On the Media

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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.

America’s Empire State of Mind
A history of American imperialism.
Do Sex Scandals Matter Anymore in Politics?
The case of Gary Hart.
How AI and Algorithms Are Transforming Music
The state of music criticism; and the AI generator that could put composers out of a job.
A New Film Unearths the Depths of Netanyahu's Corruption
Featuring never-before-seen interrogation footage.
The Harvard Plan: The Universities Are The Enemy
Trump’s big plan to remake American universities puts academia on high alert.
How to Plan for Inevitable Disaster
New Orleans faces up to the climate crisis.
A Cold-Blooded Killing Ignites a National Conversation. Plus, Part Two of The Harvard Plan.
The suspected killer of the UnitedHealthcare CEO goes viral, and the culture war that ousted Harvard’s first Black president.
Enron is Back, and Birds Aren't Real
Behind the satirical news.
Donald Trump’s Cabinet of Influencers. Plus, The Harvard Plan.
Why the White House is recruiting officials with their own online microphones, and the ideological battle over America’s universities.
Kash Patel’s Crusade Against the Media
Getting to know Kash Patel.
How Conservative Talk Radio Came to Dominate the Airwaves
The legal, technological, and political factors that led to conservative talk radio ruling the airwaves.
Hank Green Makes the Truth Go Viral (EXTENDED VERSION)
An extended version of Micah's interview with Youtuber Hank Green.
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?
Why Men And Boys Are Struggling
The statistics are not encouraging.
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.
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.
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.
The Day After
Brooke and Micah recorded a conversation on Wednesday morning after the election.
Toxic Election Lies Spread, Jeff Bezos Sows Chaos at The Post and How The Media Created Election Night
A look at election disinformation, The Washington Post’s decision, uncommitted voters in the press, and how election night became a television spectacular.
Why Trump is a Fascist (EXTENDED VERSION)
A historian of fascism explains why he sounded the alarm back in 2018.

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