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Episode Mentions
The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert · May 16, 2026
Late Show Vocab | Terry Gross
“CPB provided critical funding for Fresh Air's expansion from local to national show; recently voted to dissolve after Congressional budget cuts”
Late-night talk show production and scripting practicesRadio broadcasting history and format evolutionPublic Broadcasting Corporation (CPB) funding and policy
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Runaway Country with Alex Wagner · Apr 30, 2026
The President and The Press
“Shut down by Trump administration; represents structural defunding of independent public media”
First Amendment and press freedom under political attackFCC weaponization against broadcast mediaEspionage Act as tool against journalists
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Democracy Now! Audio · Apr 1, 2026
Democracy Now! 2026-04-01 Wednesday
“Public media funding organization; closed following Trump's executive order defunding NPR and PBS; federal judge ruled order unconstitutional”
Iran-U.S. military conflict and escalation scenariosStrait of Hormuz closure and global energy marketsEnvironmental destruction from warfare
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On the Media · Feb 25, 2026
The Century-Long Capture of U.S. Media
“Created 1967; U.S. public media system; historically underfunded and reliant on private capital”
Media Capture TheoryAdvertising-Dependent Business ModelsMedia Consolidation and Oligopoly
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