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The corrosive influence of money in politics post Citizens United, and the dark task of online content moderation. (episode)
A look at the influence of money on elections following the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United ruling which unlocked unlimited political spending from outside interest groups.
Bob talks with an unlikely star in Rocky Mountain Heist, Citizens United's latest "documentary."
Brooke speaks with WIRED contributor Adrien Chen about the unsung workers who keep horrible images out of your feed.
Brooke speaks to Slate writer David Auerbach, who explains how one company created a pornography monopoly.
We often hear that mass shootings are not on the rise, despite our gut feelings to the contrary. But new research finds they are, in fact, happening more often.
Ed Snowden was not the only leaker to have defied the government’s secrecy programs. Ladar Levison and William Binney each paid the price for a moral stand against the U.S. government.
When diseases like Swine Flu and Ebola infect cable news, panic takes over. We put together a template to help the discerning news consumer see through the media's over-the-top coverage. (episode)
A Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Infectious Disease Edition, "dark money" in midterm elections, and demystifying #GamerGate. (episode)
When diseases like Swine Flu and Ebola infect cable news, panic takes over. We put together a template to help the discerning news consumer see through the media's over-the-top coverage.
A new study finds that TV ads attacking state supreme court justices during elections influence both who makes the bench and how the law is laid down.
"Dark money," political donations that cannot be traced to any person or organization, is buying an avalanche of ads in states with big mid-term elections this year.
Bob remembers the legendary Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, who died this Tuesday at age 93.
Christopher Grant, Editor in Chief of Polygon, explains #GamerGate and his approach to speaking out against the video game industry's latest misogyny problems.
Leah Reich was a 24-year old writing for a video game website who accidentally became Advisor-in-Chief to thousands of lonely teenaged boys. Including reporter PJ Vogt.
November is National Novel Writing Month. This year, for the second time, it's also National Novel Generation Month (article)
A look at Laura Poitras' new documentary about Edward Snowden, "CitizenFour," a view from inside the continued protests in Ferguson, and barring political protesters outside SCOTUS. (episode)
In the months since Ferguson erupted in protest after Michael Brown's death, the town has become shorthand for myriad social ills. But what's been the impact on the community itself?
A course being offered in St Louis aims to ease tensions between law enforcement and the press.
Bob speaks with New York Times Supreme Court correspondent, Adam Liptak, about the Supreme Court's commitment to keeping protesters off its plaza.
Brooke speaks with New Yorker staff writer George Packer about profiling filmmaker Laura Poitras as she made the documentary CitizenFour, about Edward Snowden.
Fifty years ago, Marshall McLuhan published Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man.
Brooke speaks to Nicholas Carr about how Marshall McLuhan's theories have held up, 50 years later.
Leah Reich was a 24-year old writing for a video game website who accidentally became Advisor-in-Chief to thousands of lonely teenaged boys. Including reporter PJ Vogt. (article)
Leah Reich was a 24-year old writing for a video game website who accidentally became Advisor-in-Chief to thousands of lonely teenaged boys. Including reporter PJ Vogt. (article)
YouTuber Jonathan Mann has written a pretty solid pop song using only the predictive text function on his iPhone. (article)
Specifically, an app to allow you to talk to one guy named Ethan. (article)
A Liberian journalist on covering a deadly epidemic, how Hollywood influences our understanding of Ebola, and a debate between two journalists about the press and Israel-Palestine. (episode)
Liberian journalist and editor Rodney Sieh on covering the story that could cost you your life.
A Washington Post health reporter recounts his recent reporting trip to Liberia.
How fictional narratives of epidemics affect the reality on the ground.
Inspired by CNN's chyron "Ebola: The ISIS of Biological Agents?" photographer and novelist Teju Cole wrote about what else cable news thinks Ebola might be.
Ethan Bronner and Matti Friedman, two journalists who've devoted their careers to reporting on Israel and Palestine, discuss how the international press treats this thorny story.
Last week, frequent OTM guest Craig Silverman characterized a video incorrectly while talking with Brooke.