Politainment for Change: Recent Episodes
Anna
Political information has become entertainment. As progressives have long-time lacked the opportunity to see the potential impact for democratic values and civility that political infotainment can bring, the 2020 election campaign has faced a turning point. Leading up to the election there have been several examples of politainment and stories fitting for politainment content that have mobilized activists and influenced politics.
Politainment for Change is made possible in cooperation with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Washington DC office. https://www.fesdc.org
AOC - Three letters that polarize like not other in US politics.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the youngest women ever elected to congress and one of the most successful politicians on social media.
In order to keep their momentum from the 2020 election, progressive can learn some takeaways from AOC - even without lipstick.
Show notes
Music by minwbu from Pixabay
Font used by permission from RAF web designs at rafwebdesigns.com/fonts
Audio Tracks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUmIdCClbTE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXqZllqGWGQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6reyiSpKuw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgvFf5Irywc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6hXgaJDuPE
Further Information
https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~jtreat/progressive.html
The movies "Black Panther" and "Crazy Rich Asians" have been seen as an impactful empowerment in minority communities through the empowering representation on the big screen. The impact of these two movies reaches beyond the box-office successes into real-life activism.
Show notes
Music by minwbu from Pixabay
Font used by permission from RAF web designs at rafwebdesigns.com/fonts
Audio Tracks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWRkHE19n5g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2i7utlGvO8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZIvXMfEB-s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRLhHa6ITBM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u08T3A7slkE
Further Information
https://bridgeurl.com/politainment-for-change-episode-4
What a ride this election has been!
From unpresidential debates and flies to twitch and online games.
From movie reunions and pop culture icons to first time voters and first time losers.
From Korea with love and through the internet.
Here are the Top 10 pop cultural moments of the 2020 election.
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Show notes
Music by minwbu from Pixabay
Font used by permission from RAF web designs at rafwebdesigns.com/fonts
Audio Tracks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSQXgBUcIE4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxZM5wB3nVM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0t8BTrW9NQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dbCc7vR310
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtrAwh0fWeA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5lq04YJPLs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG1jWzkjcmk
Further Information
https://bridgeurl.com/politainment-for-change-episode-3
When it comes to pop culture content the 2020 election campaign did not disappoint. From politicians playing online games to cat videos, there was a lot of content to choose from. But does the content actually reach outside of the political bubbles and makes politics more inclusive?
Ethan Zuckerman is a scholar, blogger and internet expert. You can find more information on him and his work here:
https://ethanzuckerman.com
The video from the Biden/Harris campaign:
https://twitter.com/joebiden/status/1317465638953168899
Shownotes
Music by minwbu from Pixabay
Font used by permission from RAF web designs at rafwebdesigns.com/fonts
Keeping up with the Kardashians and Criminal Justice
The Kardashian Family is famous for being famous. Yet recently Kim Kardashian has become more and more involved in the reform of the justice system and has personally contributed to the pardoning of several convicts. But should 190 Million followers give you the power to decide who deserves to be granted clemency and who deserves to be in prison?
Shownotes
Music by minwbu from Pixabay
Font used by permission from RAF web designs at rafwebdesigns.com/fonts
Audio Tracks
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX4POuG-gcg
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soLXy7f8dQI
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWdc7PyZNLA
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCwGWGWOHMA
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgIV6gCY1eQ
Futher information
- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-07-06-mn-12500-story.html
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/20/kim-kardashian-blasts-wall-street-journal-for-denying-armenian-g/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAdL43si5Bc
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX2p0A7_usQ
- https://www.eonline.com/news/343971/kim-kardashian-gets-political-why-she-s-headed-to-the-democratic-national-convention
- https://www.bustle.com/articles/174125-is-kim-kardashian-at-the-democratic-national-convention-shes-been-vocal-about-her-support-for-hillary
- https://www.wmagazine.com/story/kim-kardashian-prison-reform-trump-kushner/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/06/us/politics/trump-alice-johnson-sentence-commuted-kim-kardashian-west.html
- https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-statistics
- Kardashian West: The Justice Project
- https://www.bop.gov/about/history/federal_executions.jsp
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/arts/television/kim-kardashian-prison-reform.html