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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September 18, 2009
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minThe evolution of the ACORN story; a call to action for government whistle blowers; America's first internet addiction recovery program 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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September 11, 2009
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minReading (or not reading) the health care bill; controversy over a picture of a soldier in his dying moments; Hollywood and 9/11 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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September 4, 2009
05/05/2011 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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August 28, 2009
05/05/2011 Duration: 51minStars and Stripes charges the military with punishing reporters for negative stories; how to cover the debate over the efficacy of torture; the ethics of undercover reporting 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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August 21, 2009
05/05/2011 Duration: 51minFact-checking health care ads; Iraq's media crackdown; find a reporter, win $5000. 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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August 7, 2009
05/05/2011 Duration: 51minThe YouTube-ization of health care hecklers; the military and the media; the psychology of reporters who die for their stories. 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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August 14, 2009
05/05/2011 Duration: 51minThe future of the internet: from cyber security to online bullying to what the internet is doing to our brains. 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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July 31, 2009
05/05/2011 Duration: 51minConspiracy theories: how they spread and how to stop them, tracking if and how the government is spending the stimulus, the many myths of Walter Cronkite. 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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July 24, 2009
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minThe language of health care, Amazon's Kindle buyback, and Al Franken's funny again 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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July 17, 2009
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minShow Summary: Sotomayor hearings, online ads and Food, Inc. 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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July 10, 2009
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minShow Summary: MJ mania, Wiki collusion and Khrushchev's wild ride around America 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 26, 2009
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minCharges of coziness between the news networks and the White House; NPR's policy on the word "torture"; adventures in ambushing potential interviewees 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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July 3, 2009
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minDebunking popular myths about President Obama, Kitty Genovese and the Cuban Missile Crisis 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 19, 2009
05/05/2011 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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June 12, 2009
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minThe Globe in crisis, mapping North Korea and Tetris turns 25 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 5, 2009
05/05/2011 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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May 29, 2009
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minA look at Seattle now that it's a one-paper town and the support and attack machines working for and against Sonia Sotomayor. Plus, are bunk credit reports protected by the First Amendment? 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 22, 2009
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minCheney's makeover, the Pentagon's charm offensive and the pitchman's day in the sun. 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 15, 2009
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minThe significance of images of torture; the search for the next Google; Craigslist now comes with chaperons 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 8, 2009
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minIs price-fixing the only way to save the newspaper industry?; the wealthy have a PR problem; the new Kindle and its impact on all things paper and publishing. 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.