On the Media

with Brooke Gladstone

WNYC’s weekly investigation into how the media shapes our worldview. 

  • Who Profits?

    Feb 24, 2023
    The Supreme Court tackles the future of the Internet; the myth of the free market; The Communist Manifesto in today's era.
  • Brooke on the Press in Times of War

    Feb 22, 2023
    Brooke was on a spring fellowship at the American Academy in Rome last year. While she was there she recorded this conversation about war and the media. 
  • Off the Rails

    Feb 17, 2023
    A derailment in Ohio; earthquake aftermath in Turkey and Syria; and preventing the next pandemic
  • Hide and Seek

    Feb 10, 2023
    Confusion around the Chinese spy balloon; Navalny's hunt for his would-be killers; and re-reading Russian novels in wartime. 
  • Too Big to Fail?

    Feb 3, 2023
    Mounting evidence that boys and men are struggling; when Pearl Jam went to Washington; how an antitrust case broke up Hollywood's studio system. 
  • Puerto Rico in 8 Songs

    Feb 1, 2023
    How Rafael Hernandez’s defiant ode to the island binds Puerto Ricans across the diaspora – and paved the way for Bad Bunny.

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