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The Most Influential Christian Talk Radio Network You've Probably Never Heard of
In 2016, Christian talk radio host Eric Metaxas begrudgingly encouraged his listeners to vote for then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. By 2020, …
3 years ago
How Lina Khan Became Antitrust Critics' Favorite Target
In March 2021, when President Joe Biden announced the nomination of Lina Khan to be a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission, the decision was …
3 years ago
Historical Fictions
A billion dollar defamation lawsuit has given the public an unprecedented view into the inner workings of Fox News. On this week’s On the Media, how …
3 years ago
The OTHER Lawsuit Involving the Murdochs
Fox News is in the fight of its legal life right now. Dominion is suing Fox News for 1.6 billion dollars in damages over false claims that it helped …
3 years ago
Who Profits?
The Supreme Court heard two cases this week that could upend Silicon Valley. On this week’s On The Media, a look at the fragile law holding the moder…
3 years ago
Brooke on the Press in Times of War
This week we're airing an interview that Brooke did while on a fellowship at the American Academy in Rome. She and her husband Fred Kaplan (author of…
3 years, 1 month ago
Off the Rails
1. Julia Rock [@jul1arock], reporter at the The Lever, and Allison Fisher [@citizenfisher], director of the Climate and Energy Program for Media Matt…
3 years, 1 month ago
Joke, Threat, Obvious
YouTube is one of the biggest media companies in the world. In 2020, we uploaded 500 hours of footage to the site every minute. And on average we wat…
3 years, 1 month ago
Hide and Seek
It’s a bird, it’s a plane… no, it’s a spy balloon. On this week’s On the Media, how to grasp a news event that’s equal parts concerning and absurd. P…
3 years, 1 month ago
David Remnick Speaks to Salman Rushdie About Surviving the Fatwa
Thirty-four years ago, the Ayatollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran, issued a fatwa calling for the assassination of the novelist Salman Rushdi…
3 years, 1 month ago