Podcast Club ONLINE: Disinformation
Details
This week, we are listening to TWO podcasts. Please listen to both.
The FIRST podcast is The Bill Press Pod, with guest Barbara McQuade (pictured above), a lawyer, law professor at the University of Michigan Law School, legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, and podcast cohost of #SistersinLaw. McQuade served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan from 2010 to 2017. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging Americaurs Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream.
The SECOND podcast is White House Chronicles, with host Llewellyn King, with guest Timothy Richardson, the Program Director of Journalism and Disinformation for PEN America. Richardson previously served as the Breaking News Editor at The Washington Post for 13 years, and he has written published articles about disinformation/misinformation and concerns regarding the press.
PLEASE NOTE: We require that attendees listen to BOTH podcasts below before attending the meeting to optimize discussion.
PODCAST #1 OF 2:
or
https://billpresspods.com/listen-now (If using this link, please listen ONLY to the episode called "The Disinformation Epidemic," with Barbara McQuade)
(40 min.)
PODCAST #2 OF 2:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/white-house-chronicle/id1512781708?i=1000712788358
or
(29 min.)
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What are these podcasts about?
Both of this week's podcasts focus on disinformation, and to some extent, misinformation, particularly in the realm of politics in America today. While fake news and propaganda have been utilized for a very long time throughout the world, the scale and ability to spread disinformation and misinformation has recently taken off astronomically, particularly due to technology. In the podcasts, the guests discuss how and why we got here; some of the tactics used by those who disseminate disinformation; the effect of purposely broadcasting chaotic and mixed messages to the public; a few things we can do to combat disinformation; what the guests see as the most serious concerns arising from disinformation and misinformation; and more.
ALSO, ALSO, ALSO, interesting and optional: Check out this 2 min, 45 sec YouTube piece on fake viral video of the recent LA protests, posted by DW, a German public broadcast service. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F8fOJXZGW4. Thank you to the person who posted this link in the Chat during the after-hours of our last meeting! -- I'm sorry I can't recall who it was!
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3682869318?pwd=SC80SzI1S3JkeW1pbGhzcTNVQWVmdz09. Password for event might be W5hDy7
What's a podcast club?
It's like a book club for podcasts. Each week we discuss an interesting and currently-relevant episode from podcasters like Ezra Klein, Michael Shermer, or Russ Roberts. We start off as a large group and spend most of the time talking in small break-out groups, which we remix 3 times over the course of the evening. Our conversations are casual and open. We ask that everyone speak respectfully at all times, and we encourage free and concise discussion relevant to the week's podcast topic. To do this, we try to adhere to Grice's Maxims: https://bit.ly/2p4uSQm
Ultimately, the idea is to help each other think a little differently, learn a thing or two and have some fun.life
Podcast Club ONLINE: Disinformation