120 episodes
On the Media WNYC Studios
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4.7 • 122 Ratings
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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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A War Photographer Watches Alex Garland's 'Civil War'
Award-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario on the new film 'Civil War.'
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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.
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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.
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The Rise and Fall of Alt-Weeklies, and Backpage.com vs The Feds
What has American journalism lost with the decline of alt-weeklies?
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How The Village Voice Changed Journalism
An oral history tells the story of this iconic alt-weekly.
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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.
Customer Reviews
OMG, The World According to a Tiny Majority of Rich Conservative Dictatorial Zealots
What a great podcast! I had never heard of this Turd Leonard Anthony Leo. Clearly he was bullied in school. Possibly some cognitive behavioural therapy might have prevented him from spending every moment of every day not only becoming the third-most intense political bully in the world after Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Il literally having his retribution on his attackers by turning the entire Supreme Court and every unfortunate American the got cheated out of a decent education into his army of bullies but also literally placing automatic assault rifles in the hands of Jesus Christ, because Jesus would definitely have relieved the suffering of lepers and the demonically possessed by unloading fifty rounds of hollow point ammunition into there brains and letting Dad sort it out upstairs. “Leo-Jesus! Don’t make me come down there! Send them up to me and I’ll flick those nasty bacteria-demons and hand those unfortunate weights on society a lump of stale bread and some Jesus-juice and rest their souls.” I can’t wait for more episodes of this podcast.
A whole NOTHER word
•EPISODE: “Covering the Proud Boys ...” in which the expert guest invents the word “nother” (as in “... a whole nother set of complications ...”)
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•EPISODE: Borrowed episode from “Euroverse” podcast. Annoying Host Catchphrase: “…Right?” Unlistenable.
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Best Podcast Full Stop
I have listened religiously for nearly a decade, and time and time again have had my news criticised, deconstructed and reinspired with Bob, Brooke and the rest of the marvellous team. Honestly, no other journalism has guided me so deeply, I am profoundly grateful for this podcast’s presence in my life!