Podcast
On the Media Podcast
Hosted by meeranti · EN
The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made.
10episodes
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Epidemics Show Societies Who They Really Are Episode 10
Jun 20, 202100:03:00Tap to summarizeCommunicable disease has haunted humanity for all of history.
Transcribe →"Defund the Police" revisited Episode 9
Jun 20, 202100:03:00Tap to summarizeOn Wednesday morning, former president Barack Obama appeared on “Snap Original Good Luck America,” which is an interview program on Snapchat — and thus a proper setting to chasten the young.
Transcribe →How the School Transmission Conversation Became So Muddled Episode 8
Jun 20, 202100:03:00Tap to summarizeOver the past 10 months, debates have raged over how to keep the coronavirus in check.
Transcribe →Slaying the Fox Monster Episode 7
Jun 20, 202100:03:00Tap to summarizeFox News has been stoking rage on the right for decades. As the former president faces an impeachment trial for his role in the invasion of the Capitol, some are asking whether Fox News also bears responsibility for the violence.
Transcribe →The Decline of Cuomo, the TV Personality Episode 6
Jun 20, 202100:03:00Tap to summarizeDuring the pandemic, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo transformed into a fully fledged TV star — propelled by his daily coronavirus briefings, which reassured an anxious, leaderless public.
Transcribe →On the Inside Looking Out Episode 5
Jun 20, 202100:03:00Tap to summarizeThe past year most of us were awash in a news cycle driven by the pandemic. Daily we grappled with infection data, vaccine updates, social restrictions, and public officials trying to balance fatigue, facts, and safety
Transcribe →Not Ready For That Conversation Episode 4
Jun 20, 202100:03:00Tap to summarizeA jury has found Derek Chauvin guilty in the case that sparked a historic wave of protests last summer.
Transcribe →The Price of a Free Market Episode 3
Jun 20, 202100:03:00Tap to summarizeLast Friday, the Department of Labor released its monthly jobs report, and the numbers were...disappointing.
Transcribe →How It Started, How It's Going Episode 2
Jun 20, 202100:03:00Tap to summarizeA year and a half into the pandemic, we still don’t know how it began. This week, a look at how investigating COVID-19’s origins became a political and scientific minefield.
Transcribe →I Would Prefer Not To Episode 1
Jun 16, 202100:03:16Tap to summarizeWe live in a time of sensory overload and overwhelm. A global pandemic, an ongoing climate catastrophe, and online discourse run amok.
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