The Kicker is a podcast on the media and the world today. It comes out twice a month, hosted by Josh Hersh and produced by Amanda Darrach for the Columbia Journalism Review. It is available wherever you get your podcasts, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
A CJR Podcast
The Kicker
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What did we know and when?
Alex Thompson on Biden’s mental decline
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Not even ‘no comment’
Paul Farhi on the media’s struggles with relevance
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Haaretz’s unique role
How Israeli journalists are covering the country
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Crisis at Columbia
A conversation with Jelani Cobb
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Talking to the minds behind ‘Inside Wagner’
Video journalism unmasks Russia’s secretive mercenary group
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‘Self-regulated cartels’
How to revive investigative sports reporting in the age of the athlete