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This paper explores the rise in podcasting as a response to the 2008 recession and the resulting gig economy. I explore independent podcasts as well as podcast networks and collectives to understand the ways in which they navigate the drive for economic success. 

Under revision. 

This project explores Limetown as a fictional extension of a journalistic approach represented in Serial. This approach, then, is examined as a new iteration of American New Journalism. This paper argues that problematizing the relationship between truth and fiction in media is often a response to cultural shifts. Ultimately, I argue, podcasting should be examined as distinct from previous iterations of this tradition because of it's reliance on alternative economic models. 

Under revision.  

This paper, currently under review, briefly explores the buzzards in Hurston's work as representative of a turn towards alternative ways of being for Janie that are ultimately inaccessible.