Talk Media to Me

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May 2026

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How are media keeping us busy these days? In this podcast series the RMeS (Research School for Media Studies) PhD council has monthly conversations amongst its members of how media affect their day-to-day lives as media scholars.

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May 7, 2026Episode 1748 min

Episode 17: Wie bepaalt wat kennis is?

Wat gebeurt er wanneer kennis niet begint op de universiteit, maar in de gemeenschap? Wanneer onderzoek niet over de stad spreekt, maar naar de stad luistert?In deze aflevering van Talk Media to Me zit Maud Rebergen (RUG) samen met Mustapha Eaisaouiyen, Sarah Ghede, Joshua van den Ham, Annet van Otterloo en Vanessa Umboh van het Coöperatieve Consultancy Buro van de Afrikaanderwijk Coöperatie, en Jiska Engelbert en Isabel Awad Cherit van de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam in de podcaststudio van de Erasmus Universiteit om, aan de hand van de Rotterdam-Zuid lezing die zij schreven, te reflecteren op de relatie tussen de universiteit en de gemeenschap.Lees of luister naar de volledige lezing via https://www.wijkcooperatie.org/nl/updates/rotterdam_zuid_lezing_11/ Read the English transcript of this episode via https://www.rmes.nl/Genoemde bronnen Baldwin, D. L. (2021). In the shadow of the ivory tower: How universities are plundering our cities. Bold Type Books.Smith, L. T. (2022). Decolonizing methodologies: Research and Indigenous peoples (3rd ed.). Zed Books.

March 25, 2026Episode 1651 min

S03E16: Maskanda and Decolonial Sound Work

In this episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD council member Merit Zimmermann (EUR) talks to dr. Barbara Titus (UvA) about her research into maskanda music in South Africa, focusing on questions of reflexivity, positionality, and colonial legacies in academic knowledge production. The conversation also explores Barbara’s curatorial work with the Jaap Kunst Sound Collection, specifically decolonial approaches to digital restitution.To read more about Barbara’s travels in South Africa (in Dutch): https://barbaraindurban.blogspot.com/To read more about Barbara’s travels in Indonesia (in Dutch): https://barbarainyogya.blogspot.com/To visit Barbara’s personal website: https://barbaratitus.nl/To visit Barbara’s professional profile at the University of Amsterdam: https://www.uva.nl/profiel/t/i/b.titus/b.titus.html#Profile* To order Barbara’s book Hearing Maskanda: Musical Epistemologies in South Africa (Bloomsbury 2022): https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/hearing-maskanda-9781501377808/* For online access to the sound recordings of the Jaap Kunst Collection at the University of Amsterdam: https://jaapkunst.org/

January 7, 2026Episode 1544 min

S03E15: Verstandelijke beperking in media - Van eugenetica tot Rain Man

In deze aflevering bespreken PhD student Lesley Verbeek (Open Universiteit) en co-onderzoeker en ervaringsdeskundige Daniëlle Amelsbeek (Eemhart) hoe zij op inclusieve wijze onderzoek doen naar stereotypes en stigma's in films over mensen met een verstandelijke beperking. In this episode, PhD student Lesley Verbeek (Open University) and co-researcher and expert by experience Daniëlle Amelsbeek (Eemhart) discuss how they conduct inclusive research on stereotypes and stigmas in films about people with intellectual disabilities. This episode is recorded in Dutch. Please find the English transcript at https://www.rmes.nl/rmes-podcast-talk-media-to-me-s03e15/

December 1, 2025Episode 1435 min

S03E14: Ableism and Silicon Valley Elites

In this research master special of Talk Media to Me, PhD Council member and research master student Jord Telgenkamp (EUR) is joined by fellow student Lui Rommelspacher (EUR). Together they discuss how ableism shapes and is utilised in elite circles of Silicon Valley. They also reflect on their respective journeys of developing research interests and share their experiences as research master students.Learn more about ableism: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9780230245181

October 21, 2025Episode 1341 min

S03E13: Metaphors and Political Media Campaigns

In the thirteenth episode of Talk Media to Me; PhD Council member Femke van Bruggen (VU) talks to Gudrun Reijnierse, associate professor of Language and Communication at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, about the role of metaphors in political media campaigns and communication.

September 15, 2025Episode 1218 min

S03E12: How AI is Shaping Media Studies

In the twelth episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD Council member Nurul Khansa Fauziyah (Maastricht University) talks to Sufri Eka Bhakti (University of Kent, UK) about how currently AI is shaping media studies. AI has helped many content creators to create beautiful visuals, but on the other hand, a content creator makes deepfakes and misuses other people's work with AI. The discourse on AI in shaping media studies is increasingly massive. In this episode, we will invite you to hear our discussion about this issue.

June 4, 2025Episode 1137 min

S03E11: Navigating Complexity through Narratives

In this episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD Council member Nele Kadastik (RU) talks to PhD candidate Gaia Yonah (VU) about the power and complexity of storytelling. Gaia’s research bridges media studies and psychological analysis, focusing on how narrative structures shape emotional and cognitive responses. More specifically, she explores narrative complexity and how it unfolds in complex narratives, stories that challenge viewers’ understanding through ambiguity, fragmented structure, and interpretive uncertainty.Learn more about the VU Story Lab: https://vu-storylab.nl/

May 5, 2025Episode 1040 min

S03E10: Visualizing the Invisibilized

In the tenth episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD Council member Keerthi Sridharan (UL) talks to Miriam Matthiessen (EUR) about visualizing invisibilized supply chains in inland shipping, the tangled nature of field work and method in media studies, and how to balance democratized knowledge production with institutional support and equitable labor practices.

March 20, 2025Episode 938 min

S03E09: Memes in the Art World

In the ninth episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD Council member Merit Zimmerman (EUR) sits down with dr. Idil Galip (UvA) to talk about the growing prominence and status of memes in the art world, the "memetic turn" in media research, and their shared excitement for Severance and The White Lotus.

February 25, 2025Episode 836 min

S03E08: Bridging the Digital Divide

In the eighth episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD Council member Maud Rebergen (RUG) interviews her colleague Alexander Smit (RUG) on his dissertation research about how low-literacy adults experience the digitalized society and what policymakers can do to better include this marginalized group.