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Reel Clueless Podcast

Reel Clueless Podcast

By: Joe Rubin
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REEL CLULESS: Joe is a television veteran who has worked as a prime-time sitcom writer, field director, video editor and now graduate student in media literacy education at Columbia College Chicago. Join him and his longtime fellow entertainment news editors (who are also “reel clueless” as they enlist Gen-Zer’s and Gen-Alphas to help them wrap their antiquated media minds around the new normal of endless scroll.

Joseph Rubin
Episodes
  • A Very Special Episode

    A Very Special Episode
    Mar 28 2026

    Yes, a little strange to have a “very special” episode as the second episode. But… the notification of our production getting canceled after 30 years seems like something we need to talk about. After all, this is relative to the new media short-form video normal that we are clueless about. Originally we had a whole slew of input from college students, but we will shelve those for next episode, while we reflect on the state of media’s almost complete transition, which has now hit even closer to home.
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    30 mins
  • Getting Used to This

    Getting Used to This
    Mar 15 2026

    In our first episode, Joe summarizes his journey to becoming a media literacy educator, focusing on digital wellness for young people in the way they consume social media content. Later, he is joined by his longtime video editing coworker as they begin making sense of social media content and make some comparisons to the “endless scroll” of their own youth.

    Clips played in this episode:

    Tara Yummy

    https://www.tiktok.com/@tarayummy

    Sidemen

    https://www.youtube.com/@Sidemen

    Sam Sulluck

    https://www.tiktok.com/@sam_sulek

    Demitra Demitradis

    https://www.tiktok.com/@demetradias

    Photo courtesy:

    CBS Television - eBayfrontback, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31047742
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    30 mins
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