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Media Buddhi
A podcast that gives us tools to navigate tricky, polarising questions with our friends, family and community. Each week, Venkatesh, Divya and Archis tackle words from a single letter (such as A for appropriation, allyship, algorithm, anxiety, etc.). mediabuddhi.substack.com
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13 episodi
Three Paragraphs From Three Books
One paragraph each from three books that I’ve been reading. What’s not to like about that, I thought. And so I decided to plunge headlong into the wor...
11. What Does A Year's Worth Of Fact-Checks Tell Us About Misinformation In India?
As digital investigators, fact-checkers are forced to look at the small picture, magnifying glass in hand. We zoom in so much—to work out if something...
10. What Is An 'IT Cell' Really?
How should we refer to the problem of information overload? Should we take a health ‘frame’ and speak of ‘information pollution’? We talk through vari...
9. Is 'Homosexual' A Neutral Term? And Revisiting The Hate Speech-Extreme Speech Framework
We have our first guest on the show today! Dr Ritumbra Manuvie at University College Groningen, who is also a founder of The London Story, a nonprofit...
8. A No-Confusion Guide To Gender, Sex, and Sexuality
In this episode, we discuss the following ‘G’ words: Gender, Gaslighting, Gatekeeping and Grassroots.
* Why Gender, Sex, Sexuality are often con...
7. What Does Feminism For Men Look Like And What Exactly Is The Difference Between Far-Right, Fascism, Fringe Elements and AntiFa?
In Episode 7 of the podcast, we discuss ‘F’ terms.
* Why Fake news is such a terrible term and what’s the difference between fact and truth.
6. 'Extreme Speech' Is A Better Term Than 'Hate Speech'. And Have We Retired 'Eve Teasing' As A Term Yet?
In Episode 6 of the podcast, we discuss four ‘E’ terms and words: equity-diversity-inclusion, ethics, extreme speech, and eve-teasing.
W...
5. Demographic Anxiety Leads To Religionized Disinformation + Decolonising Our Minds
In this, Episode 5 of the podcast, we examine five ‘D’ terms: disinformation, decisions, demographic anxiety, decolonising our minds, and dog whistlin...
4. M J Akbar, J K Rowling Aren't Really Cancelled, And The Dangers Of The Chilling Effect
While preparing for Episode 4 of Media Buddhi A-Z, we discovered that the term ‘cancel culture’ is a favoured term for people who identify with issues...
3. Call Them By Their True Names
Welcome to a special episode of Media Buddhi A-Z. This is a short episode in which I talk more about the need for this podcast, why it’s a podcast in...
2. What Does Being A Bhakt Really Mean? And How Does The Idea Of Bakwas Fit Into Our Information Ecosystem?
In this, Episode 2 of the podcast, we examine six words starting with the letter ‘B’: Bakwas (b******t), Bhakt, Backfire Effect, Blame, Bias and Big L...
1. What Can Ranveer Singh, A Viral Instagram Trend, George Orwell, and Aldous Huxley Teach Us?
Can understanding these seven words help us make better conversation, or failing that, make us understand the tricky subjects that they relate to? In...
The Media Buddhi A-Z Podcast Is Here!
Dear friends,
Media Buddhi A-Z is finally here! This week, we’re introducing it with a trailer, which is a 4:09 chunk from the first episode, wh...