Ep. 77 - Independent Media Creation in the Age of Spin (& Capital) ft. Sophie Elizabeth James

BrownTown gets meta with return guest Sophie Elizabeth James,
sociologist, program manager in the anti-human trafficking
sector, and creator of the Unpaid Emotional Labor podcast. The
team dissects our current independent media landscape and the
digital and socio-political histories that make it up. While they
center their own experience in making films and podcasts and
using social media, they also lean into noteworthy media events
in relation to dominant narratives on "propaganda", media
literacy, and the issues of too many dudes with podcasts.


Full Transcriptions Here!


GUEST
Sophie Elizabeth James is a political sociologist and project
manager in the anti-human trafficking sector and creator of the
Unpaid Emotional Labor podcast. With a masters in sociology AND
pop culture, she aims to provide nuance and levity to topics
taken for granted. She is most interested in how folx negotiate
their identities in the sociopolitical and engaging in a system
that seeks to destroy. Her favorite pastimes are verbally
eviscerating bored trolls with expert use of their colonized
language. Follow Sophie on Instagram and Unpaid Emotional Labor
on Instagram and Patreon.


Mentioned in episode:


Joseph Goebbels and “Triumph of the Will”

Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times

Media Literacy information

Lil' Wayne - "Live from the 504" Freestyle

Ep. 46 - Exploring Blackness & Cultural Media ft.
Courtney Phillips & Matthew Manning of Gumbo Media



 


CREDITS: Intro/outro music XXX by
Kendrick Lamar. Audio engineered by Kiera Battles. Episode photo
by Victoria Price.


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