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Jul 20, 2018 50 min

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from On the Media Hosted by WNYC Studios

In a matter of months, we've moved from bipartisan immigration talks to calls to abolish ICE. On this week’s On the Media, a look at how leftists are employing a right-wing communications strategy in order to change the national debate. Plus, thirty years into the conversation on global warming, what have we really learned? And in the days following the Trump-Putin summit, what did we miss? 1. Brooke on this week's coverage of the Trump-Putin summit, and on a new metaphor for the Trump era: the Shepard tone. Listen. 2. Joseph Lehman, president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy; Laura Marsh [@lmlauramarsh], literary editor at The New Republic; and Sean McElwee [@SeanMcElwee], activist and contributor at The Nation, on the Overton Window. Listen. 3. Andrew Revkin [@Revkin] of the National Geographic Society on thirty years of global warming coverage. Listen. Music from this week's program: Whispers of Heavenly Death — John Zorn String Quartet No. 5 — Philip Glass The Mole — Hans Zimmer Flugufrelsarinn — Kronos Quartet Long Ge — Kronos Quartet A Ride With Polly Jean — Jenny Scheinman 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, Bluesky, TikTok and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing [email protected].

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A new metaphor for the Trump era, an old political strategy, and a look back at thirty years of global warming coverage.

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