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Obamacare In Spanish, Cartographers vs. The World, and More

28 Mar 2014

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Cold War 2.0, The Guardians of the Internet, and More

21 Mar 2014

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Covering a missing airplane, Copyright in outer space, and more

14 Mar 2014

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The Crisis in Crimea, Dissent on Russia Today, Streaming Media and More

07 Mar 2014

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Secrecy at the Border

27 Feb 2014

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Protests in Ukraine, A Broadband Behemoth, and A Vile Rat

21 Feb 2014

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Bridgegate, Inside the TSA, Japan's Beethoven's Fall from Grace, and More

14 Feb 2014

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A look at Chris Christie's struggle to control his own narrative, an inside look into the TSA, and a musical scandal at the Olympics. On the Media is ...

Crushing Dissent in Sochi, Banning the R-Word, and More

07 Feb 2014

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A look at media dissent in Sochi, scrubbing the R-word from the Washington Redskins, and Game Theory on Jeopardy. On the Media is supported by listene...

The Media Crisis in Egypt, Instant Replay and More

31 Jan 2014

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A look at the deteriorating media environment in Egypt, bans on e-cigarettes, and the technology that allows you to see those Super Bowl highlights ...

Snowden's Beliefs, Banning the word "Nazi" in Israel, and More

24 Jan 2014

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Obama’s NSA Surveillance Orders, the Uncertain Future of Net Neutrality, and more

17 Jan 2014

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The Myth of 'Blue Monday,' The Campaign for Creationism, and a Lying Cyborg Telemarketer

10 Jan 2014

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The Biggest Media Errors of 2013, the Never Ending Debate about Benghazi, and More

03 Jan 2014

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The Past, Present, and Future of Ownership

27 Dec 2013

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The NSA's PR Offensive, The State of Hyperlocal Reporting, and More

20 Dec 2013

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The Media Savvy Pope, Overblown "Selfie-Gate," and More

12 Dec 2013

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Covering the Newtown Shooting Anniversary, Fighting Revenge Porn, and More

06 Dec 2013

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Economics of Thanksgiving Dinner, Going Viral Pre-Internet, and More

21 Nov 2013

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Inside NFL Football, The Journalist Behind Jackie Robinson, and More

20 Nov 2013

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Premature Predictions for 2016, Guns as Free Speech, and More

15 Nov 2013

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Murdoch's Media Empire, NFL Bullying and More

08 Nov 2013

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Misleading Obamacare Promises, The Original 'Nigerian' Scam Letter, and More

31 Oct 2013

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The media start challenging Obama's "you can keep it" promise about health care, a man who challenged hackers to hack him, and a predecessor to "Niger...

The Government Shutdown's Damage, Brooke's DNA, and More

11 Oct 2013

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A Major Data Breach, the Media Spotlight on Victims of Tragedy, and More

11 Oct 2013

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Obama and the Press, a Wikileaks movie, and Brooke Talks with an iPhone.

11 Oct 2013

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Coverage of the Government Shutdown, Tweeting TV Audiences, and More

04 Oct 2013

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Obamacare Messaging, Fake Reviews Online, and More

27 Sep 2013

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Breaking News Consumer's Handbook, Detainment at US Borders, and More

19 Sep 2013

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Earlier this month, OTM producer Sarah Abdurrahman, her family, and her friends were detained for hours by US Customs and Border Protection on their w...

Battling media narratives over Syria, a terrible anniversary, and more

12 Sep 2013

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Syria Coverage, Nazi Collaborations with Hollywood, and More

06 Sep 2013

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Who’s gonna pay for this stuff?

30 Aug 2013

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The Importance of Foreign Reporting

20 Aug 2013

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Bezos Buys the Washington Post, and Why Jerks Make the Best TV, and More

09 Aug 2013

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos buys the Washington Post, and the story of the (incredibly) difficult men behind the golden age of television.On the Media i...

A New Security Standard For Journalists, Al Jazeera America, and More

11 Jul 2013

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Portraying Medicine: The Perils of Painting By Numbers

05 Jul 2013

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Public Opinion on Gay Marriage, America's Most Notorious Gangster, and More

28 Jun 2013

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Aftermath of the Zimmerman Verdict, American Propaganda, and More

28 Jun 2013

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Discussions of race following George Zimmerman's acquittal, anti-vaccine activist Jenny McCarthy joins "The View," and American propaganda allowed sta...

Calling a Coup a Coup, The George Zimmerman Trial and More

28 Jun 2013

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Another Weiner Scandal, Opting in to Watch Porn, and More

28 Jun 2013

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This week in national security, unpaid internships in the media, and more

28 Jun 2013

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Calling for a National Conversation, Offshore Leaks, and More

21 Jun 2013

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The Edward Snowden Narrative, Privacy vs. Convenience, and More

14 Jun 2013

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The media's turn from the value of Edward Snowden's leaks to the nature of his character, the evolving story of the PRISM program, and privacy in the ...

Surveillance Revelations, Turkish Media Looks Away, and More

07 Jun 2013

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Broadcasting the Woolwich Video, George Plimpton's Legacy and More

31 May 2013

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A Week of Scandals, Catholic Whistleblowers, and More

24 May 2013

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Conservative Bloggers Vindicated, Advice for Leakers, and More

17 May 2013

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Who’s gonna pay for this stuff?

10 May 2013

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Jason Collins Comes Out, Patenting Genes And More

03 May 2013

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Surveillance After The Marathon Bombing, The Kill Team and More

26 Apr 2013

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Coverage Of The Boston Bombing, Undercover Reporting, and MORE

19 Apr 2013

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Gun Anecdotes, What To Know about the Avian Flu, and Grindr.

12 Apr 2013

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The Future Of Egyptian Media, the Bitcoin Bubble, and More

05 Apr 2013

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Rape coverage after Steubenville, the false promise of the personal finance industry and more.

22 Mar 2013

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10 Years After The Iraq War and Big Threat to Whistleblowers

15 Mar 2013

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The Past, Present, and Future of Ownership

08 Mar 2013

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Frustration in the White House Press Corps and More

28 Feb 2013

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The Latest Federal Budget Crisis, Predicting the Oscars, and More

22 Feb 2013

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Truman Capote's Lies, Cybersecurity and More

15 Feb 2013

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The First Viral Video, New Drone Disclosures, and Reclaiming the Word Jihad.

08 Feb 2013

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Hacking the New York Times, Tweeting Revolutions, and More

01 Feb 2013

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The Church of Scientology, Facebook Goes Searching, and More

25 Jan 2013

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Violent Video Games, Lying Athletes, and More

18 Jan 2013

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Mapping Gun Owners, International Journalists Fight Censorship, and More

11 Jan 2013

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The Television Show!

21 Dec 2012

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The Surprising History of Gun Control, School Shooting Myths, and More

21 Dec 2012

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The Privacy Show

21 Dec 2012

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A special hour on privacy - license plate readers, national security letters, surveilling yourself so the government doesn't have to, and OTM producer...

Depictions of Torture in "Zero Dark Thirty," John McAfee's Media Manipulations, and More

14 Dec 2012

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Photographing Tragedy, the Risk of Killer Robots, and More

07 Dec 2012

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A Stolen Face, The Leveson Report, and More

30 Nov 2012

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Publishing: Adapt or Die

19 Nov 2012

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On the Media's annual look at the publishing industry, including fears of Amazon becoming a monopoly and the little publishing house standing up to it...

Seduced by Petraeus, Israel's Twitter Offensive, and More

16 Nov 2012

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Assessing Obama's First Term, Covering China's 'Election,' and More

09 Nov 2012

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Misinformation Around Sandy, Calling the Election, and More

02 Nov 2012

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The Facebook Show

26 Oct 2012

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An Austrian man who got Facebook to give him everything they had on him, a writer whose rapist friended her on Facebook, the value of a "Like."On the ...

The Taliban's Media Problem, Ending Newspaper Political Endorsements, and More

19 Oct 2012

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All About Elections

12 Oct 2012

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Anatomy of a Publicity Stunt, The Problem with 'Muslim Rage', and more

05 Oct 2012

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Russia's Broadening Definition of Treason, Manipulating Science Journalists, and More

28 Sep 2012

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Just The Facts, Please

21 Sep 2012

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This week's show is dedicated to the search for truth. Or, in journalism terms, fact-checking.On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support...

Covering Conventions, the Legacy of Sun Myung Moon, and More

07 Sep 2012

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Does NPR Have a Liberal Bias?

06 Sep 2012

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Brooke talks to NPR listeners, pollsters, media watchers, and This American Life's Ira Glass in search of an answer to the question: does NPR have a l...

Fact-Checkers in the Spotlight, Why Nigerian Prince Scams Work, And More.

31 Aug 2012

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No More Tailoring Political Messages, Communicating the Libyan Revolution, and More

24 Aug 2012

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Ayn Rand's Political Influence, Presidential Political Ad Season, and More

17 Aug 2012

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Losing Everything to Hackers, the Pussy Riot Trial and More

10 Aug 2012

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NBC's Olympics Woes, Posthumous Outing, and More

03 Aug 2012

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Criticism for how NBC is broadcasting the Olympics, the difference between venture capital and private equity, and revealing a public person's sexual ...

Olympic Branding Police, Confessions of a Media Manipulator, and More

27 Jul 2012

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Richard Nixon: Transparency Champion, Endangered Sounds, and more

20 Jul 2012

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Romney's Bain Departure Date, E-books That Read You, And More...

13 Jul 2012

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CNN's Big Mistake, Buzzfeed's Big Success and More

06 Jul 2012

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The Data Show

29 Jun 2012

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Data. We’re awash in it, we make it, we save it, computers crunch it at an unprecedented rate. Radiolab’s Jad Abumrad talks with Brooke about how ...

Mexican Media: Es Muy Complicado

22 Jun 2012

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Public Relations for Dictators, Photographing Death, and More

15 Jun 2012

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Drone 'Secrets,' The Right To Petition, and Ray Bradbury

08 Jun 2012

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Tallying Civilian Drone Casualties, China's Influence on Hollywood, and More

01 Jun 2012

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Television's Trying Times

25 May 2012

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Phone Calls in the Age of the Text Message, A New Speech Law in Libya, and More

18 May 2012

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Obama's Historic Statement, the False Statistic on "Boomerang" Kids, and More

11 May 2012

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Political Misdirection, A Raid on Palestinian TV, and More

04 May 2012

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The Ongoing Impact of Kony 2012, Fact Checking Gossip and More

27 Apr 2012

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