Nicole Hemmer

1 month ago | kuow.org | Alissa Escarce |Nicole Hemmer

These days, we're used to media that thrives on conflict and amplifies the most outrageous voices in the room. We can trace this style back to the shock jocks of the 1980s, like Howard Stern, or to in-your-face conservative talk show hosts, like Rush Limbaugh. But the real founding father of angry, sensational media was a 1960s talk show host named Joe Pyne, according to several people who knew Pyne and have studied his work.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Frank Bruni |Nicole Hemmer |Tim Miller

Frank Bruni, a contributing Opinion writer, hosted a written online conversation with Nicole Hemmer, a history professor at Vanderbilt and the author of " Partisans: The Conservative Revolutionaries Who Remade American Politics in the 1990s," and Tim Miller, the author of " Why We Did It: A Travelogue From the Republican Road to Hell," to discuss President Trump's stunt politics and how Republicans leverage emotionally charged issues over a long horizon.

Dec 23, 2024 | msnbc.com | Nicole Hemmer

Dec. 23, 2024, 11:00 AM UTCWhat a bipartisan group of legislators hammered out over months, Elon Musk destroyed with a tweet. Or rather, with dozens of posts on his social media site X, sent at a furious pace over the course of 12 hours last week. In post after post, Musk hammered at the budget deal with a flurry of false claims and threats of electoral retribution against any Republican who dared support the legislation brokered to prevent a government shutdown. And it worked.

Dec 4, 2024 | publicseminar.org | Claire Potter |Nicole Hemmer |Natalia Mehlman Petrzela |Neil Young

On October 28, 2023, the morning of her baby shower, 18-year-old Nevaeh Crain was nauseous, running a fever, and in pain. Soon, the Texas teenager began to bleed and she started to vomit. Nevaeh’s mother, Candice Fails, took her to the hospital, where Nevaeh was diagnosed with strep throat and sent home. A second visit also resulted in no care. Both times, ER staff ascertained that the fetus she was carrying had a heartbeat. That was a problem—for Nevaeh.

Nov 12, 2024 | kpbs.org | Nicole Hemmer

Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS appDonald Trump will reassume the presidency (the first to do so since Grover Cleveland) with fewer guardrails than in 2016. What will he do, how will the media cover him, and how can the Democrats get in his way? Guests: The Wall Street Journal's Molly Ball and Vanderbilt's Nicole Hemmer. GZERO WORLD WITH IAN BREMMER: Trump's America Watch On Your Schedule: Episodes are available to stream with the the PBS app.