On the Media podcast

On the Media

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.

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.

 

#120

The Latest Spin on 'Signalgate.' Plus, a Crypto President is Born.

When a journalist was accidentally added to a Signal chat that disclosed sensitive war pla... more

28 Mar 2025

50 MINS

50:16

28 Mar 2025


#119

Trouble At the EPA

President Trump's appointee at the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, is making ... more

26 Mar 2025

20 MINS

20:34

26 Mar 2025


#118

Voice of America Goes Quiet. And, Apocalypse Now?

The Trump administration has cut funding for Voice of America, the 80-year-old state media... more

21 Mar 2025

50 MINS

50:18

21 Mar 2025


#117

"Tough Love For Liberals"

This week's midweek podcast is a segment from Tuesdays episode of the [Brian Lehrer show] ... more

19 Mar 2025

41 MINS

41:08

19 Mar 2025


#116

Mahmoud Khalil and a New Red Scare. Plus, Press Freedom Under Threat.

A Columbia University graduate who led protests last year has been detained by I.C.E. Even... more

14 Mar 2025

50 MINS

50:00

14 Mar 2025


#115

The Baltimore Sun Is In Trouble

Last January the hedge fund Alden Global Capital sold The Baltimore Sun to David Smith, an... more

12 Mar 2025

18 MINS

18:58

12 Mar 2025


#114

Trump’s On-and-Off-Again Tariffs, and Decoding ‘Make America Healthy Again’

President Trump’s on-again, off-again tariff announcements sent stock markets plunging. On... more

07 Mar 2025

50 MINS

50:15

07 Mar 2025


#113

How Does Kash Patel Compare to J. Edgar Hoover?

Since Kash Patel was announced as the director for the FBI, pundits have warned of a retur... more

05 Mar 2025

17 MINS

17:36

05 Mar 2025


#112

The New 'State Media.' Plus, Podcasters Are Running the FBI.

Breaking from a century of tradition, the White House says it will seize control of the pr... more

01 Mar 2025

50 MINS

50:35

01 Mar 2025


#111

Writing (and Rewriting) Russian History

Days before Russia invaded Ukraine 3 years ago, Russian president Vladimir Putin read an e... more

26 Feb 2025

15 MINS

15:51

26 Feb 2025


#110

Learning Elon Musk’s Media Playbook. Plus, Silicon Valley’s Rightwing Roots.

Elon Musk’s claims of fraudulent government spending contain some wild inaccuracies. On th... more

21 Feb 2025

50 MINS

50:32

21 Feb 2025


#109

How Kash Patel Came to Loathe the Media and Love Trump

This week, the Senate will consider more of Trump’s Cabinet nominees, including his pick f... more

19 Feb 2025

17 MINS

17:21

19 Feb 2025


#108

Donald Trump is Rewriting the Past. Plus, the Christian Groups Vying for Political Power

The new administration is purging data from government websites and databases, such as the... more

15 Feb 2025

50 MINS

50:29

15 Feb 2025


#107

The J6 Commutations Have Ripple Effects

Micah joins Anna Sale on [Death, Sex and Money] (https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/... more

12 Feb 2025

51 MINS

51:15

12 Feb 2025


#106

How Wired Magazine is Scooping the Competition. Plus, Whither the Democrats?

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has accessed sensitive information at the ... more

08 Feb 2025

50 MINS

50:21

08 Feb 2025


#105

Musk's Meddling in European Politics

According to the Financial Times, 225 out of Musk’s 616 tweets and retweets in the first w... more

05 Feb 2025

16 MINS

16:42

05 Feb 2025


#104

Is That Legal? Plus, DeepSeek and the A.I. Bubble.

 President Donald Trump has signed dozens of executive orders since returning to office. O... more

01 Feb 2025

50 MINS

50:13

01 Feb 2025


#103

Brooke Talks AI With Ed Zitron

When OpenAI launched ChatGPT in November 2022, all the big tech firms were clamoring to ma... more

29 Jan 2025

43 MINS

43:49

29 Jan 2025


#102

Week One of Trump 2.0

President Donald Trump’s second term began with a flurry of executive orders and press. On... more

25 Jan 2025

50 MINS

50:20

25 Jan 2025


#101

Wars Are Won By Stories

We are living in history all of the time. Nevertheless, there are some times that seem mor... more

22 Jan 2025

27 MINS

27:07

22 Jan 2025