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On the Media is a weekly show that uses the media as a lens to understand our world. On the Media listeners say the show is an essential companion, helping them survive the firehose of media coming at them 24/7. Hosted by Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger, the show does not do ‘hot takes’, instead offering listeners context, historical parallels, media analysis and often a much appreciated deep... more

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This week, Anthropic filed for an IPO following a valuation of nearly $1 trillion, which would make it one of the largest IPOs in history. On this week’s On the Media, the company’s marketing campaign to position it as the “good guy” of AI. Plus, wha... more

For a second week, reports of inhumane conditions at Delaney Hall in New Jersey are drawing protesters and camera crews. A handful of journalists and dozens of protesters have been arrested. Under this Trump administration, I.C.E.’s operations have b... more

The Department of Justice is trying to create a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate Donald Trump’s political supporters who claim they were unfairly targeted by the government. On this week’s On the Media, how Trump is using the federal legal syst... more

Russian language has a rich vocabulary for describing life under tyranny. Like the plain-clothed ICE officers snatching people off the streets? In Russian, they would be called "siloviki." Former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's requirement that she perso... more

The president has proposed a new leader for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. On this week’s On the Media, a reckoning with the future of FEMA, and an interview with Trump’s nominee to lead the agency. Plus, a FEMA worker starts an anonymous n... more

This week, the President announced a proposed expansion of the America's refugee program - from 7,500 admissions to 17,500. But there's a caveat: those extra 10,000 spots are reserved for white South Africans. Last May, when the first round of Afrika... more

Louisiana’s state senate has passed a new congressional map, eliminating one of two majority-Black districts in the state. On this week’s On the Media, hear why the Supreme Court’s blessing of that move rests on a basic statistical error. Plus, how a... more

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Recent Guests

Anna Bower
Senior editor at Lawfare; co-author of The President Who Sued Himself
Lawfare
Episode: Trump Sued Himself … and ‘Settled’ for a $1.8 Billion Fund
A. Brad Schwartz
Historian; author/biographer of Edward R. Murrow
University/Scholarship (biography work)
Episode: Trump Sued Himself … and ‘Settled’ for a $1.8 Billion Fund
Maria Kuznetsova
Author and activist, co-author of How to Survive Authoritarianism
Author, How to Survive Authoritarianism
Episode: A Russian Phrasebook for Surviving Authoritarianism
Dan Storyev
Author and activist, co-author of How to Survive Authoritarianism
Author, How to Survive Authoritarianism
Episode: A Russian Phrasebook for Surviving Authoritarianism
Cameron Hamilton
Trump appointee, former acting director of FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Episode: Episode 4 of American Emergency; The Movement to Kill FEMA
Carolyn Holmes
Assistant professor of political science focusing on South African nationalism
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Episode: Trump's Refugee Program Is Reserved for Whites Only
G. Elliott Morris
Journalist, statistician, author of Strength in Numbers
Strength in Numbers / data-driven journalism site
Episode: Trump's Justices Changed the Way We Vote Forever. Plus, Ep.3 of American Emergency
Bryan Walsh
Senior Editorial Director at Vox, Editor of Vox's Future Perfect section
Vox
Episode: How "Economic Blindness" Is Obscuring Our Financial Reality
Marty Bahamonde
FEMA public affairs official on the ground during Katrina
FEMA
Episode: The Psychology of Sticking Your Head in the Sand. Plus, Ep. 2 of American Emergency.

Hosts

Brooke Gladstone
Host of On the Media with a deep background in media analysis and journalism education.
Micah Loewinger
Co-host focused on journalism, media criticism, and storytelling.

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Trump Sued Himself … and ‘Settled’ for a $1.8 Billion Fund
Q: What's the real story behind the CBS fire broadcast and Gardner's role?
Gardner, a prison employee with radio experience, delivered the first breaking news report from CBS during the Columbus prison fire, and his on-air persona helped establish a template for dramatic, yet informative, eyewitness reporting that defined early broadcast journalism.
Hegseth’s Pentagon Axed a Program Meant to Save Civilian Lives
Q: You are enlisted to refine a code to mitigate civilian harm. What was it and what was the process going to be before Trump's Department of Defense scuttled it?
Bryant explains the Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Action Plan, the structure around the Civilian Protection Center of Excellence, and how prior administrations had built a framework to learn from civilian casualty incidents; the aim was to institutionalize prevention and accountability, but the new administration moved to dismantle those efforts.
How "Economic Blindness" Is Obscuring Our Financial Reality
Q: How should we rectify our tendency to ignore looming threats?
Pay more attention to tail risks and to voices who have warned about long-term threats, practicing a more retrospective, learning-oriented approach to reporting to avoid missing critical signals.
How "Economic Blindness" Is Obscuring Our Financial Reality
Q: Define tail risk.
Tail risk is something that's not very likely, but has a huge impact; it isn't the common outcome but could produce catastrophic consequences, especially in systems with long-term, low-probability events like climate change or global energy disruptions.
The Danger of Keeping Score
Q: Can you explain how we got to the state in our world where politicians, and bureaucrats, and many more of us compulsively reach for numbers to constantly justify what they're doing?
Nguyen explains that the rise of quantification comes from a historical shift to create portable, easily communicable information. He contrasts qualitative detail with quantitative metrics, arguing that overreliance on numbers reduces complex contexts to simple summaries, which then shape policy, perception, and decision making.

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This program is a media-focused current-events analysis show that uses journalism, history, and cultural critique to put contemporary events in context. Episodes frequently explore how media framing, political power, and public perception shape crises, elections, and policy, with deep dives into topics like disaster response, misinformation, and the evolution of journalism. Notable strengths include rigorous sourcing, historical parallels, and a steady emphasis on understanding the forces behind headlines rather than chasing hot takes. The show tends to feature a mix of investigative reporters, subject-matter experts, historians, and policy insiders, offering listeners practical takeaways about media literacy, governance, and civic discours... more

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