120 episodes
On the Media WNYC Studios
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4.8 • 6 Ratings
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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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Happy Bicycle Day!
We have never-before-heard tapes from Ken Kesey, the man who taught the hippies how to be hippies and inspired the psychedelic 60's.
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The Rise and Fall of Alt-Weeklies, and Backpage.com vs The Feds
What has American journalism lost with the decline of alt-weeklies?
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How The Village Voice Changed Journalism
An oral history tells the story of this iconic alt-weekly.
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Warring Narratives Around UNRWA. Plus, Media Bets on Sports Gambling
The origins and politics of the largest humanitarian organization operating in Gaza; and the history of sports media and gambling.
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Happy Birthday to Basketball Great, Walt "Clyde" Frazier
Remember that time Brooke spoke to Knicks legend, Walt "Clyde" Frazier?
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Boeing Conspiracy Theories Take Flight. Plus, the Politics to TV News Pipeline
The disaster-conspiracy pipeline; revolving doors between politics and media; and a six-decade career at The New Yorker
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