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The smartest, wittiest, most incisive media analysis show in the universe. The weekly one-hour podcast of NPR’s On the Media is your guide to how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Glad...

This week, the S&P 500 hit an all-time high, despite a deepening global energy crisis. On this week’s On the Media, the mismatch between the...

Last month, the Justice Department, in a startling move, issued a challenge the Presidential Records Act--saying that the bedrock law for ke...

Just after Donald Trump's first term began, he announced that he was considering eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency — the a...

When CBS was founded in 1927, its radio programming focused on entertainment, music, and fun. That all changed when a horrific prison fire b...

Earlier this month, Donald Trump posted an AI picture that seemed to depict him as Jesus Christ. On the week’s On the Media, why the image d...

Micah Loewinger speaks with Judd Legum , the author of the accountability newsletter Popular Information, about the explosive rise of predic...

Eric Swalwell suspended his campaign for governor of California following multiple allegations of sexual harassment and assault. On this wee...

This week we're handing over our podcast slot to NPR's Planet Money . They're currently 3 episodes in to a series all about the book industr...

President Trump threatened to commit war crimes before reaching a shaky ceasefire deal with Iran. On this week’s On the Media, the repercuss...

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has led Hungary for the past 16 years, the longest-serving leader in the European Union. He has systematically b...

The U.S. has waged war on Iran for more than a month now. On this week’s On the Media, what Defense Secretary Hegseth’s monthly Pentagon pra...

Last Friday, the Washington state Attorney General sued Kalshi, the prediction market platform where users can place bets on real world even...

A judge ruled that the Pentagon’s recent restrictions on the press are unconstitutional. On this week’s On the Media, hear how Pete Hegseth’...

This week, the Idaho Senate is considering a bill that would block transgender people from using public bathrooms that conform with their ge...

President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are demanding “more patriotic” coverage of the widening war in Iran. On this week’s On th...

Brooke Gladstone talks with Pasha Talankin, star and co-creator of the new documentary Mr. Nobody Against Putin . Pasha is a high school tea...

The US and Israel have continued a large-scale bombing campaign in Iran, killing over 1,300 civilians. On this week’s On the Media, the far-...

Recently a surprising ruling came down from U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth. The Reagan-appointed judge found that Kari Lake - (...

The US military used AI tools for real-time targeting in its strikes on Iran. On this week’s On the Media, what recent conflicts can tell us...

“To Catch a Predator” aired on television as a segment of NBC’s Dateline in the early 2000's. Men would be lured into talking online to a de...

Netflix is backing out of a bid to acquire Warner Brothers Discovery, clearing the way for Paramount to take over. On this week’s On the Med...

As media empires, from The Washington Post to CBS News, continue to be dealt significant blows, uncertainties abound about the remaining str...

Late night host Stephen Colbert has accused CBS of spiking an interview for fear of backlash from the Federal Communications Commission. On...

In 1946, Orson Welles, the actor and director behind Citizen Kane, was at the pinnacle of his career. At the time, he had a national radio s...

In a landmark trial in California, Meta and Google are being accused of addicting children to social media. On this week’s On the Media, hea...

At the end of December, familiar scenes of protest in Tehran were being documented and shared across the world. But on January 8th, the imag...

In the latest batch of Epstein files, hundreds of pages are redacted, shielding the names of prosecutors and possible co-conspirators. On th...

In 2022 Brent Renaud became the first American journalist to be killed by Russian soldiers while covering the war in Ukraine. Brent’s collab...

The Trump administration called Alex Pretti, who was shot and killed by federal officers, a “domestic terrorist.” And then bystander footage...

Stars and Stripes, the venerated, independent award-winning newspaper that has served the armed services for roughly a century, may be getti...

Children as young as five have been detained by immigration agents in Minnesota. On this week’s On the Media, how I.C.E. uses technology to...

EXTENDED VERSION! Brooke spoke to Mark Blyth , professor of International Economics and Public Affairs at Brown University, to talk about wh...

The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation against the Federal Reserve and its chairman. On this week’s On the Media, hear...

This week, we revisit a conversation with Andy Kroll , a reporter covering justice and the rule of law at ProPublica, about the profile he w...

After a U.S. citizen was shot and killed by an immigration agent, the Department of Homeland Security is sending even more forces to Minneap...

Host Brooke Gladstone talks with Emily Nussbaum , television critic for The New Yorker, about the forgotten story of Gertrude Berg, the woma...

Political debates are taking over the internet. On this week’s On the Media, hear how one viral Youtube channel is reshaping political disco...

This year, Bari Weiss became the new editor in chief of CBS News. The network’s owner, Paramount, also acquired Weiss’ online publication, T...

And just like that, 2025 is coming to a close. On this week’s On the Media, hear a tour of a 12-month news blitz, from AI to the Pentagon pr...

The New Yorker turned a hundred this year. And marking the occasion is a new documentary film on Netflix titled: “The New Yorker at 100 ”. B...

Donald Trump has signed an executive order limiting state regulation on artificial intelligence. On this week’s On the Media, Republicans sp...

This year, Silicon Valley poured its collective resources in AI. Billions and billions of dollars. But behind the snazzy ads and glowing end...

The Supreme Court appears ready to let Donald Trump fire Federal Trade Commission members at will. On this week’s On the Media, why the cour...

Last summer, Perez Hilton, the gossip blogger who rose to fame for his scoopy and sometimes vicious takes in the early 2000s, was served a s...

The New York Times has sued the Pentagon for restricting access to journalists. On this week’s On the Media, meet the new cast of right wing...

Late last month, Reuters reported that DOGE had “disbanded,” that the group was no longer a centralized government entity. But according to...

A new feature on X, formerly known as Twitter, has revealed that some prominent MAGA accounts are based in South Asia and Eastern Europe. On...

This month marks 25 years of Bullseye, a public radio show and podcast founded, hosted, and produced by Jesse Thorn. The show began as an of...

Progressive and centrist Democratic candidates had big wins in the 2025 elections. On this week’s On the Media, a data scientist fact-checks...

If you’ve ever donated to a Democratic candidate, you’ve probably been rewarded with a never-ending stream of pleas for more money in your i...