Katerina Barton

Images of Mass Starvation Shift Gaza Coverage. Plus, the Forgotten History of the First Sitcom. Podcast Episode · On the Media · 08/01/2025 · 51m

Once again, @onthemedia.bsky.social has served up some critically important and poignant interviews. It’s a must listen this weekend. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

Whelp they did it. After nearly 60 years of bipartisan support of local public radio, both houses voted in favor of cutting CPB funding. Rural stations will be the most impacted and we’ll start to see stations shuttering as soon as this fall. Donate to your local stations 😢

We at Louisville Public Media just lost $376,000 due to Congress passing the rescission bill last night to claw back funds from public media across America. Today we’re asking those who value our work to help make up those funds in an emergency drive so we can maintain the staff/services we provide:

Senate approves cuts to NPR, PBS and foreign aid programs The Senate voted to approve a $9 billion rescission package aimed at clawing back money already allocated for public radio and television.

CPB has been under attack by Rep. Admins since it was created in 1967 - but it has survived bc there were always Republicans who recognized that free local news was important for their communities. What a dark day.

The bill goes to the House next.

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I happen to be in D.C. today so I made an appointment at the Library of Congress to hunt down some archival audio tape from 1959 that I’ve been searching for for a year! Wish me luck! 🤓

scoop: NPR is mobilizing. In response to White House plan to rescind federal funding, NPR tells member stations it is pushing up its timeline. "We strongly urge you to communicate and meet with your Members of Congress this week."

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Always loved this #BicycleDay piece with @michaelpollan.bsky.social
from #TheTakeaway.

Cheers to @katerinabarton.bsky.social and Melissa Harris Perry for making this sing.

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On this week’s @onthemedia.bsky.social I spoke with Mark Blyth, the absolutely brilliant Scottish economist, about how Republicans decry the national debt while adding trillions to it with tax cuts: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

No, 150-Year-Olds Aren’t Collecting Social Security Benefits Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud in the Social Security Administration. There’s a much simpler explanation.

Despite what President Trump said tonight, social security is not, in fact, rife with fraud. @wired.com’s
@davidgilbert.bsky.social broke it down last month.

www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Shows up! Featuring @annamerlan.bsky.social, @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social, and @yarotrof.bsky.social:

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21 of my colleagues at New York Public Radio were laid off today. NYPR is also ending our iconic music program "New Sounds" unless the org can find financial support for the show or a buyer. A message from New Sounds host John Schaefer: www.instagram.com/p/DGgflm5xz1...

Show's up! Featuring Jason Stanley, @molly.wiki, @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social, & @darakerr.bsky.social. Listen!

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New midweek pod is up! @brookegladstone.bsky.social speaks with the great @edzitron.com about DeepSeek and the AI hype: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

Brooke Talks AI With Ed Zitron Podcast Episode · On the Media · 01/29/2025 · 44m

Was on NPR's onthemedia.bsky.social with Brooke Gladstone talking about generative AI. I believe I am the first person to refer to Sam Altman as a nasty little man on the radio

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‘Bucket of nonsense’; ‘The only thing that grows forever is cancer’ and other apt terms… 😂😂
Very interesting and informative episode about the current AI space.
Thank you @brookegladstone.bsky.social and @edzitron.com

For this week's @onthemedia.bsky.social I spoke with @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social about what Americans get wrong about TikTok, and the growing influence of Chinese tech: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

this week’s episode of @onthemedia.bsky.social closes with a look at the unique, beautiful and vital relationship KYUK has with the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. public media is reflective. it is inspiring. and it should be funded at every possible level.

Public Broadcasting Is In Danger (Again) Podcast Episode · On the Media · 01/10/2025 · 50m

This month marks 5 years working at WNYC (on and off) and what better way to celebrate that than to help produce this episode about the important work public radio stations are doing across the country (I produced a whopping 5 interviews for this episode!)

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This week's @onthemedia.bsky.social is all about public radio, what makes our medium so special and the imminent threats to defund it. Tune in: link.chtbl.com/onthemedia

The Harvard Plan Pt. 1: A President on Trial Podcast Episode · The Globe · 12/05/2024 · 36m

Want the full story of how Harvard President Claudine Gay's tenure collapsed during last year's cluster-bleep over the October 7th attack on Israel, DEI and more? Excellent new podcast by @ilyamarritz.bsky.social @onthemedia.bsky.social and @bostonglobe.com podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

On the Media: Call Out to Local Stations At On the Media, we're working on an hour all about the state of public radio. We're concerned with the role of stations in their local communities; how public media has been politicized; and what a c...

Public radio journalists of Bluesky, please take note and help spread the word:

We're working on an episode about what the current threats to funding for public media would mean for your community. We want to hear about the journalism that only public radio can do:

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Good show this week!

@noupside.bsky.social on "Manufacturing Consent" in the age of influencers

@hankgreen.bsky.social on how he makes the truth go viral

Douglas Rushkoff on billionaires trying to escape the world they created for us

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This is such a loss to the audio landscape. It truly has been an escape. Please BBC Radio 4 keep commissioning new makers and innovative audio.

Here it is! Follow these fine folks for the latest on what’s happening in NYC and the region go.bsky.app/LSTE32m

Fox News is Back at the White House. Plus, No Joke, The Onion Buys Infowars. Podcast Episode · On the Media · 11/15/2024 · 50m

Show's up! Featuring @annamerlan.bsky.social, @bencollins.bsky.social, @mattdpearce.bsky.social, @mattgertz.bsky.social: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

Using Conspiracy Theories to Make Sense of a Loss Podcast Episode · On the Media · 11/14/2024 · 22m

First post! I produced this @onthemedia.bsky.social pod episode: @micahloewinger.bsky.social and @annamerlan.bsky.social talk about the viral election conspiracies from the left that are trying to make sense of Donald Trump's reelection: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...