The Modern Day Shame Machine
Shame is a powerful emotion we all experience that can make us act in ways we may regret. And especially today, with the increased pressure of the internet and social media, shame is increasingly built...
View ArticleHow Urban Planning Could Help Build Better Online Spaces
Elon Musk's bid to purchase Twitter set off a familiar debate on what a healthier social media world could look like. One source of inspiration can be found in our physical world, according to Eli...
View ArticleHow Social Media Has Changed The War In Ukraine
Aric Toler, director of training & research at Bellingcat, discusses how social media and other publicly available internet tools have helped journalists and researchers uncover, verify and...
View ArticleThe Rise of Megan Stalter
Before the pandemic, Megan Stalter was an unknown comedian, trying to catch a lucky break at clubs in New York City. But with the arrival of COVID-19, social media became her only outlet, and she...
View ArticleThe Comedian Megan Stalter on Finding Inspiration in American Absurdity
Before the pandemic, Megan Stalter was an unknown comedian, trying to catch a lucky break at clubs in New York City. But with the arrival of COVID-19, social media became her only outlet, and she...
View ArticleThe Writer Dmitry Bykov on Putin’s Russia, the Land of “Most Free Slaves”
Dmitry Bykov was a force in Russian cultural life; now he’s effectively in exile, probably for as long as Putin remains in power. Bykov speaks with David Remnick about the state of Russia—and...
View ArticleHow the Nerdwriter Conquered the Internet
Evan Puschak, known on YouTube as the Nerdwriter, posts videos dissecting topics from Shakespeare and Tarkovsky to Superman; from Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bernie Sanders to Donald Trump. The videos...
View ArticleThe Nerdwriter Conquers the Internet, Plus Kelefa Sanneh on Country Radio
Evan Puschak, known on YouTube as the Nerdwriter, posts videos dissecting topics from Shakespeare and Tarkovsky to Superman; from Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bernie Sanders to Donald Trump. The videos...
View ArticleThe Creator Behind Internet Mini-Musicals
Brandon Ethridge is a classically trained pianist, music director and composer who has worked on Broadway and touring with a Queen cover band. During the pandemic, he took up a new hobby, writing what...
View ArticleEscape from Tarkov (Part 1)
This week, On the Media reporter Micah Loewinger brings us the story of a Twitch streamer named Pavel, who is known to his viewers as "Bobi." He was live-streaming from a military base in eastern...
View Article"Library With A Turret On Top"
This week saw the conclusion of the campaign to shut down one of the internet’s most toxic forums, Kiwi Farms.Twitch streamer Clara Sorrenti aka “Keffals” led the charge against the site after she was...
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View ArticleWhat Elon Musk’s 'Should I Step Down' Poll Means
Elon Musk has made a series of changes to Twitter, which he recently purchased, that have left users and commentators questioning his approach to managing the platform.On Today's Show:Philip Bump,...
View ArticleWhat's Up With the Hype Around ChatGPT?
Why so much chat about ChatGPT? Because rather than holding it close for testing like some of the other big players, its creator, Open AI, made the chatbot available to the public. The chatbot, which...
View ArticleA Look At The Darker Side of Omegle
Omegle is an online platform where strangers from across the world are paired together for video and text chats. In March of 2022, The United Nations’ Human Rights Council launched a special cyber...
View ArticleJoke, Threat, Obvious
YouTube is one of the biggest media companies in the world. In 2020, we uploaded 500 hours of footage to the site every minute. And on average we watched over 5 billion videos every day. It’s a...
View ArticleRep. Jamaal Bowman Says Republicans Are Scapegoating TikTok. Agree?
Congress grilled TikTok's CEO at a hearing on Thursday over the tech company's relationship with China's government, and the app's impact on teen mental health.On Today's Show:Louise Matsakis, tech...
View ArticleWhat’s Behind the Bipartisan Attack on TikTok?
A ban of the Chinese social-media app TikTok, first floated by the Trump Administration, is now gaining real traction in Washington. Lawmakers of both parties fear the app could be manipulated by...
View ArticleOnce Upon A Dream
Two decades have passed since George W. Bush gave his “Mission Accomplished” speech about the U.S. invasion of Iraq. On this week’s On the Media, hear how Iraqi journalists have fought to tell their...
View ArticleREGULATE ME
This week, the CEO of OpenAI testified at a senate hearing about the dangers of artificial intelligence and called for its regulation. On this week’s On the Media, how long-term fears about AI are...
View ArticleBen Smith on the Death of BuzzFeed News
On April 20, 2023, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti announced that BuzzFeed would be closing down its newsroom and laying off 15 percent of its staff. The news came amidst a deluge of headlines about...
View ArticleUnpacking the Hype About the Thrills and Dangers of AI
Why so much chat about ChatGPT? Because rather than holding it close for testing like some of the other big players, its creator, OpenAI, made the chatbot available to the public. The chatbot, which...
View ArticleWhy Writer Brandon Taylor Likes Being “A Little Bit Lonely”
When writer Brandon Taylor was growing up in Alabama in the early 2000s, he didn’t quite fit in with the rest of his family or his classmates at school. And these days, he still prefers his own...
View ArticleWhy the Former Giants of Digital News Outlets are Falling
On April 20, 2023, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti announced that BuzzFeed would be closing down its newsroom and laying off 15 percent of its staff. The news came amidst a deluge of headlines about...
View ArticleThe Rise of Worker-Owned Journalism
While many digital media companies are struggling to survive the pressures of investors and private equity, others are trying to circumnavigate them. These publications are rejecting the corporate...
View ArticleThe Internet Dilemma
Matthew Herrick was sitting on his stoop in Harlem when something weird happened. Then, it happened again. And again. It happened so many times that it became an absolute nightmare—a nightmare that...
View ArticleThe Lasting Impact of the Library of Alexandria
In the first half of the last school year, PEN America has recorded almost 900 different books pulled from library shelves across the country. As long as libraries have existed, people have tried to...
View ArticleHow Big Tech Went to Sh*t
Why does every social media platform seem to get worse over time? This week’s On the Media explores an expansive theory on how we lost a better version of the internet, and the systems that insulate...
View ArticleHow 9/11 Broke Our Brains
Twenty-two years ago, two planes crashed into the Twin Towers. Another plane hit the Pentagon, and another crashed in Pennsylvania — killing nearly 3,000 people in total. The attacks became the...
View ArticleNaomi Klein Isn't the Only One With a Doppelganger
Naomi Klein has been confused for writer Naomi Wolf for much of her career. Wolf rose to prominence with the book The Beauty Myth in the 90s, establishing herself as a bestselling feminist, liberal...
View ArticleExploring "The List": A Novel At the Intersection of the Internet and #MeToo
Back in 2018, anonymous online lists began appearing around the globe–with names of people, mainly men, accused of wrongdoing. It was one of the many reverberations of the #MeToo movement. The lists...
View ArticleAnna Holmes on the End of Jezebel
In 2007, Jezebel was founded under the umbrella of Gawker. Founding editor Anna Holmes, who had spent years toiling in the orchards of traditional women’s magazines, wanted the site to serve a new and...
View ArticleThe Rise of Worker-Owned Journalism
While many digital media companies are struggling to survive the pressures of investors and private equity, others are trying to circumnavigate them. These publications are rejecting the corporate...
View ArticleWhy the Former Giants of Digital News Outlets are Falling
On April 20, 2023, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti announced that BuzzFeed would be closing down its newsroom and laying off 15 percent of its staff. The news came amidst a deluge of headlines about...
View ArticleNaomi Klein's Trip to the Mirror World
Naomi Klein has been confused for writer Naomi Wolf for much of her career. Wolf rose to prominence with the book The Beauty Myth in the 90s, establishing herself as a bestselling feminist, liberal...
View ArticleHow American Politics Become Memes
Clare Malone, staff writer at The New Yorker, covering politics discusses how the internet, and meme culture, is continuing to having an influence on politics ahead of the 2024 election.→ The...
View ArticleIf You Can’t Beat ’Em… Join ’Em? Journalism in an AI World
In December, the New York Times sued OpenAI for allegedly using the paper’s articles to train chatbots. On this week’s On the Media, a look at how media outlets are trying to survive in this era of...
View ArticleMeet the Serbian DJ Running an AI Clickbait Business
Before it shut down in 2018, the Hairpin was known as a smart blog written by and for women. Recently, Wired tech reporter Kate Knibbs learned that the site had mysteriously relaunched with a slate of...
View ArticleJay Caspian Kang on 'The Ideology of the Internet'
Jay Caspian Kang, staff writer for The New Yorker, documentary film director, and the author of The Loneliest Americans (Crown, 2021), shares his thoughts on what he calls the "ideology of the...
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