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Media, Culture, and Why we feel like crying so much

Media, Culture, & Why we feel like crying so much is a podcast about media in daily life with Stefanie Chae and Grant Lattanzi. In each episode, we use media theory to make sense of our everyday media habits, practices, and experiences. Connect with us on Instagram: @mediacultureandwhypod

Media and the Home

45 mins; October 22, 2025

Media, Culture, and Fetishized with Kaila Yu

33 mins; August 18, 2025

Flags, Rituals, and The Fourth of July

28 mins; July 04, 2025

Media, Culture, and Tech with Mehedi Zaman

48 mins; June 02, 2025

Media, Culture, and Standpoint Theory with Kayla Wentzel

45 mins; April 21, 2025

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44 mins; March 24, 2025

We’re Back: 2025 Zeitgeist

45 mins; February 24, 2025

Is AI just a clever horse?

47 mins; November 21, 2024

Media and Elections

33 mins; August 29, 2024

Presence with Dr. Jeanine Turner

42 mins; June 27, 2024

This episode is not about contradictions

38 mins; March 28, 2024

What is at stake under data colonialism?

51 mins; February 29, 2024

Zoella and Margot Lee: Influencers and Intimacy

55 mins; February 01, 2024

One year of spectacle, data colonialism, and Stanley cups

41 mins; January 18, 2024

Santa vs. Infant Holy: the dialectic of Christmas

39 mins; December 21, 2023

Love conquers all: mediating dating

39 mins; December 14, 2023

Fandoms

38 mins; November 30, 2023

In defense of influencer snark pagers

39 mins; November 09, 2023

Pop off Lefebvre — Boredom in everyday life

39 mins; October 26, 2023

Access to media is access to information

36 mins; October 05, 2023

Catching up

60 hours 2 mins; September 28, 2023

Keeping up with the media

38 mins; July 08, 2023

There’s a reality show out there for everybody

60 hours 56 mins; June 29, 2023

“The promise of community is everywhere, but it’s fulfilled almost nowhere”: A shift from community to individualism

62 hours 51 mins; June 22, 2023

Ambient Media Consumption

34 mins; June 15, 2023

Unpacking "Speaking into the air"

39 mins; June 08, 2023

Unpacking "Communication as Culture"

60 hours 20 mins; June 01, 2023

Products elevating daily life???: Reacting to Emma Chamberlain's "Day in the Life" podcast ep (part 2)

82 hours 3 mins; May 25, 2023

How we talk about our day: Reacting to Emma Chamberlain's "Day in the Life"

53 mins; May 18, 2023

You're telling me an industry made this culture?

66 hours 31 mins; April 27, 2023

You might have Adorno syndrome: yelling for an hour about concepts

54 mins; April 13, 2023

Media we've encountered this week: "the marvelous clouds" to sponsored lip fillers

58 mins; April 07, 2023

Alcohol (and drugs) in media: models of consumption, social behavior, and American identity

57 mins; March 30, 2023

Internet memes as discourse (and Stef yells about the Metaverse)

59 mins; March 23, 2023

There's no difference between Shrek and Kim Kardashian: Let's talk about celebrities

66 hours 47 mins; March 16, 2023

Welcome to Media Life

64 hours 53 mins; March 02, 2023

Mediating college

58 mins; February 23, 2023

We talk about PTO like we talk about sex: Paid time off and discourses of work/labor

37 mins; February 16, 2023

Mental health discourse in social media

56 mins; February 09, 2023

Media that shapes us: Get to know Stef and Grant

68 hours 17 mins; February 02, 2023

Gordon Ramsay: True American. Talking about military propaganda in US Media

50 mins; January 26, 2023

Green is healthy: learning about our bodies through media

63 hours 58 mins; January 18, 2023

Get out of the way, we have a picture to take: Weddings and The Society of The Spectacle

53 mins; January 12, 2023

Consumption as Entertainment: Naturalization and what we mean by culture

39 mins; January 12, 2023

Where do you sit in the social media cafeteria?: the algorithm and TikTok changing the video landscape

41 mins; January 12, 2023

Media, Culture, and Why we feel like crying so much

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