120 episodes
On the Media WNYC Studios
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4.4 • 24 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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What the Media Get Wrong About Campus Protests
What the focus on violence and chaos obscures; and, a look at how Israeli media are covering the conflict.
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Revisiting a Conversation with Paul Auster
Last week, novelist Paul Auster died from complications related to lung cancer. In this conversation from 2021, he discusses a (mostly) forgotten writer who changed literature forever.
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How to Read a President, with Carlos Lozada, Vinson Cunningham, and Curtis Sittenfeld
Getting to know presidents through memoirs, journalism, and fiction.
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'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.
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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.
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A War Photographer Watches Alex Garland's 'Civil War'
Award-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario on the new film 'Civil War.'
Customer Reviews
Listen to remind you that the US is still full of sane, intelligent people
I live in Europe and right now it's easy to think people in the US have lost their reason. This podcast shows that's not true - it is sane, informative and engaging. To me it is balanced, but I know that others will disagree. Listen to it - you will learn something.
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I never miss it
OTM is on my 'cannot miss' podcast list. The variety of topics, and the quality of conversation has never failed to impress me.