120 episodes

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.

On the Media WNYC Studios

    • News
    • 4.7 • 41 Ratings

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.

    'The Three Body Problem' And the Rise of Chinese Science 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.

    • 19 min
    How Not to Cover the Trump Trials. Plus, the Latest Push To Defund NPR

    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.

    • 50 min
    A War Photographer Watches Alex Garland's 'Civil War'

    A War Photographer Watches Alex Garland's 'Civil War'

    Award-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario on the new film 'Civil War.'

    • 23 min
    Meet the Media Prophets Who Preach Christian Supremacy. Plus, Journalism in ‘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.

    • 50 min
    Happy Bicycle Day!

    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.

    • 21 min
    The Rise and Fall of Alt-Weeklies, and Backpage.com vs The Feds

    The Rise and Fall of Alt-Weeklies, and Backpage.com vs The Feds

    What has American journalism lost with the decline of alt-weeklies?

    • 51 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
41 Ratings

41 Ratings

A.Nordmann ,

A healthy diet of news in the week.

If breaking news is just like junk food which made you angry and sick sometimes, OTM is definitely a health antidote.

discoctrl ,

favorite podcast

best supplement to any news diet for sure. brooke gladstone and bob garfield are the most consistent and critical interviewers on air and i hope this show goes on forever.

Pansueco ,

Toll

Beste mediensendung und noch viel mehr.

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