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  • Breaking Bad in Spanish, the "Hispanic Walter Cronkite", and More November 28, 2014

    An exploration of Hispanic media today (episode)

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    • Es La Hora: Hispanic Media in English November 28, 2014

      An overview of the Hispanic media landscape

    • Hispanic TV's Star Newscaster November 28, 2014

      Univision anchor Jorge Ramos has been dubbed "Star newscaster of Hispanic TV."

    • Spanish AP Style Guide November 28, 2014

      While an estimated 450 million people use Spanish, they don't all use it the same way.&nbsp;

    • Meet Walter Blanco November 28, 2014

      "Metastasis" is an almost scene-by-scene Spanish-language remake of the hit show "Breaking Bad," starring&nbsp;Colombian actor Diego Trujillo.

    • Radio Ambulante November 28, 2014

      "Radio Ambulante"&nbsp;is a Spanish-language radio program that's been called "This Latin American Life".

    • Did We Suck? November 28, 2014

      After hearing the rest of this special hour,&nbsp;Latino Rebels&nbsp;co-founder Julio Ricardo Varela returns to tell Brooke if we accomplished our goal to "not suck."

  • On Ferguson November 25, 2014

    A special edition of On the Media examines the media's reaction to&nbsp;the&nbsp;grand jury decision not to&nbsp;indict Ferguson&nbsp;police Officer&nbsp;Darren Wilson&nbsp;in the shooting death&nbsp;of Michael Brown. (episode)

  • Hijacked Narratives, Coates on Cosby, George Takei and More November 21, 2014

    How media narratives have irreversible&nbsp;effects, a prominent journalist describes&nbsp;his&nbsp;editorial regret regarding the Bill Cosby rape allegations, and a conversation with George Takei. (episode)

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    • Cosby Coverage November 21, 2014

      Bob talks with The Atlantic's Ta-Nehisi Coates about a 2008 magazine piece&nbsp;he wrote about Bill Cosby.&nbsp;

    • The Story Behind "The Dingo Ate My Baby" November 21, 2014

      In 1982, Lindy Chamberlain was falsely convicted of murdering her 9 week old infant daughter, and&nbsp;her cry for help&nbsp;became&nbsp;a global punch line.&nbsp;

    • The Mysterious Rehana November 21, 2014

      Bob talks with Emergent's Craig Silverman about 'Rehana' - a mysterious Kurdish volunteer fighter who became the propaganda object of&nbsp;both ISIS and its enemies.&nbsp;

    • Her Name is Rehtaeh Parsons November 21, 2014

      Rehtaeh Parsons's name became synonymous in Canada with online sexual cyber-bullying&nbsp;after her suicide following two years of torment. But now, saying her name is illegal.

    • A Conversation with George Takei November 21, 2014

      Bob speaks to Star Trek icon turned multimedia phenomenon George Takei.

  • The FBI Blackmails MLK, A Comet's Song, and Reviving Net Neutrality November 14, 2014

    A newly released letter reveals the FBI's attempt to blackmail MLK into committing suicide. Plus, the song of the 67P comet.&nbsp; (episode)

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    • Resuscitating Net Neutrality November 14, 2014

      As Obama's first post-midterms policy proposal, net neutrality has once again been shocked with a defibrillator. Bob speaks with NYT reporter Edward Wyatt about the latest developments. 

    • Can Journalism Impact Criminal Justice? November 14, 2014

      The Marshall Project, a new not-for-profit investigative journalism organization, focuses&nbsp;its coverage on the American criminal justice system.&nbsp;

    • The Suicide Letter November 14, 2014

      The attempts by late FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover to discredit Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were an ugly and well-documented chapter in American history.&nbsp;

    • 'Subversives' November 14, 2014

      In 1981, student journalist Seth Rosenfeld began researching the FBI's misconduct in its investigations of 1960s student protests at UC Berkeley.

    • Survivor Library November 14, 2014

      In 1959, a solar storm threw an electromagnetic pulse at Earth so strong it&nbsp;fried the telegraph system. A whole lot more is on the line now. &nbsp;

    • A Trilogy About the End of the World November 14, 2014

      Ben Winters considers the role of media before the arrival of an Earth-destroying asteroid in his trilogy, The Last Policeman.&nbsp;

    • Listen To a Comet Sing November 14, 2014

      This week, the European Space Agency&rsquo;s Philae space probe landed on comet 67P/Churyumov Gerasimenko.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

  • Midterm Myths, Emotional Algorithms, and More November 7, 2014

    An unpacking of the post-midterm election myths, whether algorithms can intuit emotions, and 25 years after the Berlin Wall.&nbsp; (episode)

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    • Once Upon An Election November 7, 2014

      In the aftermath of midterms, election results swiftly&nbsp;fractured into election narratives.&nbsp;

    • Public Radio Host Matt Miller Loses An Election November 7, 2014

      Bob talks with public radio host Matt Miller about his unsuccessful (but enlightening) run for the House seat in California's 33rd District.&nbsp;

    • An App to Stop Suicide November 7, 2014

      An app&nbsp;that alerts you to potentially suicidal tweets from the people you follow on Twitter raises ethical and even legal questions.&nbsp;

    • Algorithms Understand November 7, 2014

      Can the algorithms built into social media really understand your emotional well-being?&nbsp;Munmun De Choudhury&nbsp;says yes, and explains how&nbsp;it works.&nbsp;

    • Redefining Muslim Messaging November 7, 2014

      WNYC's Arun Venugopal explores the social media strategies of western Muslims in the age of ISIS.

    • Our Anniversaries, Ourselves: 25 Years after the Berlin Wall November 7, 2014

      How the changing&nbsp;media coverage&nbsp;of the fall of the Berlin Wall over the past 25 years reflects our changing self image as Americans.