Digital & Media Literacy Podcast Episodes: Cut Through the Hype, Think Critically
In a world overflowing with clickbait headlines, marketing buzzwords, and AI-generated noise, digital and media literacy is a survival skill. These podcast episodes focus on helping marketers, professionals, and everyday media consumers develop the tools to spot misinformation, question bold claims, and evaluate sources with a critical eye.
Today’s marketers face a unique challenge: the same hype they’re taught to combat in the media often shows up in industry publications, vendor promises, and trend-driven advice. “The next big thing” is always around the corner, but results rarely match the pitch. These episodes offer honest conversations with educators, researchers, and skeptical marketers who break down how to think clearly in a noisy digital landscape.
You’ll learn how to assess marketing claims, ask better questions, and recognize when data is being manipulated—or when a shiny new tactic is just old ideas repackaged. This content is essential for marketers who want to protect their budgets, their credibility, and their audiences from empty promises.
Whether you’re leading a team, building a brand, or just trying to stay informed, these episodes will help you sharpen your judgment, make informed decisions, and resist the pull of marketing fads that don’t deliver.

Digital & Media Literacy Episodes:
[Podcast] Mastering Media Literacy in a Digital World
Mastering Media Literacy in a Digital World The Essential Role of Critical Thinking in the Age of Misinformation Re-Evaluating Education: Preparing for a Future Dominated by Digital Media Media [...]
[Podcast] Technology in the Classroom
Technology in the Classroom Should Big Tech be in classroom education? How Did Big Tech Get Into Your Kid's Classrooms? If your child is in school, then you've probably [...]
What Can We Really Expect from AI?
Separate Fact from Fiction; Hype from the Help about AI Go Beyond the Hyped-up Headlines and Over-promised Opportunities About AI What can we really expect with AI? Will it [...]
Everything is Fake! ClickBait, Fake News, and Filters
Everything is Fake! Single Shot episode with Matt Bailey We live in a (digital) world of fakes, frauds, and filters. From inflated user counts to clickbait headlines and filtered [...]
Let’s Agree to Disagree: Social Media Conversations in the Digital Age
Let's Agree to Disagree A blueprint for building bridges instead of walls Nolan Higdon and Mickey Huff are the featured guests as they bring us commentary on their new [...]
Fake News, Clickbait, and Digital Literacy
Fake News, ClickBait, and the Value of Conversation Nolan Higdon, the author of The Anatomy of Fake News, joins Matt again to talk about the post-election analysis of clickbait, [...]
Free is Bad: How Free Tech Makes You the Product
Free is Bad Have you considered how much of your daily digital routine is FREE? Have you ever stopped to think about all of the “free” things that you [...]
How to Spot FAKE News
How to Spot FAKE News and What to Do About It In this podcast, an interview with Nolan Higdon, author of The Anatomy of Fake News. Matt interviews Author [...]
Digital and Media Literacy
The Need for Digital Literacy Skills Fake News, Deceptive Ads, Propaganda Matt and Ashley met up and recorded a socially-distanced podcast a few weeks ago. Of course, the conversation turned [...]
Media Literacy, Sensationalized Headlines, and Clickbait Marketing
Sensational Headlines Ben Bailey from 2nd Beach stops by to catch up on the latest headlines. There is an amazing amount of headlines in the pile, and what distinguishes [...]