The Kicker
Columbia Journalism Review
The Kicker is a podcast on the media and the world today. It comes out twice a month, hosted by Josh Hersh and produced by Amanda Darrach for the Columbia Journalism Review. It is available wherever you get your podcasts, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
Episodes
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Jan 24, 2019 • 22min
Podcast: In conversation with Jill Abramson on her new book, Merchants of Truth
Podcast: In conversation with Jill Abramson on her new book, Merchants of Truth by Columbia Journalism Review
Jan 17, 2019 • 17min
Podcast: Slate charts its survival through the digital winter
ON THIS WEEK’S EPISODE, CJR Editor and Publisher Kyle Pope speaks with David Uberti, on Slate’s survival strategy—in part as an audio production company.
Jan 10, 2019 • 22min
Podcast: How did the media handle Trump’s Oval office address?
ON THIS WEEK’S EPISODE, CJR Editor and Publisher Kyle Pope speaks with staff writer Jon Allsop about how the media handled Trump’s address from the Oval Office. They also discuss the mistakes journalists can avoid as they prepare to cover the 2020 presidential race.
Dec 20, 2018 • 29min
Podcast: A look back at 2018
Podcast: A look back at 2018 by Columbia Journalism Review
Dec 13, 2018 • 17min
The Washington Post starts a daily news podcast in a saturated market
The Washington Post starts a daily news podcast in a saturated market by Columbia Journalism Review
Dec 7, 2018 • 21min
Mathew Ingram on the downfall of digital media
ON THIS WEEK'S EPISODE, CJR EDITOR AND PUBLISHER KYLE POPE talks to Mathew Ingram, CJR’s chief digital writer about Mic’s shutdown and layoffs, and the future of digital media websites.
Nov 29, 2018 • 15min
Gisele Regatao on NPR’s accent bias
Gisele Regatao on NPR’s accent bias by Columbia Journalism Review
Nov 15, 2018 • 17min
David Little on putting out a paper during the Paradise fire
ON THIS WEEK’S EPISODE, CJR Editor and Publisher Kyle Pope speaks with David Little, editor of the Chico Enterprise-Record about running his newsroom during the Camp Fire disaster.
Nov 8, 2018 • 21min
Jelani Cobb and Lydia Polgreen on race, politics, and the media
ON THIS WEEK’S EPISODE, Jelani Cobb of The New Yorker and guest editor of CJR’s issue on race, speaks with Lydia Polgreen, editor in chief of HuffPost, on racism in the press and why we aren’t doing a better job of diversifying newsrooms.
Nov 1, 2018 • 21min
How bad will this get?
ON THIS WEEK’S EPISODE, CJR Editor and Publisher Kyle Pope speaks with Todd Gitlin and Michael Schudson, journalism professors at the Columbia Journalism School, about Trump’s attacks on the press and what it means for democracy in the US.
