On the Media
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.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 1805
- Years Active
- 2011 - 2025
March 31, 2001
Should audiences be as concerned about foundation grants as they are about corporate money?
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April 7, 2001
Corporate anthems, Dan Rather's possible liberal bias and British electioneering..
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April 14, 2001
We look into the latest in reality TV…and the rise of the scary female game show host and Mr. Clippy…
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April 21, 2001
Jets, lies and video tape as OTM asks can we trust the State Department's version of events. Plus, nothingness.
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April 28, 2001
This week on On the Media: marketing prescription drugs, the first 100 days, and ESPN goes fishin'.
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May 5, 2001
This week On the Media focuses on the debate over whether or not to broadcast executions.
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May 12, 2001
A local Denver organization is petitioning the Federal Trade Commission to force Denver Area News Stations to drop the word “news” from their advertising and promotions.
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May 26, 2001
Jackass, Scandal in Gracie Manor, and "Vandal-Gate". A week of high-brow topics on On the Media.
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May 19, 2001
The appeal of urban culture, the question of what is appropriate reporting when a child is on trial, and OTM takes a whack at making an Alcatel commercial.
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June 2, 2001
This week on On the Media: Why the media has a soft spot for the FBI, and Bob digs for the latest techniques in writing obituaries.
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June 9, 2001
A kerfuffle in the White House over what has been deemed an inappropriate question asked of Ari Fleischer by a reporter, and how the media has covered AIDS over the past 2 decades.
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June 16, 2001
President Bush crosses the Atlantic, and how Motley Crue is defying the formula for the rise and fall of a rock band. That and more, this week on On the Media.
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June 23, 2001
Two murderers about to be released must face the wrath of London's press, and how the editors of niche magazines keep stories fresh.
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July 7, 2001
This week On the Media looks into the dangers and challenges facing reporters in the Middle East, a new service in journalism: an ethics hotline, and a sound effect which you've probably heard, but t…
May 1, 2009
Journalists can't resist a panic story; the Obama Administration gets an F on its transparency report card; the first 100 Days of media tactics.
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July 14, 2001
A look at televisions love for courtroom dramas, and training children and adults to be media literate.
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July 21, 2001
How does Henry Kissinger woo American media so well? Plus, Holden Caulfield hits 50. That's this week on On the Media.
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July 28, 2001
MTV turns 20, a look at the lives of Mayan scribes, and saying goodbye to the man who, quite literally, wrote the book on the media.
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August 4, 2001
This week on On the Media: Crackerjack, but no peanuts. And how CNN is changing it's theme music.
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August 11, 2001
This week, On the Media explores the new weapons of choice in the Middle East: words. Also, which TV characters should be considered female role models?
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