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
April 27, 2002
Silvio Berlusconi's reactions to criticism of Italian state-run TV, a journalist takes justice into her own hands, and Mr. Elmo goes to Washington.
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May 5, 2011 • 53min
May 4, 2002
The financial troubles of recent media mergers, and meet the man who was censor for Saturday Night Live.
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May 5, 2011 • 51min
May 11, 2002
How has Hong-Kong being handed over to China changed it's media? That and a look at priests in the media this week on On the Media.
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May 5, 2011 • 51min
May 17, 2002
Coverage of the Middle-East by the U.S. media catches flak at home, also: the journalistic ethics of Spiderman and Superman.
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May 5, 2011 • 51min
May 25, 2002
The media onslaught involving President Bush's alleged prior knowledge, a look at the state of the free press in Zimbabwe, and the disappearance of instrumental rock.
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May 5, 2011 • 53min
June 1, 2002
How overstatements easily gain acceptance in the media, the media's soft spot for the FBI, and a look at the portrayal of cops on TV and in the movies.
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May 5, 2011 • 53min
June 8, 2002
How the ambiguities of the Koran are being used to further political agendas, and the public image of the CIA.
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May 5, 2011 • 53min
June 14, 2002
Brooke is away, and that means that it's sports city this week on On the Media.
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May 5, 2011 • 53min
June 21, 2002
Four reporters fined for talking to a jury after a case was closed, and a look at the history of advertising Cracker Jack. That's this week on On the Media.
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May 5, 2011 • 53min
June 28, 2002
How the Arab press is reacting to President Bush's ideas for change in Middle East policy, and the kerfuffle being caused by a "hip" depiction of the Thai king.
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