On this episode of the Project Censored Show, co-hosts Mickey Huff and Eleanor Goldfield dig into some of the news that did make the news but was wrong. They highlight the need for critical media literacy, especially when we’re confronted with something that pings our confirmation bias. They also dive into some history, the US at 250, the framing of our nationalistic ideals, the society of the spectacle, Idiocracy, and finding our way to solidarity.
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Jun 29
On this episode of the Project Censored Show, Mickey Huff sits down with public health researcher and journalist Lily Minh Wass to talk about the sycophancy machine. Lily outlines the subtle and disturbing quirks of AI’s large language models, amplifying our human desire to be agreed with, which supersedes the desire to be factual. Lily highlights our cognitive offloading onto AI, breaks down how these systems operate, and more.
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Jun 29
Meta’s censorship of LGBTQ voices brings together digital activists, legal experts, and LGBTQ communities to combat invisibilization. We discuss the problematic dependency on social media platforms, how this can spur the creation of alternative comms and organizing methods, digital legal frameworks in the EU vs the US, and more. Caspar…
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Jun 22
On this episode of the Project Censored Show, Eleanor Goldfield sits down with professor Abboud Hamayel to discuss the misuse of history, in particular archaeology as a tool of ethnic cleansing and genocide. Abboud also deconstructs the performative solidarity of pity, the entangled histories that make Palestine a lens through…
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Jun 22
First up, cohost Mickey Huff sits down with media analyst Nolan Higdon to dig into big tech's hold on higher ed - namely, their aims to surveil, extract, and breach. Nolan digs into a recent hacking scandal, how big tech aligns with the likes of Epstein, and a dark history of eugenics, big tech propaganda, and authentic resistance.
Next up, Dr. Austin Kocher comes back on the program to dig into some recent news that didn't make the news vis-à-vis immigration, from overcrowding court hearings to expedited deportation to handpicking so-called deportation judges, the cruelty is the point. But there are some glimmers in this world full of triggers, and as always, a lot of it has to do with communities fighting back.
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Jun 15
First up, Professor Dave explains. Science communicator Dave Farina joins the show to talk about the emergence of science communicators at a time when science denial is reaching ever soaring heights. Dave discusses the lure and prevalence of erroneous scientific claims and how science literacy and media literacy necessarily overlap and require continued practice and engagement to combat dangerous mis and disinformation.
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Jun 8
First up, Dr. Gerald Horne joins the show to ring in 250 years of the US project - how is that going? Dr. Horne sets the record straight not only about what’s missing in our ever censored history books but how that affects our understanding of issues and struggles today. As James Baldwin noted, history is not past, after all. We discuss the selective teaching and pedestaling of state-sanctioned violence, the moving target of whiteness, and more.
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Jun 1
First up, Wanda Bertram from the Prison Policy Initiative joins the show to talk about what we don’t know and what we think we know about mass incarceration. Wanda shares some stats and facts that you’ll never hear on corporate media, and debunks myths that betray our propagandized thinking.
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May 26
First up, researcher and editor Michelle Eid joins the show to talk about literal framing when it comes to photojournalism, and how extractive dehumanizing journalism turns people’s pain and suffering into career-boosting material, perpetuating harmful stereotypes and bolstering the dangerous disconnect that allows atrocities to continue. Michelle highlights the importance of relationship building and archival work, but that how this work is done is critical. Next up, Mickey Huff and Eleanor Goldfield sit down to dissect some recent news that didn’t make the news, contextualize what press freedom looks like from the US to Sweden, and why AI should never be in charge of telling us what news is.
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May 18
First up, Eleanor Goldfield sits down with investigative reporter Logan M. Davis to talk about his exclusive reporting on ICE hold rooms, these unofficial black sites that serve as torturous liminal spaces in the larger network of kidnappings, forced disappearances, and deportations. Logan explains how these bus stops with cell doors are acquired, used, and hidden from public view, that the cruelty and terror are the point, and how folks can organize in their local communities to stop them.
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May 11
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