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Cory Doctorow

Author, Activist and Journalist

Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science-fiction author, activist and journalist. He is the author of many books, most recently Picks and Shovels and The Bezzle (follow-ups to Red Team Blues, a science-fiction crime thriller), and The Lost Cause, a solarpunk science-fiction novel of hope amid the climate emergency. His most recent nonfiction book is The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation, a Big Tech disassembly manual. Other recent books include Chokepoint Capitalism, nonfiction about monopoly and creative labor markets; the Little Brother series for young adults; In Real Life, a graphic novel; and the picture book Poesy the Monster Slayer. In 2020, Doctorow was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

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WNYC presents: ON THE MEDIA

Sat May 31, 2025 | 1:00pm
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While maintaining the civility and fairness that are the hallmarks of public radio, OTM tackles sticky issues with a frankness and transparency that has built trust with over one million weekly radio and podcast listeners. OTM can be heard weekly on more than 400 stations and a biweekly podcast. It has won the Edward R. Murrow Awards for feature reporting and investigative reporting and the National Press Club's Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism. It is the only back-to-back winner of the Bart Richards award for media criticism, and it has won several Mirror Awards and a Peabody Award.  

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Cory Doctorow
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