S8 E1: The Myth of the Echo Chamber

Americans have access to a flood of news, and yet we're in a deep information crisis. What's really wrong with the news media? Is it what we think it is? And what about news consumers? Most of us don't trust the media, but can we trust ourselves? By John Biewen with co-host Chenjerai Kumanyika. Interviews: Ethan Jordan, Dannagal Young, and others. Story editor: Diane Hodson. Assistant Producer, Arlene Arevalo. Fact-checking by Anna Pujol Mazzini. Music by Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band, Michelle Osis, Lili Haydn, Alex Weston, James Nathan Jones, Goodnight Lucas, and Jason Hill. Music consulting by Joe Augustine of Narrative Music. For more info, and transcripts, go to sceneonradio.org. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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S8 E1: The Myth of the Echo Chamber is an episode from Scene on Radio by Scene on Radio.

This episode is 40:26 long.

This episode was published on May 27, 2026.

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