Between Tucker Carlson doing an entire prime time segment on the brown M&M's shoes, to The New York Times printing deceptive clickbait titles and op-eds from known liars because they think it’ll sell, to major corporations systematically buying up and dismantling our entire media structure in the shadows, something has clearly gone wrong with media in Americ ... Show More
Nov 11
American Military OR Trump’s Military? : A Conversation with Kristopher Goldsmith
Today is Veteran’s Day and sadly we can’t just honor our soldiers, we have to wonder who they work for. As guest, combat veteran Kristopher Goldsmith reminds us, our president is trying to pit Americans against each other. The president wants the military in our streets fighting ... Show More
51m 9s
Nov 4
Freedom For ALL? A Conversation with Professor Alex Zakaras
Today is election day and as our guest Alex Zakaras, the author of the brilliant new book Freedom for All: What a Liberal Society Could Be reminds us, there are opportunities to be seized. It’s so easy to be depressed but as some institutions fall, better ones have the opportunit ... Show More
52m 34s
Aug 2016
#56 - Olympics Coverage & A French Ban On Naming Mass Killers - The Media Podcast with Olly Mann
Olly Mann is joined by Jake Kanter (media editor, Business Insider) and radio exec Trevor Dann to discuss the lack of papers covering Rio 2016, the latest radio ratings and why the French press are refusing to name terrorists.Elsewhere in the podcast, the panel ponder why there’l ... Show More
35m 14s
Feb 2025
How the Right Took Over the Media
<p>Ben Smith, former media columnist at the New York Times and now the editor-in-chief of Semafor, joins Dan to talk about today's ultra-challenging news media landscape. The industry is significantly weaker than it was in 2016, and Trump's aggressive lawsuits have the executives ... Show More
1h 8m
May 2023
Trump and the GOP NIGHTMARE Must Be Stopped
Trump appears at a disastrous so-called ‘town hall’ hosted by the now right-wing CNN, Republican Congressman George Santos is arrested, Republicans embarrass themselves again in new hearings, the latest Republican conspiracy theory goes bust, and inflation continues to fall. Ben, ... Show More
1h 36m
May 2023
Trump Says Jack Smith WILL INDICT and DeSantis CRASHES
Trump panics as Jack Smith appears to have him dead to rights on an obstruction charge per new bombshell reporting, Ron DeSantis’ Twitter campaign announcement is a complete and utter disaster, Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and a top associate are sentenced to prison, Repub ... Show More
1h 40m