Bringing the disciplines of media and cultural studies into the everyday, this podcast lays down key theories and concepts and uses them to explain why the world is the way it is, offering a different take of what happens in media, pop-culture and politics.
In this episode James Hall, Dr Laura Glitsos and Dr Jessica Taylor discuss Edward Said's concept of Orientalism. They cover how the West defines and constructs the East, the implications of this, and how Orientalism relates to the concepts of ideology and discourse.
17 Oct 2025
A Media and Cultural Studies Approach to Gen AI
29 Aug 2025
What Is Surveillance Capitalism?
In this episode we explore the concept and development of Surveillance Capitalism. Working from the writings of Shoshana Zuboff we define what it is, how it became so prevalent so quickly and what it means for the world we're living in.
Featuring James Hall, Dr Laura Glitsos and Dr Jessica Taylor.
You can check out this short(ish) documentary featuring Shoshana Zuboff exploring Surveillance Capitalism here.
11 Oct 2024
What Is McDonaldization?
In this episode James, Laura and Jess look at George Ritzer's concept of McDonaldization. Influenced by Max Weber and his work on rationality, and subesquent irrationality or rationality, McDonaldization looks at how some core principles exemplified by the fast food chain have come to dominate most aspects of society and culture.
As mentioned in the episode...
Here are a couple of news articles about Lionsgate's AI deal with Runway from the BBC and The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/sep/18/lionsgate-ai).
27 Sept 2024
What Is Neoliberalism?
We're back for a thrid season of Podcasting Degree Zero. In this episode James, Laura and Jessica explore neoliberalism, what is it and why is it important?
23 Jan 2022
PDZ 203 Discourse
In this episode James, Laura and Jess delove into the potentially confusing world of discourse.
They discuss what this word means when it is used in Media and Cultural Studies and what it can be useful in identifying.
22 Nov 2021
Ideology: An Introduction
This week we look at the concept of ideology in the context of Media and Cultural Studies. It's a word we use often, but when discussed in these disciplines it has some nuanced aspects. Join James, Laura and Jess as they discuss what we talk about when we're talking about ideology.
22 Nov 2021
PDZ 201 The Metaverse
After a short...ahem...break Podcasting Degree Zero is back for a second season. To start off James, Laura and Jess take a look at the metaverse from a Media and Cultural Studies angle because...well...not many other people seem to be.
16 Oct 2019
What Is Nationalism?
Last episode looked at some of the characteristics and implications of globalization, so we obliged ourselves to turn to nationalism in this episode of Podcasting Degree Zero.
16 Oct 2019
What is Globalization?
Globalization is pretty complex and James, Jess and Laura are here in this episode to help start breaking it down.
16 Oct 2019
What Is Postmodernism?
Every wondered what the heck people are talking about when they're talking about postmodernism? In this episode of Podcasting Degree Zero James, Jess and Laura take a look at some of the key characteristics of postmodernism.
23 Apr 2019
003: What Is Post-Structuralism?
In this episode James, Jess and Laura move on from structuralism and take a look at its evolution into the realm of post-structuralism.
24 Jan 2019
002: What Is Structuralism?
James Hall, Dr Laura Glitsos and Dr Jessica Taylor give an introduction to the school of structuralism, what it is and why it is still relevant.
28 Nov 2018
What Is Media & Cultural Studies
In this first episode we explore what the disciplines of Media Studies and Cultural Studies are and why they are important in the 21st century.
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