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  • Host: Brooke Gladstone, Bob Garfield
  • Unlike most other American programs, we're not here to gloss over the news. We offer a critical review of American media and ask journalists to be responsible to their principles.
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  • Genres: Media, News
  • Location: New York, NY
  • Language: English
  • Networks: NPR, WNYC
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For the Love of Reading (On The Media: Friday, 27 November 2009)

Mon, Nov 30
Do you love reading or do you love books? To answer this question for herself, City University of New York dean Ann Kirschner set out to read the Charles Dickens classic Little Dorrit four ways – as a paperback, on her Kindle, on her iPhone and as an audio book. We spoke with her about it earlier this year.

For the Love of Books (On The Media: Friday, 27 November 2009)

Mon, Nov 30
The thingness of books is a sensual experience of sight, smell and feel. That’s why people obsess over old books, and why they steal them. In The Man Who Loved Books Too Much, Allison Hoover Bartlett profiles John Gilkey, a man for whom books were building blocks for a whole new identity.

Word on the Street (On The Media: Friday, 27 November 2009)

Mon, Nov 30
Forty years ago, authors like Iceberg Slim and Donald Goines turned their lives as pimps, hustlers and drug addicts into novels and pioneered a new genre of African-American literature. Now known as “urban fiction,” the works, often violent and profane, have exploded in popularity with scores of new authors. But with renewed popularity comes renewed criticism. OTM producer Mike Vuolo has the story.

Reinterpreting War (On The Media: Friday, 27 November 2009)

Mon, Nov 30
Vasily Grossman covered the Eastern Front of WWII for the Soviet Union and fictionalized his reporting as the novel “Life and Fate.” Curzio Malaparte covered the Eastern Front for the Axis Powers and fictionalized his reporting as the novel “Kaputt.” Veteran correspondent Chris Hedges talks about the two books and why he thinks fiction is the better way to capture the full scope of war.

Books That Die (On The Media: Friday, 27 November 2009)

Mon, Nov 30
Brooke reads an excerpt from a piece that appeared in The New York Times in 1902.

Reinterpreting War (On The Media: Friday, 27 November 2009)

Fri, Nov 27
Vasily Grossman covered the Eastern Front of WWII for the Soviet Union and fictionalized his reporting as the novel “Life and Fate.” Curzio Malaparte covered the Eastern Front for the Axis Powers and fictionalized his reporting as the novel “Kaputt.” Veteran correspondent Chris Hedges talks about the two books and why he thinks fiction is the better way to capture the full scope of war.

Word on the Street (On The Media: Friday, 27 November 2009)

Fri, Nov 27
Forty years ago, authors like Iceberg Slim and Donald Goines turned their lives as pimps, hustlers and drug addicts into novels and pioneered a new genre of African-American literature. Now known as “urban fiction,” the works, often violent and profane, have exploded in popularity with scores of new authors. But with renewed popularity comes renewed criticism. OTM producer Mike Vuolo has the story.

Books That Die (On The Media: Friday, 27 November 2009)

Fri, Nov 27
Brooke reads an excerpt from a piece that appeared in The New York Times in 1902.

For the Love of Books (On The Media: Friday, 27 November 2009)

Fri, Nov 27
The thingness of books is a sensual experience of sight, smell and feel. That’s why people obsess over old books, and why they steal them. In The Man Who Loved Books Too Much, Allison Hoover Bartlett profiles John Gilkey, a man for whom books were building blocks for a whole new identity.

For the Love of Reading (On The Media: Friday, 27 November 2009)

Fri, Nov 27
Do you love reading or do you love books? To answer this question for herself, City University of New York dean Ann Kirschner set out to read the Charles Dickens classic Little Dorrit four ways – as a paperback, on her Kindle, on her iPhone and as an audio book. We spoke with her about it earlier this year.

Books 2.0 (On The Media: Friday, 27 November 2009)

Fri, Nov 27
In the future, reading and writing will be a social activity, the hierarchy between authors and readers will disappear, readers will help write a book while they're reading it. Skeptical? You're not the first. Bob Stein of The Institute for the Future of the Book is used to skepticism, but he's seen the future and he's here to talk about it.

* Podcast Extra: Indies on the Industry * (On The Media: Friday, 27 Novembe

Fri, Nov 27
Earlier this month marked the first Independent Bookstore Week in New York City. OTM's James Hawver went to the kick-off party and asked agents, publicists and bookstore owners about their greatest hopes (and fears) about the future.

Book It (On The Media: Friday, 27 November 2009)

Fri, Nov 27
Too many books, not enough profits. That is the lament of many publishers these days. Plus, there's the fear and loathing engendered by e-books. So, what is the state of the book industry and what can we expect in the coming years? Brooke takes a look at the present and future of books.

November 27, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 27 November 2009)

Fri, Nov 27 Listen
Special: The past, present and future of the book.

Unfinished Business (On The Media: Friday, 20 November 2009)

Mon, Nov 23
For over a decade one of the few places to read investigative reporting in China was the bi-weekly business magazine Caijing. That effectively ended last week when Caijing’s editor abruptly resigned along with dozens of the magazine’s top staff. Chinese media analyst Jeremy Goldkorn explains how Caijing broke journalistic ground and what China has likely lost.

Obama In China (On The Media: Friday, 20 November 2009)

Mon, Nov 23
The President returned from his first trip to China on Thursday. The Atlantic’s James Fallows talks about the trip, and the mostly negative U.S. press coverage it received.

Waiting for Info (On The Media: Friday, 20 November 2009)

Mon, Nov 23
In 1989, The National Security Archive requested documents from the CIA regarding the Iran-Contra affair. This year, the CIA released them. President Barack Obama promised a new era of transparency and adherence to the Freedom of Information Act, but has he followed through? Yvette Chin, FOIA coordinator for the NSA, tells the story behind the long, long wait for information.

Sixth Sense (On The Media: Friday, 20 November 2009)

Mon, Nov 23
Futuristic films like "The Terminator" and "Minority Report" imagine a time in which the virtual world can be projected onto the physical world. This technology, known as augmented reality, will be commercially available in the form of glasses sooner than we think, says Jamais Cascio, of the Institute for the Future. But, he warns, don’t necessarily believe they’ll be rose-colored.

It's Not in the P-I (On The Media: Friday, 20 November 2009)

Mon, Nov 23
When the Seattle Post-Intelligencer printed its final edition last spring, Seattle lost a newspaper and more than 100 journalists lost their jobs. One of them, science reporter Tom Paulson, solicited area-playwrights to produce "It’s Not in the P-I: A Living Newspaper about a Dying Newspaper."

Count Down (On The Media: Friday, 20 November 2009)

Mon, Nov 23
When Republican Senator David Vitter introduced an amendment that would require the U.S. Census Bureau to ask residents whether or not they are citizens, the Senate voted it down along party lines. As former Washington Post reporter D’Vera Cohn told us, controversy has often followed the count.

Letters (On The Media: Friday, 20 November 2009)

Mon, Nov 23
Brooke and Bob read a few of your comments.

Online and Isolated? (On The Media: Friday, 20 November 2009)

Mon, Nov 23
Social scientists have long suspected that the internet contributes to our growing isolation. But Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project, set out to test that assumption. He says they found that Americans aren't as isolated as we thought and that being active on the internet might actually help prevent social isolation.

Online and Isolated? (On The Media: Friday, 20 November 2009)

Fri, Nov 20
Social scientists have long suspected that the internet contributes to our growing isolation. But Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project, set out to test that assumption. He says they found that Americans aren't as isolated as we thought and that being active on the internet might actually help prevent social isolation.

Waiting for Info (On The Media: Friday, 20 November 2009)

Fri, Nov 20
In 1989, The National Security Archive requested documents from the CIA regarding the Iran-Contra affair. This year, the CIA released them. President Barack Obama promised a new era of transparency and adherence to the Freedom of Information Act, but has he followed through? Yvette Chin, FOIA coordinator for the NSA, tells the story behind the long, long wait for information.

Count Down (On The Media: Friday, 20 November 2009)

Fri, Nov 20
When Republican Senator David Vitter introduced an amendment that would require the U.S. Census Bureau to ask residents whether or not they are citizens, the Senate voted it down along party lines. As former Washington Post reporter D’Vera Cohn told us, controversy has often followed the count.

Obama In China (On The Media: Friday, 20 November 2009)

Fri, Nov 20
The President returned from his first trip to China on Thursday. The Atlantic’s James Fallows talks about the trip, and the mostly negative U.S. press coverage it received.

Letters (On The Media: Friday, 20 November 2009)

Fri, Nov 20
Brooke and Bob read a few of your comments.

Sixth Sense (On The Media: Friday, 20 November 2009)

Fri, Nov 20
Futuristic films like "The Terminator" and "Minority Report" imagine a time in which the virtual world can be projected onto the physical world. This technology, known as augmented reality, will be commercially available in the form of glasses sooner than we think, says Jamais Cascio, of the Institute for the Future. But, he warns, don’t necessarily believe they’ll be rose colored.

Unfinished Business (On The Media: Friday, 20 November 2009)

Fri, Nov 20
For over a decade one of the few places to read investigative reporting in China was the bi-weekly business magazine Caijing. That effectively ended last week when Caijing’s editor abruptly resigned along with dozens of the magazine’s top staff. Chinese media analyst Jeremy Goldkorn explains how Caijing broke journalistic ground and what China has likely lost.

November 20, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 20 November 2009)

Fri, Nov 20 Listen
The media's coverage of the President's trip to China; a blow to investigative journalism in China; a play about a Seattle newsroom.

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