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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.

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July 4, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 04 July 2008)

Show Summary: Tyranny in Zimbabwe, the evangelical avant-garde and border radio...

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[ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:00 GMT ]

July 4, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 04 July 2008)

Show Summary: Tyranny in Zimbabwe, the evangelical avant-garde and border radio ...

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[ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:00 GMT ]

June 27, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 27 June 2008)

Show summary: Indecency over the air and the man who created the infamous Daisy Girl ad...

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[ Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:28 GMT ]

June 27, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 27 June 2008)

Show summary: Indecency over the air and the man who created the infamous Daisy Girl ad ...

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[ Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:28 GMT ]

June 20, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 20 June 2008)

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[ Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]

June 20, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 20 June 2008)

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[ Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]

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 ...

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[ Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:26 GMT ]

June 6, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 06 June 2008)

Show Summary: Scott McClellan, Arianna Huffington, Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib ...

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[ Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:12 GMT ]

May 30, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 30 May 2008)

Show summary: A special OTM devoted entirely to issues of space and media ...

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[ Fri, 30 May 2008 05:00 GMT ]

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. ...

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[ Fri, 23 May 2008 05:00 GMT ]

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. ...

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[ Fri, 16 May 2008 20:48 GMT ]

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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[ Fri, 09 May 2008 19:11 GMT ]

May 2, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 02 May 2008)

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[ Fri, 02 May 2008 19:55 GMT ]

April 25, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 25 April 2008)

This Week: military analysts on the air, Nazi prison-guard porn and a forgotten New Orleans newspaper ...

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[ Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:30 GMT ]

April 18, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 18 April 2008)

Show Summary: Why journalists report on the Pope-Mobile rather than asking tough questions when the Pontiff comes to town; what we sacrifice in the long run if we opt for a secure, reliable internet now; and the editor in chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association calls for new standards for medical journals. ...

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[ Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:46 GMT ]

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. ...

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[ Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:06 GMT ]

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? ...

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[ Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:57 GMT ]

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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[ Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:12 GMT ]

March 21, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 21 March 2008)

Show Summary: On the Media's Iraq War Anniversary Special ...

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[ Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:18 GMT ]

March 14, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 14 March 2008)

Show Summary: Seymour Hersh on breaking the My Lai story; the prototypical war photographer; and mourning the end of The Wire. ...

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[ Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:49 GMT ]

March 7, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 07 March 2008)

Show Summary: McCain's rocky rapport with his hometown paper; beware the bedbug story!; and cruciverbalists compete ...

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[ Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:37 GMT ]

February 29, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 29 February 2008)

Show Summary: The media's love affair with Obama; the irresistible urge to call elections before they're over; the Smurfs turn 50! ...

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[ Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:33 GMT ]

February 22, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 22 February 2008)

Show Summary: The New York Times v McCain; Barack Obama's war of words; cartoonists and comedians struggle with satirizing Obama ...

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[ Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:18 GMT ]

February 15, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 15 February 2008)

Show Summary: Congress stages a walk out; a post writer's strike deal is struck; and the Transportation Security Administration sets up a blog. ...

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[ Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:53 GMT ]

February 8, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 08 February 2008)

Show Summary: First Amendment: fact or fiction; hackers mark their turf; and an e-mail blunder ends up on the front page of the New York Times. ...

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[ Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:00 GMT ]

February 1, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 01 February 2008)

Show Summary: how earmarks became pork; the politics of high fashion; and betting on the election ...

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[ Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:21 GMT ]

January 25, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 25 January 2008)

Show Summary: the narrative of the returned soldier; the new FBI Most Wanted; and Bobby Fischer remembered ...

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[ Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:33 GMT ]

January 18, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 18 January 2008)

Show Summary: Dennis Kucinich on being shut out of the MSNBC debate; 'Filipino monkey' makes mischief?; and the UK's fascination with the U.S. primaries ...

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[ Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:42 GMT ]

January 11, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 11 January 2008)

Show Summary: reporting recession, the death of the Daily Worker and a year of murders ...

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[ Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:09 GMT ]

January 4, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 04 January 2008)

Show Summary: Iowa's aftermath, Bhutto's martyrdom and writers (still) on strike ...

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[ Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:53 GMT ]

December 28, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 28 December 2007)

Show Summary: Presidential candidates and their autobiographies, a gossip columnist turns Iraq war correspondent, plus some of our favorite books of 2007. ...

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[ Fri, 28 Dec 2007 05:00 GMT ]

December 21, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 21 December 2007)

Show Summary: Keeping the presidential candidates and the networks honest, plus the grim routine of covering capital punishment in Texas. ...

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[ Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:00 GMT ]

December 14, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 14 December 2007)

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[ Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:52 GMT ]

December 7, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 07 December 2007)

Show Summary: Using psychology 101 on President Bush; putting the press back in a White House press conference plus we revisit OTM's trip to Russia. ...

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[ Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:23 GMT ]

November 30, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 30 November 2007)

Why local stories about presidential candidates don’t make it into the national press, how to address the junior senator from New York, and the word of the year! ...

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[ Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:25 GMT ]

November 23, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 23 November 2007)

Show Summary: The forces tugging at the book industry, an ATM-like machine for literature, and the rise of E-paper. ...

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[ Fri, 23 Nov 2007 05:00 GMT ]

November 16, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 16 November 2007)

Show Summary: the surge; the conservative email forward; and border radio ...

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[ Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:10 GMT ]

November 9, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 09 November 2007)

Show Summary: Defining waterboarding, naming droughts and OTM's novel challenge. ...

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[ Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:19 GMT ]

November 2, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 02 November 2007)

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[ Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:35 GMT ]

October 26, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 26 October 2007)

Show Summary: California burning; news as art at the New York York Times Building; and a new documentary tackles LARPing ...

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[ Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:37 GMT ]

October 19, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 19 October 2007)

Show Summary: Iraqi Kurds' PR campaign, the fate of municipal wi-fi and Mitt Romney's makeover ...

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[ Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:48 GMT ]

October 12, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 12 October 2007)

Show Summary: Brian De Palma on Redacted; the federal shield law moves through the Senate; celeb profiles contaminate journalism ...

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[ Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:25 GMT ]

October 5, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 05 October 2007)

Show Summary: Radiohead to fans: pay what you will; reporting the Supreme Court; plus Thank You, Dan Rather ...

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[ Fri, 05 Oct 2007 20:11 GMT ]

September 28, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 28 September 2007)

Show Summary: News organizations try to cover global stories with very little access, the United Nations as off Broadway theater, and nuclear power gets an image makeover. ...

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[ Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:30 GMT ]

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 ...

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[ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:14 GMT ]

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 ...

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[ Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:43 GMT ]

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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[ Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:16 GMT ]

August 31, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 31 August 2007)

Show Summary: A senator and a food critic are outed, a messenger is murdered, and an attorney general may or may not have bent the truth. ...

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[ Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:24 GMT ]

August 24, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 24 August 2007)

Show Summary: Mortgage panic hits page one, the sanctimony over sanctuary cities, and a newspaper calls for a corporate boycott ...

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[ Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:06 GMT ]

August 17, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 17 August 2007)

Show summary: New Orleans revisited, the campaign narrative, and a Christian reporter loses religion ...

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[ Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:00 GMT ]

August 10, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 10 August 2007)

Show summary: Nuclear weapons, on and off the table, smoking, on and off the silver screen, and the scent of an anchorman. ...

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[ Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:41 GMT ]

August 3, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 03 August 2007)

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[ Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:57 GMT ]

July 27, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 27 July 2007)

Show Summary: The Bancrofts ruminate on Rupert Murdoch's offer, the only journalist imprisoned in Guantanamo, and the army reevaluates its influence around the world. ...

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[ Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:50 GMT ]

July 20, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 20 July 2007)

Show Summary: The curious timing of the N.I.E., trouble on the Mexican border, and piracy comes to the publishing world. ...

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[ Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:53 GMT ]

July 13, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 13 July 2007)

Show Summary: The invisibility of military contractors, Cold War radio grows up, and the history of the People's Gun. ...

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[ Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:20 GMT ]

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. ...

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[ Fri, 06 Jul 2007 05:00 GMT ]

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. ...

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[ Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:20 GMT ]

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. ...

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[ Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:54 GMT ]

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. ...

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[ Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:00 GMT ]

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. ...

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[ Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:38 GMT ]

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....

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[ Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:17 GMT ]

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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[ Fri, 25 May 2007 20:45 GMT ]

May 18, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 18 May 2007)

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[ Fri, 18 May 2007 19:28 GMT ]

April 13, 2007

Show Summary: Mormons in the media, a farewell to Kurt Vonnegut, and why Don Imus lasted as long as he did. ...

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[ Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:32 GMT ]

April 6, 2007

Show Summary: The press responds to hostages in Tehran and Palestine, evangelical media then and now, and Mark Twain has Walt Whitman's back. ...

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[ Fri, 06 Apr 2007 19:59 GMT ]

March 30, 2007

Show Summary: London tabloids get tough on Iran, how earlier presidential primaries affect press coverage, and newspaper hoaxes through the ages....

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[ Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:30 GMT ]

March 23, 2007

Show Summary: The Iraq war on YouTube, "genocide" reconsidered, and McDonalds tries to clear its name....

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[ Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:34 GMT ]

March 16, 2007

Show Summary: Politics at Justice, payola and internet radio, and Bill Gates speaks. ...

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[ Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:31 GMT ]

March 9, 2007

Show Summary: Locking out reporters at Gitmo, the (not so) final verdict on Libby, and Captain America is no more....

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[ Fri, 09 Mar 2007 22:44 GMT ]

March 2, 2007

Show Summary: Looking for the real Louis Farrakhan, and the wounded soldiers hidden in plain view....

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[ Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:46 GMT ]

February 16, 2007

Show Summary: Debating Israel, reporting hate crimes, and the NYT on Iranian weapons: deja vu all over again?...

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[ Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:50 GMT ]

February 9, 2007

Show Summary: The Giuliani Beat... remembering the Khmer Rouge... and why helicopters matter....

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[ Fri, 09 Feb 2007 21:43 GMT ]

February 2, 2007

Show Summary: Muslims in the Media, from Washington to Doha. And spitting on soldiers -- the myth that just won't die....

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[ Fri, 02 Feb 2007 22:42 GMT ]

January 26, 2007

Show Summary: The media miss the "Surge," and behind the scenes at Al Manar. ...

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[ Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:14 GMT ]

January 19, 2007

Show Summary: Scooter Libby on trial, high-def looks to porn, and what's so funny about Dennis Kucinich?...

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[ Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:25 GMT ]

January 12, 2006

Show Summary: Apple's genius at turning marketing into news, social networking to beat the censors, and the state of the cable news hate-fest. ...

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[ Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:58 GMT ]

January 5, 2007

Show summary: Watching Saddam's execution here and in the Arab world, and the Future of the Internet. ...

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[ Fri, 05 Jan 2007 21:20 GMT ]

December 29, 2006

This week on On the Media, an examination of the NPR listener, and, a radioplay send-up public radio itself. ...

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[ Fri, 29 Dec 2006 05:00 GMT ]

December 22, 2006

Show Summary: Unpacking "troop surge" and the N-word. Also, how the civil rights movement was covered, and a fond look at Christmas specials of yore. ...

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[ Fri, 22 Dec 2006 06:47 GMT ]

December 15, 2006

Show summary: Atheists in the press, Pinochet's propaganda and Luddite spies. ...

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[ Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:33 GMT ]

December 8, 2006