Hot Media with Bob Mann
138 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsHot Media with Bob Mann examines the hottest media controversies and the hottest new content in mass media. Bob Mann, the creator and host, is Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Caldwell University in New Jersey. He is also a veteran broadcaster. Mann and his guests will not just discuss news and political coverage but movies, TV shows and sports coverage.
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Episodes
TV Entertainment Update-HM 143
September 25, 2020 15:26 - 23 minutes - 43 MB"Hot Media with Bob Mann" episode 143 pivots back to entertainment. After weeks of shows about media and politics, Bob talks with TV Critic David Hinckley about the Emmy winners, the return of the production pipeline and what shows and series are truly outstanding.
Beyond the Protests-HM 142
September 18, 2020 02:07 - 28 minutes - 53 MB"Hot Media with Bob Mann" episode 142 features Bob's interview with freelance journalist and producer Morgan Givens. Morgan explains how hiring more people of color as journalists is only the first step toward producing inclusive news coverage. This interview is inspired by Morgan's recent appearance at the SPJ Journalism Conference. Morgan also talks with Bob about his podcast "Flyest Fables."
Next Generation News & My Trip to the Drive-In-HM 141
September 11, 2020 18:39 - 18 minutes - 34.5 MBEpisode 141 of "Hot Media with Bob Mann" combines an interview about challenges facing college journalists and Bob's ode to drive-in movie theaters. Bob's guest is Rod Hicks of the Society of Professional Journalists. In the commentary, Bob talks about a great night at a local drive-in. It's an American tradition being revived during the COVID crisis.
IT'S A PAGEANT-MEDIA AND POTUS ELECTION-HM 140
September 04, 2020 01:05 - 26 minutes - 48.1 MB"It's a pageant" is a line from the political satire movie "Wag the Dog." It's also the title of "Hot Media with Bob Mann" episode 140 about the media and the 2020 POTUS campaign. Professor Paul Levinson is my guest. TV is once again a major player in the election and show biz techniques play a major part in the process.
The 19th* Journalism for the Underserved-HM 139
August 27, 2020 21:09 - 22 minutes - 41.6 MBThe 19th* is one of the most exciting new developments in the media. This new, nonprofit platform for reporting on gender, politics and policy is the topic of "Hot Media with Bob Mann" episode 139. Bob's guest is The 19th* Deputy Editor Abby Johnston.
PANDEMIC, PROTESTS AND POLITICS-HM 138
August 21, 2020 01:08 - 27 minutes - 49.8 MBEpisode 138 of "Hot Media with Bob Mann" previews the annual conference of the Society of Professional Journalists. The digital event will happen next month and will focus on the "3 Ps" of Pandemic, Protests and Politics. Bob's guest is SPJ President Patti Newberry.
Better Update Your Syllabus!-HM 137
August 14, 2020 18:47 - 15 minutes - 27.7 MBEpisode 137 of "Hot Media with Bob Mann" is a departure from Bob's previous podcasts. The episode is titled "Better Update Your Syllabus! Bob does a monologue (with soundbites from past guests) to explore the many changes and updates he is making in his Communication & Media Studies courses due to the tumultuous events and issues of 2020.
CIVIL DIALOGUE IN UNCIVIL TIMES-HM 136
July 31, 2020 19:54 - 27 minutes - 50.7 MB"Hot Media with Bob Mann" episode 136 is titled "Civil Dialogue in Uncivil Times." Public discourse has become personal and confrontational. Communication needs to be civil, but politeness doesn't save a democracy. True Cvil Dialogue requires honesty. Bob's guest is Dr. Clark Olson, Professor at Arizona State University and author of "Hot Topics, Cool Heads." The discussion relates civil dialogue concepts to the hottest political and social issues of 2020.
Hot Media with Bob Mann Ep 135
July 24, 2020 19:34 - 21 minutes - 40.1 MB"Hot Media with Bob Mann" episode 135 looks at two key issues raised in President Trump's interview with Chris Wallace. Trump said polls showing him trailing Biden are "fake." The President also said he's not committing to accepting the results of the election. Bob talks with Political Science Professor Dan Cassino about the media's use of polls and what happens if an incumbent President won't leave office.
IT'S A PODCAST ABOUT PODCASTING-HM 134
July 17, 2020 17:39 - 33 minutes - 60.8 MB"It's a Podcast About Podcasting." That's the title of episode 134 of "Hot Media with Bob Mann." Bob's frequent guest, Dr. Paul Levinson, talks about the latest episodes of his podcast "Light On Light Through." Bob and Paul discuss the art of the monologue and the ability to publish when you truly have something to say about issues of the day. They also discuss the balance between seriousness and humor in this very personal medium.
THE LEGACY OF PETER JABLONSKI-HM 133
July 10, 2020 23:24 - 18 minutes - 33.1 MBEpisode 133 of "Hot Media with Bob Mann" is about a new book entitled "Surviving the Holocaust: The Legacy of Peter Jablonski." Bob's guest is author John McIntyre. They discuss Peter's heroic story and also talk about the process of self-publishing. In addition, John tells about his work with his co-author, Holocaust survivor George Mandelbaum.
COMEDY IN THE DIGITAL AGE HM 132
July 03, 2020 16:39 - 27 minutes - 49.5 MB"Hot Media with Bob Mann" episode 132 looks at an old school sitcom designed for the modern digital age. Bob's guest is TV writer/producer Len Klatt. He and Bob discuss a new show in development called "Here to There." The half-hour comedy series is built on the time-tested 3-camera-shoot sitcom but will never be pitched to networks. It's designed for podcasts, You Tube, vlogs and other digital platforms.
THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING! HM 131
June 26, 2020 15:10 - 26 minutes - 48.9 MB"Hot Media with Bob Mann" episode 131, "The Whole World Is Watching!" looks at media coverage of the protest movement. Bob's guest is Rod Hicks of the Society of Professional Journalists. Bob and Rod also discuss the need for more African-American journalists to provide black perspectives in media coverage and commentary.
GOODBYE JOE FRIDAY- HM 130
June 19, 2020 20:25 - 15 minutes - 28.5 MB"Hot Media with Bob Mann" episode 130 "Goodbye Joe Friday" looks at the future of TV police dramas in light of the global protests over police brutality. Some critics of the genre have described the heroic image of police on TV with the term "copaganda." Reality shows such as COPS have already been cancelled in response to the protest movement. Bob's guest, well-known TV critic David Hinckley, feels that police and medical dramas are the "bedrock of television" and aren't going away. They m...
HM 129 Revolution 67
June 12, 2020 16:54 - 22 minutes - 41.2 MBEpisode 129 of "Hot Media with Bob Mann" focuses on issues and lessons from the documentary film "Revolution 67" and their relevance today. Bob's guests are filmmakers Marylou and Jerome Bongiorno. Their documentary trilogy about Newark New Jersey contains powerful stories and insights which contribute a great deal to our national conversation today.
Journalism Is Not a Crime! HM 128
June 04, 2020 01:12 - 26 minutes - 49 MBThere have been numerous attacks on working journalists by the police during the recent protests around our nation. This is shocking in a nation in which freedom of the press is guaranteed by law. "Hot Media with Bob Mann" episode 128 takes a look at this situation. Bob's guest is Patti Newberry, President of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Trump VS Twitter HM 127
May 29, 2020 19:39 - 19 minutes - 35.9 MBEpisode 127 of "Hot Media with Bob Mann" examines the battle between President Trump and Twitter. There are many issues at play. These issues include the First Amendment rights of the media platform, fact checking, allegations that Trump is abusing his power and Mr. Trump's claims that conservative voices are silenced. Bob's guest is Political Science Professor Dan Cassino.
HM 126-NEVER AGAIN
May 22, 2020 14:59 - 17 minutes - 32.8 MBThe topic of "Hot Media with Bob Mann" episode 126 is an amazing multi-media project entitled "Hope After Hate." Broadcast Journalist & Professor Hagit Limor is Bob's guest. Hagit has a love of teaching. She brought her students into the "Hope After Hate" project which is very personal to her. It centers on the story of her father Moniek who survived the Holocaust as a child. The focus of this HM episode is the involvement of her college students in the project. They have completed a documen...
Doctor My Eyes! HM Ep 125
May 15, 2020 19:46 - 21 minutes - 40.2 MBHot Media with Bob Mann episode 125 is entitled "Doctor My Eyes!" We're watching a lot of TV during the quarantine. Some of it is great and some of it annoying. We sort it out with Professor Paul Levinson of Fordham University. Dr. Levinson also explains how this can be a great opportunity to catch up on classic series we never had time to watch.
HM 124 Radio Renaissance
May 08, 2020 21:58 - 18 minutes - 34.2 MBHot Media with Bob Mann episode 124 looks at the renaissance of radio during the quarantine. Bob's guest is Kenny O'Boyle, General Manager of WFDU Broadcast Media. The episode ends with Bob's tribute to the TV comedy show "Brockmire" which had its series finale this past week.
HM 123 What Does It Take?
May 01, 2020 23:37 - 21 minutes - 39.7 MBHot Media with Bob Mann episode 123 looks at the refusal of some audience members to believe the dangers of COVID-19. Bob's guest is Rod Hicks of the Society of Professional Journalists.
HM 122 In the Bubble
April 24, 2020 17:01 - 21 minutes - 39.5 MBHot Media with Bob Mann episode 122 looks at life inside the "news media bubble". That's the bubble most of us live in because we limit ourselves to only the media which tell us what we want to hear. Sometimes we're in the bubble by choice. Other times the bubble is built around us. Dr. Dan Cassino is our guest.
The Female Genius-Hot Media 121
April 17, 2020 18:32 - 20 minutes - 36.7 MB"Hot Media with Bob Mann" episode 121 is about a stage play which is now streaming entitled "The Female Genius." Playwright Rachel Carey talks with Bob about her on-stage depictions of great female writers including Emily Dickinson, Gertrude Stein and Ayn Rand. The stage play can now be seen in segments at www.thirdwing.watch
HM 120 HIATUS-Entertainment production pipeline stopped.
April 10, 2020 17:37 - 19 minutes - 36.5 MB"Hot Media with Bob Mann" shifts gears to look at the impact of the COVID crisis on entertainment media. After weeks of talking about journalism, Bob focuses on how the pipeline of our favorite dramas and comedy shows will soon stop flowing due to crisis-related production shutdowns. Guest David Hinckley is a respected veteran TV critic. Bob and David also discuss the successful transition of late-night hosts who are now broadcasting from home.
HM 119 Virtual Reality-Our New Digital Life
April 03, 2020 19:45 - 20 minutes - 37.8 MB"Hot Media with Bob Mann" looks at the pros and cons of our new digital reality. There are pros and cons to our dependence on technology. Education continues, isolation is reduced and people can work from home during the COVID-19 crisis. There is, however, a digital divide in terms of income and age when it comes to a remote workplace. Bob's guest is Fordham Professor Paul Levinson.
HOT MEDIA WITH BOB MANN
April 03, 2020 19:45 - 20 minutes - 37.8 MB"Hot Media with Bob Mann" looks at the pros and cons of our new digital reality. There are pros and cons to our dependence on technology. Education continues, isolation is reduced and people can work from home during the COVID-19 crisis. There is, however, a digital divide in terms of income and age when it comes to a remote workplace. Bob's guest is Fordham Professor Paul Levinson.
HM 118 Rising to the Occasion-Journalists' courageous COVID coverage
March 27, 2020 17:42 - 24 minutes - 45.1 MB"Hot Media with Bob Mann' episode 118 looks at how the news media has "risen to the occasion" in the coverage of the COVID-19 crisis. Bob's guest is Patti Newberry, President of the Society of Professional Journalists. Mann and Newberry also discuss the implications of China expelling US journalists.
HM 177 No Game Today-Media without live sports
March 20, 2020 17:14 - 23 minutes - 43 MBBob Mann talks with Malcolm Moran, Director of the Sports Capital Journalism Program at IUPUI about sports media in general and specifically about the impact of sports journalism during the COVID-19 crisis.
HM-Women in Sports Media
March 13, 2020 16:44 - 16 minutes - 31 MB"Hot Media with Bob Mann" episode 116 looks at women in sports. espnW sponsors an annual conference for women in a number of sports related professions, including the media. Bob's guest is his former student Jess Cusimano. Jess is now the National Softball Commissioner for the Babe Ruth League. She attended the conference and has some important information to share with the audience.
HM 115 Facts Are Facts! Rem Rieder on FactCheck.org
March 07, 2020 18:23 - 26 minutes - 48.3 MB"Hot Media with Bob Mann" tells listeners how to effectively use FactCheck.org in the 2020 election. One of Bob's favorite guests, writer/editor Rem Rieder, talks about his work as a Visiting Scholar at The Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. FactCheck.org is a project of the Center. Rem is a writer/editor for FactCheck. It's a great resource for all our listeners, regardless of their political affiliation.
HM 114-Yuppies Invade My House!
February 28, 2020 18:47 - 16 minutes - 30.7 MB"Hot Media with Bob Mann" looks at the media's take on gentrification. Bob talks with playwright Joseph Gallo about his work entitled "Yuppies Invade My House at Dinner." The story of this production starts forty years ago with letters to a newspaper editor from upset citizens. Those letters become a book and Gallo is now crafting a play. The primary focus is Hoboken NJ, but the conversation deals with the controversies surrounding gentrification across the nation.
HM 113-Sputnik!
February 21, 2020 20:22 - 24 minutes - 44.7 MBHot Media with Bob Mann episode 113 covers everything from Russian propaganda on American radio to the renewed power of TV in politics. Bob's guest is Dr. Paul Levinson of Fordham University. Professor Levinson also shows off his singing style.
HM 112 Voice of the People
February 13, 2020 15:24 - 19 minutes - 34.9 MB"Hot Media with Bob Mann" looks at the work of an influential newspaper columnist. Mike Kelly of northjersey.com has written three books and covered a wide variety of stories. Bob and Mike discuss the balancing act columnists have. They must be both reporter and commentator. Kelly tells the story of his recent trip to a Trump rally.
HM 111 Why Don't You Trust Us?
February 07, 2020 16:29 - 20 minutes - 37.8 MB"Hot Media with Bob Mann' takes a close look at why so many Americans distrust the media. Bob's guest is Rod Hicks of the Society of Professional Journalists. Rod ran the "Casper Project" to find first hand answers from people who say they don't trust the news media.
HM 110 A BIGGER VOICE
January 27, 2020 15:55 - 18 minutes - 34.3 MB"Hot Media" host Bob Mann discusses media coverage of the impeachment trial with Patricia Gallagher Newberry, President of the Society of Professional Journalists. Bob's commentary is about how Robert De Niro changed his mind. De Niro explained to Variety that if he has "a bigger voice" he should use it to talk about abuse of power.
HOT MEDIA WITH BOB MANN
January 27, 2020 15:55 - 18 minutes - 34.3 MB"Hot Media" host Bob Mann discusses media coverage of the impeachment trial with Patricia Gallagher Newberry, President of the Society of Professional Journalists. Bob's commentary is about how Robert De Niro changed his mind. De Niro explained to Variety that if he has "a bigger voice" he should use it to talk about abuse of power.
HM 108Nattering Nabobs
January 17, 2020 18:53 - 26 minutes - 48.6 MBHost Bob Mann talks with Professor Dan Cassino about the history of negative Presidential coverage and ways to understand polling. Later in the episode, Bob talks about his obsession with seeing every film up for the Best Picture Oscar.
Hot Media with Bob Mann
December 18, 2019 18:38 - 22 minutes - 41.3 MBThe topic of this episode is the anti-media tone of the new Clint Eastwood movie "Richard Jewell." Host Bob Mann speaks with Emmy-Award-winning journalist and professor Hagit Limor of the Society of Professional Journalists about the negative portrayal of reporter Kathy Scruggs. Mann does a commentary on the 2019 political message in the 1996 period piece about the innocent security guard who became a suspect in the Atlanta Olympic bombing.