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
November 25, 2005
Almost three years into the war in Iraq and the debate over whether to go into that war is raging in the media. Why now? And, putting a new head on Beer.
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May 5, 2011 • 53min
November 11, 2005
Former New York Times reporter Judith Miller talks about Scooter Libby, weapons of mass destruction, and her former colleagues at the Times. Plus, the other leak
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May 5, 2011 • 53min
November 18, 2005
The earthquake in Pakistan vanished from the headlines after barely a week. If thousands more die because no one is paying attention, are the media to blame? Also, malfeasance at the CPB.
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May 5, 2011 • 53min
November 4, 2005
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May 5, 2011 • 53min
January 5, 2007
Show summary: Watching Saddam's execution here and in the Arab world, and the Future of the Internet.
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May 5, 2011 • 51min
December 29, 2006
This week on On the Media, an examination of the NPR listener, and, a radioplay send-up public radio itself.
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May 5, 2011 • 54min
December 22, 2006
Show Summary: Unpacking "troop surge" and the N-word. Also, how the civil rights movement was covered, and a fond look at Christmas specials of yore.
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May 5, 2011 • 54min
December 15, 2006
Show summary: Atheists in the press, Pinochet's propaganda and Luddite spies.
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May 5, 2011 • 53min
December 8, 2006
Show summary: Bush cements his image as the decider. Plus, the popular image of spies... and penguins.
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May 5, 2011 • 54min
December 1, 2006
Show Summary: New York Times editor Bill Keller weighs in on "civil war" semantics. And, the subpoenas rain down on the Times' reporters.
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