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Episode 12: Resignations, Whiteness And The Myth Of Objectivity In The Newsroom

In this episode, we will be talking about whiteness in the media, the racism within, and can objectivity in the newsroom exists?

Episode Eleven: Police Brutality, Systematic Incarceration, and the Complicity of the Media

Warning in this episode we will be discussing the murder of George Floyd and police brutality.

Also, we had a slight technical issue. We are still learning. So please excuse us.

History of Police brutality

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/01/opinion/george-floyd-history-police-brutality-america/

History of US police in photos

https://www.insider.com/history-of-police-in-the-us-photos-2020-6

Vulture on the police on tv

https://www.vulture.com/2020/06/tv-cops-are-always-the-main-characters.html

John Oliver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaD84DTGULo

The Glorification of the police the complicit media

http://affinitymagazine.us/2017/05/06/the-glorification-of-the-police-and-the-complicit-media-the-murder-of-jordan-edwards/

Washington Post:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/04/shut-down-all-police-movies-tv-shows-now/?arc404=true

Guardian article on NYPD

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/04/new-york-police-brutality-protests-george-floyd?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3UWFVeapJbdOSTINYxw0TH-TrQ955VWBmUE87hZ7lSVCakh-Ji_ldr46w#Echobox=1591266222

Vulture article on cops

https://www.vulture.com/2020/06/tv-cops-are-always-the-main-characters.html

The protest in Paris explained Police brutality

https://www.thelocal.fr/20200603/who-is-adama-traore-and-why-are-there-protests-across-france-in-his-name

Washington Post:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/04/shut-down-all-police-movies-tv-shows-now/?arc404=true

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George Flyod Memorial Fund by his brother.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd

Minnesota Freedom Fund:

https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/

I run with Maud -- Justice for Ahmaud Arbery Fundraiser

https://www.gofundme.com/f/i-run-with-maud

Justice for Breonna Taylor -- Petition and Fundraiser

https://www.change.org/p/andy-beshear-justice-for-breonna-taylor

National Bail Out Fund -- Free Black Mamas

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In this episode we will discuss Dick Pics, Systematic Sexism in the Mainstream Media, and the #MeToo actually happen, right?

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Episode 8: Cancel Culture, the Attention Economy, and the Politics of Food

In this episode, we will be talking about cancel culture, relevance, and attention as currency, and the political nature of food.

So you’ve been publicly shamed -- book by Jon Ronson shows that basically, women fair much worse in online public shaming instances than men.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/books/review/jon-ronsons-so-youve-been-publicly-shamed.html

The Problem with Cancel Culture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3ZjTg1OpIE

Vox article on the current drama in the food world

https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/5/11/21253740/alison-roman-chrissy-teigen-feud-fight-explained?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=vox.social&utm_source=facebook&utm_content=voxdotco

Vox Article: What is Cancel Culture?

https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/12/30/20879720/what-is-cancel-culture-explained-history-debate

Naturally Tan by Tan France

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40174034-naturally-tan

Episode 7: Art, Curating, and Creativity in Quarantine.

In this episode, we will be discussing the effects Corona has on Art, our Creativity, and what this all means for the Art world.

Museum of Covid-19 Objects at the V&A:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/may/04/museum-covid-19-v-and-a-pandemic-coronavirus-objects

V&A Rapid Response Collecting:

https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/rapid-response-collecting-an-introduction

Jeppi Hein’s breathe with me manual

https://breathewithme.world/show-me-your-breath/

Sam Winston’s A Delicate Sight workbook

https://adelicatesight.cdn.prismic.io/adelicatesight/c072023c-6133-410d-b1d2-97f80e4d3025_A+Delicate+Sight.pdf

Recreating classical paintings at home

https://time.com/5817117/coronavirus-art-history/

Banksy paintings:

https://www.clickondetroit.com/entertainment/2020/05/07/new-banksy-art-unveiled-at-hospital-to-thank-doctors-nurses/

How Corona will transform the art world By Jerry Saltz

https://www.vulture.com/2020/04/how-the-coronavirus-will-transform-the-art-world.html

David Balzer’s Curationism- How Curating Took Over The Art World And Everything Else

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20702498-curationism

Episode 6: Romance, TikTok Roleplaying, and Love in the Time of Corona.

In this episode, we will be talking about what romance means, why tiktok is suddenly involved, and what does love look like now that we are all in quarantine.

BBC Article on quarantine and love.

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200406-coronavirus-isolation-is-creating-new-love-under-lockdown

Modern Romance:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Romance:_An_Investigation

Vox for Explained on monogamy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCGyLjBjuGI

The Guardian article about the effects of corona on condoms sales:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/apr/30/condom-sales-down-as-lockdown-limits-sex-lives-says-durex-makers?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR2RyN8LxGAH4m1KRXa0xeIL_x5hNXAFfMm_rW7LL0y8-nMauR_wzH7vSW8#Echobox=1588252132

Rina on Twitter

https://twitter.com/Rina_Grob_

Madhvi on Twitter

https://twitter.com/madhviramani

Rina on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/rina_grob/

Madhvi on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/madhviinberlin/

Episode 5: Corona Dreams, Sleep, and the Shrinking Size of our Skulls.

In this episode, we’ll be discussing sleeping habits and the science behind it, and why have I been having such weird dreams lately?

University of Rochester study on why we sleep:

https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-now-know-how-sleep-cleans-toxins-from-the-brain/

QI Episode about sleep:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUQVoJ7rtME

I dream of Covid

https://www.idreamofcovid.com/dreams/a-recurring-dream

BBC article on how long we can stay awake:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150220-how-long-can-we-stay-awake

Article on how our skulls are changing:

https://onezero.medium.com/our-skulls-are-out-evolving-us-and-that-could-mean-a-public-health-crisis-f950faed696d

Vox article on sleeping late:

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/2/27/17058530/sleep-night-owl-late-riser-chronotype-science-delayed-sleep-phase

Episode 4: Supermarkets, Psychology And Why Millennials Are Killing Everything

In this episode, we’ll be discussing supermarkets and the psychology behind them, and why is it that millennials are blamed for killing them?

Please note, this episode was recorded long distance. We apologize for any sound issues.

*Correction* We mistakenly referred to the book 'Modern Romance' as 'Modern Love'

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23453112-modern-romance

Wired: Shops are changing their music to trick shoppers into calming down

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/coronavirus-supermarket-music

Off our trolleys: What stockpiling in the coronavirus crisis reveals about us

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/apr/03/off-our-trolleys-what-stockpiling-in-the-coronavirus-crisis-reveals-about-us

How grocery stores take steps to make you buy more

http://www.regainedwellness.com/supermarket-psychology/

The psychology of grocery stores

https://appliedpsychologydegree.usc.edu/blog/psychology-of-the-grocery-store/

Why do Millennials hate to go grocery shopping?

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/11/millennials-groceries/506180/

Millennials are killing grocery stores

http://www.wsj.com/articles/grocers-feel-chill-from-millennials-1477579072

How Panic-Buying Revealed the Problem With the Modern World

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/03/coronavirus-panic-buying-britain-us-shopping/608731/

Episode 3: Money, Meritocracy and the Myth of the Starving Artist

In this episode, we’ll be discussing money, why it's so uncomfortable for us to talk about, and the myth of the starving artist. Warning: Explicit Language

Links:

Manrepeller Money diaries that got a lot of negative comments then changed her behavior:

https://www.manrepeller.com/2019/08/money-diary-mistakes.html

The money struggles of the cutest couple on earth on CNBC’s Making it - Millennial Money

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crj3IOuSrdY

“What can’t be measured, can’t be managed” How a woman who earns 200K manages her money from CNBC's Making it- Millennial Money:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ6u4tCi4cY

Ellevest an American platform designed to help women invest money

https://www.ellevest.com

Finmarie a European platform designed to help women invest money:

https://finmarie.com/en/

The app Mint that helps you track your spending:

https://www.mint.com

Man repeller money diaries (anonymous)

https://www.manrepeller.com/2016/12/money-diaries-college-student.html

Refinery29 money diaries (anonymous)

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/money-diary

NPR podcast about taboos in society: Death, Sex and Money

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/deathsexmoney

Comments discussed by Madhvi from Glamour’s Honest accounts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCXTsO_CE-I

Scientific American article containing the questions to ask yourself about money “Why is it so hard to talk about money?”

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/why-is-it-so-hard-to-talk-about-money/

Roxanne Gay on Money

https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-gb/magazine/money-diary-roxane-gay

Recession and Unemployment in the USA from Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-03/jobs-destroyed-worldwide-as-coronavirus-sparks-recession

The Fuck off Fund:

https://www.thebillfold.com/2016/01/a-story-of-a-fuck-off-fund/

You can only by a writer if you can afford it:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/27/a-dirty-secret-you-can-only-be-a-writer-if-you-can-afford-it

The Ugly Truth About Celebrity Culture and Capitalism by Arwa Mahdawi

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/31/the-coronavirus-crisis-has-exposed-the-ugly-truth-about-celebrity-culture-and-capitalism

Rina on Twitter

https://twitter.com/Rina_Grob_

Madhvi on Twitter

https://twitter.com/madhviramani

Rina on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/rina_grob/

Madhvi on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/madhviinberlin/