Citations Needed
Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson
4.8from 6,066 ratings
- 390
- Episodes
- 106
- Transcribed
- 6,066
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
About Citations Needed
Citations Needed is a podcast about the intersection of media, PR, and power, hosted by Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson.
- Publisher
- Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson
- Category
- news · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 12 Jul 2017
- Latest episode
- 4 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
106 of 390 episodes have a transcript.
4 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Election Night Livestream: Blue Megatsunami, the El-Sayed Narrative Game and the Battle Over What It All Means
28 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Live Show Beg-a-Thon: Ben Shapiro, Sex-Pest Actor Comebacks, and the New Elevated Right-Wing Cinema
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Live Show Beg-A-Thon: Wednesday Oct 21 - Promo!
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Election Night Livestream: Blue Megatsunami, the El-Sayed Narrative Game and the Battle Over What It All Means
Published 4 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] When you remove Trump from the Republican Party, when you exceptionalize him as this foreign exogenous thing, which again, I know we've been ranting about for 10 years on this podcast, What you do is you just get the Republican Party off the hook and the broader right wing forces that promote their odious agenda. […]
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- Josh Olson
- Jack Mirkinson
- John Patrick Leary
- Tobita Chow
- Amy Woodson Bolton
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 3,932 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 2,134 ratings
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- 93
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 99
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