On the Media
WNYC Studios
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.
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May 5, 2011 • 53min
July 7, 2001
This week On the Media looks into the dangers and challenges facing reporters in the Middle East, a new service in journalism: an ethics hotline, and a sound effect which you've probably heard, but the name of which you've probably never known.
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May 5, 2011 • 51min
May 1, 2009
Journalists can't resist a panic story; the Obama Administration gets an F on its transparency report card; the first 100 Days of media tactics.
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May 5, 2011 • 58min
July 14, 2001
A look at televisions love for courtroom dramas, and training children and adults to be media literate.
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May 5, 2011 • 53min
July 21, 2001
How does Henry Kissinger woo American media so well? Plus, Holden Caulfield hits 50. That's this week on On the Media.
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May 5, 2011 • 53min
July 28, 2001
MTV turns 20, a look at the lives of Mayan scribes, and saying goodbye to the man who, quite literally, wrote the book on the media.
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May 5, 2011 • 53min
August 4, 2001
This week on On the Media: Crackerjack, but no peanuts. And how CNN is changing it's theme music.
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May 5, 2011 • 53min
August 11, 2001
This week, On the Media explores the new weapons of choice in the Middle East: words. Also, which TV characters should be considered female role models?
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May 5, 2011 • 53min
August 18, 2001
A look at China's controls on the web, a hero of the environmental movement attacking environmental groups, and a question: where have all the British celebrities gone? That and more, this week on On the Media.
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May 5, 2011 • 58min
September 1, 2001
What's the number one channel in prime time? That plus saying goodbye to Mr. Rogers.
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May 5, 2011 • 53min
September 8, 2001
Why does the media tend to ignore the competence of public officials? And why has the term schizophrenic become so popular? That and more this week on On the Media.
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