The White House has seized control of the press pool from the White House Correspondents' Association. In this episode, Bob Deans, a journalist, author, and a former president of the association, describes the pool of reporters who cover the president that they are "proxies for those people across the country who care deeply about the presidency and will never have a chance to ask the president a question. .... It's a big responsibility." He talks about the vital issue of press freedom with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III.
A Novel Idea – Cara Giaimo – Atlas Obscura-Wild Life – Feb 23 2025
Host Noelle Boc interviews author Cara Giaimo about this dazzling, over-the-top collection of the world's most extraordinary wild species that takes you to all seven continents and beyond! (Co-author Joshua Foer)
White House Chronicle – New Realities In Journalism – Feb 10 2025
Jeffrey Cole, director of the Center for the Digital Future at USC Annenberg, discusses the new realities in journalism and their impact with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III.
A Novel Idea – Locker Room Talk – A Womans Struggle to Get Inside – Jan 7 25 2025
Host Noelle Boc has a conversation with author Melissa Ludtke about her memoir that highlights her time as a Sports Illustrated reporter. When she was barred from the locker rooms in Major League Baseball she charged Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn with gender discrimination which led her to win the groundbreaking case of Ludtke v. Kuhn that affirmed her right to equal rights for women to be hired in sports media.
Democracy Now – Ronan Farrow – Surveilled – January 1 2025
Open un-embeded reporting hosted by Amy Goodman. This show is about surveillance in the media and elsewhere with guest Ronan Farrow and his documentary "Surveilled."
White House Chronicle – Power of the New Media – Nov 17 2024
Podcasts, social media, blogs, oh, my! These communications sources have been simmering in U.S. elections for years, but came to a boil in the 2024 elections. Geoffrey Cowan, director of USC's Annenberg 's Center on Communication Leadership and Policy, discusses the rise and impact of the new media with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III.