Show #843 4.20.15 Baby Boomers and Pop Culture
Topic: New book about Boomers and media since the 60s
Guest: Thom Gencarelli Professor Manhattan College
Show 842 4.13.15 McLuhan Today
Topic: What might Marshall McLuhan think of media in 2015?
Guest: Prof. Paul Levinson
Show # 841
Airdate: April 6, 2015
Guest: Hadas Gold of Politico.com
Topics: Trevor Noah tweet controversy, White House Correspondents award winners and new conservative website.
Show# 839 3.30.15: Poll on Most Trusted TV News
Topic: Quinnipiac Poll about the most trusted TV news network, the fate of Brian Williams and a successor for Jon Stewart. We provide details and perspective on the poll not often mentioned in other media. Also, a replay of highlights from an interview with author Mike Kelly about his book “The Bus on Jaffa Road.”
Guests: Tim Malloy of Quinnipiac Poll and Mike Kelly of The Record newspaper.
Show# 838 3.23.15: Political Ads Still a Factor
Guest: Rem Rieder, Media Columnist USA Today
Topic: Political ads are dwarfing local TV News political coverage according to a new study. Rem and I discuss this and other topics.
Show #837: 3.16.15 Beth Fowler
Guest: Beth Fowler
Topic: One of the stars of “Orange Is the New Black” returns to Caldwell University for an interview in front of a live audience.
Show #836: 3.9.15: SNL ISIS Sketch & Net Neutrality
Two topics with two guests:
Guests: Erik Voss of Splitsider.com & Prof Paul Levinson of Fordham University
Topics: SNL ISIS sketch controversy and the facts on “net neutrality”
Show #835 3.2.15: Free Speech
Guest: Thomas Healy, Law Professor Seton Hall University
Topic: All aspects of free speech dating back to Oliver Wendell Holmes
Show #834 2.23.15: TV Worth Watching
Guest: Dave Bianculli, NPR TV Critic and editor of TVworthwatching.com
Topic: SNL 40th anniversary and the power of satire
Show #833 2.16.15: Pete Dominick
Guest: Sirius XM Insight’s creative force Peter Dominck
Topic: We discuss media issues including the limits of free speech (one of my obsessions), “Mean World Syndrome” and the state of talk radio.
