Monday, November 10, 2008
The election is over, kids. You can go to bed without thrashing around in doubt and/or fear, wondering if your favorite candidate would make it into the particular office they were running for. If you care about Congressional elections (you DO, right?), then we’ll see you again in two years.
But we all know which race […]
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
You’ve heard the news by now. If you’ve got any sense in you, you’ve jumped up and down a couple times with some sense of excitement or frustration. No one, it seems had it in them to stand still last night.
And yes, I’m as relieved as anyone else to just know that Bob Garfield only […]
This week’s “On the Media” features a wide variety of reportage on such widely divergent topics as the election, the election, the election, the election, the election, the election, the election, and The Onion.
I hate to sound cynical; I know the election’s important. Kerry’s already voted. I’m still trying to figure out what to do, […]
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Given the events of this weekend, neither Kerry nor I were able to focus long enough to sit down and write our “On the Media” highlights post for this week.
Thankfully, Matt Bloom - an astute NPR listener and one of my best friends - was listening to OTM as soon as the podcast downloaded, and […]
Monday, September 1, 2008
Thank God someone finally got Bob to put his shirt back on.
Throughout the duration of the contest to design “On the Media’s” first T-shirt, Bob says he’s hosted the show topless (which, ew).
It’s to the credit of Cincinnati, Ohio’s Phil Mastman that he entered the contest, with a design prominently featuring our favorite weekly bit […]
Brooke is out again this week, and rather than force Bob to wade lonely through another episode, NPR has brought on a temporary co-host, Carrie Nolan.
Is it just me, or does Brooke seem to be absent a lot lately? Does anyone know where she went? Does she even still exist? Or has Bob just replaced […]
Every time I hear someone in the media say “primary season is over”, I get unreasonably excited. Like just now, when Bob opened the episode thusly and I let out an audible sigh of “thank God.” The problem is that he keeps going, his voice full of ham-fisted sarcasm. I know it’s radio, but […]
In the past, we’ve mentioned Bob Garfield’s Web site, Comcast Must Die. It’s not quite NPR, but given our fondness for all things Bob, I have to share this segment of Nightline with you.
First, can that old lady and I be friends? She and her Comcast-smashing hammer are welcome to visit any time. And […]
Okay kids; it’s Friday. Which means you should get your beer in your hand and sit back. Take some weight off your feet, because it’s time for us to do the heavy snark lifiting for you, at least when it comes to “On the Media.”
I’ve listened to this week’s episode at least four times over […]
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I’m supposed to be finishing this week’s recap of last week’s “On the Media” right now; I’m in no mood for that right now.
It’s a beautiful day outside. Also, we had an earthquake earlier today (dig the New York Times‘ story and accompanying graph, and note that I’m moving from blue to red earthquake risk […]