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In an era of information overload, On the Media helps you make sense of it all.A weekly program from National Public Radio and WNYC, New York Public Radio. IncludesMP3 Podcast enclosure. Primary Format : News Language : English Also Listed as: City : New York State/Province : NY Country : USA Region : NA User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of On The Media from NPR/WNYC Podcasts Methings.com listings of On The Media from NPR/WNYC Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

November 20, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 20 November 2009) The media's coverage of the President's trip to China; a blow to investigative journalism in China; a play about a Seattle newsroom. 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Plus, are bunk credit reports protected by the First Amendment? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May 22, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 22 May 2009) Cheney's makeover, the Pentagon's charm offensive and the pitchman's day in the sun. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May 15, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 15 May 2009) The significance of images of torture; the search for the next Google; Craigslist now comes with chaperons Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May 8, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 08 May 2009) Is price-fixing the only way to save the newspaper industry?; the wealthy have a PR problem; the new Kindle and its impact on all things paper and publishing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May 1, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 01 May 2009) Journalists can't resist a panic story; the Obama Administration gets an F on its transparency report card; the first 100 Days of media tactics. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website April 24, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 24 April 2009) Talking about torture without using the word "torture"; getting inside the mind of someone getting inside the mind of someone on TV; some of our favorite past segments. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website April 10, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 10 April 2009) The Obama Administration's invokes the state secrets privilege for the third time; an imprisoned Iranian-American reporter is charged with spying; the AP says no more free content. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Net Effect (On The Media: Friday, 03 April 2009) Is Google making usstupid? Is it making ussmarter? Have we lost ourability to concentrate? Are we more social ormore isolatedas a result of our constantly interconnected lives? Brooke takes a look at some of the research that attempts to answer the question: how is the internet affecting our brains?Click herefor the uncut interview with Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website April 3, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 03 April 2009) Show Summary: creationists win a battle over textbooks in Texas; how is the internet affecting our brains?; an argument in favor of yellow journalism. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website March 27, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 27 March 2009) The Obama Administration hard-sells its economic policy and a journalist blogs the stimulus bill. Plus the war on "War on.." and the coming digitization of all the world's books. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website March 20, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 20 March 2009) The AIG outrage-off, thousands of doctors are organizing to keep patients from writing online reviews and reputation protection on the web. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website March 13, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 13 March 2009) Two political media memes, one from the right and one from the left; a newspaper that's actually thriving; and do security threats online mean we need a whole new internet? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website March 6, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 06 March 2009) The future of conservatism (as told by conservatives), NPR's new boss, two finical reporters get two different stories from their sources, and an enduring American archetype: The Confidence Man. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website February 27, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 27 February 2009) The Pentagon reverses an 18 year old ban on photographing the war dead, new developments in a case that could decide the future legality of leaks, and the anniversary of one of the first major food scares of American history. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website February 20, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 20 February 2009) Analog TV starts it's slow fadeout and Comcast is as strong as every. Also, can the newspaper industry come up with a new online business? If not, does it matter if newspapers die? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website February 13, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 13 February 2009) The Obama Administration's not so new position on the State Secrets Privilege; criticism of NBC's new To Catch a Predator style reality show; how reporters misunderstand religion Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website February 13, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 13 February 2009) The Obama Administration's not so new position on the State Secrets Privilege; criticism of NBC's new To Catch a Predator style reality show; how reporters misunderstand religion Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website February 6, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 06 February 2009) Show Summary: It's official - the NSA was eavesdropping on journalists; plus ads that watch you back. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website February 6, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 06 February 2009) Show Summary: It's official - the NSA was eavesdropping on journalists; plus ads that watch you back. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website February 6, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 06 February 2009) Show Summary: It's official - the NSA was eavesdropping on journalists; plus ads that watch you back. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website January 30, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 30 January 2009) Show Summary: President Obama's first one-on-one interview with a reporter; plus, OTM's Mark Phillips says "Moshi Moshi" Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website January 30, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 30 January 2009) Show Summary: President Obama's first one-on-one interview with a reporter; plus, OTM's Mark Phillips says "Moshi Moshi" Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website January 30, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 30 January 2009) Show Summary: President Obama's first one-on-one interview with a reporter; plus, OTM's Mark Phillips says "Moshi Moshi" Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website January 23, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 23 January 2009) The challenges of updating White House technology; Child pornography laws used against children who create porn; how watching Al Jazeera changed one American's ideas about war Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website January 23, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 23 January 2009) The challenges of updating White House technology; Child pornography laws used against children who create porn; how watching Al Jazeera changed one American's ideas about war Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website January 16, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 16 January 2009) Media milestones of the Bush era; hyper local newspapers made up of blog posts; everything changes at Guantanamo except for the PR Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website January 9, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 09 January 2009) Covering the Israeli offensive in Gaza; a paradigm shift in how we use the internet; 150 years of The New York Times Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website January 9, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 09 January 2009) Covering the Israeli offensive in Gaza; a paradigm shift in how we use the internet; 150 years of The New York Times Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website January 2, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 02 January 2009) Show Summary: A rebroadcast of OTM in China: Pre-Olympic preparations to sell China to the world; the art of Chinese journalism; and a talk with the young urban elite. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website January 2, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 02 January 2009) Show Summary: A rebroadcast of OTM in China: Pre-Olympic preparations to sell China to the world; the art of Chinese journalism; and a talk with the young urban elite. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website December 26, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 26 December 2008) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website December 26, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 26 December 2008) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website December 19, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 19 December 2008) Show Summary: Comprehending all the numbers in the news; The Obama Administration and the media; the essays of George Orwell. 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Plus, wiretapping the internet, the hottest rhetorical device in Washington, and a look back at David Foster Wallace. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website June 13, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 13 June 2008) Show Summary: taking the networks out of the presidential debates; a New Jersey paper searches for liberal bias in its newsroom; treating PTSD with a virtual reality program Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website June 6, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 06 June 2008) Show Summary: Scott McClellan, Arianna Huffington, Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May 30, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 30 May 2008) Show summary: A special OTM devoted entirely to issues of space and media Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May 23, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 23 May 2008) Show Summary: The forces tugging at the book industry, an ATM-like machine for literature, and the rise of E-paper. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May 16, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 16 May 2008) Show Summary: Hezbollah targets the Lebanese media: the real definition of "green collar"; and Bob's hate love relationship with the new Newseum. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May 9, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 09 May 2008) Show Summary: The Internet Archive challenges a secret FBI demand and wins; a peek inside the mind of an MSNBC pundit; the enduring legacy of Ayn Rand. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website April 11, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 11 April 2008) Show Summary: The reporter who broke the warrantless wiretapping story; technology recommendations for the next president; Pundimonium! 24 hours trapped in the world of punditry. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website April 4, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 04 April 2008) Show Summary: Can a magazine piece be a human rights violation in Canada; and why are media still covering the race for the Democratic nomination? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website March 28, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 28 March 2008) Show Summary: The past and present of the Olympic brand; a conflict of interest at ESPN; and Bhutanese journalists learn how to cover their country's first election. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website September 21, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 21 September 2007) Show Summary: Cambodian youth turn a blind eye to the past, a con man fakes it as a journalist and a con woman gives her audience just what they want to hear Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website September 14, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 14 September 2007) Show Summary: The image war over the War in Iraq, the British withdrawal from Basra Palace and pop-cultural allusions to Gitmo Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website September 7, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 07 September 2007) Show Summary: Oprah enters politics, porn loses its mojo as a tech innovator & the Russians are hacking! 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website July 6, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 06 July 2007) Show Summary: A Rwandan love story, corporate green-washing, and why people agree to be humiliated on TV. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website June 29, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 29 June 2007) Show Summary: Tony Blair's spinner-in-chief, the ethics of undercover reporting, and the enduring relevance of Blade Runner. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website June 22, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 22 June 2007) On The Media travels to Russia for an in-depth look at the state of Russian freedom of the press. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website June 15, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 15 June 2007) Show Summary: Getting the story wrong in Samarra, and in Somalia. Also, the enduring allure of Tintin... and Googley eyes are watching you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website June 8, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 08 June 2007) Show Summary: Al Gore’s influence on President Bush, a Dutch television executive explains why he lied to his viewers for a good cause, and Hustler publisher Larry Flynt offers cash for political dirt. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website June 1, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 01 June 2007) Show Summary: The contended history of the Six-Day War, commie-hunting in the broadcast industry, and the mistaken notion that the Right owns religion. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May 25, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 25 May 2007) Show Summary: The fog of fighting in Lebanon, a Pulitzer mystery solved, and behind the scenes at OTM. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website March 16, 2007 Show Summary: Politics at Justice, payola and internet radio, and Bill Gates speaks. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website March 9, 2007 Show Summary: Locking out reporters at Gitmo, the (not so) final verdict on Libby, and Captain America is no more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website March 2, 2007 Show Summary: Looking for the real Louis Farrakhan, and the wounded soldiers hidden in plain view. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website February 16, 2007 Show Summary: Debating Israel, reporting hate crimes, and the NYT on Iranian weapons: deja vu all over again? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website February 9, 2007 Show Summary: The Giuliani Beat... remembering the Khmer Rouge... and why helicopters matter. 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