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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June 25, 2010
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minConfessions of a video game addict and Sebastian Junger on Restrepo 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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June 18, 2010
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minInaccurate oil spill numbers past and present; why Radiolab's Jad Abumrad can't use the word "sperm" on iTunes; the world's most popular tweet? 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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June 11, 2010
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minSay goodbye to unlimited data plans; reporters get super-soaked at the Bidens' beach party; an Iranian journalist risks his life to report on post-election violence 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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June 4, 2010
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minThe Coast Guard, BP, and media access to the Gulf oil spill; Al Qaeda's #3 man killed! (again); a illustrated book tells the gruesome story of the US-Mexico border drug war 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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May 28, 2010
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minThe price of privacy, Rand Paul and the national media spotlight, Arizona's immigration law 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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May 21, 2010
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minCell phone safety (or lack there of), Facebook privacy (or lack there of), video games for the disabled 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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May 14, 2010
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minReporter barred from Guantanamo, fact checking political talk shows, anti-censorship software for Iran 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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May 7, 2010
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minOil spill coverage, ROFLCon and Hitler 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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April 30, 2010
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minShield laws, cyber war and bridging the online language barrier 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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April 23, 2010
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minGeoff Stone on free speech and animal cruelty, the GAO accounts for piracy, Bob finds out the point of Twitter 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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April 16, 2010
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minThe President versus the media, NPR's woman problem, Brooke and Dave Eggers 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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April 9, 2010
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minThe Catholic Church and the media, how war can look like a video game, copyrighting jokes 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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April 2, 2010
05/05/2011 Duration: 50min"Militia" vs "terrorist" and lawsuits that stifle First Amendment rights 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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March 26, 2010
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minThe ill coverage of the health care bill, plus "baby killers" 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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March 19, 2010
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minStates trying to ban release of 911 tapes, plagiarism detection software for newspapers, the FCC's new broadband plan 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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March 12, 2010
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minSpecial: The Future of the Music Industry (originally broadcast 10/23/2009) 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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March 5, 2010
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minHuman flesh search engines, the First Amendment right to flip the bird, Hollywood's "uncanny valley" 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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February 26, 2010
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minPolitical theater, sex.com and A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter 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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February 19, 2010
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minIceland is paradise for journalists and librarians rule! 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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February 12, 2010
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minHow to handle a recall and what you learn from listening to thousands of hours of Bin Laden tapes. Plus, does it matter that the son of the NY Times Jerusalem Bureau chief recently joined the Israel Defense Forces? 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.