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 17 hours 6 minutes
What the Media Gets Wrong About Immigration, and Chris Hayes Wants More Trump Coverage!
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has threatened to defy the federal government’s control over the border as the surge of migrants continues. On this week’s On the Media, a look at what might be a brewing constitutional crisis. Plus, hear MSNBC’s Chris Hayes make a case for why journalists should be paying even closer attention to Donald Trump.
1. Adam Serwer [@AdamSerwer], staff writer at The Atlantic, on the humanitarian and constitutional crisis at the Texas border. Listen.
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Micah Speaks To Kyle Chayka About The Filter World
In Micah Loewinger's introduction to this interview, he shared this personal anecdote:
"Before I landed a job at this show, I worked for a few years, on and off, at a couple record stores around New York City. And some of my favorite albums to this day, were recommended to me by my coworkers. Men and women who I consider to be archivists –– not just of old formats like vinyl records, CDs, and cassettes –– but of underappreciated artists and niche genres...
DeSantis' Failed Campaign Has Lessons For the Political Press. And A Public Radio Parody.
Tracing the rise and fall of Ron DeSantis; Trump campaigning in the courtroom; a laugh at public radio's expense.
DeSantis' Failed Campaign Has Lessons For the Political Press. And A Public Radio Parody.
After New Hampshire and Iowa, the GOP field is narrowing to Donald Trump's benefit once again. On this week’s On the Media, hear how Florida governor Ron DeSantis went from right-wing media darling to the party outcast. Plus, what gets lost in the blow-by-blow coverage of Trump’s legal woes.
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OTM presents - Blindspot: The Plague in the Shadows
This week we're featuring the work of our colleagues at WNYC:
Valerie Reyes-Jimenez called it “The Monster.” That’s how some people described HIV and AIDS in the 1980s. Valerie thinks as many as 75 people from her block on New York City’s Lower East Side died. They were succumbing to an illness that was not recognized as the same virus that was killing young, white, gay men just across town in the West Village.
At the same time, in Washington, D.C...
Trouble at The Baltimore Sun, and the End of an Era for Pitchfork
The 'private investment era' of journalism; the fate of The Baltimore Sun; the gutting of Pitchfork and the future of music criticism.
Trouble at The Baltimore Sun, and the End of an Era for Pitchfork
This year has had a rocky start for journalism. The Baltimore Sun changed hands again, and layoffs loom at the LA Times. On this week’s On the Media, hear how private investment firms broke local news. Meanwhile, nonprofit publications try to repair the damage. Plus, a music critic reflects on the job cuts at Pitchfork and the power of the album review.
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