riff Raff
Journalism can be practiced well or poorly -- by anybody at all.
That Time Susan Sontag Did Something Stupid
She staged "Waiting for Godot" in 1993 Sarajevo. A Sontag biography raises current questions on what motivates social practice.
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New Podcast: Trump Can’t Go to England and Not Be a...
We also dish Mueller's speech, slow-clap a Tea Partier, and handicap the Dems. Plus: a cold open!
