This week’s confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson were filled with dog whistles and distractions. On our latest episode, hear how Republicans are using rhetoric about pedophiles to discredit their opponents. Plus, the story of an American author who learned and unlearned Putin’s myth about Ukrainian nazification.
1. Melissa Gira Grant [<a href="https://twitter.com/melissagira">@melissagira</a>], staff writer at The New Republic, on the cruel new Republican buzzword: "grooming." <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/republicans-dog-whistle-on-the-media">Listen</a>.
2. Lili Loofbourow [<a href="https://twitter.com/Millicentsomer">@Millicentsomer</a>], staff writer at Slate, on the eerie experience of watching Zelesnsky act in the television show, "Servant of the People" and more. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/zelenskys-character-on-the-media">Listen</a>.
3. OTM presents a story from The Experiment, featuring Franklin Foer [<a href="https://twitter.com/FranklinFoer">@franklinfoer</a>], on his family's debt to Ukrainians. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/one-american-familys-debt-ukraine-on-the-media">Listen</a>.
Music:
Sarabande (Barry Lyndon OST) by National Philharmonic OrchestraGerman Lullaby by The KiboomersJuliet of the Spirits (Main Theme) by Nino RotaHeroes by David BowieLost, Night by Bill Frisell

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