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 Ensh*ttification of Everything
Why tech companies just seem to get worse, and how to solve the problem.
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The Drip, Drip, Drip of Bad News at The Washington Post
How the paper’s CEO and incoming executive editor became embroiled in scandal
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UK Elections: They’re Not Like Ours! Plus, the Messy Family Behind Paramount
How US and UK elections influence each other; a British TV drama sheds light on a massive political scandal; meet the Redstones.
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Is Love is Blind a Toxic Workplace?
Love is blind, and allegedly toxic...
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A Former Disinformation Reporter is Running The Onion. Plus, Birds ARE Real.
From the disinfo beat to The Onion; The Birds Aren’t Real prank; and a history of psy-ops
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Mr. Beast Reigns Supreme on YouTube
Online game show host Mr. Beast surpasses T-Series as the most subscribed to channel on YouTube
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Invaluable media analysis in these days of our deeply flawed media environment. Very instructive and useful for teaching one how to parse misinformation.
Always interesting , worth my time.
Good detail, often quirky approach. Relevant , not predictable .