The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to
examining how the media sausage is made. Host Brooke Gladstone examines
threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye
on media coverage of the week's big stories and unravel hidden
political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
Most Recent Episodes
The Good Ol' Days
This year, right-wing groups at home and abroad were animated by
wistful recollections of the past. On this week's On the Media, hear
how nostalgia is weaponized in politics. Plus, a deep dive into
newspaper archives reveals that we've been having the same debates for
over a century. 1. Sophia Gaston [@sophgaston], social researcher and
the Head of Foreign Policy & UK Resilience at UK think tank Policy
Exchange, on the use of nostalgia as a cultural and political force in
Europe. Listen. 2. Adam Serwer [@AdamSerwer], staff writer at The
Atlantic, and the author of "The Cruelty Is the Point," on weaponized
nostalgia in American discourse. Listen. 3. OTM correspondent Micah
Loewinger [@MicahLoewinger] speaks with political scientist Paul Fairie
[@paulisci] about at some of the big media narratives that felt
representative of 2022 and how little has changed in our political
discourse. Listen.
The Divided Dial: Episode 5 - There's Something About Radio
Highly politicized, partisan companies like Salem have a hold on
the airwaves — and they don't plan to give it up. Senior Vice President
of Salem, Phil Boyce speaks candidly to Katie about the personalities
he handpicked to spread Salem's message and about the company's plans to
expand into the media world off the airwaves. And in this final episode
of the series we ask the perennial question: peddling election
denialism seems to be a solid business model — but is it legal? The
Divided Dial is hosted by journalist and Fulbright Fellow Katie
Thornton. Her written articles and audio stories have appeared in The
Atlantic, 99% Invisible, The Washington Post, BBC, NPR, WNYC, Minnesota
Public Radio, The Guardian, Bloomberg's CityLab, National Geographic,
and others. She is a lifelong radio nerd who got her start in media as a
teenager, volunteering and working behind the scenes at radio stations
for many years. You can follow her work on Instagram or on her website.
The Divided Dial was edited by On the Media's executive producer, Katya
Rogers. With production support from Max Balton and fact-checking by Tom
Colligan, Sona Avakian, and Graham Hacia. Music and sound design by
Jared Paul. Jennifer Munson is our technical director. Art by Michael
Brennan. With support from the Fund for Investigative Journalism.
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A 2020 story about Hunter Biden's hacked laptop keeps finding
its way back into the news cycle. On this week's On the Media, a look at
Elon Musk's so-called Twitter Files and whether they're newsworthy.
Plus, the meteoric rise and fraught future of HBO, which turned 50 this
year. 1. Blake Montgomery [@blakersdozen], tech news editor at Gizmodo,
and Olivia Nuzzi [@Olivianuzzi], Washington correspondent for New York
Magazine, on the Twitter Files and their relationship to the story of
Hunter Biden's laptop. Listen. 2. Christopher Grimes [@grimes_ce],
correspondent for the Financial Times, on Disney's foray into the
culture wars and its ongoing battle with the governor of Florida.
Listen. 3. John Koblin [@koblin], co-author of It's Not TV: The
Spectacular Rise, Revolution, and Future of HBO, on the history and
lasting impact of HBO. Listen.
The Divided Dial: Episode 4 - From The Extreme to The Mainstream
In the 1970s, talk radio was hitting its stride, with hosts and
listeners from all political persuasions. But the radio dial was about
to change forever. Community needs assessments, requirements to offer
public service programs and multiple perspectives, and limits on how
many stations a single company could own were all eradicated.
Technological and legal changes would consolidate the radio industry
exponentially, allowing conservative talk radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh
to take over the airwaves. In this episode, we look at radio's last
four decades to understand how we got to where we are today, and how
conservative talk radio came to dominate a medium that once thrived on
varied viewpoints. The Divided Dial is hosted by journalist and
Fulbright Fellow Katie Thornton. Her written articles and audio stories
have appeared in The Atlantic, 99% Invisible, The Washington Post, BBC,
NPR, WNYC, Minnesota Public Radio, The Guardian, Bloomberg's CityLab,
National Geographic, and others. She is a lifelong radio nerd who got
her start in media as a teenager, volunteering and working behind the
scenes at radio stations for many years. You can follow her work on
Instagram or on her website. The Divided Dial was edited by On the
Media's executive producer, Katya Rogers. With production support from
Max Balton and fact-checking by Tom Colligan, Sona Avakian, and Graham
Hacia. Music and sound design by Jared Paul. Jennifer Munson is our
technical director. Art by Michael Brennan. With support from the Fund
for Investigative Journalism.
An ancient scapegoat for society's woes is back in the news. On
this week's On the Media, a deeper look at the confusing landscape of
modern anti-semitism. Plus, a conversation with some of the dogged
reporters who spent years uncovering the truth behind the 2014 Malaysia
Airlines crash in Ukraine. 1. Leo Ferguson [@LeoFergusonnyc], the
Director of Strategic Projects for the Jews for Racial & Economic
Justice, on the rise of modern anti-Semitism. Listen. 2. Aric Toler
[@AricToler], Director of Research and Training at Bellingcat, an
investigative news outlet, and Roman Dobrokhotov [@Dobrokhotov], the
Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Insider, a Russian investigative
online news outlet, on what it took to uncover the truth behind the 2014
Malaysia Airlines crash in eastern Ukraine. Listen. 3. Christo Grozev
[@christogrozev], the lead Russia investigator with Bellingcat, about
how he uncovered the real identity of a Russian "sleeper" agent who went
by the name Maria Adela. Listen.
This week, we're sharing a chat Brooke had with her longtime
colleague Brian Lehrer for Interview Magazine. Brian hosts his
inimitably thoughtful daily talk show for WNYC, where he rallies a
community of callers and experts to talk about the issues they care
about most. But you may not know that Brian was once the first ever host
of this very show. In this conversation, Brooke and Brian discuss how
they made their ways into public radio, parasocial relationships, and
the difference between accuracy and objectivity. This conversation
appears in full on Interview Magazine's website, with the headline
"Brian Lehrer Points the Mic at Brooke Gladstone."
The Divided Dial: Episode 3 - The Liberal Bias Boogeyman
How did the right get their vice grip of the airwaves, all the
while arguing that they were being silenced and censored by a liberal
media? In this episode we look at the early history of American radio to
reveal that censorship of far-right and progressive voices alike was
once common on radio. And we learn how, in the post-war and Civil Rights
period, the US government encouraged more diverse viewpoints on the
airwaves — until it didn't. The Divided Dial is hosted by journalist and
Fulbright Fellow Katie Thornton. Her written articles and audio stories
have appeared in The Atlantic, 99% Invisible, The Washington Post, BBC,
NPR, WNYC, Minnesota Public Radio, The Guardian, Bloomberg's CityLab,
National Geographic, and others. She is a lifelong radio nerd who got
her start in media as a teenager, volunteering and working behind the
scenes at radio stations for many years. You can follow her work on
Instagram or on her website. The Divided Dial was edited by On the
Media's executive producer, Katya Rogers. With production support from
Max Balton and fact-checking by Tom Colligan, Sona Avakian, and Graham
Hacia. Music and sound design by Jared Paul. Jennifer Munson is our
technical director. Art by Michael Brennan. Special thanks this episode
to Tianyi Wang. With support from the Fund for Investigative Journalism.
Conspiracy theories and disinformation have found a home on
right-wing talk radio, where falsehoods often escape scrutiny from
regulators and fact-checkers. On this week's On the Media, hear how one
Christian radio network grew a gargantuan audience and served up the Big
Lie. Plus, a look at how the rise in LGBTQ hate online is connected to
the deadly shooting in Colorado. 1. Jo Yurcaba [@JoYurcaba], a
journalist focused on LGBTQ+ issues for NBC News, on how anti-trans
rhetoric contributed to increasing fears in the queer community in the
days leading up to the shooting in Colorado Springs. Plus, Sophie
Bjork-James [@sbjorkjames], Assistant Professor of Anthropology at
Vanderbilt University, on the impact of religious fundamentalism in
supporting ant-LGBTQ+ talking points. Listen. 2. Journalist Katie
Thornton, host of "The Divided Dial," on the how right-wing talk radio
embraced election lies. Part 1 & Part 2.
In television's younger days, going live was extremely
difficult, costly and rare. But in November of 1963 a monumental tragedy
made live coverage essential, no matter the cost, whenever a president
left the White House. WNYC's Sara Fishko recollects those dreadful days
in November when everyone was paralyzed in front of the small screen.
The Divided Dial: Episode 2 - From Pulpit to Politics
Episode 2: From Pulpit to Politics How did the little-known
Salem Media Group come to have an outsized political influence? In this
episode we trace the company's rise to power from its scrappy start in
the 1970s to the present day — a growth that paralleled and eventually
became inextricable from the growth of the Religious Right. We learn
that Salem is tightly networked with right wing political strategists,
pollsters, big donors, far right leaders and Republican party mainstays
thanks to their involvement with the Council for National Policy — a
secretive group of Evangelical and conservative leaders. For decades,
the CNP has been working behind the scenes to get a specific, highly
influential subset of voters to act. And Salem has been a megaphone for
their cause. The Divided Dial is hosted by journalist and Fulbright
Fellow Katie Thornton. Her written articles and audio stories have
appeared in The Atlantic, 99% Invisible, The Washington Post, BBC, NPR,
WNYC, Minnesota Public Radio, The Guardian, Bloomberg's CityLab,
National Geographic, and others. She is a lifelong radio nerd who got
her start in media as a teenager, volunteering and working behind the
scenes at radio stations for many years. You can follow her work on
Instagram or on her website. The Divided Dial was edited by On the
Media's executive producer, Katya Rogers. With production support from
Max Balton and fact-checking by Tom Colligan, Sona Avakian, and Graham
Hacia. Music and sound design by Jared Paul. Jennifer Munson is our
technical director. Art by Michael Brennan. With support from the Fund
for Investigative Journalism.
A longtime transparency advocate on the House Intelligence
Committee's notorious memo. Plus, how scientists and artists have
imagined our own nuclear demise.
A look at the nature of protest movements in an era of
never-ending distraction. Plus, inside the world of online memes and
right-wing conspiracy theories.
A look back at 1994 and where the #MeToo movement could go from
here. Plus: how Facebook will change the news you see and a tribute to
one of radio's weirdest, most influential voices.
Bob talks to Michael Wolff, author of Fire & Fury. Plus: the
man who helped write the Pentagon Papers on 'The Post'; and a new study
on fake news in 2016: Was it as bad as we thought?
The surprising political history of abortion; how the language
we use in the abortion debate impacts us all; how state lawmakers are
tightening rules around abortion; and more.
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