11/22/63
In television's younger days, going live was extremely difficult, costly and rare. But in November of 1963 a monumental tragedy made live coverage essential, no matter the cost, whenever a president l...
23 Nov 202211min
The Divided Dial: Episode 2 - From Pulpit to Politics
Episode 2: From Pulpit to Politics How did the little-known Salem Media Group come to have an outsized political influence? In this episode we trace the company’s rise to power from its scrappy start ...
22 Nov 202233min
Mastodon: The Platform Taking Twitter's Worn and Weary
In the wake of the five alarm fire at Twitter, a small, quiet social media alternative has been quietly attracting the tweeting weary. Mastodon, named for the prehistoric elephant relatives, was origi...
16 Nov 202225min
The Divided Dial: Episode 1 - The True Believers
Episode 1: The True Believers In 2016, Christian talk radio host Eric Metaxas begrudgingly encouraged his listeners to vote for then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. By 2020, he pledged his life t...
15 Nov 202229min
Infinite Scroll
Across the county, librarians are fighting to keep libraries open and books on the shelves. On this week’s show, hear what the American Library Association is doing to stand up to unprecedented challe...
11 Nov 202250min
Re-Sorting the Shelves: A Look at Bias In the Dewey Decimal System
Jess deCourcy Hinds is the solo librarian at the Bard High School, Early College library in Queens, New York. In 2010, she received a new order of books about the civil rights movement, but Hinds noti...
9 Nov 202220min
Free and Fair
As the midterms approach, conspiracy theories about election fraud are shaping some races. On this week’s On the Media, a deep dive into the impact of the Big Lie on local elections, and the people wh...
4 Nov 202256min
