On the Media
On the Media is a weekly show that uses the media as a lens to understand our world. On the Media listeners say the show is an essential companion, helping them survive the firehose of media coming at them 24/7. Hosted by Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger, the show does not do ‘hot takes’, instead offering listeners context, historical parallels, media analysis and often a much appreciated deep exhale. On the Media hosts have an eye on the nuances and details regularly missed by other outlet...
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Hegseth’s Pentagon Axed a Program Meant to Save Civilian Lives
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A Good Sign For the VOA?
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The AI-Powered War Machines Are Here
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A New Doc Questions The Legacy of "To Catch A Predator"
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The Ellisons Prepare to Expand Their Media Empire
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The Century-Long Capture of U.S. Media
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The Man With a Plan to Reshape Broadcast TV
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Orson Welles and the Blind Soldier
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The Social Media Addiction Trials Begin
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An Internet Blackout Hides A Regime's Excesses
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How the Justice Department Failed Epstein’s Victims
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"Armed Only With A Camera"
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Videos of ICE Violence Are Plentiful. Accountability.… Not So Much.
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Stars and Stripes in Peril
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Trump's Plan to Tank America
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Trump's War On the Fed [EXTENDED VERSION]
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Trump's War on the Fed, Explained. Plus, How One School Teacher Stood Up to Puti...
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Who is Russell Vought?
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A Deadly ICE Shooting in Minnesota. Plus, Trump Plays King in Venezuela.
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The Forgotten History of the First Sitcom
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How Debate Took Over the Internet. Plus, a Case for Confronting the Past.
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The Rapid Rise of Bari Weiss
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Is it Over Yet? 2025 in Review
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A Hundred Years of The New Yorker
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Deep Fakes, Data Centers, and AI Slop — Are We Cooked?
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Big Tech Embraced Fakeness in 2025
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Trump Guns for the FTC. Plus, Are We the Losers in the Paramount v Netflix Battl...
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How a Gossip Blogger (almost) Became the Poster Child for First Amendment Rights
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Covering the Pentagon, from Sy Hersh to Laura Loomer
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No, DOGE Isn't Dead
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Tell Your Uncle He's Fighting Twitter Bots in Bangladesh
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Bullseye's Jesse Thorn on Surviving in the Podcasting Industry
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The Battle for the Future of the Democratic Party
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The Democratic Party's Spam Machine
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S2 - Episode 3: The Harvard Plan
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The Republican Party's 'Civil War'
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S2 - Episode 2: The Harvard Plan
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Do Moderates Win More Elections?
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The Harvard Plan is Back. Episode 1: And So It Begins...
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S2 - Episode 1: The Harvard Plan
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Donald Trump's 'Darth Vader.' Plus, the Normalization of White Nationalist Nick...
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How Funding Cuts Are Changing Public Radio
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Big Tech is Silencing the ICE Watchers. Plus, Why a Scholar of Antifa Fled the C...
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David Remnick: How The Two State Solution Ended in Disaster
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Authoritarianism, but Make It Look Normal. Plus, the Family Taking Over American...
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What's Wrong with True Crime?
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Jamelle Bouie Says Your Fear of Trump Isn't Helping. Plus, Humphrey Bogart’s Bet...
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Bobi Wine: The People's President
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Trump v. Tylenol. Plus, How Charlie Kirk Became a Martyr for the Christian Right...
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Goodnight, and Good Luck: 20 Years Later
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