‘Kick Him Off The Bench.’ A Judge in Trump’s Pulitzer Case Gets a Prize
The Freedom of the Press Foundation just filed an ethics complaint against Florida Judge Jeffrey Kuntz, who has been nominated by President Trump for a lifetime federal court appointment. They want hi...
28 Touko 39min
Can a Chatbot Convince Conspiracy Theorists of the Truth?
If you're new to our show and liked this episode, may we suggest a couple of our other recent stories you might enjoy? Check out "I Was 11 When Instagram Took Over My Life", "The Talented Ms. Goldiee"...
21 Touko 26min
Claude’s Russian Propaganda Problem
According to the fact-checking company NewsGuard, Claude has been a very reliable and accurate chatbot. But in the last month or so, users have started complaining that it seemed to be getting slower,...
14 Touko 31min
Did FEMA Really Build a Secret Lair in a Mountain?
The first episode of a special series from On The Media’s Micah Loewinger about how a seemingly benign and important agency, FEMA, has become the subject of some of the wildest conspiracy theories. FE...
7 Touko 51min
ICE Jailed a Student for an Op-Ed, Now She’s Left America
In recent days, we learned that Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University grad student who was snatched off the street by masked ICE agents last year and locked up for more than a month, has had enough of ...
30 Huhti 1h 23min
You Can Bet on Everything Now. What Could Go Wrong?
Gambling is infiltrating American life. Ads for online sportsbooks are everywhere. Prediction markets – which are not legally considered gambling – now allow betting on everything from the unemploymen...
23 Huhti 48min
The Story She Reported, the View She Buried
It’s easy to get frustrated with the charade reporters are supposed to keep up, where they pretend they don’t have opinions or feelings or any kind of human thoughts about a story they’re reporting. P...
16 Huhti 39min
I Was 11 When Instagram Took Over My Life
Taylor Little was 11 years old when they lied about their age to sign up for Instagram. Now, 13 years later, they’re one of thousands of people suing the company, accusing Instagram of purposely addic...
9 Huhti 42min
