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How Big Tech Went to Sh*t
Why does every social media platform seem to get worse over time? This week’s On the Media explores an expansive theory on how we lost a better versi…
3 years ago
Lina Khan Is in the Hot Seat
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
Mysteries of Sound
In late 2016, American diplomats in Havana, Cuba started hearing a mysterious buzzing sound and experiencing debilitating symptoms. On this week’s On…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Wilhelm Scream
When two blockbuster movies, Barbie and Oppenheimer, premiered in U.S. theaters on the same day in July 2023, they ushered in a renewed enthusiasm fo…
3 years, 1 month ago
Read All About It
This summer’s extreme heat has contributed to disasters around the world--but some of them are hard to see. On this week’s On the Media, why extreme …
3 years, 1 month ago
The Lasting Impact of the Library of Alexandria
In the first half of the last school year, PEN America has recorded almost 900 different books pulled from library shelves across the country. As lon…
3 years, 1 month ago
Go Woke, Go Broke
When the US women’s soccer team was knocked out of the world cup, they became the latest target of a right-wing media campaign. On this week’s On the…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Trump Case Against E. Jean Carroll and The Progress of #MeToo
This week, another legal blow for former president Donald Trump after a judge ruled to dismiss Trump's counter defamation lawsuit against E Jean Carr…
3 years, 1 month ago
Making History
This year, the Department of Defense began renaming military bases that honor the Confederacy. On this week’s On the Media, a former general explains…
3 years, 1 month ago
Presidential Debates: Yay or Nay?
According to a New York Times-Siena poll released this week 54 percent of republican voters said if the election were held today they would vote for …
3 years, 1 month ago