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Citations Needed

Citations Needed

By: Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson
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Citations Needed is a podcast about the intersection of media, PR, and power, hosted by Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson.Citations Needed Politics & Government Social Sciences
Episodes
  • News Brief: Despite 9-Figure Infusion from Silicon Valley, Abundance Still Seeks Popular Support

    News Brief: Despite 9-Figure Infusion from Silicon Valley, Abundance Still Seeks Popular Support
    Jul 1 2026

    In this news brief, we catch up with Dylan Gyauch-Lewis, senior researcher at the Revolving Door Project, to discuss Abundance's PR problems, why this latest neoliberalism rebrand isn't catching on and how Silicon Valley billionaires still see 'Abundance' as their best chance to counter populist forces in the Democratic Party.
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    38 mins
  • News Brief: The ADL's Bogus Origin Story and Its Rise as Ideological Enforcer for Empire and Israel

    News Brief: The ADL's Bogus Origin Story and Its Rise as Ideological Enforcer for Empire and Israel
    Jun 24 2026

    In this News Brief, we talk with Emmaia Gelman, author of The Anti-Defamation League and the Racial State, about how––despite posing a civil rights org––the ADL functions as defender of colonialism and enforcer for reactionary western ideologies.
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    42 mins
  • Episode 239: The Vague, Capital-Serving Co-Optation of "Affordability" Politics

    Episode 239: The Vague, Capital-Serving Co-Optation of "Affordability" Politics
    Jun 17 2026

    In this episode, we detail the long history of generic "affordability" discourse and how, post-Mamdani, it's become the go-to establishment buzzword justifying tax breaks for developers, deregulation, and cosmetic tweaks to our for-profit healthcare and education systems. With guest Luke Savage.
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    1 hr and 21 mins
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