Images of Mass Starvation Shift Gaza Coverage. Plus, the Forgotten History of the First Sitcom.
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As reports of starving children in Gaza mount, France, Britain, and Canada are preparing to recogniz...
McKay Coppins on The Murdochs
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brooke spoke in May with McKay Coppins, a staff writer at The Atlantic, about the remarkable, extens...
Trump's Presidential Library Grift. Plus, the Hacker Behind the NYT’s Mamdani Story.
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The FCC just approved a lucrative merger between Paramount and Skydance. Weeks earlier, Paramount se...
EXTENDED VERSION: Michael Douglas Movies And The Crisis Of Masculinity
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EXTENDED VERSION: Brooke sits down with Jessa Crispin, critic and editor-in-chief of The Culture We ...
MAGA Fractures Over Epstein. Plus, What Michael Douglas Movies Tell Us About Masculinity.
19 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Trump administration is trying to subdue fury from all angles over the Epstein Files. On this we...
Planning for Inevitable Climate Disaster
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Atlantic hurricane season is currently underway – and in fact, it was the tail end of tropical...
Inside the Artificial Intelligence Hype Cycle. And How AI is Making Music
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Like it or not, more people are using artificial intelligence than ever. On this week’s On the Med...
Having a Child in the Digital Age
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Amanda Hess' new book, Second Life: Having a Child in the Digital Age, she explores the many ap...
The Battle Over Public Broadcasting
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump is asking lawmakers to claw back over a billion dollars in federal funds for public ...
How Country Music Became the Sound of U.S. Patriotism
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's country music industry is deeply associated with a certain jingoistic ‘rally around the fl...
Trump Tries and (Mostly) Fails to Control the Narrative on Iran. Plus, RFK Jr. is Bad for Our Health
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s revamped CDC vaccine advisory board stopped recommending cert...
The Final Unravelling of Bob Menendez
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, On the Media shares the final episode of Dead End: The Rise and Fall of Gold Bar Bob Mene...
MAGA Divides Over Iran. Plus, Inside the Crackdown on Student Journalists
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump says he’ll decide whether or not to attack Iran within the next two weeks. ...
Bob Menendez’s Disastrous Romance
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's midweek podcast, we share the next installment of WNYC's Dead End: The Rise and Fall ...
Trump Deploys Troops Against LA Protesters. Plus, Journalists Under 'Less Lethal' Fire.
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump’s deployment of troops in Los Angeles was illega...
How Gold Bar Bob Menendez Got His Start
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bob Menendez will become the first Senator to go to prison in more than 40 years when he reports to ...
Lessons From Hungary’s Democratic Backsliding. Plus, What Makes a Resistance Movement Successful?
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump’s countless executive orders and mounting deportations are testing America’...
Ensh*ttification, Live! Micah and Cory Doctorow in Conversation
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This past weekend, OTM co-host Micah Loewinger went to Seattle to sit down with an all-time favourit...
An FCC Commissioner Sounds the Alarm. Plus, the Finale of The Divided Dial
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday, NPR and three Colorado public radio stations sued the Trump administration for violating...
S2 THE DIVIDED DIAL EPISODE 4: Wall St. Wants Your Airwaves
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EPISODE 4In recent years, creative, often music-focused pirate broadcasting has been thriving on sho...
Conspiracy Theories Come Back to Bite MAGA. Plus, Ep. 3 of The Divided Dial.
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Before they were appointed, the leaders of the F.B.I. boosted misinformation about a ‘deep state.’...
S2 THE DIVIDED DIAL EPISODE 3: World's Last Chance Radio
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EPISODE 3Today, in the internet era, much of the shortwaves have been left to the most extreme voice...
Why Trump is Welcoming White South Africans as Refugees. Plus, Ep 2 of The Divided Dial.
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Monday, dozens of Afrikaners arrived in the US as refugees. On this week’s On the Media, how a ...
S2 THE DIVIDED DIAL EPISODE 2: You Must Form Your Militia Units
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EPISODE 2Many governments eased off the shortwaves after the Cold War, and homegrown US-based rightw...
Trump Is Losing A Lot In Court. Plus, the First Episode of The Divided Dial (S2).
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump’s many executive orders, detentions, and deportations have triggered a host of law...
S2 THE DIVIDED DIAL EPISODE 1: Fishing In The Night
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EPISODE 1:You know AM and FM radio. But did you know that there is a whole other world of radio surr...
Trump’s Executive Order on Public Media Is Here. Plus, the Murdoch’s Real Succession Drama
03 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To mark his first hundred days in office, President Trump signed three executive orders related to i...
Shari Redstone's Road to Power at Paramount Global
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Redstone family is a controlling shareholder of Paramount Global — one of the biggest entertai...
Brendan Carr’s F.C.C. Has Been Busy. Plus, Rewriting the History of Watergate.
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Federal Communications Commission is currently investigating CBS for “intentional news distort...
Left Wing Youtuber David Pakman **EXTENDED VERSION**
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
**EXTENDED VERSION**Micah spoke to left-wing YouTuber, David Pakman for last week's show. This is th...
Brooke and Micah Enter the MAGA-verse. Plus, Liberal YouTubers Fight Back.
19 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Conservative influencers have captured a massive audience on the internet, boasting nearly five time...
The Coding Language Caught in DOGE's Crosshairs
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has been edged out of the headlines this...
The Tariff Week From Hell. Plus, the Bluesky CEO Reimagines Social Media.
12 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The president’s on-again, off-again tariffs are wreaking havoc on the economy. On this week’s On...
Sen. Chris Murphy on the Crisis Facing Our Democracy
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re bringing you an interview from our friends at the New Yorker Radio Hour. It's a co...
Harvard and the Battle Over Higher Ed
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Trump administration has pulled funding for universities like Columbia and the University of Pen...
Sports Media’s Big Gamble on the Betting Industry
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
According to the American Gaming Association, bets on March Madness basketball games could amount to...
The Latest Spin on 'Signalgate.' Plus, a Crypto President is Born.
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When a journalist was accidentally added to a Signal chat that disclosed sensitive war plans, a cont...
Trouble At the EPA
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump's appointee at the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, is making a lot of c...
Voice of America Goes Quiet. And, Apocalypse Now?
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Trump administration has cut funding for Voice of America, the 80-year-old state media network. ...
"Tough Love For Liberals"
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week's midweek podcast is a segment from Tuesdays episode of the Brian Lehrer show -- the legen...
Mahmoud Khalil and a New Red Scare. Plus, Press Freedom Under Threat.
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A Columbia University graduate who led protests last year has been detained by I.C.E. Even though he...
The Baltimore Sun Is In Trouble
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last January the hedge fund Alden Global Capital sold The Baltimore Sun to David Smith, an executive...
Trump’s On-and-Off-Again Tariffs, and Decoding ‘Make America Healthy Again’
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump’s on-again, off-again tariff announcements sent stock markets plunging. On this we...
How Does Kash Patel Compare to J. Edgar Hoover?
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Since Kash Patel was announced as the director for the FBI, pundits have warned of a return to the e...
The New 'State Media.' Plus, Podcasters Are Running the FBI.
01 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Breaking from a century of tradition, the White House says it will seize control of the press pool c...
Writing (and Rewriting) Russian History
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Days before Russia invaded Ukraine 3 years ago, Russian president Vladimir Putin read an essay he...
Learning Elon Musk’s Media Playbook. Plus, Silicon Valley’s Rightwing Roots.
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk’s claims of fraudulent government spending contain some wild inaccuracies. On this week'...
How Kash Patel Came to Loathe the Media and Love Trump
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the Senate will consider more of Trump’s Cabinet nominees, including his pick for FBI d...
Donald Trump is Rewriting the Past. Plus, the Christian Groups Vying for Political Power
15 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The new administration is purging data from government websites and databases, such as the Departmen...
The J6 Commutations Have Ripple Effects
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Micah joins Anna Sale on Death, Sex and Money to revisit their 2023 conversation with Tasha Adams, e...
How Wired Magazine is Scooping the Competition. Plus, Whither the Democrats?
08 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has accessed sensitive information at the treasury a...
Musk's Meddling in European Politics
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
According to the Financial Times, 225 out of Musk’s 616 tweets and retweets in the first week of J...
Is That Legal? Plus, DeepSeek and the A.I. Bubble.
01 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump has signed dozens of executive orders since returning to office. On this we...
Brooke Talks AI With Ed Zitron
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When OpenAI launched ChatGPT in November 2022, all the big tech firms were clamoring to make their o...
Week One of Trump 2.0
25 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump’s second term began with a flurry of executive orders and press. On this we...
Wars Are Won By Stories
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are living in history all of the time. Nevertheless, there are some times that seem more historic...
Farewell TikTok? Plus, the Role of Memory and Forgetting with the L.A. Wildfires.
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court has upheld a ban on TikTok. On this week’s On the Media, hear how the ruling cou...
A Shake Up In The Briefing Room?
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There have been hints dropped that the incoming administration intends to shake up the White House b...
Public Broadcasting Is In Danger (Again)
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
NPR and PBS stations are bracing for war with the incoming Trump administration. On this week’s On...
How Trump Re-Wrote the History of January 6
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the aftermath of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in January 2021, politicians, pundits, and ...
America’s Empire State of Mind
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The complete story of American imperialism is missing from our history books. On this week’s On th...
Do Sex Scandals Matter Anymore in Politics?
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With Trump’s imminent return to the White House, we’ve decided to take stock of how political an...
How AI and Algorithms Are Transforming Music
27 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been almost a year since the historic music outlet Pitchfork shrank considerably. On this wee...
A New Film Unearths the Depths of Netanyahu's Corruption
25 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For the new documentary, The Bibi Files, director Alexis Bloom uses hundreds of hours of leaked, pre...
The Harvard Plan: The Universities Are The Enemy
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump has a big plan to remake American universities. On this week’s On the Media, hear how...
How to Plan for Inevitable Disaster
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This year was earth’s hottest on record, and the Atlantic storm season brought with it five major ...
A Cold-Blooded Killing Ignites a National Conversation. Plus, Part Two of The Harvard Plan.
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The suspected killer of the UnitedHealthcare CEO has been crowned a hero by many on social media. On...
Enron is Back, and Birds Aren't Real
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, the website for Enron – yes, that Enron – came back online. And on Monday the new CEO...
Donald Trump’s Cabinet of Influencers. Plus, The Harvard Plan.
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Many of Donald Trump’s cabinet picks are emulating online influencers in their efforts to sell pro...
Kash Patel’s Crusade Against the Media
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Over the weekend, president-elect Donald Trump nominated a little-known, largely inexperienced civil...
How Conservative Talk Radio Came to Dominate the Airwaves
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How did the right get their vice grip of the airwaves, all the while arguing that they were being ce...
Hank Green Makes the Truth Go Viral (EXTENDED VERSION)
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest episode featured Micah's interview with Hank Green, a very popular YouTuber and science c...
How Hank Green Makes the Truth Go Viral. Plus, the Escape Fantasies of the Uber Rich.
23 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A recent report from the Pew Research Center finds that 1 in 5 Americans get their news from influen...
Why Men And Boys Are Struggling
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the run up to the election Donald Trump was doggedly pursuing the votes of young men. He courted ...
Fox News is Back at the White House. Plus, No Joke, The Onion Buys Infowars.
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Many of Donald J. Trump’s cabinet picks have something in common: a very close relationship with F...
Using Conspiracy Theories to Make Sense of a Loss
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Many media outlets were prepared for conspiracy theories and lies to spread after the election. But ...
The Manosphere Celebrates a Win. Plus, M. Gessen on How to Survive an Autocracy
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Since Donald J. Trump won the election, journalists have been retreading his path to victory, and di...
The Day After
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Brooke and Micah recorded a conversation on Wednesday morning after the election. On the Media is su...
Toxic Election Lies Spread, Jeff Bezos Sows Chaos at The Post and How The Media Created Election Night
02 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As the election approaches, conspiracy theories have flooded social media. On this week’s On the M...
Why Trump is a Fascist (EXTENDED VERSION)
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump is being called a fascist – by his former appointees and his opponent Kamala Harris.O...
Fascism, Fear and the Science Behind Horror Films
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump is being called a fascist – by his former appointees, as well as by his opponent Kama...
Kamala Harris is Trying to Make Climate Action Patriotic
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For the last few years, patriotism has been stuck in the wheelhouse of the GOP. A Gallup poll from J...
Can a Billion Dollars Buy an Election?
19 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This election is set to be the most expensive ever. On this week’s On the Media, what does a billi...
‘The Apprentice’: Donald Trump, Roy Cohn, and the Pursuit of Power
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The new film “The Apprentice,” takes us back to New York in the 1970s, to when Donald Trump was ...
The Presidential Election That Put Fox News On the Map
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Fox News launched in 1996, critics joked about its incompetence. But just a few years later, th...
A Storm of BS In The Wake Of Hurricane Helene
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been less than two weeks since Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida, tearing through the...
A Reporter’s View From Beirut, and a New Film Plumbs the Depths of Netanyahu’s Corruption
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Israel has launched a ground invasion into Lebanon. On this week’s On the Media, hear from a repor...
"It Happened Here 2024" A new radio play starring Edie Falco and John Turturro
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
And exclusive sneak peek of a brand new radio play starring Edie Falco, John Turturro and Tony Shalh...
Election Lies Are Fueling Voter Suppression. Plus, Newsrooms Brace for Election Night
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Georgia, a controversial new rule to hand-count ballots is being challenged in court. On this wee...
OTM Presents Ep. 1 of Slow Burn's The Rise of Fox News: We Report. You Can Suck It.
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Fox News launched in 1996, critics called it “disorganized, incompetent, and laughably inept”...
The Trump Campaign Continues to Spew Lies about Springfield. Plus, Support for Political Violence Is On the Rise.
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lies that immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio have inspired dozens of threats against th...
Taylor Swift's Endorsement and the Role of Music in Politics
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last Tuesday, as audience members and press were still milling about the presidential debate stage i...
Is Kamala Harris’ Press Strategy Depriving Voters — Or Just Journalists? Plus, Understanding Election Polls.
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kamala Harris has come under fire for ignoring interview requests from the press. On this week’s O...
Not an Internet Error: How 404 Media Aims to Shake Up Online Journalism
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last summer, OTM host Micah Loewenger reported a piece about the rise of worker-owned newsrooms: Hel...
The Media Are Going Easy On Trump and Russia is Going All In On Right-Wing Media
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At a town hall event hosted by Fox, Donald Trump shared a number of falsehoods, and appeared to conf...
Brooke and Micah Have Something To Tell You
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Brooke and Micah update the listeners about a new funding model for the show. On the Media is supp...
How to Read a Presidential Candidate
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
During election season, voters hope to glimpse the true selves of presidential candidates. And somet...
How Apple Shaped Podcasting
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A recent update to the Apple podcast app also included a tweak to how podcast downloads work. As a p...
Freedom! Joy! Forward! The DNC’s Fave Buzzwords, Explained
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When President Biden campaigned for re-election, he highlighted threats to democracy and his long tr...
Echoes of 1968 at the DNC in Chicago
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is an episode from the Vox daily news podcast, Today, Explained. Host Noel King spoke with OTM ...