Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow to Read a Presidential Candidate
During election season, voters hope to glimpse the true selves of presidential candidates. And sometimes, revealing details hide in plain sight. On t…
1 year, 8 months ago
How Apple Shaped Podcasting
A recent update to the Apple podcast app also included a tweak to how podcast downloads work. As a podcast user you’re free to shrug and move on. But…
1 year, 8 months ago
Freedom! Joy! Forward! The DNC’s Fave Buzzwords, Explained
When President Biden campaigned for re-election, he highlighted threats to democracy and his long track record. But since Kamala Harris took over the…
1 year, 9 months ago
Echoes of 1968 at the DNC in Chicago
This is an episode from the Vox daily news podcast, Today, Explained. Host Noel King spoke with OTM regular, Rick Perlstein. As a historian of US pol…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Rise and Fall of Alt-Weeklies, and Journalism in an AI World
New York City’s alternative weekly newspaper, The Village Voice, birthed a generation of legendary writers. On this week’s On the Media, how the Voic…
1 year, 9 months ago
Dan Taberski on His New Series "Hysterical"
In 2011, a group of high school girls in the small town of Le Roy, New York started coming down with mysterious medical symptoms. When their parents …
1 year, 9 months ago
A Dad-Coded VP Pick. Plus, Trump Courts Gen Z Influencers
This week, Kamala Harris’ VP pick Tim Walz went viral for being a typical Midwestern dad. On this week’s On the Media, the narratives surrounding Wal…
1 year, 9 months ago
Cat Ladies: EXTENDED VERSION
Brooke Gladstone interviews Kathryn Hughes, author of Catland, about the storied history of the cat lady trope, how cats became beloved by so many in…
1 year, 9 months ago
Revenge of the Childless Cat Ladies
Vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance’s remarks on childless cat ladies have ties to a movement urging people to have more children. On this week’s On…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Sound of Sport
“The Sound of Sport” was produced by Peregrine Andrews for Falling Tree Productions and originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011. Dennis Baxter is…
1 year, 9 months ago