Michael Loewinger
speaker
1,796 appearances
17 recordings
2 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 2d ago
Michael Loewinger’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The first season was all about the right-wing takeover of AM and FM Talk Radio.
The second season, which aired last spring, was a deep dive into shortwave radio.
The way less listened to, but way further reaching of the radio frequencies, as in thousands of miles across countries and continents, even around the world.
Though most people don't even know that this type of radio exists, the shortwaves have played a part in shaping our politics here at home and around the globe.
And though its listenership has dwindled, its trajectory can be read as a sort of parable, a warning for what happens when we give up control of our public airwaves.
Over the course of four episodes, host Katie Thornton delved into the history of.
Government propaganda on shortwave and the rise of cults and extremists.
The episode we're airing this week features the story of a present-day battle playing out on the shortwave frequencies between two very different groups.
But before we get to that story, a quick refresher on how the shortwaves operate.
Coming up, Katie discovers that on the shortwaves, Pirate Radio is alive and well.
This is on the media.
That was an excerpt from season two of our series, The Divided Dial.
You can hear both seasons on your podcast app of choice.
That's it for this week's show.
On the media is produced by Molly Rosen, Rebecca Clark Callender, and Candace Wong.
Travis Mannon is our video producer.
Our technical director is Jennifer Munson with engineering from Jared Paul.
Eloise Blondio is our senior producer, and our executive producer is Katia Rogers.
On the Media is produced by WNYC.
Brooke Gladstone will be back next week.
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