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Twitch and Shout
Twitch.tv is a video streaming platform where millions of people broadcast their lives and video game action in real-time. It's like unedited, real, …
7 years, 3 months ago
When 20,000 Nazis Gathered in New York
Founded in 1936, the German-American Bund had approximately 25,000 members and 70 chapters around the country. While the Nazis were building concentr…
7 years, 3 months ago
Bad Reputation
The 2020 Democratic field is the most diverse ever, and five women are running to be the party’s presidential nominee. This week, we look at the sexi…
7 years, 3 months ago
A Century of Free Speech
For this week's pod extra, we feature a conversation from WNYC'S Brian Lehrer Show. Brian talked with Columbia University President Lee Bollinger and…
7 years, 3 months ago
The World's Biggest Problem
At Tuesday's State of the Union, President Trump continued to call for a wall at the southern border. Meanwhile, some Democrats point to the real cri…
7 years, 3 months ago
The Too-Good-To-Be-True Cancer Cure
Despite steadily declining rates of cancer deaths over the past two decades, cancer remains responsible for 1 in every 6 deaths worldwide. It’s a sco…
7 years, 3 months ago
Misery in the Name of Liberty
The Venezuelan press has been facing repression for years. This week, On the Media explores how journalists in the country are struggling to cover th…
7 years, 3 months ago
A Tell-All Memoir And An NDA
This week, the latest tell-all memoir from a former White House staffer hit bookstores. Team of Vipers: My 500 Extraordinary Days in the Trump White …
7 years, 3 months ago
Close Encounters
The Lincoln Memorial debacle showed how vulnerable the press are to a myriad of social and political forces. This week, we examine how the outrage un…
7 years, 3 months ago
Rethinking MLK Day
When he was still in his twenties, Martin Luther King Jr. was, among other things, an advice columnist for Ebony magazine. Writer Mychal Denzel Smith…
7 years, 4 months ago