On the Media

WNYC Studios

4.6 (8.5K)
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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.

1 DAY AGO

The New 'State Media.' Plus, Podcasters Are Running the FBI.

The White House embraces far-right influencers; U.S.-Russia relations take a turn.

51 min
4 DAYS AGO

Writing (and Rewriting) Russian History

Busting myths about Russian history

16 min
FEB 21

Learning Elon Musk’s Media Playbook. Plus, Silicon Valley’s Rightwing Roots.

Shaping government policy one X at a time.

51 min
FEB 19

How Kash Patel Came to Loathe the Media and Love Trump

How Kash Patel went from a little-known, largely inexperienced civil servant to being nominated for an enormous role in the Trump administration.

17 min
FEB 15

Donald Trump is Rewriting the Past. Plus, the Christian Groups Vying for Political Power

Watching history get rewritten in real time.

50 min
FEB 12

The J6 Commutations Have Ripple Effects

Micah revisits his conversation with Tasha Adams, ex-wife of the Oath Keepers founder, now released from prison.

51 min
FEB 8

How Wired Magazine is Scooping the Competition. Plus, Whither the Democrats?

Chaos in the federal government, and the fate of the DOJ.

50 min
FEB 5

Musk's Meddling in European Politics

Elon Musk is meddling in European politics

17 min

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2025 Programing

5 days ago

d-town laxer

After Trump was elected I listened to your “morning after” podcast where you candidly discussed how this new regime might impact your coverage. I found your programs following the election fantastic from crypto contrarian to the librarian spies and many in between. Thank you! Keep up the great work. We now just need to figure out how to speak to a broader audience!
Lost its edge

4 days ago

angrylf

This used to be an interesting program but it has become just a bunch of woke blather. Misinformation Is presented as fact rather than risk causing offense. So typical of NPR to fire Garfield who did good, confrontational interviews and keep Gladstone who is a phony, megaphone for progressive nonsense.
Authoritarianism in Politics and big Tech AI

Feb 2

Ytzpaul

First, the first two weeks of Trump’s implementation of Project 2025… And two the section on impact of DeepSeek AI … very interesting with quality guests.
Woke

Feb 16

Jenjen_rn

Great podcast if you hate God, America and truth. If you’re woke and just want someone to fuel that ideology with un-based vitriol this podcast is for you

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.