Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA Look Back at Covering Gaza for the Post
Season 12 Episode 5
Since October 7, 2023, Miriam Berger has been on assignment in Jerusalem, covering Israel, Palestine, and war. A few weeks ago, she learned she and h…
8 months ago
Profit or Nonprofit? A Debate over Journalism’s Future
Season 1 Episode 8
While the newspaper industry continues to contract, nonprofit news outlets have proliferated over the past decade. But dismissing profitable models f…
8 months, 1 week ago
The Letter of the Law, and the Law in Practice
Season 12 Episode 4
Experts discuss the risks posed to journalism as the courts test the limits of press freedom law.
If I recall correctly, the original news peg for a l…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Outlier Media Reimagines What Local News Can Be
Season 1 Episode 7
In 2016, Sarah Alvarez, a former civil-rights lawyer and reporter, reimagined what journalism could be. Rather than break news or publish stories on …
8 months, 3 weeks ago
A Veteran of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—and its Long Strike—Prepares for What’s Next
Season 12 Episode 3
At first, January 7 felt to Bob Batz Jr. like a triumphant day. The U.S. Supreme Court had declined to consider an appeal from Batz’s longtime employ…
9 months ago
How the Gawker Trial Was the Gateway to Trump: Examining a political legacy, ten years on.
Season 1 Episode 6
In 2007, Valleywag, Gawker’s gossip column devoted to Silicon Valley, published a short piece about a then-little-known venture capitalist and tech f…
9 months, 1 week ago
Defector’s Jasper Wang and His Unvarnished Truth
Season 12 Episode 2
Annual reports are generally pretty boring documents, bogged down with numbers taken out of context and marketing-speak about “thriving in the face o…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Why You Should Never Marry a Journalist—and Other Lessons from Decades in Media
Season 12 Episode 1
The Kicker returns with our former host, Josh Hersh, and our new one, Megan Greenwell, in conversation.
Between President Trump’s legal battles agains…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Jay Rosen on the Digital Revolution That Wasn’t
Season 1 Episode 5
In 2006, Jay Rosen, the media scholar, published his influential article “The People Formerly Known as the Audience.” His medium was as important as …
10 months ago
Ben Smith Isn’t Afraid of the Future
Season 1 Episode 4
It has been called “the last good day on the internet”: on February 26, 2015, Americans flocked online to watch fugitive llamas in Arizona evade thei…
10 months, 1 week ago