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Supercontext: an autopsy of media

A podcast autopsy of media: how we consume it and how it informs our everyday culture.

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Supercontext

Supercontext

This podcast ran independently from 2016 to 2020. We reflect on our goals in creating it and how successful those were w... Read more

1 May 2020

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