Hard Reset

In this episode, Mollie talks with Cassie Miller, Senior Research Analyst with the Southern Poverty Law Center, about the so-called “Boogaloo Boys” after recent violent confrontations and arrests. Then, we’ll hear from author and journalist Jacob Silverman about the difficulty of reporting on Facebook.

In this episode, Mollie talks to Dylan Goforth, Editor in Chief of The Frontier, about the controversies surrounding President Trump’s first campaign rally since the COVID crisis began. Then Molly and JC discuss the history of surveillance and tactics used against racial justice protesters. 

In this episode, JC and Justin talk with Big if True founder Mollie
Bryant about the unprecedented scale and intensity of protests against
police violence and racial discrimination in the wake of the killing of
George Floyd. The crew discusses the many ways journalists and news
organizations affect the framing and interpretation of events in society
and how the social responsibility of journalists is being questioned as
technology enables governments and individuals to target activists.

In this episode Mollie, Justin, and JC discuss the causes and impact of “news burnout” and how to build resilience to the fatigue caused by long, stressful news cycles. We’ll hear from several guests about their experience with news burnout and their strategies for coping when the piles of bad news start to get too heavy.

In their first broadcast episode Molly, Justin, and JC explain a little bit about Hard Reset and Big If True before digging into this week’s topics. Justin and JC will hear how Mollie examined President Trump’s pardon of Michael Milken and learn what history and connections surround the former Junk Bond King. Then, former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has joined the Democratic Presidential field of hopefuls and “up come the embarrassing sound bites.” Did Bloomberg imply that America’s farmers are lacking gray matter?