WNYC StudiosHistory, News, Politics
WNYC StudiosHistory, News, Politics
WNYC StudiosHistory, News, Politics
WNYC StudiosHistory, News, Politics

About

On the Media is a weekly show that uses the media as a lens to understand our world. On the Media listeners say the show is an essential companion, helping them survive the firehose of media coming at them 24/7. Hosted by Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger, the show does not do ‘hot takes’, instead offering listeners context, historical parallels, media analysis and often a much appreciated deep exhale. On the Media hosts have an eye on the nuances and details regularly missed by other outlets which helps listeners understand where they should be paying attention (and what they can afford to ignore). Our media diets have untruths woven in, and inconvenient truths left out. These are the bits explored every week at On the Media.

  • The Pentagon is Waging War on Its Own Paper
    Plus, the woman shaping Trump’s media diet.
  • A Look Back at *The* 9/11 Truther Movie
    How 9/11 broke our brains.
  • Finance Bros Are Coming for the Public Airwaves
    The battle over our public airwaves.
  • How AI Chatbots are Infiltrating Classrooms
    And what parents can do about it.
  • Long Live the Art of Shoe-Leather Reporting!
    Plus, combing through the Epstein Files.
  • Behind the Scenes of 'American Emergency'
    Sharing our live show.
  • How the U.S. Government Built an Underground City, and Other State Secrets
    How FEMA's secretive beginnings fed conspiracy theories that haunt the agency today.
  • Pablo Torre Is Changing Sports
    How the YouTuber and sports journalist changing up the industry.
  • The Story Behind Trump’s Terrible Approval Rating
    Plus, the origins of Trump’s media watchdog.
  • Trump Has Forever Changed America's Place in the World
    Remember Trump's threats about Greenland?
  • F@#$ the AI Overlords
    A guide to getting AI to work for us, and not the other way around.
  • ICE's Summer Spending Spree
    The agency buying all the data it can.
  • The Red Scare, But Dumber
    And the dogged journalist covering ICE’s airplane activities.
  • Trump v. BBC
    How Trump bit off more than he could chew.
  • From Subpoenas to Cockroaches: Journalist Intimidation 101
    Plus, a documentary about the eBay stalking scandal.
  • Tulsi Gabbard's Guru
    Washington Post journalist Jon Swaine uncovered a trove of emails that hint at how the former Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard was influenced by the leader of a cult-like group.
  • The FCC’s Pressure Campaign to Reshape Broadcast TV
    And the man with the legal theory behind it.
  • A Tour Through the Epstein Files
    Inside the Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room.
  • A Newspaper Raid and a Small Town Whodunnit
    A local paper gets searched by police. Tragedy ensues.
  • The Rest Is History
    From our friends at the New Yorker Radio Hour.