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On the Media

The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is m

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50 years ago ABBA won the contest for the song Waterloo.  Recently Brooke's old friend Charlie asked

Daniel Ellsberg, the famed whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers to the Washington Post, died

On February 23, 1972, oral arguments began in the Supreme Court for a case that would shape the cour

And just like that, the year is coming to a close. On this episode of On the Media, hear about the c

During this holiday season, you likely encountered public nativity scenes depicting the birth of Jes

In the run up to the 2024 election, polls are frontpage news. On this week’s On the Media, a guide o

This holiday season, book store displays — and Christmas stockings — will be filled with novels mint

An unprecedented deal on transitioning away from fossil fuels was struck at the United Nations’ COP

Norman lear the veteran writer and producer behind such hit TV shows as All in the Family and The Je

This holiday season, media outlets across the country are raising the alarm about an apparent crisis

This month marks the anniversary of when most of us first heard about George Santos and his ever-exp

After a seven-day ceasefire, fighting has resumed in Gaza. On this week’s On the Media, how the word

In his Veteran’s day speech a couple of weeks ago former President Donald Trump said this about his

This year has seen record layoffs in the media industry, with some digital news giants closing down

In September, The New Yorker published an article by Clare Malone titled “Hasan Minhaj’s Emotional T

President Joe Biden and Xi Jinping just recently met face-to-face for the first time in a year. On t

As we've discussed on the show at length, most recently with Cory Doctorow in our series The Enshitt

Donald Trump was out of sight at the GOP presidential primary debate – but definitely not out of min

Last week on the show, Brooke spoke to two writers about new wrinkles in the now 6-year-old #MeToo m

Israel began a ground operation in Gaza as a conflict that’s already left thousands dead continues t