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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Jul 18, 2014 • 51min
A Breakthrough HIV Drug, Chronicling Gun Violence, and SIMS
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Jul 11, 2014 • 51min
Getting Fired for a FOIA, A Chicago Crime Reporter, Cold Cases and More
A CIA agent gets fired over a FOIA request, the truth behind the current immigration crisis, and the Chicago Tribune’s overnight crime reporter on covering endless shootings.
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Jul 1, 2014 • 51min
Breaking Bad in Spanish, the "Hispanic Walter Cronkite", and More
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Jun 27, 2014 • 20sec
Hey, Alex, This is NOT NPR
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Jun 26, 2014 • 52min
Egypt's Press Suppression, True Crime, and More
How the suppression of a free press in Egypt is reversing the course of the Arab Spring, challenging the conventional wisdom on student debt, a defense of True Crime, and more.
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Jun 20, 2014 • 52min
ISIS's Media Offensive, Online Death Threats, and What NPR Is (and Isn't)
ISIS's Twitter and television offensive, the effects of language on your morals, and what NPR is and what it isn't.
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Jun 13, 2014 • 51min
The Bergdahl Controversy, The Slenderman Panic, and a Cantor Narrative
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Jun 6, 2014 • 51min
The Snowden Leaks One Year Later
Our fluctuating interest in Snowden and his leaks one year later, your digital life after death, and the viral photo fiction that changed Tom Cruise's career.
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May 30, 2014 • 52min
The Media after a Massacre, Amazon’s War, and Confessions of a Tabloid Hack
The eerie digital afterlife Elliot Rodger left behind, a former "tabloid hack" dishes about tabloids, and the brains behind #YesAllWomen
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May 23, 2014 • 52min
Experiencing Tragedy at the 9/11 Museum
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