120 episodes
On the Media WNYC Studios
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5.0 • 18 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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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.'
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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.
Customer Reviews
Brilliant and insightful
This is essential listening. Transformed how I viewed evictions. Highly recommend the Scarlet E series. Journalism at its best.
my favourite podcast
such thoughtful and intelligent journalism all hail Brooke, Bob and team.
Even for Kiwis
At first a programme on the media by a US station might not seem to have much to offer Kiwis (unless like me, you’re an obsessive about American politics and culture). But the remit of this podcast is much broader than the US media as such, and looks at all kinds of aspects of the global Zeitgeist (e.g. a recent show on the various kinds of nihilism - who knew nihilism could be entertaining?).
I was moved to write this review by their current (early 2015) side-series on House of Cards, which, of course, is broadcast simultaneously in New Zealand. Not only is this sub-podcast highly entertaining, but the analysis by former Washington DC journalists and politicos made me appreciate both TV show and podcast in a whole new way.