On the Media

On the Media

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    on History

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    Followers

  • Typical duration

    49 min

    per episode

  • If it hooks

    57%

    finish an episode

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On the Media episodes

  • Experiencing Tragedy at the 9/11 Museum
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    52 min
  • Covering Nigeria, Russian Censorship, and More
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    53 min
  • TLDR Public Service Announcement

    We've been getting reports of technical issues from TLDR fans. Apparently some people are accidentally following Alex Goldman on Twitter and then being deluged with a torrent of awful tweets about cats and boring cultural ephemera. This piece of audio includes steps for troubleshooting this problem, as well as musical accompaniment from Matt Farley. 

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    3 min
  • OTM Goes Inside Washington
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    52 min
  • Portraying Medicine: The Perils of Painting By Numbers
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    51 min
  • CNN's Malaysia Air Obsession, Bad Political Memoirs, and More
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    51 min
  • ROBOTS! (and artificial intelligence)
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    51 min
  • Attacking the Koch Brothers, Remembering Rwandan Genocide, and More

    A fond farewell to Stephen Colbert's character, remembering the genocide in Rwanda 20 years ago, and a report on the skin lightening industry.

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    51 min
  • Punishing Propagandists, Covering Climate Change, and More
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  • Obamacare In Spanish, Cartographers vs. The World, and More
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    50 min

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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…

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