The Disinfo Detox

🎙️ This week on The Disinfo Detox , host Nolan Higdon sits down with Trevor Griffey, VP of Legislation for the American Federation of Teachers, and Christina Ceisel, President of the California Faculty Association Fullerton Chapter, to break down what faculty in higher education should expect as they return to campus this year. Together, they unpack: 👉 Administrative overreach and what it means f...

🎙️ This week on The Disinfo Detox , the Media Literacy Wrecking Crew—Nolan Higdon, Sydney Sullivan, and Dickey—tear into the wildest headlines and hidden narratives the mainstream won’t touch. From Gavin Newsom’s curated social media presence to the new vices replacing sex, booze, and smokes among Gen Z, the crew exposes how power, profit, and propaganda collide. Inside this no-holds-barred episod...

🎙️ This week on The Disinfo Detox , host Nolan Higdon sits down with psychologist and science communicator Pete Etchells to debunk the biggest myths about screens, “screen addiction,” and digital doom. They dig into the real science behind how screens affect our minds, what’s hype, and what’s fact — and how you can make your screen time work for you. Together, they unpack: 👉 Why the “screen addic...

DESCRIPTION: 🎙️ This week on The Disinfo Detox , host Nolan Higdon sits down with award-winning journalist Kevin Gosztola to break down the political persecution of Julian Assange, the global assault on press freedoms, and the chilling assassination of Palestinian journalist Anas al-Sharif. Together, they unpack: 👉 Why Assange’s extradition fight is a turning point for global journalism 👉 The da...

🎙️ This week on The Disinfo Detox , hosts Nolan Higdon, Dickey, and Sydney Sullivan sit down with Emily Pfender, PhD , a postdoctoral researcher for the AMETHIST project at the Perelman School of Medicine, to uncover how influencers, misinformation, and science skepticism are reshaping reproductive health for women — especially in underrepresented communities in the U.S. and Global South. From Ins...

🎙️ This week on The Disinfo Detox , the Media Literacy Wrecking Crew —Nolan Higdon, Sydney Sullivan, and Dickey—tear into the wildest headlines and hidden narratives the mainstream won’t touch. From the comedians’ revolt inside Joe Rogan’s manosphere to the disturbing rise of assisted suicide as public spectacle, the crew exposes how power, profit, and propaganda collide. Inside this no-holds-barr...

🎙️ This week on The Disinfo Detox, host Nolan Higdon sits down with UCLA labor and Jewish studies historian Caroline Luce to expose Trump’s relentless war on UCLA — a frontline in the culture wars you haven’t heard about. Together, they unpack: 👉 The origins of Trump’s attacks on UCLA’s academic freedom and faculty 👉 How anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab, and anti-Muslim racism is fueling political ce...

🎙️ This week on The Disinfo Detox, media justice advocate Tim Karr of Free Press joins host Nolan Higdon to unpack one of the most alarming studies of the year: The Media Capitulation Index. It’s not just a clever title — it’s a wake-up call. Free Press’s new report exposes how major news outlets have bent the knee to political and corporate pressure — and what that means for the future of democra...

🎙️ This week on The Disinfo Detox, media justice advocate Tim Karr of Free Press joins host Nolan Higdon to unpack one of the most alarming studies of the year: The Media Capitulation Index. It’s not just a clever title — it’s a wake-up call. Free Press’s new report exposes how major news outlets have bent the knee to political and corporate pressure — and what that means for the future of democra...

🎙️ This Week on The Disinfo Detox with the Media Literacy Wrecking Crew 🎙️ In this episode, we rip the mask off media spin and disinfo—from tabloid tricks to elite narratives. The Wrecking Crew dives deep into how the media is framing everything from Sydney Sweeney’s Ford ad to Jeffrey Epstein’s name-dropping bombshells. Is Russiagate making a quiet comeback? Why does it seem like Epstein’s ties a...

🎙️ This week on The Disinfo Detox, the media literacy wrecking crew is back with a no-holds-barred breakdown of media hypocrisy, AI chaos, and the cartoon that just might be more honest than the news:🧠 Nolan Higdon🧠 Sydney Sullivan🧠 Dickey (Sidebar Savant)Together, they tackle:👉 South Park’s Season Premiere👉 Epstein & Obama: The left and right are cherry-picking scandals again. Guess who...

🎙️ This week on The Disinfo Detox, civil liberties lawyer and author Heidi Boghosian joins us to expose how the digital world is quietly dismantling democracy — and what we can do to stop it. In her new book Cyber Citizens: Saving Democracy with Digital Literacy , Boghosian lays out the uncomfortable truth: Big Tech isn’t just eroding privacy — it’s reshaping our rights, behaviors, and systems of...

🎙️ This week on The Disinfo Detox , the media literacy wrecking crew is back: 🧠 Nolan Higdon 🧠 Sydney Sullivan 🧠 Dickey (Sidebar Savant) Together, they dissect the wildest AI mind-benders and media manipulation stories making (and warping) headlines. We explore: 👉 An actual AI chatbot that manipulated a user by blending fiction and reality— and admitted it. 👉 Trump’s latest stunt: sharing an...

🎙️ This week on The Disinfo Detox , we’re joined by three powerhouse voices in media analysis: 🧠 Robin Andersen (Fordham University) 🎙️ Mickey Huff (Project Censored, Park Center for Independent Media, Ithaca College) 🔎 Hosted by Nolan Higdon Together, they unpack the media manipulation machine behind the biggest stories dominating the headlines — and the ones being buried. We explore: 👉 Why pu...

This week on The Disinfo Detox , we go behind the velvet rope of the advertising world with Alessandra Di Lorenzo — former ad industry insider and author of ADJUST: HOW TO SHAPE WHAT YOU THINK . Host Nolan Higdon digs into what really goes on behind the screens we scroll — and what it means for the future of democracy, education, and digital well-being. Together, they explore: 👉 How advertising,...

The Media Literacy Wrecking Crew is back — minus Sydney (she’s out this week), but Nolan Higdon and Dickey are here to break down the headlines the media won’t touch — or totally misrepresents. In this wild ride of an episode, we unpack: 🕵️ Epstein leaks, cover-ups, and suspicious resignations 💸 OpenAI and Microsoft’s teacher training program — good PR or bad policy? 🧠 Why “neutral” AI is a myth...

🎙️ This week on The Disinfo Detox , Nolan’s out — but the Media Literacy Wrecking Crew is IN. Join Sydney Sullivan and Dickey as they take over the mic for a jam-packed media literacy moment and a sidebar that hits hard. Together, they unpack: 👉 How media shapes our everyday choices without us even noticing 👉 The subtle (and not-so-subtle) power dynamics in our screen time 👉 And why Project 202...

🎙️ This week on The Disinfo Detox , Sydney Sullivan steps into the host chair to explore a viral TikTok trend — "Man of the Year" — with special guest Allison Butler , media scholar and co-author of The Media and Me . Together, they break down what this trend reveals about the complex intersections of gender, feminism, and media culture , asking: 👉 What kinds of masculinity are being ce...

🔥 Disinfo Detox goes deep into the GOP’s civil war in the Bluegrass State. This episode features James Higdon , who served as an At-Large Member of the Republican Party in the state of Kentucky from 2021 to 2025. A former executive board member and political insider, Higdon brings a behind-the-scenes look at the growing rift inside Kentucky’s Republican Party—between establishment figures like Ra...

🎙️ Disinfo Detox dives deep into the legal drama behind CBS’s $16 million settlement with Donald Trump—and what the press isn't telling you. This episode features Elizabeth Blakey, a cultural sociologist, California lawyer, and professor in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at California State University Northridge. With a Ph. D. in sociology from Notre Dame and a J.D. from L...

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston joins the Disinfo Detox for a no-holds-barred conversation on: 📰 His decades covering corrupt media owners and law enforcement 💰 How the press helped create Donald Trump 📉 What’s really broken in today’s media—and what can still be saved 😮 His reaction to CBS settling with Trump This episode is packed with insight, outrage, and truth bombs y...

🎧 Disinfo Detox is back with the Media Literacy Wrecking Crew – and we’re smashing through the spin 💥 This week: 🔍 DHS “fact-checking” that’s not really fact-checking 📉 A new study shows HALF of Americans believe falsehoods 🧠 Media literacy tips to cut through the noise 🔥 Dickey’s Sidebar: “No Government” vibes meet Big Tech control 🎲 Trolls or Truth? – Can you tell the difference? 💬 Drop...

The Media Literacy Wrecking Crew is back — Nolan Higdon, Sydney Sullivan, and the one and only Dickey — breaking down the chaotic media coverage surrounding the Iran-Israel-US triangle. 🔍 Was that a ceasefire or just a soundbite? 🎭 Is Jon Stewart the only one calling out Netanyahu’s greatest hits of fear-mongering? 🪖 Are we watching a rerun of 2003 in real time — but this time, with less journa...

On this episode of The Disinfo Detox , the Media Literacy Wrecking Crew—Nolan Higdon, Dr. Sydney Sullivan, and resident philosopher Dickey—cuts through the spin and breaks down the stories behind the headlines. We dive into: 🇮🇷 Rising tensions between Israel and Iran—and what the U.S. might do next 🤖 Major legal challenges that could reshape AI tools like ChatGPT 📰 Media framing of the Minnesota...

In this urgent episode of The Disinfo Detox , media historian and Project Censored director Mickey Huff joins Nolan Higdon to expose how U.S. news media has long served as a weapon of war—manipulating public opinion to justify military intervention. From World War I’s Committee on Public Information to Iraq’s WMD hoax and today's Iran-Israel conflict, Huff walks us through over a century of me...