CS 623: Tech Media and Politics pt 1

This week Trevor sits down with Nitish Pahwa (https://www.nitishpahwa.com/) and Mo Diggs (https://supculture.substack.com/) to talk about what to expect over the next 4 years when Trump jumps back into the oval office while comparing it to what we’ve had in the past.

Nitish Pahwa is an associate writer for business and tech at Slate.com. He’s also written for the New York Times and Passion of the Weiss, and he lives in Brooklyn.

Mo Diggs writes about tech, culture and legacy media. His Substack, Cross Current, looks at the intersection between the new media trends of today and the legacy media trends of yesterday. It has been mentioned in the New York Times and it costs nothing to subscribe — for now.

LINKS IN THIS EPISODE CAN BE FOUND AT:

• Cable TV Is on Its Very Last Legs. Next Year May Be the End. https://slate.com/technology/2024/11/nbcuniversal-spinning-off-msnbc-cnbc-spinco.html
• How the PayPal Mafia Looks Set To Dominate the New Administration https://www.investopedia.com/the-paypal-mafia-8759491
• The Last Days of Disco Liberalism https://supculture.substack.com/p/the-last-days-of-disco-liberalism
• The Death of the Liberal Media https://supculture.substack.com/p/the-death-of-the-liberal-media
• ABC Had Good Legal Reasons to Settle with Trump https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/12/21/abc-news-settlement-trump-media-threats-00195761
• MSNBC Reportedly Tells Two More Anchors To Take Pay Cuts Amid Ratings Tank https://www.yahoo.com/news/msnbc-reportedly-tells-two-more-163309834.html
• How the Paypal Mafia Looks Set to Dominate the New Administration https://www.investopedia.com/the-paypal-mafia-8759491
• The Quiet Political Rise of David Sacks, Silicon Valley’s Prophet of Urban Doom https://newrepublic.com/article/168125/david-sacks-elon-musk-peter-thiel

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Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (https://www.patreon.com/PiercedEarsRecordingCo). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)