Annenberg Conversations
In 2024, the School launched a podcast to examine vital and pressing issues in the field of communication studies with leading Annenberg scholars. Hosted by Sarah Banet-Weiser, Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication, “Annenberg Conversations” covers emerging and pressing issues in public health, culture, politics, policy and institutions.
In the inaugural episode before national elections last year, Dean Banet-Weiser spoke with Sarah J. Jackson and Yphtach Lelkes, associate professors at Annenberg, about how affective polarization, the uncommitted movement, and race and gender shaped the 2024 presidential elections in the United States.
The second episode, titled “Lessons in Joy and Care,” was released in spring 2025. The Dean was joined by Annenberg professors Desmond Upton Patton and Julia Ticona to discuss centering joy and care within institutions, building communities of compassion and trust, creating a joy plan, and how researchers, social workers and even social media users should think about these terms.
SEASON TWO IS NOW UNDERWAY.
The first episode of the second season takes a look at the cross-border flow of media, in a moment when tariffs and the transnational flow of goods are dominating political debates. To unpack this topic, Dean Banet-Weiser spoke with Annenberg professor Aswin Punathambekar and assistant professor Juan Llamas-Rodriguez
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