18 - Josh Szeps - Our Relationship With the Media

Two for Tea Podcast

English - February 24, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 95.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 52 ratings
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Previous Episode: 17 - Will Storr - The Cult of Self-Esteem

Next Episode: 19 - John R. Wood Jr - Bridging Gaps of Politics and Race

5:20 The changes Josh has witnessed since he began working in media
6:15 The loss of consensus
7:19 Twitter
11:28 The modern equivalent of the coffee house or public square
14:55 New media and Huffpost Live
18:51 Contrarianism versus trollery
24:29 The pace of media
31:04 Self-censorship and cancel culture
32:28 The kind of engagement social media rewards
35:51 The Intellectual Dark Web
52:19 Free speech—its uses and abuses

You can subscribe to Josh Szeps' podcast here or at most good podcast sites:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wethepeople-live/id1002920114?mt=2

Find tickets to Josh's show at the Melbourne Comedy Festival here:
https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2019

You can hear listen to Josh interviewing me on his podcast here:
https://player.fm/series/wethepeople-live-1425329/ep-132-sarah-jeong-reverse-racism

And follow Josh on Twitter: @joshzepps