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A weekly radio show and podcast on all things media produced and distributed by WNYC Studios — onthemedia.org

Hosted by @brookegladstone.bsky.social & @micahloewinger.bsky.social

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@slittlehale.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 7:32 PMReposted by @onthemedia.bsky.social

the @onthemedia.bsky.social interview with @lilymasonphd.bsky.social was superb. I agree with @micahloewinger.bsky.social , don't miss it. And as an elder Gen-Xer, I feel a special responsibility to read
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

article excerpt: "All this is to illustrate the speed of recent social progress, certainly by historical standards. Perhaps not coincidentally, Gen X-the generation of Americans born in the years after the passage of the Voting Rights Act and the sexual revolution-is also currently the most conservative, pro-Donald Trump generation in the United States. This is not to single out Gen X, but to note that a great deal of earth-shaking social change has happened in the span of a single generation. This type of rapid

transformation rarely goes unfelt or unnoticed."
my scribbles note: "(Backlash)"
@leftylucy.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 6:46 PMReposted by @onthemedia.bsky.social

Fantastic, must-listen episode of @onthemedia.bsky.social

@vandeyolks.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 6:08 PMReposted by @onthemedia.bsky.social

While OtM is one of my favorite shows/pods, this one struck me as exceptionally good. Have a listen.

@onthemedia.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 6:05 PM

“Because political polarization is a symptom, and not the root of the problem that ails us, ‘fixing’ polarization will not restore American democratic health.”
– @lilymasonphd.bsky.social explains why being more civil to one another won't solve our political crisis: lnk.to/onthemedia/b...

@markmauer.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 4:43 PMReposted by @onthemedia.bsky.social

The interview was on On the Media, which is always great.

bsky.app/profile/onth...

@onthemedia.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 3:05 PM

Remigration started as a far-right, fringe idea that nonwhite people should be systematically deported from the United States. Then Trump was reelected.

@letsgomathias.bsky.social takes us inside the anti-immigrant ideas informing the White House’s policies.  lnk.to/onthemedia/b...

@endingpop.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 1:58 PMReposted by @onthemedia.bsky.social

This is such a crucial point that much of the media continues to miss.

@onthemedia.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 1:05 PM

Earlier this year, ICE swarmed Minnesota and dominated headlines. Jose Olivares from @us.theguardian.com explains how ICE is pursuing a quieter campaign but is making more arrests than ever.: lnk.to/onthemedia/b...

@micahloewinger.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 12:41 PMReposted by @onthemedia.bsky.social

I had a great time speaking with the very wise @lilymasonphd.bsky.social about how the growing focus on political polarization is missing the greater threats. Don’t miss this one! Produced by @eloise-b.bsky.social

@kylegriffin1.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 11:15 PMReposted by @onthemedia.bsky.social

BREAKING NYT: The Trump Justice Department is investigating whether the major television networks — ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox — violated federal antitrust laws when the group briefly suspended their pooled coverage of Trump, according to six people with knowledge of the department's action.

nytimes.comJustice Dept. Is Investigating TV Networks Over Trump Pool CoverageMajor TV networks were notified on Friday that the department was looking into whether they violated antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President Trump.
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@adrianmcintyre.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 8:02 PMReposted by @onthemedia.bsky.social

Polarization is the distraction, not the problem. I mean, it's a problem but not THE problem ...

@sethcotlar.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 7:53 PMReposted by @onthemedia.bsky.social

Just Ted Cruz recirculating racist far right propaganda from a French white nationalist and disseminator of the great replacement bullshit theory.

Ted Cruz * @tedcruz• 1h
Wow. Everyone should WATCH this
Thaïs d'Escufon • @ThaisE... • 10/3/26
American an European friends,
I'm so ashamed, but you need to see what France has become....
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@soraya.pressOct 10, 2026, 8:10 PMReposted by @onthemedia.bsky.social

Another must listen from @onthemedia.bsky.social, explicitly laying out the case for why opposing the violence and bigotry of Bo French and maga is that they are fundamentally antidemocratic.

Once the state starts repossessing rights—like AHEM, reproductive and bodily autonomy—it's not a democracy

wnycstudios.orgPolarization Is Not Our Biggest Problem | On the Media | WNYC StudiosDuring an I.C.E. operation in New York City, officers shot a man in a car while a child sat in the back seat. On this week’s On the Media, coverage of I.C.E. has decreased since the s...
@onthemedia.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 7:15 PM

“The problem is not that the parties are divided. The problem is the existential threat that a reempowered ethnonationalist strain poses to pluralistic U.S. democracy writ large.”

– Hear @lilymasonphd.bsky.social explain why polarization is not the problem: lnk.to/onthemedia/b...

@nuttyinnyc.comOct 10, 2026, 6:23 PMReposted by @onthemedia.bsky.social

1) Another banger of an episode from On The Media this week. The #podcast is part of my weekly must listen diet and should be for everyone

#NewsMedia #Politics #USPolitics @micahloewinger.bsky.social @onthemedia.bsky.social @brookegladstone.bsky.social

www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

@realzealman.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 4:34 PMReposted by @onthemedia.bsky.social

Do yourself a favor and listen to this episode. And can we please stop pretending that the likes of rufo, hanania, yarvin and their dipshit cohort should be allowed to have a quiet meal in public ever again? They are not decent people.

@danielconvissor.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 5:34 PMReposted by @onthemedia.bsky.social

Each of the three segments is a banger. Excellent insights on our moment. Must listen.

@onthemedia.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 2:15 PM

After ICE’s deadly surge in Minneapolis, Trump’s new DHS secretary said: “My goal in six months is that we’re not in the lead story every single day.”

Jose Olivares from @us.theguardian.com takes us inside ICE’s more secretive new strategy. lnk.to/onthemedia/b...

@nicolelafond.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 1:37 PMReposted by @onthemedia.bsky.social

This discussion between my colleague @letsgomathias.bsky.social & @onthemedia.bsky.social is really worth the Saturday morning listen ☕️

LChristopher Mathias@letsgomathias.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 12:41 AM

Very grateful to go on @onthemedia.bsky.social to discuss Chris Rufo, his “Indian Question,” and why Rufo deserves more of the media’s scorn and disdain, and less polite sit-down interviews on New York Times podcasts www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

wnycstudios.orgPolarization Is Not Our Biggest Problem | On the Media | WNYC StudiosDuring an I.C.E. operation in New York City, officers shot a man in a car while a child sat in the back seat. On this week’s On the Media, coverage of I.C.E. has decreased since the s...
@juliaringma.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 1:38 PMReposted by @onthemedia.bsky.social

As usual, everyone should be listening to OTM. I was especially struck by the ideas in the third segment about human progress and why some people try to thwart it.

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