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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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How Tired Tropes Drive AI Coverage. Plus, is the Vibecession Back or Not?
Debunking AI hype. Plus, Trump returns to a favourite talking point: China.
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Rightwing Media is Obsessed with the Darien Gap
Immigrants are being ambushed by rightwing activists with cameras at a dangerous crossing.
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What Bush v. Gore Revealed About Contested Elections
The contested election of 2000 and the extraordinary legal and PR battle that ensued.
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The Story Behind Biden’s New Tariffs
How Biden’s trade policy came to look a lot like Trump’s.
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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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