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On the Media
The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Host Brooke Gladstone examines 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.
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Ratings & Reviews
4.7 stars from 9,238 ratings
Excellent journalism
The March 8 episode with Iyad el-Baghdadi was exceptionally poignant, sad and at the same time beautiful. It was truly a great episode to listen to.
Nickled N. Dimed via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 03/11/24
A must listen twice weekly
I make a point to catch every episode of OTM. Every week I am glad that I do. The topics and the coverage is always next level.
historyty7 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 03/03/24
On the Media Heal Thyself
Is this supposed to be irony? Meta? A show that’s supposed to examine bias in the media is the most biased show on NPR. I never hear any kind of meaningful analysis to find the truth behind the sometimes conflicting reports in the news, or why each side chose to report the way they did. I only...Read full review »
Reasonable Opinion via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 02/12/24
Recent Episodes
Recently, the House passed a bill that could ban TikTok from the US unless the app’s Chinese owners divest. On this week’s On the Media, hear how the bill will likely fail to live up to its promise. Plus, a pulse-check on the book-banning movement, and a look into the larger mission behind Moms...
Published 03/15/24
Published 03/15/24
Writer Calvin Trillin joined The New Yorker in 1963, and he continues to contribute today. Trillin’s trademark humility and humor show up in all of his writing, whether it’s a story about the invention of the buffalo chicken wing, or the civil rights movement, or an old ditty about our political...
Published 03/12/24
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