Podcast: On the Media

The statistics are not encouraging.

How Fox News contributors got picked for Trump’s cabinet, the case for more fact-checkers, and why the media has an audience problem. Plus, The Onion buys Infowars.

Social media posts from Kamala Harris supporters and the left questioning the outcome of the election are going viral.

Hear how OTM listeners are feeling post-election, the right-wing podcasters who helped elect Trump, and rules for surviving autocracy.

Brooke and Micah recorded a conversation on Wednesday morning after the election.

A look at election disinformation, The Washington Post’s decision, uncommitted voters in the press, and how election night became a television spectacular.

A historian of fascism explains why he sounded the alarm back in 2018.

A look at the latest description of Donald Trump, and a deep dive on horror films.

A new study suggests that framing climate change in terms of American pride might do the trick.

​​Trump lashes out at mega donors, Democrats embrace dark money, and whether or not big money helps win an election.

A new film shows how Donald Trump developed his political playbook from attorney Roy Cohn.

Slow Burn traces how a cable news channel became a cultural and political force.

Relief efforts and local officials have faced an onslaught of false claims online from conservative politicians and conspiracy theorists

The media landscape in Lebanon; a new film exposé on Netanyahu; the state of book censorship.

Episode one of a brand new 6-part radio play, "It Happened Here, 2024" starring Edie Falco, John Turturro and Tony Shalhoub

Uproar over 11th-hour election rule changes in Georgia has put the state back in the national spotlight. Plus, what to expect in the aftermath of election night.

When Fox News launched in 1996, critics called it “disorganized, incompetent, and laughably inept”. And during that election cycle it barely registered. But everything changed in 2000, when Fox News called Florida (and the presidency) for George W. Bush before any of the other networks. Potentially altering the outcome of the election in Bush’s favor.Our midweek podcast this week is episode one of the new series of Slow Burn from Slate which takes that pivotal moment as its starting point to examine the place FOX News has carved out in our culture. The series traces the channel’s surging popularity in those early years, and profiles a bunch of people who rose up to try and stop it.
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Why reporters covering the Haitian diaspora felt trouble brewing long before Springfield, Ohio, and a look at the past and present of political violence.

Exploring the role of music in today’s presidential campaigns.

Will Harris grant the press more access, and should we trust the polls (again)?