How Hank Green Makes the Truth Go Viral. Plus, the Escape Fantasies of the Uber Rich.
A recent report from the Pew Research Center finds that 1 in 5 Americans get their news from influencers. On this week’s On the Media, YouTuber and sc...
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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.
Why Men And Boys Are Struggling
In the run up to the election Donald Trump was doggedly pursuing the votes of young men. He courted them, as we described on the show, through intervi...
Fox News is Back at the White House. Plus, No Joke, The Onion Buys Infowars.
Many of Donald J. Trump’s cabinet picks have something in common: a very close relationship with Fox News. On this week’s On the Media, hear about the...
Using Conspiracy Theories to Make Sense of a Loss
Many media outlets were prepared for conspiracy theories and lies to spread after the election. But many thought that it would be coming from Donald T...
The Manosphere Celebrates a Win. Plus, M. Gessen on How to Survive an Autocracy
Since Donald J. Trump won the election, journalists have been retreading his path to victory, and discussing how the press should cover his next presi...
The Day After
Brooke and Micah recorded a conversation on Wednesday morning after the election. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by dona...
Toxic Election Lies Spread, Jeff Bezos Sows Chaos at The Post and How The Media Created Election Night
As the election approaches, conspiracy theories have flooded social media. On this week’s On the Media, hear why journalists are struggling to keep up...
Why Trump is a Fascist (EXTENDED VERSION)
Donald Trump is being called a fascist – by his former appointees and his opponent Kamala Harris.On Sunday, in a rally at Madison Square Garden in New...
Fascism, Fear and the Science Behind Horror Films
Donald Trump is being called a fascist – by his former appointees, as well as by his opponent Kamala Harris. On this week’s On the Media, a historian ...
Kamala Harris is Trying to Make Climate Action Patriotic
For the last few years, patriotism has been stuck in the wheelhouse of the GOP. A Gallup poll from June shows that 60% of Republicans — compared to 29...