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Citations Needed

Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson · Citations Needed

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Show overview

Citations Needed has been publishing since 2017, and across the 9 years since has built a catalogue of 383 episodes, alongside 5 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 370 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence, with the show now in its 9th season.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 40 min and 1h 13m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. The publisher flags most episodes as explicit, so expect adult themes or strong language throughout. It is catalogued as a EN-language News show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 25 episodes already out so far this year.

Episodes
383
Running
2017–2026 · 9y
Median length
1h
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

Citations Needed is a podcast about the intersection of media, PR, and power, hosted by Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson.

Latest Episodes

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Ep 242 - The Disempowering Politics of 'Inevitability' Part 2: US Empire as Mysterious, Teleological Force

Aug 19, 20261h 16m

Ep 241 - The Disempowering Politics of 'Inevitability' Part 1: Data Centers and LLM as 'The Future'

Aug 12, 20261h 28m

News Brief: Very Serious New Yorker Article Launders Biden Officials' Responsibility for Gaza Genocide

Jul 29, 202641 min

News Brief: Why US Media Has Evoked Israel's "Right to Exist" 1,001 Times vs Only 6 For Palestine

Jul 15, 202628 min

Ep 240: How the Media's "Burden," the "Straining Resources" Framing Manufactures the Expendable Other

Jul 8, 20261h 34m

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

Jul 1, 202638 min

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

Jun 24, 202642 min

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

Jun 17, 20261h 20m

News Brief: The Call to Boycott—and Delegitimize—the New York Times

May 28, 202640 min

Episode 238: The Fictional, Racist, Paranoia-Sowing "Sleeper Cell" Media Construction

May 20, 20261h 30m

Live Show: 'How to Sell a Genocide' Book Talk at The Word Is Change Bookstore in Brooklyn, NY

May 13, 20261h 3m

News Brief: "Peak TV," Streamer Studio Accounting Gimmicks, and the Precarity of Hollywood Labor

May 6, 202647 min

News Brief: How the Right Invented — and Exploited — the "Liberal Media" Trope

Apr 22, 202651 min

Ep 237: How Selective, Patronizing 'Deradicalization' Discourse Pathologizes Anti-Colonial Struggle

Apr 15, 20261h 21m

Ep 236: Manufactured Austerity and the Media Assisted 'Public-Private Partnership' Rip-Off

Apr 8, 20261h 6m

News Brief: As American Troops Hide in Civilian Hotels, US Media Ignores Pentagon's Use of 'Human Shields'

E

In this News Brief we examine CNN, the Atlantic, Washington Post and NYT's blatant 'human shields' double standard as reports emerge of US troops hiding from Iranian attacks in civilian infrastructure.

Apr 1, 202617 min

News Brief: How Decades of Media Distortions and Lies about "Iran's Nuclear Program" Lead to War

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In this News Brief, we discuss a recent poll showing 70% of Americans are fundamentally wrong about the nature of Iran's "nuclear program"—including 1 in 4 who think Iran currently possesses a nuclear weapon, and detail how decades of sleazy media innuendo and fabrications got us to this point.

Mar 25, 202634 min

"Shadow Fleets," Sanctions & Western Media's International Law-ification of Arbitrary US Dictates

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In this episode, we explore how arbitrary—often unilateral—sanctions against Enemy States are given the halo of international legal legitimacy with a combination of lies, slippery language and brainless court stenography. With guest Maryam Jamshidi, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado School of Law.

Mar 11, 20261h 22m

News Brief: As Trump Crushes Academia, the NYT and Atlantic Still Fight 'Woke' Wars from 5 Years Ago

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In this News Brief, we are joined by Chenjerai Kumanyika and Todd Wolfson of the American Association of University Professors to discuss Trump's gutting of higher education, its expansion on previous neoliberal privatization efforts, and how big donor and media backlash against "woke "academics and anti-Gaza genocide protestors is fueling the possible end of academic independence as we know it.

Feb 18, 202645 min

Ep 234: TikTok, Gen Z's Move to Social Media and Elite Panic Over Unsanctioned News

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In this episode, we examine our political class' TikTok neurosis, how Gaza fueled its sell to US and Israeli military contractors, and the long history of elite panics around unsanctioned information flows. With guest Omar Zahzah.

Feb 4, 20261h 13m
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