DISKUSSION
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT UNPLUGGED: POP AND PROTEST

Music Journalists Aida Baghernejad, August Brown, and Annett Scheffel in Conversation

Do, 22.08.2024
19:00 Uhr Goethe-Institut LA Project Space

Join us and our partners from the Thomas Mann House and the American Council on Germany (ACG Wartburg Chapter) for a discussion between music Journalists Aida Baghernejad (2024 Thomas Mann Fellow) and August Brown (LA Times) as they discuss the powerful interplay between pop culture and the politics of protest in a conversation moderated by Annett Scheffel. The panelists will explore how pop culture has become an indispensable arena for political expression and activism, examining the paradigm shifts in music journalism and the dynamic relationship between entertainment and social change. In this discussion the journalists will negotiate how pop culture can act as an agent of hope and its role as a tool for supporting democracies in peril.

Discussion is in English
Admission is free with RSVP below. 
Light refreshments provided
 

SCHEDULE:
6:30pm Doors open.
7:00pm Welcoming + Introduction
7:15pm POP AND PROTEST: Aida Baghernejad, August Brown, and Annet Scheffel in Conversation
9:30pm End of Event

Secure, free Parking is available at Metro/Retail parking structure with rear entrance to the Goethe-Institut located at
674 S. Westlake Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90057

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT UNPLUGGED
Foreign CorrespondentUnpluggedis a series of thought-provoking discussions between journalists in cities around the United States, brought to you by the American Council on Germany and the Goethe-Institut. This transatlantic dialogue highlights how German and American journalists see political and social developments in their countries and around the world. Each conversation is published on the Foreign Correspondent Unplugged podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts – and in our magazine GEGENÜBER

Aida Baghernejad is a journalist who studied media studies in Berlin, Barcelona, and London. Her work focuses on how cultural products such as music, film, and social media content influence the socio-political state of the world. In addition to numerous contributions for Die Zeit, Der Tagesspiegel, Missy Magazine, and others, she also co-hosts the podcast 55 Voices for Democracy, a collaboration between the Thomas Mann House, the Goethe-Institut, dublab radio, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. Aida is a 2024 Thomas Mann Fellow.

August Brown covers pop music, the music industry and nightlife policy at the Los Angeles Times.

Annett Scheffel is a culture writer, editor, speaker, and presenter based in Los Angeles and Berlin. She thinks, writes, and talks about music, film, feminism, and contemporary culture for the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Spiegel Online, Zeit Online Musikexpress, Dummy Magazin, and Deutschlandfunk — preferably at the intersection between identity, society, and politics.

Part of Foreign Correspondent Unplugged series presented by the Goethe-Institut and the American Council on Germany. In cooperation with the Thomas Mann House Los Angeles