On the Media
By WNYC Studios
The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Host Brooke Gladstone examines threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
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What Bush v. Gore Revealed About Contested Elections
The contested election of 2000 and the extraordinary legal and PR battle that ensued. -
The Story Behind Biden’s New Tariffs
How Biden’s trade policy came to look a lot like Trump’s. -
What the Media Get Wrong About Campus Protests
What the focus on violence and chaos obscures; and, a look at how Israeli media are covering the conflict. -
Revisiting a Conversation with Paul Auster
Last week, novelist Paul Auster died from complications related to lung cancer. In this conversation from 2021, he discusses a (mostly) forgotten writer who changed literature forever. -
How to Read a President, with Carlos Lozada, Vinson Cunningham, and Curtis Sittenfeld
Getting to know presidents through memoirs, journalism, and fiction. -
'The Three Body Problem' And the Rise of Chinese Science Fiction
The evolution of science fiction in China, from accusations of "spiritual pollution" to the spotlight. -
How Not to Cover the Trump Trials. Plus, the Latest Push To Defund NPR
Why the law won't fix the Trump's lawlessness; and a former NPR editor's essay puts a spotlight on the public radio network. -
A War Photographer Watches Alex Garland's 'Civil War'
Award-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario on the new film 'Civil War.' -
Meet the Media Prophets Who Preach Christian Supremacy. Plus, Journalism in ‘Civil War’
How Christian nationalism is reshaping politics, and a movie centering journalism tops the box office. -
Happy Bicycle Day!
We have never-before-heard tapes from Ken Kesey, the man who taught the hippies how to be hippies and inspired the psychedelic 60's.