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
January 13, 2006
Judge Samuel Alito in the hot seat, the ethics of memoir writing, and self-reporting as misreporting.
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May 5, 2011 • 53min
January 20, 2006
Was the press a little too bi-partisan when it described who pocketed a lobbyist’s money? Also, a media health-care huckster becomes a free-speech champion. Plus, farewell to one of history’s most effective ad campaigns, it was Absolut perfection.
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May 5, 2011 • 53min
January 27, 2006
Online anonymity is closer then ever and Hamas attempts an extreme makeover.
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May 5, 2011 • 54min
February 3, 2006
A recap of the Danish cartoon controversy, and Bob vies for the title of Funniest Reporter on the Planet.
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May 5, 2011 • 54min
February 10, 2006
OTM Goes to the Middle East!
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May 5, 2011 • 54min
February 17, 2006
Cheney in the crosshairs and the South wins the Civil War
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May 5, 2011 • 53min
February 24, 2006
A secret program to (re)make government secrets, and the inventor of Flash Mobs tells all.
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May 5, 2011 • 53min
March 3, 2006
Veterans running for Congress as Democrats, Oil's PR campaign, and theatrics in the WH briefing room.
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May 5, 2011 • 53min
March 10, 2006
AT&T's image problem, historical fiction on trial, and the battle between Olbermann and O'Reilly.
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May 5, 2011 • 54min
March 17, 2006
Censorship in China, the Knight Ridder newspapers deal, and the history of war reporting.
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