Micah Loewinger
@micahloewinger.bsky.social
Co-host of @onthemedia.bsky.social from WNYC
mloewinger(at)wnyc,org Signal: (646) 753-2373
mloewinger(at)wnyc,org Signal: (646) 753-2373
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Ms Rachel says The New York Times asked her if she’s funded by Hamas
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Ms Rachel says The New York Times asked her if she’s funded by Hamas
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There needs to be a new word for radio journalism to distinguish incredible outfits like @onthemedia.bsky.social from “podcasts”. This series on the trump’s war on academia is phenomenal- open.spotify.com/episode/729x...
S2 - Episode 2: The Harvard Plan
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November 8, 2025 at 6:59 AM
There needs to be a new word for radio journalism to distinguish incredible outfits like @onthemedia.bsky.social from “podcasts”. This series on the trump’s war on academia is phenomenal- open.spotify.com/episode/729x...
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As someone who spent 7 years on NPR's digital desk rewriting/editing radio stories for the website, this is incredibly disappointing. I understand the financial strains they are under post-rescission, but this is not the way.
"Last week, NPR’s leadership proposed testing the use of artificial intelligence to produce digital versions of radio stories, to make the middle of the editorial process more efficient."
Please DM/email/signal me if you know something about this!
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Please DM/email/signal me if you know something about this!
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Who Wrote That Headline? Maybe a Robot.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
As someone who spent 7 years on NPR's digital desk rewriting/editing radio stories for the website, this is incredibly disappointing. I understand the financial strains they are under post-rescission, but this is not the way.
"Last week, NPR’s leadership proposed testing the use of artificial intelligence to produce digital versions of radio stories, to make the middle of the editorial process more efficient."
Please DM/email/signal me if you know something about this!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
Please DM/email/signal me if you know something about this!
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Who Wrote That Headline? Maybe a Robot.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
"Last week, NPR’s leadership proposed testing the use of artificial intelligence to produce digital versions of radio stories, to make the middle of the editorial process more efficient."
Please DM/email/signal me if you know something about this!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
Please DM/email/signal me if you know something about this!
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On Tuesday night, you may have noticed something a little different on Bluesky. Here's a peek behind the scenes of how the election feed came together. Endlessly grateful for this collaboration with @wnyc.org/@gothamist.com & @bsky.app!
About The Other Night...
How Graze is defining the next era of a decentralized, open social attention economy.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
On Tuesday night, you may have noticed something a little different on Bluesky. Here's a peek behind the scenes of how the election feed came together. Endlessly grateful for this collaboration with @wnyc.org/@gothamist.com & @bsky.app!
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I was one of the four people who got canned.
In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I was one of the four people who got canned.
In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
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Change in Headline
November 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Change in Headline
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The war inside Heritage has been described to me as the start of the post-Trump civil war within the GOP.
Sources told me it’s not really about antisemitism. And I think that’s true.
But antisemitism animated a lot of how this blew up.
Sources told me it’s not really about antisemitism. And I think that’s true.
But antisemitism animated a lot of how this blew up.
November 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The war inside Heritage has been described to me as the start of the post-Trump civil war within the GOP.
Sources told me it’s not really about antisemitism. And I think that’s true.
But antisemitism animated a lot of how this blew up.
Sources told me it’s not really about antisemitism. And I think that’s true.
But antisemitism animated a lot of how this blew up.
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The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.
FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site
The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.
Okay okay we can work with this. Mamdani was also polling at like 9% in March so not all hope is lost
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November 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Okay okay we can work with this. Mamdani was also polling at like 9% in March so not all hope is lost
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
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November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Midweek pod is up! A very timely discussion with @gelliottmorris.com about what the numbers say about moderation and why it might not be the silver bullet Democratic strategists seemed to crave.
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
Do Moderates Win More Elections? | On the Media | WNYC Studios
Why moderation might not be the silver bullet Democratic strategists seemed to crave.
www.wnycstudios.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Midweek pod is up! A very timely discussion with @gelliottmorris.com about what the numbers say about moderation and why it might not be the silver bullet Democratic strategists seemed to crave.
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
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*whispers* you can continue to read me, the pundit who insisted the other pundits were wrong about these conclusions
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
*whispers* you can continue to read me, the pundit who insisted the other pundits were wrong about these conclusions
One of the finest times to scroll X in many moons
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
One of the finest times to scroll X in many moons
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BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
A fun feature I'd like from ClearSky: a way to see what you had posted most recently before you were blocked by someone lol
November 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A fun feature I'd like from ClearSky: a way to see what you had posted most recently before you were blocked by someone lol
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I unpacked the implications of Nick Fuentes' collaboration with Tucker Carlson and the former Fox News host's willingness to portray the white nationalist livestreamer as a victim.
Someone wants him in the mainstream. Why? And what does it mean? postsfromunderground.ghost.io/on-tucker-ca...
Someone wants him in the mainstream. Why? And what does it mean? postsfromunderground.ghost.io/on-tucker-ca...
on tucker carlson, nick fuentes, the heritage foundation, and all that
If you had asked me in 2016 whether I thought I’d write a blog about the Heritage Foundation defending a former Fox News host after he hosted a friendly conversation with one of the country’s leading ...
postsfromunderground.ghost.io
November 3, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I unpacked the implications of Nick Fuentes' collaboration with Tucker Carlson and the former Fox News host's willingness to portray the white nationalist livestreamer as a victim.
Someone wants him in the mainstream. Why? And what does it mean? postsfromunderground.ghost.io/on-tucker-ca...
Someone wants him in the mainstream. Why? And what does it mean? postsfromunderground.ghost.io/on-tucker-ca...
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WEEKEND LISTEN
This year, the Trump admin threw everything it had at the nation's oldest and richest university
3 Harvard profs tell the story of what they saw
@naxerova.bsky.social
@ryanenos.bsky.social & Kit Parker
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
This year, the Trump admin threw everything it had at the nation's oldest and richest university
3 Harvard profs tell the story of what they saw
@naxerova.bsky.social
@ryanenos.bsky.social & Kit Parker
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
S2 - Episode 1: The Harvard Plan | On the Media | WNYC Studios
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 ...
www.wnycstudios.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
WEEKEND LISTEN
This year, the Trump admin threw everything it had at the nation's oldest and richest university
3 Harvard profs tell the story of what they saw
@naxerova.bsky.social
@ryanenos.bsky.social & Kit Parker
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
This year, the Trump admin threw everything it had at the nation's oldest and richest university
3 Harvard profs tell the story of what they saw
@naxerova.bsky.social
@ryanenos.bsky.social & Kit Parker
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
Reading a grad student's oral history project and this is the opening line. Kinda brilliant lol
October 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Reading a grad student's oral history project and this is the opening line. Kinda brilliant lol
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over the past 9 months, the Trump admin has used just about every lever available to pressure universities to follow his vision for higher ed...
how it's going, so far>>
my lastest miniseries w/ @bostonglobe.com & @onthemedia.bsky.social
pls listen & share!
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
how it's going, so far>>
my lastest miniseries w/ @bostonglobe.com & @onthemedia.bsky.social
pls listen & share!
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
S2 - Episode 1: The Harvard Plan | On the Media | WNYC Studios
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 ...
www.wnycstudios.org
October 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
over the past 9 months, the Trump admin has used just about every lever available to pressure universities to follow his vision for higher ed...
how it's going, so far>>
my lastest miniseries w/ @bostonglobe.com & @onthemedia.bsky.social
pls listen & share!
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
how it's going, so far>>
my lastest miniseries w/ @bostonglobe.com & @onthemedia.bsky.social
pls listen & share!
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
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“Following the jewel heist at The Louvre, [Bari] Weiss suggested they interview author Dan Brown…Brown is well known as the bestselling author of the 2003 mystery novel, The Da Vinci Code…”
October 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“Following the jewel heist at The Louvre, [Bari] Weiss suggested they interview author Dan Brown…Brown is well known as the bestselling author of the 2003 mystery novel, The Da Vinci Code…”
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NEW: I spoke to original Halo devs about that ICE Halo post
One: "abhorrent”
Another: "Using Halo imagery in a call to ‘destroy’ people because of their immigration status goes way too far, and ought to offend every Halo fan, regardless of political orientation”
www.gamefile.news/p/halo-ice-d...
One: "abhorrent”
Another: "Using Halo imagery in a call to ‘destroy’ people because of their immigration status goes way too far, and ought to offend every Halo fan, regardless of political orientation”
www.gamefile.news/p/halo-ice-d...
Halo co-creator says ICE’s Halo-themed recruitment ad “makes me sick”
Another Halo maker says ad "ought to offend every Halo fan, regardless of political orientation." ALSO: A developer whose game just launched on Xbox slams Microsoft’s silence
www.gamefile.news
October 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
NEW: I spoke to original Halo devs about that ICE Halo post
One: "abhorrent”
Another: "Using Halo imagery in a call to ‘destroy’ people because of their immigration status goes way too far, and ought to offend every Halo fan, regardless of political orientation”
www.gamefile.news/p/halo-ice-d...
One: "abhorrent”
Another: "Using Halo imagery in a call to ‘destroy’ people because of their immigration status goes way too far, and ought to offend every Halo fan, regardless of political orientation”
www.gamefile.news/p/halo-ice-d...
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thank you to @mikesenters.bsky.social for being so succinct and clear about why this latest wave of Trump branded Halo memes feels so horrifying
Trump Admin’s Racist Halo Memes Are ‘A New Level of Dehumanization of Immigrants’
'The White House just marked the end of the console wars; DHS is posting deep fried Halo memes. We are somewhere else entirely.'
www.404media.co
October 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
thank you to @mikesenters.bsky.social for being so succinct and clear about why this latest wave of Trump branded Halo memes feels so horrifying
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New: Internet celebrities like Jake Paul and MrBeast are paying armies of "clippers" to saturate social media with clips of their videos.
This is the story of Anthony Fujiwara, 23 -- the secretive mastermind behind celebrities' clipping campaigns. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This is the story of Anthony Fujiwara, 23 -- the secretive mastermind behind celebrities' clipping campaigns. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Paid Armies of 'Clippers' Boost Internet Stars Like MrBeast
Anthony Fujiwara, 23, created Clipping to turn online stars’ content into viral videos
www.bloomberg.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
New: Internet celebrities like Jake Paul and MrBeast are paying armies of "clippers" to saturate social media with clips of their videos.
This is the story of Anthony Fujiwara, 23 -- the secretive mastermind behind celebrities' clipping campaigns. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This is the story of Anthony Fujiwara, 23 -- the secretive mastermind behind celebrities' clipping campaigns. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Two main conclusions from this Fuentes-Carlson interview:
1) MAGA has tried to keep Fuentes out of mainstream circles for years—and knows it failed. The movement’s shift to increasingly radical rhetoric, especially in TPUSA circles, was in part them trying to compete for the youth’s attention. 1/n
1) MAGA has tried to keep Fuentes out of mainstream circles for years—and knows it failed. The movement’s shift to increasingly radical rhetoric, especially in TPUSA circles, was in part them trying to compete for the youth’s attention. 1/n
Tucker Carlson's latest guest? White nationalist leader Nick Fuentes.
Carlson and Fuentes have been at loggerheads for years. Earlier this year, Carlson said Fuentes had an "angry gay kid thing going on."
I don't think this kind of episode would've happened prior to Charlie Kirk's death.
Carlson and Fuentes have been at loggerheads for years. Earlier this year, Carlson said Fuentes had an "angry gay kid thing going on."
I don't think this kind of episode would've happened prior to Charlie Kirk's death.
October 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Two main conclusions from this Fuentes-Carlson interview:
1) MAGA has tried to keep Fuentes out of mainstream circles for years—and knows it failed. The movement’s shift to increasingly radical rhetoric, especially in TPUSA circles, was in part them trying to compete for the youth’s attention. 1/n
1) MAGA has tried to keep Fuentes out of mainstream circles for years—and knows it failed. The movement’s shift to increasingly radical rhetoric, especially in TPUSA circles, was in part them trying to compete for the youth’s attention. 1/n