On the Media

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.

Latest Episode

Jamelle Bouie Says Your Fear of Trump Isn't Helping. Plus, Humphrey Bogart’s Betrayal. (03.10.2025)

Previous Episodes

  • Bobi Wine: The People's President 01.10.2025
  • Trump v. Tylenol. Plus, How Charlie Kirk Became a Martyr for the Christian Right. 27.09.2025
  • Goodnight, and Good Luck: 20 Years Later 24.09.2025
  • Free Speech for Me, but Not for Thee. Plus, Librarians Under Siege. 20.09.2025
  • Paul Offit Has Opinions About RFK Jnr. 18.09.2025
  • The Aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s Murder. Plus, the Rise and Fall of CBS. 13.09.2025
  • Apocalypse Again 10.09.2025
  • No, Trump Isn't Cracking Down on Crime. Plus, How Ukrainians Tell Their Story of the War. 06.09.2025
  • The Viral Outrage Over Peanut the Squirrel 03.09.2025
  • Is America Becoming an Autocracy? 29.08.2025
  • The Journalist Who Saw WW2 Coming 27.08.2025
  • The Power of Shortwave Radio. And, What Gets Lost with Voice of America? 22.08.2025
  • The Forgotten Shock Jock Who Paved the Way for Rush Limbaugh 20.08.2025
  • Silicon Valley's Rightwing Roots. Plus, the CEO of Bluesky Reimagines Social Media 15.08.2025
  • The Famous Black Preacher Who Feuded With MLK 13.08.2025
  • Trump's Fact Eradication Program. Plus, How Jubilee is Transforming Political Debate 09.08.2025
  • Eric Adams' Latest Scandal 06.08.2025
  • Images of Mass Starvation Shift Gaza Coverage. Plus, the Forgotten History of the First Sitcom. 02.08.2025
  • McKay Coppins on The Murdochs 30.07.2025
  • Trump's Presidential Library Grift. Plus, the Hacker Behind the NYT’s Mamdani Story. 26.07.2025

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