The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Host Brooke Gladstone examines 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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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 25 days 14 hours 28 minutes
How to Read a President, with Carlos Lozada, Vinson Cunningham, and Curtis Sittenfeld
Getting to know presidents through memoirs, journalism, and fiction.
'The Three Body Problem' And the Rise of Chinese Science Fiction
The evolution of science fiction in China, from accusations of "spiritual pollution" to the spotlight.
How Not to Cover the Trump Trials. Plus, the Latest Push To Defund NPR
Why the law won't fix the Trump's lawlessness; and a former NPR editor's essay puts a spotlight on the public radio network.
A War Photographer Watches Alex Garland's 'Civil War'
Award-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario on the new film 'Civil War.'
Meet the Media Prophets Who Preach Christian Supremacy. Plus, Journalism in ‘Civil War’
How Christian nationalism is reshaping politics, and a movie centering journalism tops the box office.
Happy Bicycle Day!
We have never-before-heard tapes from Ken Kesey, the man who taught the hippies how to be hippies and inspired the psychedelic 60's.
The Rise and Fall of Alt-Weeklies, and Backpage.com vs The Feds
What has American journalism lost with the decline of alt-weeklies?
How The Village Voice Changed Journalism
The Village Voice, founded in 1955, is widely credited as the first alternative weekly newspaper, or alt-weekly. The big show this week is all about the rise and fall of the alt-weekly—the type of off-beat, fearless publication that, once-upon-a-time, you could pick up on a street corner in cities across the country...
Warring Narratives Around UNRWA. Plus, Media Bets on Sports Gambling
The origins and politics of the largest humanitarian organization operating in Gaza; and the history of sports media and gambling.