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Shorenstein Center Media and Politics Podcast

The Shorenstein Center Media and Politics Podcast features insight and expertise from leading voices at the intersection of media, politics and public policy. Prominent journalists, editors and academics address topics such as the media industry, campaigns and politics, foreign policy, race and gender, and technology.

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Big, If True: Disappointingly, Steak-umm is Not a Talking Steak.

Apr 21, 2020
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Preserving America's Thought Leader Magazines

Mar 25, 2020
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News Narratives in a Post-Factual Era

Mar 11, 2020
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On the Trail of Xi Jinping

Dec 19, 2019
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The Landscape of Local News Models in America

Jul 9, 2019
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Streaming War Won: Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the news

Apr 30, 2019
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Garrett Graff: Decoding the Mueller Investigation

Apr 3, 2019
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Behind the Reporting: South Bend Tribune and ProPublica's "Criminal Justice in Elkhart, Indiana"

Mar 12, 2019
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Behind the Reporting: ProPublica's "Zero Tolerance"

Mar 11, 2019
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Behind the Reporting: The Philadelphia Inquirer's "Toxic City: Sick Schools"

Mar 8, 2019
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Behind the Reporting: Frontline and the Investigative Reporting Program's "Trafficked in America"

Mar 7, 2019
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Behind the Reporting: The Dallas Morning News' "Pain and Profit"

Mar 6, 2019
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Behind the Reporting: The Alabama Media Group's "Alabama's 'Beach House Sheriff'"

Mar 5, 2019
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Behind the Reporting: The Wall Street Journal's "Trump's Hush Money"

Feb 27, 2019
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Sarah Smarsh: Experiencing and Reporting on Rural America

Nov 5, 2018
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Eugene Scott: The Role of Identity Politics in the Midterm Elections and Beyond

Nov 5, 2018
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Kristen Soltis Anderson: Millennials, Midterms, and the Future of the GOP

Oct 5, 2018
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Setti Warren: Government, Campaigns, and the Media

Oct 3, 2018
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Siva Vaidhyanathan: Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy

Sep 18, 2018
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Talia Buford: Environmental Inequity

Apr 17, 2018
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Adam Serwer: The Politics of Racism in Trump’s America

Apr 17, 2018
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Heather Ann Thompson: The Criminal Justice System and the Media

Apr 2, 2018
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Tom Wheeler: The FCC, Net Neutrality, and Platform Regulation

Mar 4, 2018
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Meet the Finalists (Part 2): 2018 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting

Mar 4, 2018
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Meet the Finalists (Part 1): 2018 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting

Feb 27, 2018
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Elizabeth Bruenig: Religion, Politics, and the Left

Feb 23, 2018
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Garrett Graff: Trump, Mueller and Russia

Feb 16, 2018
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Margaret Sullivan: The State of the Media in 2018

Feb 9, 2018
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Claes de Vreese: Political Journalism in a Populist Age

Dec 8, 2017
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Edward Morris: Art and Activism

Nov 22, 2017
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Alexandra Petri: Satire and Comedy in the Age of Trump

Nov 13, 2017
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Marvin Kalb: Russia and the U.S.

Nov 13, 2017
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Michael Pollan: Food Policy and Its Coverage in the Media

Nov 2, 2017
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Nancy Scola: Regulating the Tech Industry

Oct 27, 2017
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Jackie Calmes: Conservative Media and U.S. Politics

Oct 20, 2017
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Bob Schieffer: Finding the Truth in Today's Deluge of News

Oct 16, 2017
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Gary Liu: Digital News and Transforming a Legacy Media Company

Oct 5, 2017
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Nancy Youssef: Foreign Policy under the Trump Administration

Sep 28, 2017
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Vann R. Newkirk II: Race, Identity, and the Media

Sep 20, 2017
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E.J. Dionne, Jr. - 'One Nation After Trump', Media, the Economy, and Progressivism

Sep 13, 2017
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Derrick Z. Jackson: Environmental Justice? Unjust Coverage of the Flint Water Crisis

Jul 18, 2017
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Zack Exley: The Alt-Right on YouTube

Jun 28, 2017
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Meighan Stone: Media Coverage of Muslims and Refugee Policy

Jun 21, 2017
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Yeganeh Rezaian: How Women Journalists Are Silenced in a Man's World: The Double-Edged Sword of Reporting from Muslim Countries

Jun 16, 2017
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Helen Boaden: In Search of Unbiased Reporting in Light of Brexit, Trump and Other Challenges

Jun 12, 2017
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News Coverage of Donald Trump’s First 100 Days: featuring Tom Patterson and Nicco Mele

May 17, 2017
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Sarah Smarsh: Reporting on Rural America and Class

Apr 19, 2017
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Yochai Benkler: The Right Wing Media Ecosystem

Apr 7, 2017
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Bhaskar Sunkara: The Future of the American Left

Apr 5, 2017
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Masha Gessen: Russia and Trump, Media Coverage, and Conspiracies

Mar 28, 2017
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Doug Elmendorf: Understanding the Congressional Budget Office

Mar 23, 2017
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Jorge Ramos: 2017 Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism

Mar 16, 2017
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Farai Chideya and Zack Exley: Understanding the Electorate

Mar 9, 2017
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Helen Boaden and Ann Marie Lipinski: Media in the Age of Trump and Brexit

Mar 1, 2017
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Rick Stengel: Government and the Media

Mar 1, 2017
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Dafna Linzer: Reporting on Trump from the Campaign Trail to the White House

Feb 22, 2017
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David Fahrenthold: Reporting on President Trump

Feb 8, 2017
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2016 Theodore H. White Seminar on Press and Politics featuring: Bob Schieffer, Nancy Kaffer, Michael Tomasky and Derrick Jackson

Nov 29, 2016
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Larry Wilmore: 2016 Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics

Nov 16, 2016
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Sissela Bok: Secrets and Lies in Politics and Elections

Nov 2, 2016
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Tim Wu: The Battle for Our Attention

Oct 26, 2016
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Jeffrey Rosen: The Deciders - The Future of Free Speech in a Digital World

Oct 21, 2016
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Peter Hart: Trends and Demographics in the 2016 Election

Oct 19, 2016
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Amy Walter: The Current State of the Campaign

Oct 19, 2016
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Joy-Ann Reid: How Race Impacts the 2016 Election

Oct 12, 2016
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Zeynep Tufekci: Technology in Global Activism, Uprisings and Social Movements

Oct 5, 2016
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Cathy O'Neil: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

Oct 5, 2016
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Patrick Ruffini: Trump and the Future of the Republican Party

Sep 28, 2016
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Bob Schieffer & Ann Compton: Media, Politics & Power – Trump, Clinton & the 2016 Election

Sep 21, 2016
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Molly Ball: Election 2016 and the Media

Sep 15, 2016
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Johanna Dunaway: Mobile vs. Computer - Implications for News Audiences and Outlets

Aug 30, 2016
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Joanna Jolly: Rape Culture in India - The Role of the English-Language Press

Jul 20, 2016
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Paul Wood: The Pen and the Sword – Reporting ISIS

Jul 5, 2016
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Dan Kennedy: The Bezos Effect - How Amazon’s Founder Is Reinventing The Washington Post

Jun 9, 2016
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Marilyn Thompson: Can Taxpayer Money Save Presidential Campaigns?

May 26, 2016
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Bob Schieffer: Media Coverage of the Campaign

Apr 20, 2016
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Media and Politics: What's Next? A Conversation with the Spring 2016 Joan Shorenstein Fellows

Apr 19, 2016
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Shira Center: The Trump Factor - Covering Election 2016

Apr 12, 2016
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Jo Becker: Hillary Clinton, Foreign Policy and the Question of U.S. Military Intervention

Apr 5, 2016
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Sarah Kliff: Health Care Policy in the Media

Mar 29, 2016
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Linda Greenhouse: The Post-Scalia Supreme Court

Mar 22, 2016
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Walter Isaacson: Technology and Journalism

Mar 15, 2016
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Philip Bennett: News and Democracy - The Missing Pieces

Mar 9, 2016
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Nancy Gibbs: The Disintermediated Campaign

Mar 1, 2016
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E.J. Dionne, Jr.: American Conservatism and the Republican Party

Feb 24, 2016
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Nicco Mele: In Search of a Business Model: The Future of Journalism in an Age of Social Media and Dramatic Declines in Print Revenue

Feb 19, 2016
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Jill Abramson: Election 2016 - Is There Enough Quality Coverage?

Feb 18, 2016
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Sam Feist: Media Coverage of the Election

Feb 16, 2016
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Walter V. Robinson: Spotlight on Investigative Reporting

Feb 9, 2016
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Bob Schieffer: The Iowa Caucuses and the New Hampshire Primary

Feb 3, 2016
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Marie Sanz: The New York Times' Editorials and the Normalization of U.S. Ties with Cuba

Dec 16, 2015
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David Ensor: Exporting the First Amendment

Dec 14, 2015
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Fall 2015 Shorenstein Fellows Discuss Paris Terrorist Attacks, ISIS, and Soft Power

Nov 18, 2015
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Rick Kaplan: Entertainment, News and Politics

Nov 12, 2015
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Marvin Kalb: Putin, Ukraine, and the New Cold War

Nov 4, 2015
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Maria Sacchetti: Reporting on the International Refugee Crisis

Nov 4, 2015
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Bob Schieffer: The 2016 Debates, Candidates, and Role of the Media

Oct 28, 2015
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Garance Franke-Ruta: Women, the Media, and Campaign 2016

Oct 20, 2015
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Nadine Strossen: Free Expression - An Endangered Species on Campus?

Oct 19, 2015
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Nikole Hannah-Jones: Investigating Racial Injustice

Oct 13, 2015