WNYC StudiosHistory, News, Science
WNYC StudiosHistory, News, Science
WNYC StudiosHistory, News, Science
WNYC StudiosHistory, News, Science

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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.

  • 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.
  • Fascism, Fear and the Science Behind Horror Films
    A look at the latest description of Donald Trump, and a deep dive on horror films.
  • Kamala Harris is Trying to Make Climate Action Patriotic
    A new study suggests that framing climate change in terms of American pride might do the trick.
  • Can a Billion Dollars Buy an Election?
    ​​Trump lashes out at mega donors, Democrats embrace dark money, and whether or not big money helps win an election.
  • ‘The Apprentice’: Donald Trump, Roy Cohn, and the Pursuit of Power
    A new film shows how Donald Trump developed his political playbook from attorney Roy Cohn.
  • The Presidential Election That Put Fox News On the Map
    Slow Burn traces how a cable news channel became a cultural and political force.
  • A Storm of BS In The Wake Of Hurricane Helene
    Relief efforts and local officials have faced an onslaught of false claims online from conservative politicians and conspiracy theorists
  • A Reporter’s View From Beirut, and a New Film Plumbs the Depths of Netanyahu’s Corruption
    The media landscape in Lebanon; a new film exposé on Netanyahu; the state of book censorship.
  • "It Happened Here 2024" A new radio play starring Edie Falco and John Turturro
    Episode one of a brand new 6-part radio play, "It Happened Here, 2024" starring Edie Falco, John Turturro and Tony Shalhoub
  • Election Lies Are Fueling Voter Suppression. Plus, Newsrooms Brace for Election Night
    Uproar over 11th-hour election rule changes in Georgia has put the state back in the national spotlight. Plus, what to expect in the aftermath of election night.
  • OTM Presents Ep. 1 of Slow Burn's The Rise of Fox News: We Report. You Can Suck It.
    When Fox News launched in 1996, critics called it “disorganized, incompetent, and laughably inept”. And during that election cycle it barely registered. But everything changed in 2000, when Fox News called Florida (and the presidency) for George W. Bush before any of the other networks. Potentially altering the outcome of the election in Bush’s favor.Our midweek podcast this week is episode one of the new series of Slow Burn from Slate which takes that pivotal moment as its starting point to examine the place FOX News has carved out in our culture. The series traces the channel’s surging popularity in those early years, and profiles a bunch of people who rose up to try and stop it. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
  • The Trump Campaign Continues to Spew Lies about Springfield. Plus, Support for Political Violence Is On the Rise.
    Why reporters covering the Haitian diaspora felt trouble brewing long before Springfield, Ohio, and a look at the past and present of political violence.
  • Taylor Swift's Endorsement and the Role of Music in Politics
    Exploring the role of music in today’s presidential campaigns.