Mute the Media

View Top 200 Chart

Back to Rankings Page

Government
**Mute the Media**

Two life long friends discuss and share their perspectives on the issues of the day with an emphasis on politics, sports, and health/fitness.

Mat is a Communications Studies major at Sacramento State with an emphasis in mass media, small groups, organizational and interpersonal communication. In his spare time he also volunteers as a staff writer for the NCRI-US (https://www.ncrius.org/) .

Kasey is a Sacramento State graduate with a degree in Kinesiology. He currently coaches with USA Stars, IPA, and has his own fitness company KH-Fit (https://www.kh-fit.com/) . He also holds numerous personal training certifications.

You can find more content from them on Facebook at the Mute the Media (https://www.facebook.com/MutetheMedia) page and follow both The Nameless Pod with Mat and Kasey as well as the Mute the Media podcast on Apple and/or Spotify.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mute-the-media/id1550128430?uo=4

Latest Episodes:

10: UFC #259 Fight Night with Mat and Devon Part 3 (Makhachev vs Dober) Mar 07, 2021

Show notes

Mat and Devon go live and discuss the Makhachev vs Dober fight real time.

9: UFC #259 Fight Night with Mat and Devon Part 2 (Santos vs Rakic) Mar 07, 2021

Show notes

Mat and Devon go live and discuss the Santos vs Rakic fight.

9: UFC #259 Fight Night with Mat and Devon Part 1 (Cruz v Kenney) Mar 07, 2021

Show notes

We hop on to give our thoughts live on the Dominic Cruz and Casey Kenney fight.

8: Superbowl Aftermath... Brady, Mahomes, and legacies Feb 11, 2021

Show notes

Mat and Kasey have some fun and talk about the Superbowl after the Bucs 31-9 win over the Chiefs... tons of story lines to cover!

7: Introduction to Media Jan 28, 2021

Show notes

Mat and Kasey begin the conversation about the internet, media, and social media as they discuss some of the good/bad media impacts on society today.
Remember you can find us and subscribe at Apple or Spotify. You can always find us on our Facebook page at Mute the Media or our host site Audioboom as well (links below).
Sources
1) How people access media today per Pew Research Center
- https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/01/12/more-than-eight-in-ten-americans-get-news-from-digital-devices/
2) Where people are getting their news per Pew Research Center
- https://www.journalism.org/2021/01/12/news-use-across-social-media-platforms-in-2020/
3) 6/10 people aren't clicking their own link when they share to SM, research indicates that it's as high as 7/10 people not clicking past the headline on Facebook
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/06/16/six-in-10-of-you-will-share-this-link-without-reading-it-according-to-a-new-and-depressing-study/
- http://thesciencepost.com/study-70-of-facebook-commenters-only-read-the-headline/
- https://hal.inria.fr/hal-01281190
4) Guide To Sources, this is not exhaustive or perfect. Just a tool/starting point and can be found on the Mute the Media facebook page or at the bottom.
How to find us!
Apple
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nameless-pod-with-mat-and-kasey/id1550128430?uo=4
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/show/36wv9yJHH4tDBlpc7iMfiv
Audioboom
https://audioboom.com/channels/5042046
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/MutetheMedia
Media Source Guide
Least/Minimal Bias
The AP
Reuters
American Heritage
CSpan
The Christian Science Monitor
CNET
The CBO (Congressional Budget Office)
Doctors Without Border
FactCheck
Gallup
Harvard Business Review
Investopedia
PewResearch
Politico
Politifact
Rand Corporation
Snopes
Statista
The Balance
The Economist
The Hill
ThoughtCo
TruthOrFiction
Voice Of America
Wikipedia
Worldometer
Right Leaning
Cato Institute
Reason
Christianity Today
Forbes
Fox Business
Fortune
The Economist
Heterodox Academy
Hoover Institution
Market Watch
National Affairs
National Review
New York Observer
The American Conservative
The Spectator
Wall Street Journal
Left Leaning
Amnesty International
Anti Defamation League (ADL)
Axios
BBC
Brookings Institution
Business Insider
Columbia Journalism Review
FivethirtyEight
Harvard Political Review
Heavy
Human Rights Watch
Mountain Democrat
NBC News
New York Times (NYT)
National Public Radio (NPR)
PBS NewsHour
Quartz
Rational Wiki
Sacramento Bee
SF Gate
The Verge
Time Magazine
USA Today
Washington Post (WaPo)
Strong Left Lean
Atlantic
Common Dreams
Jacobin
Media Matters
Mother Jones
Rolling Stone
Salon
Slate
Vice News
Pro Science Outlets
Air and Space Mag
American Journal of Archaeology
American Psychological Association
American Scientist
Center for Disease Control (CDC)
Cosmos Magazine
Encyclopedia Britannica
HealthLine
Johns Hopkins Medicine
LiveScience
MIT Technology Review
NASA
National Academy of Sciences
National Geographic
Nature
Psychology Today
RealClearScience
ResearchGate
Sage Journals
Scientific American
Smithsonian Magazine

6: Conor McGregor and Tom Brady Jan 26, 2021

Show notes

Mat and Kasey discuss the main two fights from the McGregor card and what it means for the lightweight division and then look at legacies in the aftermath of the Tom Brady Aaron Rodgers NFC Championship clash

5: The Nameless Pod - Introducing Mat and Kasey Jan 21, 2021

Show notes

Mat and Kasey give a little background on themselves, their passions, and what lead to this venture in an intro episode that's late to drop but life is like that sometimes.... the last few weeks were historic and they had some things to say about it!

4: Mute the Media, Inauguration Day Thoughts Jan 20, 2021

Show notes

Mat from Mute the Media hops on to talk Trump's legacy, the election, and what issues face the country looking forward these next 4 years.

3: The Nameless Pod - COVID Part 1 Jan 12, 2021

Show notes

Kasey and Mat dive into the coronavirus timeline and talk China, early assumptions, masks, the flu, and vaccines. Be sure to check out Covid Part 2 when they dive into the economic side of the issue and analyze the government response.
Articles and Research:

Mask Effectiveness, the science

On mask efficacy, meta analysis from The Lancet. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31142-9/fulltext
A little Covid Q&A with UCSF https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/06/417906/still-confused-about-masks-heres-science-behind-how-face-masks-prevent
Research on efficacy between 3 types of masks https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.17.20069567v2.full.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7417132/

In reaction to masks…

“Wear a mask, save your life” https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mask-1918-flu-pandemic-controversial/
Overview of 1918 mask mandates https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/in-1918-americans-were-asked-to-wear-masks-some-refused--and-paid-the-price/2020/07/01/748d3fde-bbb5-11ea-80b9-40ece9a701dc_story.html
Assumptions changed. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03141-3
The confusion https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/04/10/829890635/why-there-so-many-different-guidelines-for-face-masks-for-the-public

Covid vs The Flu

Last ten years, flu data https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/past-seasons.html
Covid deaths international https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
USA https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
Differences between the two https://www.qps.com/2020/10/05/covid-19-versus-the-seasonal-flu-facts-and-figures/

2: Mute the Media, Republican talking points in the aftermath of the Capitol Hill attack Jan 09, 2021

Show notes

Mat from Mute the Media covers the 3 most common talking points coming from the right.
1) the divisiveness of big techs assault on free speech
2) "whatabout" BLM
3) Trump's incitement

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected