On the Media

Transcribed - Published: 25 June 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 20 June 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 18 June 2025

Decoding LA protest coverage; who killed Shireen Abu Akleh?

Transcribed - Published: 13 June 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 11 June 2025

The recipe for an autocracy.

Transcribed - Published: 6 June 2025

Revisiting Cory Doctorow's theory of 'Enshittification', by way of the Cascade PBS Ideas Festival.

Transcribed - Published: 4 June 2025

The ‘weaponization’ of the FCC; finance bros take over shortwave.

Transcribed - Published: 30 May 2025

The shortwaves today

Transcribed - Published: 28 May 2025

The White House has a conspiracy theory problem.

Transcribed - Published: 23 May 2025

The White House has a conspiracy theory problem.

Transcribed - Published: 23 May 2025

Cults and preachers take over the shortwaves

Transcribed - Published: 21 May 2025

The myth of ‘white genocide’; how extremists took over shortwave radio.

Transcribed - Published: 16 May 2025

An army was gathering on shortwave and two guys in Costa Rica were among the only people in the world keeping track

Transcribed - Published: 14 May 2025

An army was gathering on shortwave and two guys in Costa Rica were among the only people in the world keeping track

Transcribed - Published: 14 May 2025

A deluge of legal battles against Trump; the evolution of shortwave radio.

Transcribed - Published: 9 May 2025

Welcome to the shortwaves

Transcribed - Published: 7 May 2025

Welcome to the shortwaves

Transcribed - Published: 7 May 2025

Government transparency for me, but not for thee; messy Murdoch family drama.

Transcribed - Published: 3 May 2025

The embattled Shari Redstone has a controlling stake in Paramount Global.

Transcribed - Published: 30 April 2025

Brendan Carr’s report card, revising Watergate, and Trump’s war on museums

Transcribed - Published: 25 April 2025

David Pakman has some suggestions for how the Democrats could do better with online audiences

Transcribed - Published: 23 April 2025

Red pill anyone? Plus, why Democrats are so bad at the internet.

Transcribed - Published: 19 April 2025

Ever heard of COBOL?

Transcribed - Published: 16 April 2025

Tariffs (again), the origins of Bluesky, and the looming fantasies of tech billionaires.

Transcribed - Published: 12 April 2025

Sen. Chris Murphy on how democracy dies, and how Democrats need mobilize to protect our freedoms.

Transcribed - Published: 9 April 2025

The fight for the soul of America’s most prestigious university.

Transcribed - Published: 4 April 2025

What do sports betting partnerships mean for sports journalism?

Transcribed - Published: 2 April 2025

The biggest group chat scandal of the year. And a Trump memecoin?

Transcribed - Published: 28 March 2025

The EPA is experiencing rollbacks and cuts that could gut environmental regulations in the US.

Transcribed - Published: 26 March 2025

A global media network has its funding frozen, and the end is near? Ish?

Transcribed - Published: 21 March 2025

Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson's new book, Abundance, is "tough love for liberals."

Transcribed - Published: 19 March 2025

Warning bells are ringing for free speech and a free press.

Transcribed - Published: 14 March 2025

The Baltimore Sun's readership drops dramatically a year after its sale to David Smith, an executive at Sinclair Broadcasting Group.

Transcribed - Published: 12 March 2025

What to make of the economy under Trump.

Transcribed - Published: 7 March 2025

Hoover built the FBI, and Patel wants to tear it down.

Transcribed - Published: 5 March 2025

The White House embraces far-right influencers; U.S.-Russia relations take a turn.

Transcribed - Published: 1 March 2025

Busting myths about Russian history

Transcribed - Published: 26 February 2025

Busting myths about Russian history

Transcribed - Published: 26 February 2025

Shaping government policy one X at a time.

Transcribed - Published: 21 February 2025

How Kash Patel went from a little-known, largely inexperienced civil servant to being nominated for an enormous role in the Trump administration.

Transcribed - Published: 19 February 2025

Watching history get rewritten in real time.

Transcribed - Published: 15 February 2025

Micah revisits his conversation with Tasha Adams, ex-wife of the Oath Keepers founder, now released from prison.

Transcribed - Published: 12 February 2025

Chaos in the federal government, and the fate of the DOJ.

Transcribed - Published: 8 February 2025

Elon Musk is meddling in European politics

Transcribed - Published: 5 February 2025

The legality of Trump’s executive orders, and overhyping A.I.

Transcribed - Published: 1 February 2025

How DeepSeek threatens to burst the American AI bubble.

Transcribed - Published: 29 January 2025

A deluge of executive orders; subdued media coverage of Trump 2.0; and a second Gilded Age.

Transcribed - Published: 25 January 2025

Brooke spoke to Elyse Graham, author of “Book and Dagger - How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War Two."

Transcribed - Published: 22 January 2025

The Supreme Court upholds the TikTok ban; and the precedent for L.A. wildfires.

Transcribed - Published: 17 January 2025