Citations Needed Podcast

'Citations Needed' is a media criticism podcast, hosted by Adam Johnson and Nima Shirazi, that challenges propaganda and holds power to account. It's political commentary and media analysis, with a heavy dose of skepticism, humor and history. In each episode, Nima and Adam call out and correct the media’s ubiquitous reliance on and regurgitation of false and destructive narratives, tropes and stereotypes. Citations Needed is 100% listener-funded. Hosts: Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson Producer: Florence Barrau-Adams Production Assistant: Trendel Lightburn Production Consultant: Josh Kross Research Associate & Newsletter: Marco Cartolano Transcripts: Morgan McAslan --- “A searing dissection of how popular media narratives shelter the powerful and cloud the truth… Citations Needed fearlessly explores how mainstream US media narratives shelter the powerful and distort our views on a huge variety of topical issues.” - Wired UK, (Oct. 10, 2019) "Delivers pointed criticism of the U.S. media while breaking down common political narratives. Think of it as 'MythBusters' for the news cycle... a strong rebuke of the media and of establishment politics." - Salon.com (Nov. 5, 2017) "Imagine the incisive self-criticism of On the Media, the adversarial and anti-establishment tone of Intercepted, and the moral exasperation of Delete Your Account. [It] picks apart the lazy tropes and stereotypes that corporate media relies upon and helps to perpetuate." - Not My First Radio (Nov. 20, 2017) "Like the History Channel for the left, mixed with a news-style relevancy which is brought by their dynamic guests." - Wear Your Voice: Intersectional Feminist Media (Sept. 16, 2017) Since launching in July 2017, Citations Needed has rapidly gained popularity and is a Top 200 show on Apple Podcasts. In its first year, the show surpassed 1.5 million downloads; it topped 3 million six months later. It now reaches well over 300,000 listeners each month.