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

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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.

  • Grab Your Tin Foil Hat for The Onion's Takeover of Infowars
    Trump faces a new accusation; The Onion is taking over InfoWars; and the 30th anniversary of Democracy Now!
  • Predicting the News
    Prediction markets are in the headlines again
  • Influencers Usher In A New Era For #MeToo
    Plus, Hungary's new Prime Minister vows to dismantle Orban's "factory of lies"
  • Planet Money Wrote a Book And Then Dissected The Business of Publishing!
    NPR's Planet Money wrote a book and made a series about the process.
  • Trump’s “Madman Theory” Is on Full Display in Iran
    Plus, shortwave radio in the 21st century.
  • A New Day for the Press in Hungary?
    What might follow this weekend's national election.
  • Pete Hegseth is Praying for a Holy War
    Plus, Peter Thiel’s theory of the antichrist.
  • The Danger of Keeping Score
    And why games, like Twister and Dungeons and Dragons, can point us in the right direction...
  • The Pentagon Kicks the Press Out … Again
    Plus, meet the new Pentagon press corps.
  • Trans People are Facing a 'Dual State' in Trump's America
    How to make sense of the deluge of attacks on trans rights.
  • Trump Demands Patriotic Coverage of the War in Iran. Or Else….
    Plus, AI war fakery is getting trickier than ever.
  • A Win For Mr. Nobody!
    Mr. Nobody Against Putin Wins An Oscar!
  • Hegseth’s Pentagon Axed a Program Meant to Save Civilian Lives
    Then the bombing started in Iran
  • A Good Sign For the VOA?
    A new district court ruling may be a good sign for the future of Voice of America.
  • The AI-Powered War Machines Are Here
    AI warfare in Iran; and standing up for democracy
  • A New Doc Questions The Legacy of "To Catch A Predator"
    The beginning of our true crime era.
  • The Ellisons Prepare to Expand Their Media Empire
    Media capture, media danger, and media power
  • The Century-Long Capture of U.S. Media
    Capitalists, oligarchs, and authoritarians, oh my!
  • The Man With a Plan to Reshape Broadcast TV
    (by making it more conservative)
  • Orson Welles and the Blind Soldier
    The story of a crime in a small, southern town…that became a spark for the budding civil rights movement.