An Armao On The Brink

A discussion of the biggest stories across the globe that are bringing society and culture to the brink of the abyss. Hosted by lifelong journalist, SUNY Albany professor, and former WAMC Roundtable panelist Rosemary Armao.

An Armao On The Brink is a news podcast hosted by Rosemary Armao, with 105 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Rosemary Armao hosts An Armao On The Brink, a news show with 105 episodes published.

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  Beyond the Brink and Fighting Back against Opponents Who Won't See Reason

  Aug 19, 202655 min

  Opinion journalists Rosemary Armao and Jay Jochnowitz talk with a salon audience about the value of trying to talk with friends and relatives with different political ideas even when it's maddening and everyone knows there's no real chance of anyone changing their minds. Have you lost any friends because they don't think the same way about the Trump administration as you do?

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  Beyond the Brink and Fighting Back with Memories of How Hard Our Forebears Had It

  Aug 12, 202652 min

  Food historian and costume designer Professor Brittney Belz of Union College talks with host Rosemary Armao about the travails of 18th Century housewives who had no appliances, no refrigeration, no supermarkets, no expectation of help from the men, not even measuring cups, timers or whisks, and we think we have it rough today. Are you seeing food prices continuing to rise at your supermarket? Poll: Which do you think required the most imagination to envision as an edible dish: a. Lobster b. Wheat c. Oysters d. Chickens Speaker Bio: A youthful fascination with history and a desire to work as a museum interpreter led Brittney Belz to studying historic clothing and to a career as a costume designer. After earning a BFA in theater design and technology and an MFA in costume design and Technology, she worked at professional theaters and colleges across the country from Alaska to Vermont. That focus on historic clothing transitioned into the study of all things related to the domestic experience. She now researches the clothing and kitchen customs of the early modern era. She uses the feel, images, and flavors of the past to help bring every day stories from history to life. She is the faculty costume designer and current chair of the Theater and Dance Department at Union College in Schenectady, NY. She can often be found throughout the region designing costumes for stage, or presenting workshops on historic clothing.

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  Beyond the Brink and Fighting Back Dead or Alive Pt. 2

  Aug 6, 202653 min

  Dead or alive: Lindsey Graham? Mitch McConnell Hope for fair and free midterms? In a wide-ranging salon discussion with a lively audience journalists Rosemary Armao and Jay Jochnowitz talk about a variety of troubling news items and age restrictions on Politicians.

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  Beyond the Brink and Fighting Back Dead or Alive

  Jul 29, 202659 min

  Dead or alive: Brave journalists? Hope for fair and free midterms? Odysseus? In a wide-ranging salon discussion with a lively audience journalists Rosemary Armao and Jay Jochnowitz talk about a variety of troubling news items -- plus a controversial movie.

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  Beyond the Brink and Fighting Back against Trump Regime Propaganda

  Jul 22, 202639 min

  When journalist/professors Leslie-Jean Thornton submitted an academic paper about the effect of Trump administration attacks on the media on journalists and broadcasters, it was rejected. “Just a flash in the pan,” the scholarly reviewer told her. Well, they published that paper belatedly this year, and Thornton has plenty of material for an updated paper on increasing and more serious attacks. Journalists are fearful, more cautious — and more determined to keep on doing their work, the professor says. Leslie-Jean Thornton began in journalism, of a sort, when she was seven and handwriting the High Point News – on lined paper, distributed in violation of federal law in neighbors’ mailboxes. She was shut down after the first edition, accused of embarrassing her mother and embroidering the truth by reporting a flirtatious exchange between mom and the milkman. She’s been intrigued by truth, the perceptions of truth, and the communication of information ever since. She holds degrees in journalism and mass communication from Mercy College, New York University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she earned her doctorate. She had most recently worked at the Virginian-Pilot as the copy desk chief, and before that in editorial capacities in Connecticut and New York, including as executive editor of the Scarsdale Inquirer and The Enterprise , both in Westchester County. She was on faculty at SUNY New Paltz for three years before moving to Arizona State University’s Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. There she was foundational in the school’s revisioned masters’ and inaugural doctoral programs. She teaches about social media, free expression. She is particularly interested in journalism practice during times of great change and stress, and communication through visual means such as social media memes and political cartoon

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