Best Aimee Beltran Podcasts (2024)

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219: Stop JUST Asking How Much Weight I've Lost 26:42

2h ago26:42

26:42

Send me a Text! Stop asking people how much weight they've lost. Listen. I get it. Whenever we see someone losing weight or hear about them taking the GLP-1 injections, we want to know how much weight they've lost. Speaking from experience, I hate that question. Nobody ever asks if you've maintained or not gained. Nobody ever asks how you're feelin…

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218: What are You Associating with Your Goal Weight? 36:12

14d ago36:12

36:12

Send me a Text! What kind of life do you associate with your goal weight? What type of person will you become at that weight? It's not about the number on the scale. It's what you associate with weighing that number. What do you think weighing that weight will do for you? What will life be like at that number? In this episode, we are exploring that…

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217: All Fat is Not Created Equal and Other Ramblings 34:07

1M ago34:07

34:07

Send me a Text! This episode is a bit different. I'm chit-chatting and sharing what's on my mind and some thoughts I've had recently. One of them is that not all fat is created equal. This is exactly why you can't obsess about the number on the scale. Hope you like this one! Subscribe to the podcast free with the Amazon Music app. Amazon Music prov…

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216: 10 Pounds 10 Times - Vacation Weight Loss? 9:51

1M ago9:51

9:51

Send me a Text! After a fun little trip to the mountains with the kids, I'm back from spring break. You better believe I didn't hesitate to jump on the scale and weigh in. You won't believe what I saw! I'm sharing all the deets with you in this episode of 10 Pounds 10 Times. I use Mochi Health to get my Tirzepatide injections and it is SO easy. Her…

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215: Food Isn't Fun Anymore 58:02

1M ago58:02

58:02

Send me a Text! I had a huge epiphany on spring break last week in the mountains. I realized that food just isn't as fun anymore since starting the Tirzepatide injections. I would even venture to say this must be what "normal" people feel like in terms of eating. It's truly blowing my mind. In this episode, I'm unpacking those thoughts with you alo…

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214: 10 Pounds 10 Times - It's About Damn Time! 23:12

2M ago23:12

23:12

Send me a Text! I am SO excited to share this week's weigh-in results and what's going on with my Tirzepatide injections. I use Mochi Health to get my Tirzepatide injections and it is SO easy. Here is my referral code for $40 off your first month at Mochi Health: JB3O3S Subscribe to the podcast free with the Amazon Music app. Amazon Music provides …

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213: My Thoughts on Oprah's Shame, Blame, and the Weightloss Revolution Special 46:02

2M ago46:02

46:02

Send me a Text! I want to share my thoughts and opinions on the recent Oprah Hulu special, "Shame, Blame, and the Weightloss Revolution." It's a deep discussion on GLP-1 weightloss injections, the weightloss industry, and obesity. I use Mochi Health to get my Tirzepatide injections and it is SO easy. As promised, here is my referral code for $40 of…

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212: 10 Pounds 10 Times - Almost There 7:57

2M ago7:57

7:57

Send me a Text! I'm back with this week's weigh-in! It's been a minute so let's get into it. Subscribe to the podcast free with the Amazon Music app. Amazon Music provides Prime members with access to millions of songs, top podcasts, and thousands of playlists and Stations ad-free, included with Prime at no additional cost. Sign up here for a free …

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211: Live Each Day Like It's Your Last is Trash Advice 37:20

3M ago37:20

37:20

Send me a Text! I'm not ready to spring forward . . . yet. The recent time change got me thinking about how fast we are always springing forward to the next thing. That phrase, "live each day like it's your last" is tossed around as a surface-level BS motivational quote. The idea of living each day like it's my last gives me anxiety. It's chaotic, …

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210: 10 Things You Have to Give Up to Lose Weight 45:23

3M ago45:23

45:23

Send me a Text! You say you want to lose weight. Are you willing to give up the old you to transform into who you know you're meant to be? It's about way more than what goes in your mouth. It's more about what you think and feel about yourself and your weight. In this episode, I'm sharing the ten things that you need to give up in order to lose you…

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209: Irresistible Links: Dying in Plain Sight, Backhanded Compliments, and Self-Care Days 39:32

3M ago39:32

39:32

Send me a Text! Welcome to Irresistible Links, a new series on the podcast. This is a round-up, commentary-style series where I share the latest news and headlines about plus-size fashion, body image, weight loss, and more. I also share with you "irresistible" things I love this week. This week, I'm giving my 2 cents about the Lifetime Movie, Dying…

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208: 7 Types of Rest (it's not the same as sleep!) 27:47

3M ago27:47

27:47

Send me a Text! Do you ever wake up in the morning and still feel like you haven't slept? You feel a deep exhaustion in your bones that sleep will never satisfy? That is because sleep and rest are not the same thing! I recently discovered the 7 types of rest from Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith. Check this episode out to see which type of rest your body i…

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207: What to Do When You're Uninspired 31:05

4M ago31:05

31:05

Send me a Text! I have been feeling quite uninspired lately not just in weight loss, but in life. I think a lot of it was coming from the nonstop circus in the past week where I haven't had a break or time. This past weekend was awesome, but it wasn't relaxing. My daughter had her first cheer competition weekend, which was so much fun but was busy,…

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206: 10 Pounds, 10 Times - Terrible Threes & Non-Scale Victories 21:48

4M ago21:48

21:48

Send me a Text! I'm back with this week's weigh-in! This week, I'm sharing what's been going on here and how it's effected my results. There are also some amazing non-scale victories! Subscribe to the podcast free with the Amazon Music app. Amazon Music provides Prime members with access to millions of songs, top podcasts, and thousands of playlist…

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205: The Art of Slowing Down in Winter 37:13

4M ago37:13

37:13

Send me a Text! January should be easy and slow. It should mimic what's going on in nature. It's a time of reflection, hibernation, and easing back into life. A slower pace does not mean giving up or not accomplishing your goals. We need to stop this societal BS that we need to be perfect starting in January. Come along with me in this episode as I…

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204: Irresistible Links: Airlines, Thongs, Fat Actresses, and More! 46:44

4M ago46:44

46:44

Send me a Text! Welcome to the first episode of Irresistible Links, a new series on the podcast. This is a round-up, commentary-style series where I share the latest news and headlines about plus-size fashion, body image, weight loss, and more. I also share with you "irresistible" things I love this week. Give it a listen, and let me know what you …

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203: 10 Pounds, 10 Times - The Hyperlapse 8:29

4M ago8:29

8:29

Send me a Text! It's time for this week's weigh-in results. I also shared an aha moment I had while helping Catalina and Javi with a science experiment to teach them how water turns into ice. Tune in and grab a nugget of inspiration for your own weight loss journey. Subscribe to the podcast free with the Amazon Music app. Amazon Music provides Prim…

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202: Breaking Through Plateaus: Uplevel Your Weight Loss Journey 28:24

4M ago28:24

28:24

Send me a Text! In this episode, I am talking about our frustration when we hit that dreaded weight loss plateau. We've all been there—initial success, feeling unstoppable, and then BAM, the scale stops moving. But here's the rub: what got you here won't get you there. The pounds come off faster when you first start your weight loss journey because…

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201: 10 Pounds 10 Times: Renewing my Weight Loss Journey 18:44

5M ago18:44

18:44

Send me a Text! I'm back with the 10 Pounds 10 Times series. I am DONE losing the same 10 pounds all year long. We are going to get this weight off in 2024. OK!!!! Here's my first episode of the year. Things can only go down from here . . . in the best way possible! Support the Show.By Aimee Beltran

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200: The New Year Transition 48:19

5M ago48:19

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Send me a Text! Back to life....back to reality! Happy New Year! It was ROUGH waking up today after all the Christmas break adventures. I shared some chit-chat about how my break was and how we need to give ourselves grace in the new year transition. You don't need to hit the ground running this first week. You don't need to do anything perfect jus…

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199: Weight Gain Doesn't "Just" Happen During the Holidays 30:19

6M ago30:19

30:19

Send me a Text! It's the most wonderful time of the year!! Yea, yea, yea. The holiday season is here and you know what that means. Food, parties, mystery weight gain, and empty promises to yourself to start over next year. Newsflash! The weight gain doesn't "just" happen during the holidays. It happens when you mentally and emotionally disconnect a…

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198: Life Lately - Happy Thanksgiving! 16:46

6M ago16:46

16:46

By Aimee Beltran

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197: World Diabetes Day and Why You Need To Stop Holding Back Your Gifts 49:44

7M ago49:44

49:44

Send me a Text! November 14th is World Diabetes Day. My daughter lives with Type 1 Diabetes and this day is very near and dear to my heart. In honor of Dr. Banting, who discovered insulin in 1921, we are talking about sharing your gifts with the world. It's time to stop sitting around feeling scared to try. You never know how you could change someo…

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196: Practice Makes Progress (NOT Perfect) 33:14

7M ago33:14

33:14

Send me a Text! There's a running joke about how I keep burning my Mexican rice. It came out perfectly the other night while we were making enchiladas. Frank said, "practice makes progress." Girl, what?! My mind was b l o w n. I've never heard it said that way, and it inspired this episode. We gotta stop focusing on perfection in our weight journie…

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195: Emotional Baggage of Plus Size Travel 51:12

7M ago51:12

51:12

Send me a Text! I love to travel! BUT travel can also trigger the inner fat bitch. From the moment you decide to plan a trip, you might find yourself in desperate diet mode. There's a lot of unspoken "emotional preparation" that needs to be unpacked when planning a trip as a plus sized, fat, overweight, curvy (insert adjective of choice) woman! In …

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194: Being Afraid of Happiness Won't Stop the Bad Stuff 41:15

8M ago41:15

41:15

Send me a Text! We have to stop being afraid of happiness! After my trip to Disney with Catalina, reality slapped me in the face HARD and I went into a mini depression. I went from being at the most magical place on Earth to the cluster f*** of adulting. In this episode, I'm sharing that experience with you and why it's so important to stop putting…

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193: Semaglutide Weight Loss Injection Update! (The actual episode this time!) 24:35

8M ago24:35

24:35

Send me a Text! Hiiiii! It came to my attention that some podcast platforms were not playing the actual #193 episode and were a repeat of 192: How to Find Your Pink. I am re-uploading my Semaglutide weight loss update since so many of you never got it! This podcast is from September 18th, 2023. A new episode is already scheduled for Monday, 10/9/23…

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192: Get Your Pink Back! 47:44

9M ago47:44

47:44

Send me a Text! Did you know that flamingos lose their gorgeous pink color because of parenthood? When flamingos raise their chicks, it literally drains them of their energy and nutrients, and their pink feathers temporarily turn grey. The parallels between this and motherhood are just too real. I've lost my pink...and I really love pink. I lost my…

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Lin Zhang, "The Labor of Reinvention: Entrepreneurship in the Chinese Digital Economy" (Columbia UP, 2023) 1:00:32

11M ago1:00:32

1:00:32

Hello, world! This is the Global Media & Communication podcast series. In this episode, our host Jing Wang discusses the book The Labor of Reinvention: Entrepreneurship in the New Chinese Digital Economy (Columbia UP, 2023) by Lin Zhang. You’ll hear about: A history of the book and Zhang’s entry into the fieldwork through family stories; How to und…

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Mary Beltrán, "Latino TV: A History" (NYU Press, 2022) 48:19

11M ago48:19

48:19

In this episode, our host Lucila Rozas discusses the book Latino TV: A History (2022) by Mary Beltrán. You’ll hear about: A brief trajectory of the book and the conversations on global studies of media and communication with which this book engages; The concept of cultural citizenship and its relevance to study Latino TV; How the author puts togeth…

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191: Starting My Journey with Weight Loss Injections 33:11

11M ago33:11

33:11

Send me a Text! Remember last episode when I told you it’s time for something new? Well, I went to the doctor and we decided that semaglutide injections are the right decision based on what's been going on with me. So, in this episode, I'm telling you all about starting semaglutide, what it is, and how things are going so far. Oh and news flash! I …

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190: 10 Pounds 10 Times. I'm Done. It's Time for Something New. 33:54

12M ago33:54

33:54

Send me a Text! I'm just done with weight loss. I can't keep bouncing between these same 10 pounds. No matter what I do, the weight isn't coming off and it comes with intrusive thoughts about planning, tracking, what to eat, when to eat, wondering how it will effect the scale. I'm just DONE. It's time for something new. In this episode, I'll share …

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189: 10 Pounds 10 Times: Fed the F Up with Being Fat 31:19

12M ago31:19

31:19

Send me a Text! I'm fed the f*ck up with being fat. I'm sick and tired of always having to think about food and weight. I'm pissed and I'm venting today. How many more times does the scale have to go up? Am I throwing in the towel and giving up on my weight loss journey? Listen to find out! Get the show notes Head over to the free Irresistible You …

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188: Best of Irresistible You: Are You Gonna Wear Shorts This Summer or Nah? 19:06

1y ago19:06

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Send me a Text! This episode was originally posted on April 15, 2019. I took the day off for Memorial Day but I didn't want to leave you hangin! This is one of my most listened to episodes and is a great reminder for summer, which is right around the corner! There you are. Standing in front of your closet, clothes laying everywhere around you. You …

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187: 10 Pounds 10 Times: The Time Will Pass Anyways 44:24

1y ago44:24

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Send me a Text! The time is going to pass whether you're sitting around feeling fat and miserable under your wet blanket OR if you're committed to becoming Irresistible You. How are you choosing to spend your time? This is another episode in the "10 Pounds 10 Times" series. I'm sharing my weight loss journey progress with you in addition to a lesso…

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Thomas Chen, "Made in Censorship: The Tiananmen Movement in Chinese Literature and Film" (Columbia UP, 2022) 58:34

1y ago58:34

58:34

Hello, world! This is the Global Media & Communication podcast series. In this episode, our host Ignatius Suglo discusses the book Made in Censorship: The Tiananmen Movement in Chinese Literature and Film (Columbia University Press, 2022) by Thomas Chen. You’ll hear about: Author’s intellectual and professional trajectory that led him to the book; …

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186: 10 Pounds 10 Times: Losing Weight When Life Happens 39:14

1y ago39:14

39:14

Send me a Text! It's been one of those mornings where one kid wouldn't sleep and the other is sick. I'm running on fumes and would much prefer to stuff my face and hide from all my responsibilities. BUT, we aren't about that life! We have goals. In this episode I share my weigh-in results from last week, what I need to work on this week, and how to…

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185: 10 Pounds 10 Times: Accountability and Consistency is the Secret Sauce 45:01

1y ago45:01

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Send me a Text! I am bringing the 10 pounds 10 times series back to the podcast! 10 pounds 10 times is a series I started to document my 100 pound weight loss journey. I have felt stalled out and bored with my weight loss. I need some accountability and consistency, yall! This episode was a little hard to record because I'm giving you all the perso…

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184: This is Why You Can't Achieve Your Weight Loss Goals 33:57

1y ago33:57

33:57

Send me a Text! What is the gap between wanting weight loss more than anything in the world but going another month without any real progress? It's like you blink and the month is over. You feel busy but not productive. You feel stressed but not accomplished. What is causing you to zone out and forget about your goals? Why would you forget about th…

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183: Can You Tell the Difference Between Paper Tigers and Real Tigers? 37:49

1y ago37:49

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Send me a Text! Imagine being a cave woman. You're walking around the woods, looking for some berries when all of a sudden a sabre-tooth tiger is standing right in front of you. Your brain goes into fight or flight mode. Adrenalin surges through your body so that you can fight the tiger off or run away as fast as possible. This response is necessar…

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Jonathan Gray, "Dislike-Minded: Media, Audiences, and the Dynamics of Taste" (NYU Press, 2021) 52:37

1y ago52:37

52:37

In this episode, our host Sim Gill discusses the book Dislike-Minded: Media, Audiences, and the Dynamics of Taste (2021) by Jonathan Gray. You’ll hear about: A brief history of the book and its connection to global studies of media and communication; The role of media and cultural studies in amplifying the voices of dislikers, and how can scholars …

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182: Putting Yourself First is Not Always Glamorous or Easy 17:41

1y ago17:41

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Send me a Text! Putting yourself first is not always glamorous or even easy to do. You think it should be easy. You think it should feel effortless. But, putting yourself first means sacrificing your "wet blanket" of uncomfortable comfort for your future self. It's telling yourself "not right now" when it comes to overeating. It means working up a …

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181: Casual Chit Chat, Life Balance, and the Fat Girl Identity (REPOST) 35:12

1y ago35:12

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Send me a Text! This episode was originally posted on 3/15/23. It never published to Apple Podcasts and they've been "looking into it" for 2 weeks now. Sigh. I'm reposting it in the hopes that it will republish and actually be available for my Apple listeners this time. Today's episode is a casual chit chat about life lately, work-life balance, lep…

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181: Casual Chit Chat, Life Balance, and the Fat Girl Identity 35:12

1y ago35:12

35:12

Send me a Text! Today's episode is a casual chit chat about life lately, work-life balance, leprechaun traps, and how to shed the fat girl identity. Check out these episodes for more on the fat girl identity. 02: I Know What It's Like To Be the "Fat Girl." 07: Fat Girl Problems 08: I'm Sick of Being the Fat Girl 159: Fat Girl Trauma Links Mentioned…

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Herman Wasserman, "The Ethics of Engagement: Media, Conflict and Democracy in Africa" (Oxford UP, 2020) 1:02:35

1y ago1:02:35

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Hello, world! This is the Global Media & Communication podcast series. In this episode, our host Yuval Katz discusses the book The Ethics of Engagement: Media, Conflict and Democracy in Africa (Oxford UP, 2020) by Herman Wasserman. You’ll hear about: The ethical and methodological challenges of studying media in Africa; Why democratization is not a…

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180: Does Weight Loss Make You Happy? 35:52

1y ago35:52

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Send me a Text! Everyone is chasing the fantasy that losing weight will make you happier. "If I could just lose the weight, everything will be so much easier and I'll finally be happy!" Is it true that weight loss makes you happier? What is the real answer? It's not a simple yes or no. If you're chasing happiness by desperate dieting with the lates…

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179: Losing Weight Doesn't Take Time, It Takes Decisions 36:42

1y ago36:42

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Send me a Text! One of the most common excuses that we use when it comes to losing weight is "I don't have time to lose weight right now." Well, I'm gonna let you in on a little secret . . . losing weight doesn't take time. It takes decisions. It requires giving up the fat girl identity in order to become the "irresistible you" version of yourself.…

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178: The Time Passes Whether You Binge Chocolate Hearts or Not 29:10

1+ y ago29:10

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Send me a Text! It's the day after Valentine's Day. So, if you're in the middle of a chocolate heart eating binge, this episode is for you! Those chocolate covered hearts that you are eating are the exact same exact chocolates that shaped like Christmas trees a few months ago! The same holidays come and go every single year. The time is going to pa…

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177: Do You Really Need to Know the Root Cause of Your Emotional Eating? 43:13

1+ y ago43:13

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Send me a Text! Sure the root causes of your emotional eating and weight issues are important. But, are you allowing the quest to connect the dots distract or prevent you from taking action? Taking action on the path to losing the emotional weight is where the root causes will get discovered. Don't let this become an excuse that keeps you stuck und…

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Thomas Poell et al., "Platforms and Cultural Production" (Polity, 2022) 1:30:14

1+ y ago1:30:14

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Hello, world! This is the Global Media & Communication podcast series. In this episode, our co-hosts Aswin Punathambekar and Jing Wang discusses the book Platforms and Cultural Production (2021) by Thomas Poell, David B. Nieborg, and Brooke Erin Duffy. You’ll hear about: How this collaborative project came about, given each of the authors has disti…

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