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
- 1804
- Years Active
- 2011 - 2025
February 25, 2005
We consider the pros and cons of conspiracy theories.
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March 4, 2005
Hollywood’s approach – avoidance relationship with the Holocaust and more.
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August 10, 2007
Show summary: Nuclear weapons, on and off the table, smoking, on and off the silver screen, and the scent of an anchorman.
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August 17, 2007
Show summary: New Orleans revisited, the campaign narrative, and a Christian reporter loses religion
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March 11, 2005
Two issues that journalists just don't understand - guns and the budget.
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March 18th, 2005
Video news releases and more!!
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July 27, 2007
Show Summary: The Bancrofts ruminate on Rupert Murdoch's offer, the only journalist imprisoned in Guantanamo, and the army reevaluates its influence around the world.
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July 20, 2007
Show Summary: The curious timing of the N.I.E., trouble on the Mexican border, and piracy comes to the publishing world.
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March 25, 2005
Whither the whistle-blower? Some charge the government with failing to protect truth-tellers, this week we hear from both sides.
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April 1, 2005
Extreme makeover, White House edition and more!
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April 15, 2005
Tom "The Hammer" Delay is establishing his own media war-room and more!
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July 13, 2007
Show Summary: The invisibility of military contractors, Cold War radio grows up, and the history of the People's Gun.
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July 6, 2007
Show Summary: A Rwandan love story, corporate green-washing, and why people agree to be humiliated on TV.
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June 29, 2007
Show Summary: Tony Blair's spinner-in-chief, the ethics of undercover reporting, and the enduring relevance of Blade Runner.
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June 22, 2007
On The Media travels to Russia for an in-depth look at the state of Russian freedom of the press.
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June 15, 2007
Show Summary: Getting the story wrong in Samarra, and in Somalia. Also, the enduring allure of Tintin... and Googley eyes are watching you.
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June 8, 2007
Show Summary: Al Gore’s influence on President Bush, a Dutch television executive explains why he lied to his viewers for a good cause, and Hustler's Larry Flynt offers cash for political dirt.
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June 1, 2007
Show Summary: The contended history of the Six-Day War, commie-hunting in the broadcast industry, and the mistaken notion that the Right owns religion.
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April 22, 2005
The new food pyramid and more...
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