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Defense secretary Pete Hegseth is demanding what he calls “more patriotic” coverage of his cabinet. On this week’s On the Media, hear how the Pentagon is cracking down on its publication, Stars and Stripes. Plus, an investigation reveals that some online content creators have tak ... Show More

Next Friday will be the 25th anniversary of the attacks of 9/11. On the 20th anniversary we broadcast a piece Micah reported called “9/11 broke our brains” — at that time podcast maven Dan Taberski had just released a series called "9/12" about what changed in America the day aft ... Show More

Nowadays, scrappy pirate broadcasters rule over shortwave radio. On this week’s On the Media, an unlikely group of finance bros have plans to take over the frequencies for their own gain. In recent years, creative, often music-focused pirate broadcasting has been thriving on shor ... Show More

<p>Have you heard On the Media’s Peabody-winning series The Divided Dial? <br /><br />It’s awesome and you should, and now you will. In this episode they tell the story of shortwave radio: the way-less-listened to but way-farther-reaching cousin of AM and FM radio. The medium was ... Show More

<p>Shortwave radio opened a portal to the world—then became a weapon in a high-stakes war of propaganda and power.</p><p><a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/divided-dial" target="_blank">The Divided Dial</a> is a podcast series about the history of radio from WNYC's ... Show More

Seized upon by conspiracy theorists, Ella’s list of alleged cult members spreads like wildfire across the Internet. Hampstead parents start receiving death threats and lives are torn apart. Listen to the full series today. For the premium Tortoise listening experience, curated by ... Show More

<p>Seized upon by conspiracy theorists, Ella’s list of alleged cult members spreads like wildfire across the Internet. Hampstead parents start receiving death threats and lives are torn apart.</p><br><p>Listen to the full series today. For the&nbsp;premium Tortoise listening expe ... Show More

<p>If you’ve ever flipped through the radio dial — not satellite, not podcasts, but good old-fashioned AM and FM radio — you may have noticed something. Right wing radio talk is everywhere.</p><p>But the airwaves weren't always so dominated by such a narrow range of voices. Repor ... Show More

From Jonestown to Heaven’s Gate, to the Octopus Murders and the Waco Siege, the world is full of deception, manipulation, and destruction. Listen to Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Crimes every Wednesday as we explore the real people at the center of the world’s most shocking sec ... Show More

In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, the women's sports brand XXXY under scrutiny in Colorado for advertising violations. Also audio regarding exclusion of white males, holding liberals accountable, audio from Elon Musk criticizing the Big Beautiful Bi ... Show More

Elon musk's million dollar cheques, Christopher Columbus & drug dealing snowboarders. This week we plunge deep into the weird (and not so wonderful) with quite literally a mountain of global headlines to wade through. Andy is with Alice Fraser and Josie Long in a podcast that is ... Show More