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
October 1, 2004
We reflect on the spin of the first debate between the candidates.
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October 15, 2004
The President's bulge, looking back at the October Surprise and more...
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October 22, 2004
Why polls are bad and newspaper endorsements don't matter!
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October 29, 2004
Brooke reviews coverage of the explosive explosive case and why some journalists just can't get away from the horserace.
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November 5, 2004
A President is re-elected and TV doesn't screw up the numbers…much.
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November 12, 2004
The information war in Iraq and more.
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November 19, 2004
A brand new Wordwatch, plus: was the election really all about moral values?
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November 26, 2004
Theo Van Gogh, earworms and much, much more!!
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May 16, 2008
Show Summary: Hezbollah targets the Lebanese media: the real definition of "green collar"; and Bob's hate love relationship with the new Newseum.
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May 30, 2008
Show summary: A special OTM devoted entirely to issues of space and media
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May 23, 2008
Show Summary: The forces tugging at the book industry, an ATM-like machine for literature, and the rise of E-paper.
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May 9, 2008
Show Summary: The Internet Archive challenges a secret FBI demand and wins; a peek inside the mind of an MSNBC pundit; the enduring legacy of Ayn Rand.
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May 2, 2008
Show Summary: the women of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints fight back; segregated search engines; and a look back on the history of LSD.
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April 25, 2008
This Week: military analysts on the air, Nazi prison-guard porn and a forgotten New Orleans newspaper
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April 18, 2008
Show Summary: Why journalists report on the Pope-Mobile rather than asking tough questions when the Pontiff comes to town; what we sacrifice in the long run if we opt for a secure, reliable internet …
April 11, 2008
Show Summary: The reporter who broke the warrantless wiretapping story; technology recommendations for the next president; Pundimonium! 24 hours trapped in the world of punditry.
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April 4, 2008
Show Summary: Can a magazine piece be a human rights violation in Canada; and why are media still covering the race for the Democratic nomination?
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March 28, 2008
Show Summary: The past and present of the Olympic brand; a conflict of interest at ESPN; and Bhutanese journalists learn how to cover their country's first election.
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March 21, 2008
Show Summary: On the Media's Iraq War Anniversary Special
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March 14, 2008
Show Summary: Seymour Hersh on breaking the My Lai story; the prototypical war photographer; and mourning the end of The Wire.
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