Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFarewell TikTok? Plus, the Role of Memory and Forgetting with the L.A. Wildfires.
The Supreme Court has upheld a ban on TikTok. On this week’s On the Media, hear how the ruling could affect other media companies, and where TikToker…
1 year, 4 months ago
A Shake Up In The Briefing Room?
There have been hints dropped that the incoming administration intends to shake up the White House briefing room to potentially allow in more podcast…
1 year, 4 months ago
Public Broadcasting Is In Danger (Again)
NPR and PBS stations are bracing for war with the incoming Trump administration. On this week’s On the Media, the long history of efforts to save—and…
1 year, 4 months ago
How Trump Re-Wrote the History of January 6
In the aftermath of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in January 2021, politicians, pundits, and the American public condemned the violence—while …
1 year, 4 months ago
America’s Empire State of Mind
The complete story of American imperialism is missing from our history books. On this week’s On the Media, how the United States worked to capture te…
1 year, 4 months ago
Do Sex Scandals Matter Anymore in Politics?
With Trump’s imminent return to the White House, we’ve decided to take stock of how political and journalistic norms have evolved over the years. For…
1 year, 4 months ago
How AI and Algorithms Are Transforming Music
It’s been almost a year since the historic music outlet Pitchfork shrank considerably. On this week’s On the Media, why the distinctive voices in mus…
1 year, 4 months ago
A New Film Unearths the Depths of Netanyahu's Corruption
For the new documentary, The Bibi Files, director Alexis Bloom uses hundreds of hours of leaked, previously unseen interrogation footage of Israeli …
1 year, 4 months ago
The Harvard Plan: The Universities Are The Enemy
Donald Trump has a big plan to remake American universities. On this week’s On the Media, hear how the distinctly American idea of “diversity” has fa…
1 year, 5 months ago
How to Plan for Inevitable Disaster
This year was earth’s hottest on record, and the Atlantic storm season brought with it five major hurricanes. And yet in December, the Pew Research C…
1 year, 5 months ago