Synopsis
The smartest, wittiest, most incisive media analysis show in the universe. The weekly one-hour podcast of NPRs On the Media is your guide to how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield examine threats to free speech and government transparency, criticize media coverage of the weeks big stories, examine new technology, and unravel hidden political narratives in the media. In an age of information overload, OTM helps you dig your way out. The Peabody Award winning show is produced by WNYC Radio.
Episodes
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![Anatomy of a Publicity Stunt, The Problem with Muslim Rage, and more]()
Anatomy of a Publicity Stunt, The Problem with 'Muslim Rage', and more
05/10/2012 Duration: 50minOn the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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![Russias Broadening Definition of Treason, Manipulating Science Journalists, and More]()
Russia's Broadening Definition of Treason, Manipulating Science Journalists, and More
28/09/2012 Duration: 50minOn the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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![Just The Facts, Please]()
Just The Facts, Please
21/09/2012 Duration: 50minThis week's show is dedicated to the search for truth. Or, in journalism terms, fact-checking. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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![Covering Conventions, the Legacy of Sun Myung Moon, and More]()
Covering Conventions, the Legacy of Sun Myung Moon, and More
07/09/2012 Duration: 50minOn the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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![Does NPR Have a Liberal Bias?]()
Does NPR Have a Liberal Bias?
06/09/2012 Duration: 50minBrooke talks to NPR listeners, pollsters, media watchers, and This American Life's Ira Glass in search of an answer to the question: does NPR have a liberal bias? On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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![Fact-Checkers in the Spotlight, Why Nigerian Prince Scams Work, And More.]()
Fact-Checkers in the Spotlight, Why Nigerian Prince Scams Work, And More.
31/08/2012 Duration: 50minOn the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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![No More Tailoring Political Messages, Communicating the Libyan Revolution, and More]()
No More Tailoring Political Messages, Communicating the Libyan Revolution, and More
24/08/2012 Duration: 50minOn the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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![Ayn Rands Political Influence, Presidential Political Ad Season, and More]()
Ayn Rand's Political Influence, Presidential Political Ad Season, and More
17/08/2012 Duration: 50minOn the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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![Losing Everything to Hackers, the Pussy Riot Trial and More]()
Losing Everything to Hackers, the Pussy Riot Trial and More
10/08/2012 Duration: 50minOn the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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![NBCs Olympics Woes, Posthumous Outing, and More]()
NBC's Olympics Woes, Posthumous Outing, and More
03/08/2012 Duration: 50minCriticism for how NBC is broadcasting the Olympics, the difference between venture capital and private equity, and revealing a public person's sexual orientation after death On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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![Olympic Branding Police, Confessions of a Media Manipulator, and More]()
Olympic Branding Police, Confessions of a Media Manipulator, and More
27/07/2012 Duration: 50minOn the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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![Richard Nixon: Transparency Champion, Endangered Sounds, and more]()
Richard Nixon: Transparency Champion, Endangered Sounds, and more
20/07/2012 Duration: 50minOn the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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![Romneys Bain Departure Date, E-books That Read You, And More...]()
Romney's Bain Departure Date, E-books That Read You, And More...
13/07/2012 Duration: 50minOn the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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![CNNs Big Mistake, Buzzfeeds Big Success and More]()
CNN's Big Mistake, Buzzfeed's Big Success and More
06/07/2012 Duration: 50minOn the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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![The Data Show]()
The Data Show
29/06/2012 Duration: 51minData. We’re awash in it, we make it, we save it, computers crunch it at an unprecedented rate. Radiolab’s Jad Abumrad talks with Brooke about how data inform us and can lead us astray. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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![Mexican Media: Es Muy Complicado]()
Mexican Media: Es Muy Complicado
22/06/2012 Duration: 50minOn the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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![Public Relations for Dictators, Photographing Death, and More]()
Public Relations for Dictators, Photographing Death, and More
15/06/2012 Duration: 50minOn the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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![Drone Secrets, The Right To Petition, and Ray Bradbury]()
Drone 'Secrets,' The Right To Petition, and Ray Bradbury
08/06/2012 Duration: 51minOn the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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![Tallying Civilian Drone Casualties, Chinas Influence on Hollywood, and More]()
Tallying Civilian Drone Casualties, China's Influence on Hollywood, and More
01/06/2012 Duration: 50minOn the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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![Televisions Trying Times]()
Television's Trying Times
25/05/2012 Duration: 50minOn the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
