The editors of Decipher talk with a rotating cast of security practitioners, researchers, and executives about a variety of topics in the security and privacy fields.
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A Cast Of Hackers Podcasts
The story of the world's most secret agents...the backups. For the first time in his career, Special Agent Chet Phillips has discovered that he can choose NOT to accept a mission! That means there's no choice but to send in the "B Team": A nervous pencil pusher promoted to the field, a computer hacker working off her sentence, a fading former sitcom star and a recently reassigned White House intern. A full cast comedy audio adventure with a new episode debuting each month!
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The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
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Culture Hackers
Robbe Richman and a cast of hackers, troublemakers, movers and shakers, Robbe Richman
A show all about culture hacking - at companies, in business and the world. The first episodes are the free audio book of Robert Richman's "Culture Blueprint."
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A podcast about the people involved in making Open Source happen. OSI logo trademarked by the Open Source initiative -> http://www.opensource.org/ Previously known as the WP Hacker Cast.
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Join CSI actors David Berman and Jon Wellner as they interview the actual forensic scientists and top law enforcement officials who contributed valuable research to the world’s number one crime drama. David and Jon will also share behind-the-scenes stories of working on the CSI franchise as well as converse with CSI legends Ted Danson, Marg Helgenberger, and other cast members. Berman and Wellner were not only actors on the show but also served the dual function of CSI forensic researchers f ...
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The Battle for the Future of the Democratic Party
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50:21Progressive and centrist Democratic candidates had big wins in the 2025 elections. On this week’s On the Media, a data scientist fact-checks the claim that Democrats need moderate voters to win. Plus, an Arizona state senator shares how she’s reaching her constituents on TikTok and on the ground. [01:00] Host Brooke Gladstone sits down with G. Elli…
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DoJ Sanctions, the SEC Abandons the SolarWinds Action, and the FCC Reverses Course on Telecom Security
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36:56It's an acronym-filled, government-only bonanza this week! We discuss the DoJ sanctioning Russian bulletproof hosting provider Media Land (0:53), the SEC dropping its enforcement action against SolarWinds and its CISO (13:25), and the FCC reversing course on a longstanding security rule for telecom providers (26:00). Support the show…
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If you’ve ever donated to a Democratic candidate, you’ve probably been rewarded with a never-ending stream of pleas for more money in your inbox. And we’re not talking about polite reminders. Demands are often in ALL CAPS. Attached to names of celebrities like GEORGE CLOONEY or TAYLOR SWIFT. And warnings that something awful is about to happen. Ada…
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Rich Mogull on the Cloudflare Outage, Resilience, and Single Points of Failure
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24:52Dennis is joined by Rich Mogull, chief analyst at the Cloud Security Alliance, cloud security trainer, and all around good guy to talk about the Cloudflare outage, why the internet is now just six companies, and what, if anything, organizations can do to improve their resilience in the current environment. Support the show…
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The Trump administration is asking universities to sign an agreement in exchange for preferential access to federal funding. On this week’s On the Media, how the arrangement would radically alter the relationship between the government and higher education. Plus, how university leaders are navigating the fight over academic freedom. [00:00] Univers…
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Lighthouse Phishing Kit Takedown, Zero Day Mysteries, and Measuring Cyber Attack Costs
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46:11This week was a bit of a throwback to olden times, with the disclosure by Amazon threat intelligence of zero days in Cisco and Citrix products that were exploited by an unnamed APT, and Google using legal action to disrupt the Lighthouse phishing service operation. We dig into those two stories, plus we discuss the challenge of trying to quantify t…
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The Hacker Movie Canon: The Social Network
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1:13:02"You know, you really don't need a forensics team to get to the bottom of this. If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you'd have invented Facebook." Melanie Ensign joins Dennis Fisher and Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch to discuss David Fincher's massively successful 2010 film, The Social Network, a movie that opens a window into the dark side of Sil…
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Back in October, Nick Fuentes, the Gen Z white nationalist influencer, was trending in the news after a leaked Young Republicans chat revealed how his ideas were taking hold in some conservative circles. Then, just a week or so later, Fuentes sat down for an interview with Tucker Carlson. That 2-hour interview triggered a crisis amongst the GOP’s t…
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Millions of dollars in federal grants have been terminated, throwing cutting-edge research at American universities into crisis. On this week’s On the Media, meet the two men at the center of the fight over the future of academia. [0:00] Harvard president Alan Garber and National Institutes of Health director Jay Bhattacharya are at the heart of th…
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Zohran Mamdani has won the 2025 New York City mayoral race, with a higher turnout of voters than New York has seen in decades. This despite the fact that New York’s senators — Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand — did not back Mamdani, and House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries waited until the day before early voting began to endorse the Democrati…
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Yahoo's Sean Zadig on How to Raise a Hacker Safely and How Maybe AI Isn't Changing Everything
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51:29Yahoo CISO and Chief Paranoid Sean Zadig returns to the podcast for a discussion with Dennis Fisher about how to go about getting kids interested in technology and teaching them about hacking (in the broad, classical sense) safely (9:10). Then they talk about how rapidly the cybersecurity industry is changing and what effects AI is and is not havin…
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The Harvard Plan is Back. Episode 1: And So It Begins...
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49:20President Trump is compelling universities across the country to adopt a more conservative agenda in exchange for access to federal funds. On this week’s On the Media, how this pressure campaign is playing out at the oldest and richest university in America: Harvard. [0:00] Our latest collaboration with the Boston Globe is Season Two of The Harvard…
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Shadow AI Is Eating the World, the Return of Hacking Team, and the Commercial Spyware Landscape
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41:28We don't do holiday themed episodes in this house, so no tricks, but we have some treats for you. First we discuss the problem of shadow AI (1:00) and how it seems like we're just repeating the mistakes of previous tech waves in ignoring security until it's too late. Then we dig into a new report from Kaspersky about a crazy exploit they discovered…
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The Harvard Plan - our collaboration with the Boston Globe, is back! In episode one, we hear what unfolded at Harvard from Donald Trump’s inauguration to convocation 2025. Three main characters, inside Harvard, tell the story from their perspective: politics professor Ryan Enos, genetics professor and cancer researcher Kamila Naxerova and campus co…
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Donald Trump's 'Darth Vader.' Plus, the Normalization of White Nationalist Nick Fuentes.
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51:36The federal government shutdown has entered its fourth week. On this week’s On the Media, hear about the man who is laying off four thousand federal workers this month, whom some call a “shadow president.” Plus, a white nationalist influencer reveals how fast the Republican party is shifting right. [02:21] Host Brooke Gladstone sits down with Andy …
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US Cybersecurity Going in Reverse, the AWS Outage, and is CISA Okay
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43:35This week saw a blessed lack of major vulnerabilities, but there was plenty of other news to dig into. We discuss the fallout from the AWS outage (0:36), the conclusions from the latest Cyberspace Solarium Commission report (4:37), and the effects of CISA's shakeup on the private sector (14:07), and the continued effects of the F5 incident (21:21).…
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How Funding Cuts Are Changing Public Radio
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16:17This summer, Republicans clawed back over a billion dollars that had been pledged to public media. But it wasn’t until this month that the corporation for public broadcasting – longtime distributor of that money – started to wind down operations, and those federal funds finally ran out. Now, many stations are weighing whether to spend their shrinki…
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Mitch, there's something you need to know. Compared to you, most people have the IQ of a carrot. Real Genius has it all: '80s movie icon Val Kilmer at his coolest, a brilliant hacker named Laszlo living in a closet, a giant space laser, and the absolute embodiment of the hacker ethos. Join us as we dig into this classic with our pal Wendy Nather. I…
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Big Tech is Silencing the ICE Watchers. Plus, Why a Scholar of Antifa Fled the Country.
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50:39Tech giants Apple and Google have been quietly removing ways for citizens to document The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s activities. On this week’s On the Media, one group’s efforts to make sure citizens can see what ICE is doing. Plus, the online right-wing campaign that led a historian to flee the country. [01:00] Host Micah …
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In the wake of the disclosure of a serious intrusion at F5 that reportedly lasted about a year, we talk about the details of the disclosure, the potential link to Chinese state actors, the fallout from the attackers' access to source code and bug reports, and what this could mean in the long term.By Decipher
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David Remnick: How The Two State Solution Ended in Disaster
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38:32For decades, the United States backed efforts to achieve a two-state solution—in which Israel would exist side by side with the Palestinian state, with both states recognizing each other’s claim to contested territory. The veteran negotiators Hussein Agha, representing Palestine, and Robert Malley, an American diplomat, played instrumental roles in…
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AI Attack and Defense With Adam Meyers and Elia Zaitsev of CrowdStrike
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57:26Have you heard about this AI thing? It's wild. Turns out, attackers are using it for all kinds of things we'd rather not have them doing. Dennis Fisher is joined by two experts from CrowdStrike--Adam Meyers, head of counter adversary operations, and Elia Zaitsev, CTO--to talk about how both defenders and attackers are leveraging AI and where things…
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Authoritarianism, but Make It Look Normal. Plus, the Family Taking Over American Media.
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51:29The Supreme Court has returned to the bench and is poised to hear major cases on tariffs and federal firings. On this week’s On the Media, how a century-old legal theory may help us understand how the highest court handles Trump’s second administration. Plus, meet the Ellisons, who are buying up American media like the Vanderbilts collected railroa…
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More Cl0p Clues and Huge Apple Bug Bounty Changes
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14:17This week brings some new insights into the origins and length of the Cl0p extortion attacks tied to the Oracle E-Business Suite vulnerability, big surges in scanning for Cisco ASA, Palo Alto, and Fortinet devices, and a huge upgrade to Apple bug bounty payouts. Plus: Does Dennis have a dog yet? https://security.apple.com/blog/apple-security-bounty…
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This week, “Monster: The Ed Gein Story” is the most watched show on Netflix. It’s a dramatized retelling of the life of the serial killer who inspired “Psycho” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” The “Monster” franchise, which includes two earlier seasons about Jeffrey Dahmer and Lyle and Erik Menendez, is one of Netflix’s splashiest hits – the Dahm…
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What you see on these screens up here is a fantasy; a computer-enhanced hallucination. WarGames may be 42 years old (!) but its prescience about our current technocracy and race to take humans out of the loop is as clear as ever. Dennis Fisher, Lindsey O-Donnell-Welch, Zoe Lindsey, and Pete Baker sit down in front of an IMSAI 8080 with some raw cor…
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Jamelle Bouie Says Your Fear of Trump Isn't Helping. Plus, Humphrey Bogart’s Betrayal.
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50:15This week, President Trump said he plans to use the military against America's "enemy within." On this week’s On the Media, how Trump’s rhetoric can obscure the real limits to his powers. Plus, how Humphrey Bogart betrayed the ideals of his most celebrated film. [01:00] Host Micah Loewinger sits down for an extended conversation with Jamelle Bouie,…
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The Cl0p-Oracle Extortion Emails, Red Hat Breach, and Sad Government News
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35:27Dennis and Lindsey dissect a busy week in security news, starting with the Cl0p group's extortion campaign against Oracle customers (3:24), then moving into the Crimson Collective's claimed breach of some of Red Hat GitLab's repos (12:41), and finally the consequences of the expiration of th CISA legislation and de-funding of the MS-ISAC (22:46). P…
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This week in Uganda, the pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine released his election manifesto to win the presidency in 2026. The current leader, Yoweri Museveni, has held power in Uganda since 1986 and is seeking his seventh term. Last year, Brooke spoke with Bobi Wine and Moses Bwayo, a co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary Bobi Wine: The…
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Trump v. Tylenol. Plus, How Charlie Kirk Became a Martyr for the Christian Right.
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50:35President Trump has declared that Tylenol should not be used during pregnancy. On this week’s On the Media, how funding cuts and disputed claims linking the drug to autism have sent scientists reeling. Plus, how the religious right are processing the death of Charlie Kirk. [01:00] Host Brooke Gladstone sits down with John Tuthill, neurobiology and …
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Coco The Barbarian Needs A Friend: Mario Capretti
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41:56This week, Coco, Red Sona and Matt welcome legendarily fearless racer Mario Capretti to discuss what cars are, the benefits of greasing up your body, why Brad Pitt is our mortal enemy, and, of course, goats. Improvising are: J. Michael DeAngelis as Matt "Girlyman" and Mario Capretti Bob Killion as Coco the Barbarian and Ashley Banks as Red Sona Cre…
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The world isn't run by weapons anymore, or energy, or money. It's run by little ones and zeroes, little bits of data. It's all just electrons. Daniel Cuthbert joins Dennis Fisher to dive into an all-tiime, undisputed hacker movie classic, the 1992 masterpiece, Sneakers. We dissect the movie's genesis, its technical accuracy and prescience, and disc…
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Joseph and Shirley Wershba, worked at CBS news back in the good ol' days. In 1948, along with Edward R. Murrow, Joe Wershba helped produce the CBS’s first salvo against McCarthyism. Brooke spoke to Joe and his wife Shirley in 2005 about the film "Good Night, and Good Luck," which was partly based on their life. On the Media is supported by listener…
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Free Speech for Me, but Not for Thee. Plus, Librarians Under Siege.
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51:39Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show has been pulled off the air following his comments about Charlie Kirk’s killer. On this week’s On the Media, how threats to free speech have escalated in the wake of the assassination. Plus, a school librarian in Louisiana shares how she’s been targeted by book-banning activists. [02:25] Host Micah Loewinger sits down…
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New Targeted Phishing Attack Trends With Adam Bateman of Push Security
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31:33Adam Bateman, co-founder and CEO of Push Security, joins Dennis Fisher to talk about a new, highly targeted phishing campaign the company uncovered that uses compromised LinkedIn accounts in order to harvest victims' Google or Microsoft credentials through a fake investment, then discuss trends in browser-based attacks and defensive challenges. Sup…
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Brooke Gladstone speaks with Paul Offit, the director of the Vaccine Education Center and a physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, about how the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., purged the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee members, the controversial figures Kennedy repla…
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The Aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s Murder. Plus, the Rise and Fall of CBS.
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50:20Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed in front of a crowd of students at Utah Valley University. On this week’s On the Media, how the murder of a MAGA media powerhouse is driving both calls for unity, and more violence. Plus, CBS cracks under pressure from the Trump administration. [01:00] Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger…
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Gary Ware is a creative yet strategic Play Consultant that was brought here to make your life even better than it already is. By day, Gary helps companies and professionals level up their skills, and by night he is an improv comedian. In between all of Gary’s passions, his most desirous one is helping people become the best versions of themselves t…
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NPM Package Compromises, Sen. Wyden's Ransomware Letter, and Apple's Memory Safety Advance
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30:51Dennis and Lindsey discuss the targeted compromises of NPM packages (1:00) and the pointed letter that Sen. Ron Wyden sent to the FTC chairman asking for Microsoft to be held liable for the Ascension ransomware attack last year (11:45) before finally touching on Apple's new memory safety technology for new iPhones (20:43). NPM compromise: https://d…
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Brooke chats with Dorian Lynskey, cultural journalist and author of the recent book, Everything Must Go: The Stories We Tell About the End of the World, to examine our centuries-long obsession with telling end-of-the-world stories and what they reveal about our shifting fears through history. Plus, the evolution of the apocalyptic story, from the B…
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No, Trump Isn't Cracking Down on Crime. Plus, How Ukrainians Tell Their Story of the War.
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54:39President Trump is preparing to send the National Guard to cities across the country. On this week’s On the Media, what the press is missing about the president’s so-called “crackdown” on crime. Plus, in the aftermath of a Russian attack, a Ukrainian town asks journalists to record the atrocities. [01:00] Host Micah Loewinger speaks with Jamison Fo…
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The Salesloft Drift Fallout and SBOM Guidance From CISA and NSA
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28:53Dennis and Lindsey talk through the continuing fallout of the Salesloft Drift incident (2:05) in light of the disclosure of several new companies that are involved, including Cloudflare, which published an excellent post-mortem on the intrusion. Then they discuss the new Shared Vision of SBOM for Cybersecurity published by CISA, NSA, and many forei…
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The Viral Outrage Over Peanut the Squirrel
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30:04A beloved squirrel named Peanut was seized in a raid by New York environmental officers last year. A maelstrom of online outrage ensued, upending New York wildlife enforcement in the process. In conversation with NYC Now's Janae Pierre, our colleague, reporter Jon Campbell, unravels the saga -- revealing a story about mistaken identities and the po…
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We are so back! After a bit of a hiatus, we're very excited to be back with new Decipher content for you in all of the old familiar places. And also some new ones. Join Decipher editors Dennis Fisher and Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch as we start our new, independent phase, talk about what we've been up to, and discuss our plans for what fun stuff we have…
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President Donald Trump’s countless executive orders and mounting deportations are testing America’s democratic institutions. On this week’s On the Media, what we can learn from Hungary’s recent backslide into autocracy. Plus, why resistance movements throughout history have succeeded with 3.5 percent of the population, or less, behind them. [01:00]…
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Coco The Barbarian Needs a Friend: Athena O'Brien
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33:59Coco the Barbarian, Red Sona, and Matt welcome tech goddess Athena O'Brien to the studio, unpack their feelings about the new Red Sonja reboot film, and really focus on Matt's many failings. Improvising are: J. Michael DeAngelis as Matt "Girlyman" Bob Killion as Coco the Barbarian and Ashley Banks as Red Sona and Athena O'Brien Produced & Edited by…
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For these last couple of weeks of August we’ve been airing a miniseries from our friends at Radio Diaries.The third and final part is about a woman named Dorothy Thompson. In 1939, Time Magazine called her a woman who “thinks, talks and sleeps world problems and scares strange men half to death.” They weren’t wrong. Thompson was a foreign correspon…
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The Power of Shortwave Radio. And, What Gets Lost with Voice of America?
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50:36This month, the director of Voice of America is being forced out in the latest of many moves to dismantle the state broadcasting service. On this week’s On the Media, a history of the Voice of America, and how it’s been politicized. Plus, hear why propagandists in Russia, China, and Iran are celebrating cuts to U.S.-funded foreign reporting. [01:00…
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The Forgotten Shock Jock Who Paved the Way for Rush Limbaugh
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9:39This week, we're airing part two of a documentary series, courtesy of Radio Diaries, about three radio personalities who had huge audiences in their time, but today, are largely forgotten. These days, we’re used to media that thrives on conflict, that amplifies the most outrageous voices in the room. It’s something we often trace back to shock jock…
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The Culture of Narrative with Michael Margolis
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1:20:49Michael Margolis the CEO of Storied, Inc – #1 narrative expert in tech Works with C-suite and VP leaders that need to get their story straight Clients include product execs at Meta, Google, Shopify, Uber, Salesforce $13B+ in investments thru executive buy-in and influence at scale 500+ keynotes and talks for Microsoft, Visa, Moody’s, SXSW, TEDx Aut…
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