Hot Media with Bob Mann

About Hot Media with Bob Mann

Hot Media with Bob Mann examines the hottest media controversies and the hottest new content in mass media. Bob Mann, the creator and host, is Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Caldwell University in New Jersey. He is also a veteran broadcaster. Mann and his guests will not just discuss news and political coverage but movies, TV shows and sports coverage.

Publisher

Bob Mann

Category

news · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Sept 2020

Latest episode

19 Apr 2025

Latest episodes

109 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Apr 2025

   Hot Media 514-Public Media In Peril

   The Trump Administration reportedly plans to ask Congress to cut funding for PBS and NPR. On this episode of Hot Media, titled "Public Media In Peril," host Bob Mann talks with Fordham University Professor Paul Levinson about the Administration's motivation, what public media means to the nation and what NPR and PBS must do to stay alive.

2. 

   5 Feb 2025

   Hot Media with Bob Mann

   Reality shows dominate broadcast TV, cable and streaming. The genre has now made it to to the university campus. On this month's episode of Hot Media, host Bob Mann talks with Fordham University Associate Professor Brandy Monk-Payton about her course which examines the ethics of reality television. Dr. Monk-Payton and her students explore what she calls the genre's "messy moral compass."

3. 

   7 Oct 2024

   Hot Media 511-October Surprise

   The debates are over, but the role of media grows even larger in the final month of the Presidential campaign. Attack ads on TV, angrier speeches and candidate appearances on podcasts and entertainment shows are all in play. Bob talks about it with journalist and professor Rem Rieder.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

11 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 59 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

85

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

82

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Guest appearances

Books guests

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