The Urban Exodus That Wasn’t
As the president continues his verbal assault on America’s urban centers, presenting nightmare scenarios of what will happen to the suburbs absent his protection, the story of a pandemic-induced …
As the president continues his verbal assault on America’s urban centers, presenting nightmare scenarios of what will happen to the suburbs absent his protection, the story of a pandemic-induced …
At the Republican National Convention, Trump advisor Larry Kudlow said the pandemic “was awful.” On this week’s On the Media, why some politicians and educators are using the past tense to describe …
On Saturday, more than 200 cities from Spokane to Scranton saw modest rallies for a cause so pure, so unifying, that who in their right mind wouldn’t want to join in? “Save the children” was the …
Recently, the president threatened the post office — and with it, the November elections. On this week’s On The Media, a look at how decades of cuts to the mail system led to this emergency. Plus, …
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Facebook has taken a public stance against bogus health claims that discourage people from taking proper precautions against the virus. The company even gave the World …
Science fiction has always been an outlet for our greatest anxieties. This week, we delve into how the genre is exploring the reality of climate change. Plus: new words to describe the …
In this episode (which first aired in January), Brooke talks to journalist and devoted amateur historian Dan Carlin, the creator of the podcast, Hardcore History, and the author of a new book The …
As we approach November’s momentous presidential election, what lessons can we learn from divided societies abroad? This week, On the Media travels to Poland, where conspiracy, xenophobia and the …
There’s a standard way the conversation on “cancel culture” goes: on the one side, male comedians and right-wingers saying cancel culture is out of control, you can’t say anything anymore without …
Despite defiance from police departments and police unions, efforts to limit police secrecy have notched at least one recent victory. On this week’s On The Media, hear how the public can now view …