Shut Your Newshole
By Newshole Media
Welcome to Shut Your Newshole. Each episode we dissect the important and not so important issues in the news. Your hosts, Frizell Bailey and Zak Mazur, bring their unique insights to the topics of the day.
Shut Your NewsholeOct 11, 2020
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Shut Your Newshole Presents: You Might Also Like
We've started a new show, You Might Also Like. The show, featuring T.J. Sizemore, discusses how algorithms affect our lives online and off. In the debut episode we talk about college rankings. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
College rankings have incredible influence over the colleges and universities that students and their families choose to attend. But should it? On this episode, we examine the U.S. News and World Reports college rankings.
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College rankings have incredible influence over the colleges and universities that students and their families choose to attend. But should it? On this episode, we examine the U.S. News and World Reports college rankings.
Apple Podcasts
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-might-also-like/id1532748862
Spotify
open.spotify.com/show/1sinTrmWo1xffKdGztqDJC
Oct 11, 202038:50
Shut Up and Dribble: George Flyod & Athlete Protest
In this episode, I speak with my good friend, writer and sports superfan, Nick Schreiter about pro athletes protests. Please note that this conversation was recorded before the Jacob Blake shooting.
Aug 28, 202043:42
Black Lives Matter: Defund Police to Prevent the Next George Floyd
On this episode we discuss the killing of George Floyd and the resulting protest. Do we need armed police for everything?
Aug 20, 202058:41
Black Indian: A Conversation with Poet & Author Shonda Buchanan
On this episode, I speak with Award-winning poet, author and educator Shonda Buchanan, author of the memoir, Black Indian. We discuss the complex history and legacy of interactions between Native Americans and free and enslaved blacks in this country.
Shonda was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, a daughter of Mixed Bloods, tri-racial and tri-ethnic African American, American Indian and European-descendant families who migrated from North Carolina and Virginia in the mid-1700 to 1800s to Southwestern Michigan. Black Indian, her memoir, begins the saga of these migration stories of Free People of Color communities exploring identity, ethnicity, landscape and loss. See links below to read more about her work.
www.shondabuchanan.com
www.wsupress.wayne.edu/books/detail/black-indian
bookshop.org/books/black-indian/9780814345801
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Shonda was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, a daughter of Mixed Bloods, tri-racial and tri-ethnic African American, American Indian and European-descendant families who migrated from North Carolina and Virginia in the mid-1700 to 1800s to Southwestern Michigan. Black Indian, her memoir, begins the saga of these migration stories of Free People of Color communities exploring identity, ethnicity, landscape and loss. See links below to read more about her work.
www.shondabuchanan.com
www.wsupress.wayne.edu/books/detail/black-indian
bookshop.org/books/black-indian/9780814345801
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Apr 13, 202001:06:14
23 Miles & Running: From the Cotton Fields of Mississippi to Iraq to the White House
On this episode, I speak with Ty Pinkins, former Communications Aide to the President of the United States at the White House Communications Agency and the author of the new book 23 Miles & Running: My American Journey from chopping cotton in the Mississippi Delta to sleeping in the White House. Ty is also founder and president of the Pyramid Project, a nonprofit dedicated the development and mentorship of youth. Check it out at https://www.pyramidproject.org.
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Mar 22, 202058:04
Is AI Racist?
On today’s show I speak with T.J. Sizemore. We discuss the impact of AI on everything from job hunting to criminal justice. T.J. is trained in computational data analytics. AI is often positioned as a miracle technology that provides an objective way to make decisions and predict future behavior. According to T.J., AI is anything but objective.
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Oct 22, 201939:22
What to Do About Fake News and False Consensus on Facebook
Zak and I discuss my recent conversation with Dr. Tasik Hwang. What are we to do as individuals about fake news, deep fakes and the like?
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Aug 23, 201935:23
Fake News and False Consensus on Facebook
On this episode, I interview Dr. Taisik Hwang, visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. We discuss the problem of fake news on facebook and the phenomenon of false consensus. We also talk about the things users, social media companies and regulators can do to mitigate the problem.
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Jul 25, 201934:02
Politically Correct: What Are You Laughing At?
On this episode, we discuss history and social/political impact of what is commonly known as Political Correctness. Please rate and review us on your podcast service of choice.
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Mar 12, 201948:32
Drugs Are Bad: The Opioid Crisis Pt. 2
In this episode, Zak and I discuss his interview with his brother Max about his experience with opioid addiction.
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Check out Zak’s Article.
www.jewishchronicle.org/2018/03/15/when-the-opioid-epidemic-hits-home/
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www.jewishchronicle.org/2018/03/15/when-the-opioid-epidemic-hits-home/
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Jan 22, 201930:32
Drugs Are Bad: The Opioid Crisis Pt. 1
In this episode, Zak talks with his brother Max to gain understanding of opioid addiction.
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www.jewishchronicle.org/2018/03/15/when-the-opioid-epidemic-hits-home/
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Please rate and review us on your podcast service of choice.
Check out Zak’s Article.
www.jewishchronicle.org/2018/03/15/when-the-opioid-epidemic-hits-home/
Special thanks to Amir Jacob for our awesome logo.
Jan 17, 201930:55
Opioid Crisis Trailer
We are returning soon from the holiday break. In our next show we tackle the opioid crisis. Zak interviews someone who knows opioid addiction first hand.
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Jan 11, 201900:25
Kanye’s MAGA Hat is His Super Power
On this episode, we discuss celebrity and politics. From Donald Trump to Kanye West to Cynthia Nixon, we wrestle with what it all means for the American electoral politics.
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Nov 21, 201825:03
Taking a Knee in the NFL
In this episode, we discuss Colin Kaepernick's NFL protests and Serena Williams US Open meltdown. Issues of race are at the center of both of these topics, and in the case of Serena Williams, also gender. We try to get to how this plays out and why black and women athletes appear to be held to a different standard when it comes to speaking out and advocating for themselves.
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Oct 11, 201839:48
Facebook, Fake News & Banning Speech on Social Media
Welcome to our debut episode of Shut Your Newshole. In this episode, we discuss Facebook and other social media platforms banning rightwing & Alt-Right conspiracy theorists like Alex Jones.
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Oct 03, 201836:16