Bringing the disciplines of media and cultural studies into the everyday, this podcast lays down key theories and concepts and uses them to explain why the world is the way it is, offering a different take of what happens in media, pop-culture and politics.
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Signup to Generate a PitchBringing the disciplines of media and cultural studies into the everyday, this podcast lays down key theories and concepts and uses them to explain why the world is the way it is, offering a different take of what happens in media, pop-culture and politics.
Recent episodes include "Podcasting Degree Zero Orientalism" (5 December 2025, 52 minutes), "A Media and Cultural Studies Approach to Gen AI" (17 October 2025, 60 minutes), and "What Is Surveillance Capitalism?" (29 August 2025, 63 minutes).
Podcasting Degree Zero publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 51 minutes across 14 episodes.
Booking probability for Podcasting Degree Zero is 19%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Podcasting Degree Zero requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Podcasting Degree Zero's contact route on record: verified email.
Podcasting Degree Zero is a society show with 14 episodes published.
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Episode #5
<p>In this episode James Hall, Dr Laura Glitsos and Dr Jessica Taylor discuss Edward Said's concept of Orientalism. They cover how the West defines and constructs the East, the implications of this, and how Orientalism...
Episode #3
<p>In this episode we explore the concept and development of Surveillance Capitalism. Working from the writings of Shoshana Zuboff we define what it is, how it became so prevalent so quickly and what it means for the...
Episode #2
<p>In this episode James, Laura and Jess look at George Ritzer's concept of McDonaldization. Influenced by Max Weber and his work on rationality, and subesquent irrationality of rationality, McDonaldization looks at how...
Episode #1
<p>We're back for a thrid season of Podcasting Degree Zero. In this episode James, Laura and Jessica explore neoliberalism, what is it and why is it important?</p>
Episode #3
<p>In this episode James, Laura and Jess delove into the potentially confusing world of discourse.</p> <p>They discuss what this word means when it is used in Media and Cultural Studies and what it can be useful in...
Episode #2
<p>This week we look at the concept of ideology in the context of Media and Cultural Studies. It's a word we use often, but when discussed in these disciplines it has some nuanced aspects. Join James, Laura and Jess as...
Episode #1
<p>After a short...ahem...break Podcasting Degree Zero is back for a second season. To start off James, Laura and Jess take a look at the metaverse from a Media and Cultural Studies angle because...well...not many other...
Episode #6
<p>Last episode looked at some of the characteristics and implications of globalization, so we obliged ourselves to turn to nationalism in this episode of Podcasting Degree Zero.</p>
Episode #5
<p>Globalization is pretty complex and James, Jess and Laura are here in this episode to help start breaking it down.</p>
Episode #4
<p>Every wondered what the heck people are talking about when they're talking about postmodernism? In this episode of Podcasting Degree Zero James, Jess and Laura take a look at some of the key characteristics of...
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<p>In this episode James, Jess and Laura move on from structuralism and take a look at its evolution into the realm of post-structuralism.</p>
Episode #2
<p>James Hall, Dr Laura Glitsos and Dr Jessica Taylor give an introduction to the school of structuralism, what it is and why it is still relevant.</p>
Episode #1
<p>In this first episode we explore what the disciplines of Media Studies and Cultural Studies are and why they are important in the 21st century.</p>
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