Unbreaking Media: Presented by The Conversationalist
Unbreaking Media is a podcast from digital magazine The Conversationalist that examines politics and culture through an intersectional feminist lens. Hosted by executive director Anna Lind-Guzik and featuring a rotating cast of expert guests, each weekly episode provides a smart, compassionate exploration of the ideas and institutions that shape our lives.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 28
- Years Active
- 2022
Episode 8: Community Building and the Power of Babies (with Jillian Johnson)
Anna and Durham, NC City Council member Jillian Johnson (@JillianDURM) talk all about community - why it matters, why people seek it out, and how it empowers people personally and politically.
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Episode 7: The East-West Binary is Nonsense (with Dr. Mina Khalil)
Anna and Dr. Mina Khalil, a legal and social historian of the modern Middle East, discuss the arbitrary distinction between 'East' and 'West' in political theory, as well as the revolutions in Egypt …
Episode 6: What We're Watching on TV and Why It Matters, or Doesn't (with Dr. Amy Schiller)
In today's episode, Anna and Dartmouth political theorist Dr. Amy Schiller (@AmytheSchill) talk all about TV - what they're watching and hate-watching lately, how the types of shows on TV and their o…
Episode 5: Historical Trauma and the Roots of the Russia-Ukraine War (with Chrissy Stroop)
Anna talks with Conversationalist contributor and PhD in Modern Russian History, Chrissy Stroop (@c_stroop), about the historical context of the Russia-Ukraine war and the links between personal trau…
Episode 4: In Praise of Pleasure (with Cara Sheffler)
Anna is joined by journalist and Conversationalist contributor Cara Marsh Sheffler (@carasheffler) to discuss pleasure and its importance to daily life, to list guilty pleasures, and to speculate on …
Episode 3: All About Authoritarianism (with Natalia Antonova)
Anna sits down with journalist and online security expert Natalia Antonova (@NataliaAntonova) to discuss authoritarianism in the US and abroad, and debate whether the US is in danger of becoming - or…
Episode 2: Our Kind of Feminism (with Dr. M. Shadee Malaklou)
Anna sits down with Dr. M. Shadee Malaklou (@fanoniankilljoy), Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at Berea College and Director of the bell hooks center, for a conversation about femin…
Episode 1: Welcome to Unbreaking Media (with Brenna Erford)
Welcome to Unbreaking Media, a podcast by the Conversationalist! In these weekly episodes, Conversationalist founder Anna Lind-Guzik and guests will discuss the news, politics, and culture from the i…