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Public Radio Host Matt Miller Loses An Election
Friday, November 07, 2014
Bob talks with public radio host Matt Miller about his unsuccessful (but enlightening) run for the House seat in California's 33rd District.
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Once Upon An Election
Friday, November 07, 2014
In the aftermath of midterms, election results swiftly fractured into election narratives.
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Midterm Myths, Emotional Algorithms, and More
Friday, November 07, 2014
An unpacking of the post-midterm election myths, whether algorithms can intuit emotions, and 25 years after the Berlin Wall.
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Rocky Mountain Heist
Friday, October 31, 2014
Bob talks with an unlikely star in Rocky Mountain Heist, Citizens United's latest "documentary."
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Elections After Citizens United
Friday, October 31, 2014
A look at the influence of money on elections following the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United ruling which unlocked unlimited political spending from outside interest groups.
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Behind The Curtain
Friday, October 31, 2014
The corrosive influence of money in politics post Citizens United, and the dark task of online content moderation.
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A Modest Election Finance Reform Proposal (That Might Actually Work)
Friday, October 24, 2014
"Dark money," political donations that cannot be traced to any person or organization, is buying an avalanche of ads in states with big mid-term elections this year.
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Remembering Legendary Editor Ben Bradlee
Friday, October 24, 2014
Bob remembers the legendary Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, who died this Tuesday at age 93.
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Sanity on Ebola, Money and Midterms, & #GamerGate
Friday, October 24, 2014
A Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Infectious Disease Edition, "dark money" in midterm elections, and demystifying #GamerGate.
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Ferguson on the Map and in the Mind
Friday, October 17, 2014
In the months since Ferguson erupted in protest after Michael Brown's death, the town has become shorthand for myriad social ills. But what's been the impact on the community itself?
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"You Can Win with the Media"
Friday, October 17, 2014
A course being offered in St Louis aims to ease tensions between law enforcement and the press.
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The Making of CitizenFour
Friday, October 17, 2014
Brooke speaks with New Yorker staff writer George Packer about profiling filmmaker Laura Poitras as she made the documentary CitizenFour, about Edward Snowden.
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Not In The Supreme Court's Backyard
Friday, October 17, 2014
Bob speaks with New York Times Supreme Court correspondent, Adam Liptak, about the Supreme Court's commitment to keeping protesters off its plaza.
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Gary Webb and the CIA
Friday, October 03, 2014
In 1996, San Jose Mercury News reporter Gary Webb published a series of articles that connected the CIA, the Contra rebels in Nicaragua, and the exploding crack trade in Los Angeles.
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Nothing But The Truth
Friday, October 03, 2014
The splintering image of the Secret Service, why rumors are more interesting than fact, and an atheist tome for kids.
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The Splintering Image of the Secret Service
Friday, October 03, 2014
In light of the revelations of major security lapses at the White House, Brooke examines the crumbling image of the Secret Service.
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Bad Reporting About Chris Christie
Friday, September 26, 2014
Last week, according to the media, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was exonerated on all, and then some, and finally none of the charges involving the Bridgegate scandal.
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The NSA Has An Advice Columnist
Friday, September 26, 2014
When employees of the NSA's Signals Intelligence Division need advice about workplace frustrations they can write 'Zelda.'
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Message Wars
Friday, September 26, 2014
A cartoon aimed to deter potential ISIS recruits, using prisoners to deliver propaganda, and correcting the Ebola numbers.
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Why CNN Decided Not to Air the John Cantlie Video
Friday, September 26, 2014
Last week, OTM aired three short excerpts from the first video of British ISIS hostage John Cantlie acting as a coerced news anchor in a grotesque ISIS news broadcast.
