On the Media

THE DIVIDED DIAL EPISODE 2: You Must Form Your Militia Movements

Trump Is Losing A Lot In Court. Plus, the First Episode of The Divided Dial (S2).

THE DIVIDED DIAL EPISODE 1: Fishing In The Night

Trump’s Executive Order on Public Media Is Here. Plus, the Murdoch’s Real Succession Drama

Shari Redstone's Road to Power at Paramount Global

Brendan Carr’s F.C.C. Has Been Busy. Plus, Rewriting the History of Watergate.

Left Wing Youtuber David Pakman **EXTENDED VERSION**

Brooke and Micah Enter the MAGA-verse. Plus, Liberal YouTubers Fight Back.

The Coding Language Caught in DOGE's Crosshairs

The Tariff Week From Hell. Plus, the Bluesky CEO Reimagines Social Media.

Sen. Chris Murphy on the Crisis Facing Our Democracy

Harvard and the Battle Over Higher Ed

Sports Media’s Big Gamble on the Betting Industry

The Latest Spin on 'Signalgate.' Plus, a Crypto President is Born.

Trouble At the EPA

Voice of America Goes Quiet. And, Apocalypse Now?

"Tough Love For Liberals"

Mahmoud Khalil and a New Red Scare. Plus, Press Freedom Under Threat.

The Baltimore Sun Is In Trouble

Trump’s On-and-Off-Again Tariffs, and Decoding ‘Make America Healthy Again’

How Does Kash Patel Compare to J. Edgar Hoover?

The New 'State Media.' Plus, Podcasters Are Running the FBI.

Writing (and rewriting) Russian History

Learning Elon Musk’s Media Playbook. Plus, Silicon Valley’s Rightwing Roots.

How Kash Patel Came to Loathe the Media and Love Trump

Donald Trump is Rewriting the Past. Plus, the Christian Groups Vying for Political Power

The J6 Commutations Have Ripple Effects

How Wired Magazine is Scooping the Competition. Plus, Whither the Democrats?

Musk's Meddling in European Politics

Is That Legal? Plus, DeepSeek and the A.I. Bubble.

Brooke Talks AI With Ed Zitron

Week One of Trump 2.0

Wars Are Won By Stories

Farewell TikTok? Plus, the Role of Memory and Forgetting with the L.A. Wildfires

A Shake Up In The Briefing Room?

Public Broadcasting Is In Danger (Again)

How Trump Re-Wrote the History of January 6

America’s Empire State of Mind

Do Sex Scandals Matter Anymore in Politics?

How AI and Algorithms Are Transforming Music

A New Film Unearths the Depths of Netanyahu's Corruption

The Harvard Plan: The Universities Are The Enemy

How to Plan for Inevitable Disaster

A Cold-Blooded Killing Ignites a National Conversation. Plus, Part Two of The Harvard Plan.

Enron is Back, and Birds Aren't Real

Donald Trump’s Cabinet of Influencers. Plus, The Harvard Plan.

Kash Patel’s Crusade Against the Media

How Conservative Talk Radio Came to Dominate the Airwaves

Hank Green Makes the Truth Go Viral (EXTENDED VERSION)

How Hank Green Makes the Truth Go Viral. Plus, the Escape Fantasies of the Uber Rich.

Why Men And Boys Are Struggling

Fox News is Back at the White House. Plus, No Joke, The Onion Buys Infowars.

Using Conspiracy Theories to Make Sense of a Loss

The Manosphere Celebrates a Win. Plus, M. Gessen on How to Survive an Autocracy

The Day After

Toxic Election Lies Spread, Jeff Bezos Sows Chaos at The Post and How The Media Created Election Night

Why Trump is a Fascist (EXTENDED VERSION)

Fascism, Fear and the Science Behind Horror Films

Kamala Harris is Trying to Make Climate Action Patriotic

Can a Billion Dollars Buy an Election?

‘The Apprentice’: Donald Trump, Roy Cohn, and the Pursuit of Power

The Presidential Election That Put Fox News On the Map

A Storm of BS In The Wake Of Hurricane Helene

A Reporter’s View From Beirut, and a New Film Plumbs the Depths of Netanyahu’s Corruption

"It Happened Here 2024" A new radio play starring Edie Falco and John Turturro

Election Lies Are Fueling Voter Suppression. Plus, Newsrooms Brace for Election Night

OTM Presents Ep. 1 of Slow Burn's The Rise of Fox News: We Report. You Can Suck It.

The Trump Campaign Continues to Spew Lies about Springfield. Plus, Support for Political Violence Is On the Rise.

Taylor Swift's Endorsement and the Role of Music in Politics

Is Kamala Harris’ Press Strategy Depriving Voters — Or Just Journalists? Plus, Understanding Election Polls.

Not an Internet Error: How 404 Media Aims to Shake Up Online Journalism

The Media Are Going Easy On Trump and Russia is Going All In On Right-Wing Media

Brooke and Micah Have Something To Tell You

How to Read a Presidential Candidate

How Apple Shaped Podcasting

Freedom! Joy! Forward! The DNC’s Fave Buzzwords, Explained

Echoes of 1968 at the DNC in Chicago

The Rise and Fall of Alt-Weeklies, and Journalism in an AI World

Dan Taberski on His New Series "Hysterical"

A Dad-Coded VP Pick. Plus, Trump Courts Gen Z Influencers

Cat Ladies: EXTENDED VERSION

Revenge of the Childless Cat Ladies

The Sound of Sport

The Democratic Ticket Change Angers the Right. Plus, Ezra Klein’s Role in Biden’s Decision.

Kamala Harris Replacing Joe Biden on the Ticket Isn’t Antidemocratic

How the Media Created J.D. Vance. Plus, the Anointing of Donald Trump

It's Getting Hot in Here

What the Media Get Wrong About Immigration

Making Fun of Public Radio

The Sound of Patriotism

Clarence Thomas' Unshaken Belief in Big Money

No, Joe Biden Didn’t Poop His Pants. Plus, the Supreme Court’s Fact-Checking Problem

Do Sperm Whales Talk to Each Other?

The Ensh*ttification of Everything

The Drip, Drip, Drip of Bad News at The Washington Post

UK Elections: They’re Not Like Ours! Plus, the Messy Family Behind Paramount

Is Love is Blind a Toxic Workplace?

A Former Disinformation Reporter is Running The Onion. Plus, Birds ARE Real.

Mr. Beast Reigns Supreme on YouTube

Trump Found Guilty; The Right-Wing Media Were Prepared For It

How Tech Journalists Are Fueling the AI Hype Machine

How Tired Tropes Drive AI Coverage. Plus, is the Vibecession Back or Not?

Rightwing Media is Obsessed with the Darien Gap

What Bush v. Gore Revealed About Contested Elections

The Story Behind Biden’s New Tariffs

What the Media Get Wrong About Campus Protests

Revisiting a Conversation with Paul Auster

How to Read a President, with Carlos Lozada, Vinson Cunningham, and Curtis Sittenfeld

'The Three Body Problem' And the Rise of Chinese Science Fiction

How Not to Cover the Trump Trials. Plus, the Latest Push To Defund NPR

A War Photographer Watches Alex Garland's 'Civil War'

Meet the Media Prophets Who Preach Christian Supremacy. Plus, Journalism in ‘Civil War’

Happy Bicycle Day!

The Rise and Fall of Alt-Weeklies, and Backpage.com vs The Feds

How The Village Voice Changed Journalism

How The Village Voice Changed Journalism

Warring Narratives Around UNRWA. Plus, Media Bets on Sports Gambling

Warring Narratives Around UNRWA. Plus, Media Bets on Sports Gambling

Happy Birthday to Basketball Great, Walt "Clyde" Frazier

Happy Birthday to Basketball Great, Walt "Clyde" Frazier

Boeing Conspiracy Theories Take Flight. Plus, the Politics to TV News Pipeline

Boeing Conspiracy Theories Take Flight. Plus, the Politics to TV News Pipeline

Beyoncé and the History of Black Country Music

Beyoncé and the History of Black Country Music

Trump’s Rhetoric Intensifies, and Russia’s Fake Journalists

Trump’s Rhetoric Intensifies, and Russia’s Fake Journalists

Evan Gershkovich Has Been In Prison In Russia For A Year

Evan Gershkovich Has Been In Prison In Russia For A Year

Why Banning TikTok Might Backfire. Plus, a History of Book-Banning Moms

Why Banning TikTok Might Backfire. Plus, a History of Book-Banning Moms

A Journalism History Lesson from Calvin Trillin

A Journalism History Lesson from Calvin Trillin

What Can Musk Offer Trump? And Defining “Decolonization” for Gaza

What Can Musk Offer Trump? And Defining “Decolonization” for Gaza

It's That Time Again!

It's That Time Again!

Measuring Bias in Israel-Palestine Coverage, and Mehdi Hasan's Approach to Covering the Region

Measuring Bias in Israel-Palestine Coverage, and Mehdi Hasan's Approach to Covering the Region

American Patriots Support... Vladimir Putin?

American Patriots Support... Vladimir Putin?

Christian Nationalism is Reshaping Fertility Rights, and Books Dominate at the Oscars

Christian Nationalism is Reshaping Fertility Rights, and Books Dominate at the Oscars

Revisiting the Documentary, "Navalny"

Revisiting the Documentary, "Navalny"

Breaking News: Biden is Old. Plus, Bobi Wine’s Fight For Democracy

Breaking News: Biden is Old. Plus, Bobi Wine’s Fight For Democracy

Tucker Went to Russia and Got a History Lesson

Tucker Went to Russia and Got a History Lesson

If You Can’t Beat ’Em… Join ’Em? Journalism in an AI World

If You Can’t Beat ’Em… Join ’Em? Journalism in an AI World

Naomi Klein's Trip to the Mirror World

Naomi Klein's Trip to the Mirror World

What the Media Gets Wrong About Immigration, and Chris Hayes Wants More Trump Coverage!

What the Media Gets Wrong About Immigration, and Chris Hayes Wants More Trump Coverage!

Micah Speaks To Kyle Chayka About The Filter World

Micah Speaks To Kyle Chayka About The Filter World

DeSantis' Failed Campaign Has Lessons For the Political Press. And A Public Radio Parody.

DeSantis' Failed Campaign Has Lessons For the Political Press. And A Public Radio Parody.

OTM presents - Blindspot: The Plague in the Shadows

OTM presents - Blindspot: The Plague in the Shadows

Trouble at The Baltimore Sun, and the End of an Era for Pitchfork

Trouble at The Baltimore Sun, and the End of an Era for Pitchfork

What Israelis Are Seeing on TV - EXTENDED VERSION

What Israelis Are Seeing on TV - EXTENDED VERSION

Israeli TV News Sanitizes the Bombing of Gaza. Plus, a Plagiarism Fight Gets Political

Israeli TV News Sanitizes the Bombing of Gaza. Plus, a Plagiarism Fight Gets Political

Mysteries of the Euroverse!

Mysteries of the Euroverse!

How a Whistleblower Changed the Course of History

How a Whistleblower Changed the Course of History

The Reporter Who Said No to the FBI

The Reporter Who Said No to the FBI

What a Year

What a Year

Where Did 'White Jesus' Come From?

Where Did 'White Jesus' Come From?

The Rise of 'News Avoiders,' and a Stand-Up Comedy Scandal

The Rise of 'News Avoiders,' and a Stand-Up Comedy Scandal

Who Cares About Literary Prizes?

Who Cares About Literary Prizes?

Climate Delay-ism and the Real Goals of the Book Banning Movement

Climate Delay-ism and the Real Goals of the Book Banning Movement

Celebrating Norman Lear

Celebrating Norman Lear

How Media Fueled a Shoplifting Panic, and an AI-Journalism Experiment Gone Wrong

How Media Fueled a Shoplifting Panic, and an AI-Journalism Experiment Gone Wrong

Happy One Year Anniversary Since George Santos Became a Thing!

Happy One Year Anniversary Since George Santos Became a Thing!

Word Watch: “Genocide,” and Do We Have to Care About OpenAI?

Word Watch: “Genocide,” and Do We Have to Care About OpenAI?

Media Coverage of the Trump Movement is Missing Vital Context

Media Coverage of the Trump Movement is Missing Vital Context

Is the New York Times a Tech Company Now?

Is the New York Times a Tech Company Now?

The Hasan Minhaj Saga and Evolving Expectations of Truth in Comedy

The Hasan Minhaj Saga and Evolving Expectations of Truth in Comedy

TikTok In the Crosshairs... Again. And Saying Goodbye to Jezebel

TikTok In the Crosshairs... Again. And Saying Goodbye to Jezebel

FTC chair Lina Khan is Kicking A** and Taking Names

FTC chair Lina Khan is Kicking A** and Taking Names

Trump Coverage is Still Terrible. Plus, Podcasting’s First Boom and Bust

Trump Coverage is Still Terrible. Plus, Podcasting’s First Boom and Bust

Making Television After #MeToo

Making Television After #MeToo

Warring Narratives in the Israel-Gaza Conflict and a New #MeToo Movement

Warring Narratives in the Israel-Gaza Conflict and a New #MeToo Movement

The Evolution of Opinions Online and "Statementese"

The Evolution of Opinions Online and "Statementese"

Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Israel/Gaza Edition

Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Israel/Gaza Edition

How Right Wing Media Created The House Speaker Fiasco

How Right Wing Media Created The House Speaker Fiasco

The Fog of War, and the Deadly Toll of Reporting from Gaza and Israel

The Fog of War, and the Deadly Toll of Reporting from Gaza and Israel

What Comparisons to 9/11 Tell Us about the Israel-Hamas Conflict

What Comparisons to 9/11 Tell Us about the Israel-Hamas Conflict

We Don't Talk About Leonard: Episode 3

We Don't Talk About Leonard: Episode 3

How Elon Musk's X Failed During the Israel-Hamas Conflict

How Elon Musk's X Failed During the Israel-Hamas Conflict

We Don't Talk About Leonard: Episode 2

We Don't Talk About Leonard: Episode 2

Why You Should Pay Attention to Trump's Civil Fraud Case

Why You Should Pay Attention to Trump's Civil Fraud Case

We Don't Talk About Leonard: Episode 1

We Don't Talk About Leonard: Episode 1

The Story Behind Gannett's AI Debacle

The Story Behind Gannett's AI Debacle

Suing to Save the Planet, and How Climate Activism Got a Bad Rap

Suing to Save the Planet, and How Climate Activism Got a Bad Rap

How the Food Industry is Influencing Your TikTok Feed

How the Food Industry is Influencing Your TikTok Feed

The “Too Old” President and Political Doppelgängers

The “Too Old” President and Political Doppelgängers

How 9/11 Broke Our Brains

How 9/11 Broke Our Brains

Another Proud Boy Goes to Jail and A Media War in 1980's NYC

Another Proud Boy Goes to Jail and A Media War in 1980's NYC

Is "Rich Men North of Richmond" a MAGA Anthem or Nah?

Is "Rich Men North of Richmond" a MAGA Anthem or Nah?

How Big Tech Went to Sh*t

How Big Tech Went to Sh*t

Lina Khan Is in the Hot Seat

Lina Khan Is in the Hot Seat

Mysteries of Sound

Mysteries of Sound

The Wilhelm Scream

The Wilhelm Scream

Read All About It

Read All About It

The Lasting Impact of the Library of Alexandria

The Lasting Impact of the Library of Alexandria

Go Woke, Go Broke

Go Woke, Go Broke

The Trump Case Against E. Jean Carroll and The Progress of #MeToo

The Trump Case Against E. Jean Carroll and The Progress of #MeToo

Making History

Making History

Presidential Debates: Yay or Nay?

Presidential Debates: Yay or Nay?

To Catch a War Criminal

To Catch a War Criminal

Investigating Russia's War Crimes Against Ukrainian Children

Investigating Russia's War Crimes Against Ukrainian Children

Staying Alive

Staying Alive

A. G. Sulzberger on Bias and Objectivity at The New York Times

A. G. Sulzberger on Bias and Objectivity at The New York Times

Money, Money, Money

Money, Money, Money

The Decline of AM Radio Will Hurt More Than Conservative Talk Shows

The Decline of AM Radio Will Hurt More Than Conservative Talk Shows

I, Robot

I, Robot

Why the Supreme Court Broke Up Hollywood's Studio System

Why the Supreme Court Broke Up Hollywood's Studio System

On the Trail With RFK Jr.

On the Trail With RFK Jr.

Trump Caught On Tape Talking About Classified Documents

Trump Caught On Tape Talking About Classified Documents

The Whistleblower Who Changed History

The Whistleblower Who Changed History

The Battle to Save Reddit

The Battle to Save Reddit

Indicted (again)

Indicted (again)

Understanding "Greedflation"

Understanding "Greedflation"

CNN’s No Good, Very Bad Year

CNN’s No Good, Very Bad Year

TAYLOR SWIFT TICKETS!

TAYLOR SWIFT TICKETS!

Objection!

Objection!

Leaving the Extreme Right, and a Marriage, Behind

Leaving the Extreme Right, and a Marriage, Behind

Seditious Conspiracy

Seditious Conspiracy

Ben Smith on the Death of BuzzFeed News

Ben Smith on the Death of BuzzFeed News

REGULATE ME

REGULATE ME

Debunking Myths About the Writers' Strike

Debunking Myths About the Writers' Strike

Her Day in Court

Her Day in Court

Episode 5 - The Divided Dial

Episode 5 - The Divided Dial

Episode 4 - The Divided Dial

Episode 4 - The Divided Dial

Episode 3 - The Divided Dial

Episode 3 - The Divided Dial

Episode 2 - The Divided Dial

Episode 2 - The Divided Dial

Episode 1 - The Divided Dial

Episode 1 - The Divided Dial

Once Upon A Dream

Once Upon A Dream

The Day Saddam Hussein’s Statue Came Down

The Day Saddam Hussein’s Statue Came Down

Boom!

Boom!

Meet the Redstones, the Complicated Family Behind a Media Empire

Meet the Redstones, the Complicated Family Behind a Media Empire

Rupert. Logan. Clarence.

Rupert. Logan. Clarence.

The Life and Times of the FDA

The Life and Times of the FDA

Inside Russia’s Crackdown on Journalists

Inside Russia’s Crackdown on Journalists

How (Not) to Cover Trump’s Indictment

How (Not) to Cover Trump’s Indictment

Made In America

Made In America

When Presidents Go to Trial

When Presidents Go to Trial

Indicted

Indicted

It's not TV it's...

It's not TV it's...

Is Lying On the Radio...Legal?

Is Lying On the Radio...Legal?

How Neoconservatism Led the US to Invade Iraq

How Neoconservatism Led the US to Invade Iraq

How did Talk Radio Get So Politically Lop-Sided?

How did Talk Radio Get So Politically Lop-Sided?

Silenced Samples: How Copyright Laws Infringe on Hip Hop

Silenced Samples: How Copyright Laws Infringe on Hip Hop

The Most Influential Christian Talk Radio Network You've Probably Never Heard of

The Most Influential Christian Talk Radio Network You've Probably Never Heard of

How Lina Khan Became Antitrust Critics' Favorite Target

How Lina Khan Became Antitrust Critics' Favorite Target

Historical Fictions

The OTHER Lawsuit Involving the Murdochs

Who Profits?

Brooke on the Press in Times of War

Off the Rails

Joke, Threat, Obvious

Hide and Seek

David Remnick Speaks to Salman Rushdie About Surviving the Fatwa

Too Big to Fail?