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On the Media

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Overview

The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine 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.

1805 Episodes

Bullseye's Jesse Thorn on Surviving in the Podcasting Industry

This month marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Bullseye.

Published: 26 November 2025

The Battle for the Future of the Democratic Party

The Democrats’ identity crisis, explained.

Published: 21 November 2025

The Democratic Party's Spam Machine

If you’ve ever donated to a Democratic candidate, you’ve probably been rewarded with a never-ending stream of pleas for more money in your inbox.

Published: 19 November 2025

S2 - Episode 3: The Harvard Plan

Inside the fight over the future of academic freedom.

Transcribed - Published: 14 November 2025

The Republican Party's 'Civil War'

A fight over anti-semitism has rocked the GOP

Transcribed - Published: 12 November 2025

S2 - Episode 2: The Harvard Plan

This week, it gets personal…

Transcribed - Published: 7 November 2025

Do Moderates Win More Elections?

The discourse around 'moderate vs. progressive' Democrats has gotten out of hand.

Transcribed - Published: 5 November 2025

The Harvard Plan is Back. Episode 1: And So It Begins...

A brand new season.

Transcribed - Published: 31 October 2025

S2 - Episode 1: The Harvard Plan

And so it begins...

Transcribed - Published: 29 October 2025

Donald Trump's 'Darth Vader.' Plus, the Normalization of White Nationalist Nick Fuentes.

The “shadow president”; a white nationalist influencer; and the kids are alright?

Transcribed - Published: 24 October 2025

How Funding Cuts Are Changing Public Radio

How federal cuts are changing public media, and how our station is facing this critical moment.

Transcribed - Published: 22 October 2025

Big Tech is Silencing the ICE Watchers. Plus, Why a Scholar of Antifa Fled the Country.

Surveilling ICE; a historian forced to flee; and true-crime’s impact on real life.

Transcribed - Published: 17 October 2025

David Remnick: How The Two State Solution Ended in Disaster

Hussein Agha and Robert Malley spent decades trying to negotiate peace in the Middle East, and they know why it failed.

Transcribed - Published: 15 October 2025

Authoritarianism, but Make It Look Normal. Plus, the Family Taking Over American Media.

The “Dual State;” and a new media empire.

Transcribed - Published: 11 October 2025

What's Wrong with True Crime?

A journalist writing from prison upends the typical 'true crime' narrative.

Transcribed - Published: 8 October 2025

Jamelle Bouie Says Your Fear of Trump Isn't Helping. Plus, Humphrey Bogart’s Betrayal.

Jamelle Bouie doesn’t mince words; lessons from Casablanca.

Transcribed - Published: 3 October 2025

Bobi Wine: The People's President

The continued fight for democracy in Uganda.

Transcribed - Published: 1 October 2025

Trump v. Tylenol. Plus, How Charlie Kirk Became a Martyr for the Christian Right.

The war on terror and drugs combines; and the canonization of Charlie Kirk.

Transcribed - Published: 26 September 2025

Goodnight, and Good Luck: 20 Years Later

Edward R. Murrow, CBS and the fight against McCarthyism

Transcribed - Published: 24 September 2025

Free Speech for Me, but Not for Thee. Plus, Librarians Under Siege.

A “radicalization engine”; and librarians under siege

Transcribed - Published: 20 September 2025

Paul Offit Has Opinions About RFK Jnr.

The doctor is in.

Transcribed - Published: 17 September 2025

The Aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s Murder. Plus, the Rise and Fall of CBS.

The shooting of a conservative media icon, and a new bias monitor at CBS.

Transcribed - Published: 13 September 2025

Apocalypse Again

Stories we tell about the end of the world.

Transcribed - Published: 10 September 2025

No, Trump Isn't Cracking Down on Crime. Plus, How Ukrainians Tell Their Story of the War.

Trump's deployment of troops; how MAGA talks about authoritarianism; and Ukraine's memorials.

Transcribed - Published: 5 September 2025

The Viral Outrage Over Peanut the Squirrel

Mistaken identity and the power of online fury.

Transcribed - Published: 3 September 2025

Is America Becoming an Autocracy?

The recipe for an autocracy; how to understand the 3.5% rule.

Transcribed - Published: 29 August 2025

The Journalist Who Saw WW2 Coming

Dorothy Thompson “thinks, talks and sleeps world problems and scares strange men half to death.”

Transcribed - Published: 27 August 2025

The Power of Shortwave Radio. And, What Gets Lost with Voice of America?

The Divided Dial, and the consequences of freezing funding for a global media network.

Transcribed - Published: 22 August 2025

The Forgotten Shock Jock Who Paved the Way for Rush Limbaugh

The New York Times called him the “ranking nuisance of broadcasting.”

Transcribed - Published: 20 August 2025

Silicon Valley's Rightwing Roots. Plus, the CEO of Bluesky Reimagines Social Media

Silicon Valley’s reactionary roots; the Bluesky CEO explains her mission.

Transcribed - Published: 15 August 2025

The Famous Black Preacher Who Feuded With MLK

A Black preacher whose reputation took an unlikely turn.

Transcribed - Published: 13 August 2025

Trump's Fact Eradication Program. Plus, How Jubilee is Transforming Political Debate

Facts under fire; a viral YouTube channel claims to foster ‘radical empathy.’

Transcribed - Published: 8 August 2025

Eric Adams' Latest Scandal

Uncovered by WNYC reporters.

Transcribed - Published: 6 August 2025

Images of Mass Starvation Shift Gaza Coverage. Plus, the Forgotten History of the First Sitcom.

Mass starvation in Gaza sparks a turning point; the forgotten inventor of the sitcom.

Transcribed - Published: 1 August 2025

McKay Coppins on The Murdochs

Murdoch's legacy.

Transcribed - Published: 30 July 2025

Trump's Presidential Library Grift. Plus, the Hacker Behind the NYT’s Mamdani Story.

The never-ending grift; the attack on higher ed intensifies.

Transcribed - Published: 25 July 2025

EXTENDED VERSION: Michael Douglas Movies And The Crisis Of Masculinity

Brooke talk to "What Is Wrong With Men" author, Jessa Crispin about how Michael Douglas movies explain everything.

Transcribed - Published: 23 July 2025

MAGA Fractures Over Epstein. Plus, What Michael Douglas Movies Tell Us About Masculinity.

Why MAGA (and the rest of us) can’t seem to let the Epstein files go.

Transcribed - Published: 19 July 2025

Planning for Inevitable Climate Disaster

The New Orleans model.

Transcribed - Published: 16 July 2025

Inside the Artificial Intelligence Hype Cycle. And How AI is Making Music

Over- and under-hyping of AI.

Transcribed - Published: 11 July 2025

Having a Child in the Digital Age

Amanda Hess' new book explores the technologies involved in pregnancy, childbirth, and parenthood today.

Transcribed - Published: 9 July 2025

The Battle Over Public Broadcasting

Public broadcasting and its adversaries.

Transcribed - Published: 4 July 2025

How Country Music Became the Sound of U.S. Patriotism

Some of country’s most famous jingoistic songs are more complex than many listeners realize.

Transcribed - Published: 2 July 2025

Trump Tries and (Mostly) Fails to Control the Narrative on Iran. Plus, RFK Jr. is Bad for Our Health

Conflicting narratives around the Iran war; the future of vaccines in America.

Transcribed - Published: 27 June 2025

The Final Unravelling of Bob Menendez

Transcribed - Published: 25 June 2025

MAGA Divides Over Iran. Plus, Inside the Crackdown on Student Journalists

‘America First’ vs GOP Hawks; student journalists face heightened threats.

Transcribed - Published: 20 June 2025

Bob Menendez’s Disastrous Romance

A rebound romance becomes the center of an international bribery case.

Transcribed - Published: 18 June 2025

Trump Deploys Troops Against LA Protesters. Plus, Journalists Under 'Less Lethal' Fire.

Decoding LA protest coverage; who killed Shireen Abu Akleh?

Transcribed - Published: 13 June 2025

How Gold Bar Bob Menendez Got His Start

Menendez will become the first Senator to go to prison in more than 40 years

Transcribed - Published: 11 June 2025

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