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Exiles on 12th Street, Episode Seven

February 28, 2020 • by Claire Potter

What has happened to the news? As the proliferation of terms like “fake news” and “alternative facts” indicates, we can’t take everything we read at face value. So who can we trust? The seventh episode of Exiles on 12th Street investigates how news media has changed, and how the headlines ...

Sinclair Broadcasting, Tony Robbins, and Early Admissions

Past Present Episode 126

April 18, 2018 • by Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer and Neil J. Young

In this episode, Niki, Neil, and Natalia debate the rise of Sinclair Broadcasting, life coach Tony Robbins’ dismissal of the #MeToo movement, and the fraught history of college early admissions.

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Transparent, Wells Fargo, and Cable News

Past Present Episode 54

October 13, 2016 • by Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela and Neil J. Young

In this week's episode, Neil, Niki, and Natalia debate the place of Transparent in the history of LGBTQ representation on television, fraud at Wells Fargo, and the 20th anniversary of Fox News. Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: The third season of the hit show Transparent recently ...