120 episodes
On the Media WNYC Studios
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4.6 • 8.3K 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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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.
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Happy Birthday to Basketball Great, Walt "Clyde" Frazier
Remember that time Brooke spoke to Knicks legend, Walt "Clyde" Frazier?
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Boeing Conspiracy Theories Take Flight. Plus, the Politics to TV News Pipeline
The disaster-conspiracy pipeline; revolving doors between politics and media; and a six-decade career at The New Yorker
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Beyoncé and the History of Black Country Music
Beyoncé’s new album, Cowboy Carter, comes out on Friday.
Customer Reviews
Among my favorites
For many years I have counted this show among my favorite public radio shows. I was so happy to find that the show was available as a podcast in addition to the live radio. They cover critical issues related to the media.
Excellent journalism
The March 8 episode with Iyad el-Baghdadi was exceptionally poignant, sad and at the same time beautiful. It was truly a great episode to listen to.
At its end
On the Media was essential listening when I first began listening almost 15 years ago, the first show I supported financially directly, as a broke kid in college at that. It’s fallen extremely far in terms of scope and analysis. Given how crowded the field is with shows that are actually incisive, I think it’s time to put OTM out to pasture.