About this episode
Socialism is having a moment in the sunlight — that is, on daytime television. Yet at the same time that the left earns a closer look from political pundits, Democrats and Republicans still fail to understand each other with nuance. Plus, after newspaper layoffs and a White House lockout this week, we assess the press’s appetite for solidarity. 1. Nathan Robinson [ @NathanJRobinson ], editor-in-chief at Current Affairs, on socialism's renewed place in mainstream political discourse . Listen . 2. Perry Bacon Jr. [ @perrybaconjr ], political writer at FiveThirtyEight, on the misconceptions Democrats and Republicans have about each other . Listen. 3. Pete Vernon [ @byPeteVernon ], writer at the Columbia Journalism Review, on the White House's decision this week to bar a CNN reporter from a press event . Listen . 4. Chelsia Rose Marcius [ @chelsiamarchius ], former staff reporter at the New York Daily News, Tom Laforgia [ @thomaslaforgia ], former editor at the NYDN, and Molly Crane-Newman [ @molcranenewman ], reporter at the NYDN, on the layoffs at the tabloid earlier this week . Listen. 5. Felix Salmon [ @felixsalmon ], financial journalist, on the motivations — and, he says, incompetence — behind tronc's business decisions . Listen. Songs: Carnival of Souls by Verne Langdon Uluwati by John Zorn Going Home for the First Time by Alex Wurman Frail as a Breeze, Pt. 2 by Erik Friedlander Fellini's Waltz by Enrico Pieranunzi & the Charlie Haden Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me by Ben Webster On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today ( https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm ). Follow our show on Instagram , Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.