Off the Rails
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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, Bluesky, TikTok and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing [email protected].
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What this episode covers
A derailment in Ohio; earthquake aftermath in Turkey and Syria; and preventing the next pandemic
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