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Jonathan Tjarks

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‘Sex, Bombs and Burgers’ Bombs

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Jonathan Tjarks
/ 12 March 2012
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“Don’t Let Me Fall”: Hip-Hop in the Age of Austerity

By
Jonathan Tjarks
/ 8 February 2012
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The Magician Inside Us All: Sleights of Mind’

By
Jonathan Tjarks
/ 6 February 2012
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Bill Maher’s ‘The New New Rules’ is Nothing New

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Jonathan Tjarks
/ 15 January 2012
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‘Why the West Rules–for Now’: Blind Social Inertia of Billions of Lazy, Greedy, Frightened People

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Jonathan Tjarks
/ 2 December 2011
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A Definitive Eulogy for Late Night TV: Bill Carter’s ‘The War for Late Night’

By
Jonathan Tjarks
/ 11 October 2011
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‘Playboy’ a Feminist Magazine? That’s Carrie Pitzulo’s Premise in ‘Bachelors and Bunnies’

By
Jonathan Tjarks
/ 14 September 2011
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‘Geek Wisdom’: Pop Culture as a Form of Secular Religion

By
Jonathan Tjarks
/ 28 August 2011
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Page One: The Future of Journalism by David Folkenfilk

By
Jonathan Tjarks
/ 15 August 2011
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Archer: A Perfect Satire of Modern America

By
Jonathan Tjarks
/ 14 July 2011

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