Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 6 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, 6 months ago
The Giant Referendum On Everything
For the past month, journalists have been reporting on the anxieties of furloughed federal workers. This week, On the Media learns that many reporter…
7 years, 6 months ago
That time Brooke met Rosanne Cash
Rosanne's Cash's new album features 10 new songs, all written and co-written by Cash, that find her "speaking out and looking inward" (The Boston Glo…
7 years, 6 months ago