Summary: <p>By now, we’re familiar with voter suppression tactics, from long voting lines to voter ID laws. On this week’s On the Media, hear how election subversion takes the anti-democratic playbook to the next level. Plus, how the Russian government is using bureaucracy to stifle elections — and the press. </p> <p>1. Dan Hirschhorn [<a href="https://twitter.com/Inky_Dan">@Inky_Dan</a>], assistant managing editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer, on why his paper won't use the word "audit" to describe the wave of partisan "election reviews." <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/why-philadelphia-inquirer-isnt-calling-it-audit-on-the-media">Listen.</a></p> <p>2. Rick Hasen, [<a href="https://twitter.com/rickhasen">@rickhasen</a>], professor of law and political science at the University of California Irvine, on why election subversion is such a dangerous threat to our democracy. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/imminent-threat-election-subversion-on-the-media">Listen.</a></p> <p>3. Tanya Lokot [<a href="https://twitter.com/tanyalokot">@tanyalokot</a>], media scholar and associate professor at the Dublin City University School of Communications, on why Google and Apple caved to the Kremlin on fair election technology. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/what-removal-navalnys-smart-voting-app-means-democracy-around-world-on-the-media">Listen.</a></p> <p>4. OTM producer Molly Schwartz [<a href="https://twitter.com/mollyfication">@mollyfication</a>] on the lives and trials of Russian journalists under siege, featuring: Sonya Groysman [<a href="https://www.instagram.com/sonyagro/?hl=en">@sonyagro</a>], Russian journalist and podcaster; Joshua Yaffa [<a href="https://twitter.com/yaffaesque">@yaffaesque</a>] Moscow correspondent for The New Yorker; Tikhon Dzyadko [<a href="https://twitter.com/tikhondzyadko">@tikhondzyadko</a>], editor-in-chief of TV Rain; and Alexey Kovalyov [<a href="https://twitter.com/Alexey__Kovalev">@Alexey__Kovalev</a>], investigations editor at the news outlet Meduza. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/24-words-plaguing-russian-journalists-on-the-media">Listen.</a></p> <p><em>Music from this week's show:</em></p> <p><em>Chicago Sunset - Charlie Musselwhite</em></p> <p><em>Time is Late ft. Joakim Johans</em></p> <p><em>Unnamed Track - Mark Henry Philips</em></p> <p><em>Unnamed Track - Mark Henry Philips</em></p> <p><em>Baba O'Rilеy - The Who</em></p> <p><em>From Russia With Love - Huma-Huma</em></p> <p><em>Дальше действовать будем мы (“We will continue to act”) - Kino </em></p> <p> </p>
