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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. 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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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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How to Read a President, with Carlos Lozada, Vinson Cunningham, and Curtis Sittenfeld
Getting to know presidents through memoirs, journalism, and fiction.
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'The Three Body Problem' And the Rise of Chinese Science Fiction
The evolution of science fiction in China, from accusations of "spiritual pollution" to the spotlight.