About Ren Bangert

Ren (she/they) is a managing producer at Cited Media Productions. She holds an MA in journalism from Concordia University, where she studied subjectivity in journalism and how to make a soundscape on a shoestring budget. Ren works on a number of Cited podcasts including Darts and Letters, and spends their free time playing the harp and arguing with their cat.

Ren (she/they) is a managing producer at Cited Media Productions. She holds an MA in journalism from Concordia University, where she studied subjectivity in journalism and how to make a soundscape on a shoestring budget. Ren works on a number of Cited podcasts including Darts and Letters, and spends their free time playing the harp and arguing with their cat.

NBN Episodes hosted by Ren:

Learning for Liberation: The Life and Legacy of Paulo Freire

May 29, 2023

Learning for Liberation: The Life and Legacy of Paulo Freire

Paulo Freire
Hosted by Ren Bangert

Paulo Freire offers activists and academics everywhere a lesson in what it means to be a radical intellectual. He is known as the founder of critical …

The Story of American Vietnam War Resisters in Canada

February 27, 2023

The Story of American Vietnam War Resisters in Canada

Hosted by Ren Bangert

The idea of moving to Canada figures prominently in the imagination of many disaffected Americans. Most recently, it was comedian Marc Maron who said …

Enter the Zuckerverse: On the Metaverse and its Corporatization

August 25, 2022

Enter the Zuckerverse

Hosted by Ren Bangert

The term “metaverse” was coined in a 1993 science fiction novel. Since then, it’s grown from a dystopian literary concept to a reality that corporatio…