About this episode
1. Julia Rock [ @jul1arock ] , reporter at the The Lever, and Allison Fisher [ @citizenfisher ], director of the Climate and Energy Program for Media Matters for America, on why the Ohio derailment was a foreseeable disaster and how dearth of early media coverage, which failed to hold parties accountable, left space for distrust. Listen. 2. Gönül Tol [ @gonultol ] , the founding director of the Middle East Institute's Turkey program and author of "Erdoğan’s War: A Strongman’s Struggle at Home and in Syria," on the impact of government corruption on Turkey's death toll after this month's earthquake . Listen. 3. Natasha Hall [ @NatashaHallDC ] , a senior fellow at the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, on the ways politics have played into a delay in aid in Syria. Listen. 4. Keren Landman [ @landmanspeaking ] , senior reporter covering public health and emerging infectious diseases at Vox, on the risks of bird flu and if we should be worried about another pandemic. Listen. Music: Fallen Leaves - Marcos Ciscar Invitation to a Suicide - John Zorn Berceuse In D Flat Major, Op. 57 - Ivan Moravec Time Is Late - Marcos Ciscar When Doves Cry Airborne Toxic Event Lachrymae Antiquae - Kronos Quartet White Man Sleeps - Kronos Quartet The Old House - Marcos Ciscar 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.