I love it when Bob Garfield kicks someone’s ass. He’s really one of the smarter people in the media today, and when he’s right, and talking with someone who’s clearly in the wrong, it’s an amazing thing. I mean, we’re used to Brooke doing that kind of thing – flipping an opponent over her back [...]
It’s late – almost 1:30 in the morning, Monday morning – which means about seven hours until I start my new job. I really haven’t been paying attention to what I want to say about today’s “On the Media.” I’ve dozed off at least twice, and Kerry’s “woken up” to tell me something very important [...]
Normally, I get to listen to “On the Media” on my way to work on Sunday mornings. It airs here at 11:00 a.m. Sunday mornings. About 43 hours after the podcast goes up. That didn’t happen this week. I lost my job Saturday. Valentine’s day is a rough day to lose your job. Sunshine, flowers, [...]
Before the hard-hitting story about how Japan is crazy for their cellphones, and after the stories about the New York Times’ financial woes and Rush Limbaugh’s push to be the face of the Republican Party, this week’s OTM features an investigation into “digital natives,” easily the least offensive name for a generation I’m supposed to [...]
This week’s “On the Media” is all Bob Garfield, all the time. And with no Brooke Gladstone to rein him in, Bob lets his internet-will-kill-everything fear run rampant. He even refers to something called a “Web blog.”
Welcome to 2009, brave Time Explorers. You have arrived in a challenging and desolate time for finding your most coveted resource: new episodes of NPR’s “On the Media.” Friday’s episode would have required Brooke and Bob to be present during New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day in order to produce a truly new and [...]
This week’s “On the Media” seems to be a pretty solid theme episode which actually avoids – mercifully – dealing too much with either the election or with the economy. Well, it doesn’t deal with the economy so much as one facet of the economy – Brooke and Bob do still seem to be having [...]
 Under normal circumstances, this recap would be Kerry’s. Currently, however, she’s laying on the couch, watching “Gilmore Girls,” and completely hopped up on cold medicine. Lest her recap become “Fear and Loathing in Public Media,” I’ve taken it from her shoulders and left her to try to clear her sinuses. Which is fine, because [...]
So I think that Kerry’s OTM podcast is broken. She says hers downloads story-by-story. On mine, I see (what I think is) the cover story – the interview with Michael Lewis – followed by the full episode. Also, Brooke wants you to call; we haven’t yet, if the spirit moves you, as Brooke says, then [...]
I keep singing “Secret Cheney Man! Secret Cheney Man! He’s sending you to Gitmo, and obfuscating the blame!” Why do I keep singing it, even though it has meter completely unlike the original’s? Because I have nothing better to do. Also because Dick Cheney thinks he’s not part of the executive branch, and so has [...]
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