Michael and Us: Cinematic Civics Lesson
Jun 22, 2024•1 hr 6 min
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Episode description
When our politicians fail us, can journalism save us? We revisit George Clooney's GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK (2005), about Edward R. Murrow's battle with Joseph McCarthy, and get a lesson in how the liberal imagination remembers the Red Scare. PLUS: the rise of A.I. in the arts and the state of the center-left in Europe.
"Liberals, I Do Despise" by Adolph Reed Jr. - https://www.commondreams.org/views/2009/12/09/liberals-i-do-despise
"On Smarm" by Tom Scocca - https://www.gawkerarchives.com/on-smarm-1476594977
"Europe Is Warning Us" by Grace Blakeley - https://tribunemag.co.uk/2024/06/europe-is-warning-us
Michael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.
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