On the Media

WNYC Studios

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The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine 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.

4 DAYS AGO

How Conservative Talk Radio Came to Dominate the Airwaves

The legal, technological, and political factors that led to conservative talk radio ruling the airwaves.

51 min
6 DAYS AGO

Hank Green Makes the Truth Go Viral (EXTENDED VERSION)

An extended version of Micah's interview with Youtuber Hank Green.

24 min
NOV 23

How Hank Green Makes the Truth Go Viral. Plus, the Escape Fantasies of the Uber Rich.

More and more Americans are getting their news from influencers like Hank Green. Plus, tech billionaires are building survival bunkers—is it just a fantasy?

50 min
NOV 20

Why Men And Boys Are Struggling

The statistics are not encouraging.

18 min
NOV 15

Fox News is Back at the White House. Plus, No Joke, The Onion Buys Infowars.

How Fox News contributors got picked for Trump’s cabinet, the case for more fact-checkers, and why the media has an audience problem. Plus, The Onion buys Infowars.

50 min
NOV 14

Using Conspiracy Theories to Make Sense of a Loss

Social media posts from Kamala Harris supporters and the left questioning the outcome of the election are going viral.

22 min
NOV 8

The Manosphere Celebrates a Win. Plus, M. Gessen on How to Survive an Autocracy

Hear how OTM listeners are feeling post-election, the right-wing podcasters who helped elect Trump, and rules for surviving autocracy.

50 min
NOV 6

The Day After

Brooke and Micah recorded a conversation on Wednesday morning after the election.

30 min

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Great show—pronounce antisemitic correctly pls

3 days ago

wilhelmina a.

Why do so many people pronounce antisemitic “anti-si-metic”? Please encourage reporter Katie Thornton and others to use the correct pronunciation: "an-tē-sə-ˈmi-tik"
Father Coughlin was not on the Right

1 day ago

TEXAS COYS

Poorly done. Labeling coughlin as being from the right illustrates your bias. He held disgusting views on Jews. His other views were heterodox but leaned left.
The most necessary and critical podcast for out modern times

Nov 26

yimbyDawler

I’m an avid OTM listener because they offer the kind of inside out critiques that help us understand nuances and narrative that shape our world and thinking. In a world losing out on journalism in every corner, this kind of analysis is precious and rare. I am a better critical thinker because of OTM. Thank you and please share this with others and donate to keep this kind of show going long into the future.
Interesting

6 days ago

Mazocar

This show was mildly interesting when the hosts had a moment when they nearly understood why their medium was dying. Alas, that moment was fleeting and quickly lost.

The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine 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.