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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 outlets which helps listeners understand where they should be paying attention (and what they can afford to ignore). Our media diets have untruths woven in, and inconvenient truths left out. These are the bits explored every week at On the Media.

Episodes

A Cold-Blooded Killing Ignites a National Conversation. Plus, Part Two of The Harvard Plan.

13 Dec 2024

50m

Enron is Back, and Birds Aren't Real

11 Dec 2024

17m

Donald Trump’s Cabinet of Influencers. Plus, The Harvard Plan.

06 Dec 2024

51m

Kash Patel’s Crusade Against the Media

04 Dec 2024

21m

How Conservative Talk Radio Came to Dominate the Airwaves

29 Nov 2024

50m

AI processed

Conservative talk radio dominates the American airwaves due to a confluence of deregulation, corporate consolidation, and strategic media networking. While the 1949 Fairness Doctrine and subsequent civil rights-era legal challenges once mandated diverse, public-interest programming, the Reagan-era FCC systematically di...