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On the Media

 WNYC Studios

The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.

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Update frequency
every 3 days
Average duration
42 minutes
Episodes
1806
Years Active
2011 - 2025
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Midterm Myths, Emotional Algorithms, and More

Midterm Myths, Emotional Algorithms, and More

An unpacking of the post-midterm election myths, whether algorithms can intuit emotions, and 25 years after the Berlin Wall.
00:50:49  |   Thu 06 Nov 2014
Behind The Curtain

Behind The Curtain

The corrosive influence of money in politics post Citizens United, and the dark task of online content moderation.
00:49:47  |   Fri 31 Oct 2014
Sanity on Ebola, Money and Midterms, & #GamerGate

Sanity on Ebola, Money and Midterms, & #GamerGate

A Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Infectious Disease Edition, "dark money" in midterm elections, and demystifying #GamerGate.
00:50:48  |   Fri 24 Oct 2014
Unveiling CitizenFour, Inside Ferguson, and Protesting Outside SCOTUS

Unveiling CitizenFour, Inside Ferguson, and Protesting Outside SCOTUS

A look at Laura Poitras' new documentary about Edward Snowden, "CitizenFour," a view from inside the continued protests in Ferguson, and barring political protesters outside SCOTUS.
00:50:36  |   Fri 17 Oct 2014
Ebola in Liberia, Outbreak Narratives, and Covering Israel-Palestine

Ebola in Liberia, Outbreak Narratives, and Covering Israel-Palestine

A Liberian journalist on covering a deadly epidemic, how Hollywood influences our understanding of Ebola, and a debate between two journalists about the press and Israel-Palestine.
00:53:30  |   Fri 10 Oct 2014
Nothing But The Truth

Nothing But The Truth

The splintering image of the Secret Service, why rumors are more interesting than fact, and an atheist tome for kids.
00:51:01  |   Fri 03 Oct 2014
Message Wars

Message Wars

A cartoon aimed to deter potential ISIS recruits, using prisoners to deliver propaganda, and correcting the Ebola numbers.
00:58:50  |   Fri 26 Sep 2014
Confronting the Unknown

Confronting the Unknown

Why most Americans fear ISIS, politicians and pundits stoking terror panic on the US-Mexico border, and Nihilism: now and forever.
00:50:36  |   Fri 19 Sep 2014
Deadbeats

Deadbeats

OTM looks at the great decline in beat reporting.
00:50:38  |   Fri 12 Sep 2014
Media Kidnapping Blackouts, A Conversation With Carl Kasell, and More

Media Kidnapping Blackouts, A Conversation With Carl Kasell, and More

Gruesome murders of American journalists by ISIS militants have raised serious questions about the way the media should cover these acts of terrorism.
00:51:12  |   Fri 05 Sep 2014
OTM Goes Inside Washington

OTM Goes Inside Washington

On the Media travels to Washington, DC to investigate perception and reality, money and celebrity, and the evolving role of the media in the nation’s capital.
00:51:00  |   Thu 28 Aug 2014
Dissecting the Media After Michael Brown

Dissecting the Media After Michael Brown

From Trayvon Martin to Michael Brown, how media coverage unspools. Also, the #ISISmediablackout after James Foley's murder, and how the music of reality TV manipulates viewers.
00:50:49  |   Thu 21 Aug 2014
Tweets and Vines change Ferguson Coverage, Cameras in the Courtroom, and More

Tweets and Vines change Ferguson Coverage, Cameras in the Courtroom, and More

00:49:50  |   Thu 14 Aug 2014
Breaking News Consumers Handbook, Slow TV, and more

Breaking News Consumers Handbook, Slow TV, and more

How to parse early coverage of breaking news events, Norway's slow TV phenomenon, and a report on the streaming-video revolution.

On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donat…

00:50:57  |   Fri 01 Aug 2014
THIS WEEK ROBOTS! (AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE)

THIS WEEK ROBOTS! (AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE)

A special theme hour - starring a computer competing against a comedian for laughs, the Army's recruitment chatbot, and Google crushing on robots. 

On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Su…

00:51:03  |   Wed 30 Jul 2014
War of Words In Israel-Palestine, Downed Planes, and Dark Humor

War of Words In Israel-Palestine, Downed Planes, and Dark Humor

00:50:54  |   Fri 25 Jul 2014
A Breakthrough HIV Drug, Chronicling Gun Violence, and SIMS

A Breakthrough HIV Drug, Chronicling Gun Violence, and SIMS

00:51:29  |   Fri 18 Jul 2014
Getting Fired for a FOIA, A Chicago Crime Reporter, Cold Cases and More

Getting Fired for a FOIA, A Chicago Crime Reporter, Cold Cases and More

A CIA agent gets fired over a FOIA request, the truth behind the current immigration crisis, and the Chicago Tribune’s overnight crime reporter on covering endless shootings. 

On the Media is support…

00:51:25  |   Fri 11 Jul 2014
Breaking Bad in Spanish, the

Breaking Bad in Spanish, the "Hispanic Walter Cronkite", and More

00:51:21  |   Tue 01 Jul 2014
Hey, Alex, This is NOT NPR

Hey, Alex, This is NOT NPR

00:00:20  |   Fri 27 Jun 2014
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