On The Media: The Divided Dial
This Day in Esoteric Political History
Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia
4.6 • 982 Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
This episode, we bring you a favorite conversation from our friends at On The Media. They have a whole new series on the rise and influence of talk radio, particularly on the political right. It’s hosted by Katie Thornton, and this is the first episode.
Listen to the full series here: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/divided-dial
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone Jody here. We are running a few special episodes as we get ready to come back with tons of new stories. Today another episode from another podcast we absolutely love. This is the first episode of The |
| 0:14.4 | Divided Dial. It's a series from the legendary WNYC show on the medium. By the |
| 0:19.4 | way if you pressed me, if you really pressed me and I had to choose I might pick O-T-M is my favorite show of all time |
| 0:26.2 | And this new series is really fantastic. It's all about the rise of right-wing radio the political influence of, stuff we've talked about a lot on this program. |
| 0:35.8 | And this features an interview with a very familiar voice. |
| 0:38.7 | So you will hear that. |
| 0:39.8 | It is hosted by Katie Thornton. |
| 0:41.5 | It is, again, a multi-part series but here is episode |
| 0:44.0 | one of the divided dial. You can hear the rest in the on the media feed right now |
| 0:49.4 | but here we go. Thursday must be noticed in... |
| 0:54.0 | That day, not |
| 0:56.0 | hoor. |
| 0:58.0 | Let me finish others. |
| 1:00.0 | As the Lord restores and refreshes you. |
| 1:02.0 | You will be able to provide for others as the Lord provides for |
| 1:06.2 | your children. A few weeks after the 2020 election, radio host Eric Mataxus had one of his frequent |
| 1:15.9 | guests back on the air. Colonel Doug Mastriano. This man is an American |
| 1:22.4 | hero. |
| 1:23.6 | Doug Mastriano, freshman Pennsylvania state senator |
| 1:26.8 | and recently defeated 2022 Republican nominee |
| 1:29.8 | for governor, was at the Vanguard, |
| 1:32.0 | promoting allegations of widespread fraud right |
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