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 • 50min
February 29, 2008
Show Summary: The media's love affair with Obama; the irresistible urge to call elections before they're over; the Smurfs turn 50!
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May 5, 2011 • 50min
February 22, 2008
Show Summary: The New York Times v McCain; Barack Obama's war of words; cartoonists and comedians struggle with satirizing Obama
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May 5, 2011 • 50min
February 15, 2008
Show Summary: Congress stages a walk out; a post writer's strike deal is struck; and the Transportation Security Administration sets up a blog.
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May 5, 2011 • 50min
February 8, 2008
Show Summary: First Amendment: fact or fiction; hackers mark their turf; and an e-mail blunder ends up on the front page of the New York Times.
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May 5, 2011 • 50min
February 1, 2008
Show Summary: how earmarks became pork; the politics of high fashion; and betting on the election
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May 5, 2011 • 50min
January 25, 2008
Show Summary: the narrative of the returned soldier; the new FBI Most Wanted; and Bobby Fischer remembered
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May 5, 2011 • 50min
January 18, 2008
Show Summary: Dennis Kucinich on being shut out of the MSNBC debate; 'Filipino monkey' makes mischief?; and the UK's fascination with the U.S. primaries
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May 5, 2011 • 50min
January 11, 2008
Show Summary: reporting recession, the death of the Daily Worker and a year of murders
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May 5, 2011 • 50min
January 4, 2008
Show Summary: Iowa's aftermath, Bhutto's martyrdom and writers (still) on strike
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May 5, 2011 • 51min
December 28, 2007
Show Summary: Presidential candidates and their autobiographies, a gossip columnist turns Iraq war correspondent, plus some of our favorite books of 2007.
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