Summary: <p>Have you been wondering exactly what it means to Build Back Better? On this week’s On the Media, hear why political coverage seems to address everything about Joe Biden’s bill--except what’s in it. Plus, find out if social media <em>really</em> does turn nice people into trolls.</p> <p>1. Andrew Prokop [<a href="https://twitter.com/awprokop">@awprokop</a>], Senior Politics Correspondent at Vox, on the gap between political coverage of the Build Back Better Act, and what the bill actually says. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/bidens-build-back-better-act-on-the-media">Listen.</a></p> <p>2. Michael Bang Petersen [<a href="https://twitter.com/M_B_Petersen">@M_B_Petersen</a>], political science professor at Aarhus University, on the difference (or lack thereof) between on and offline behaviors, and how Facebook might not be affecting us in the ways we think. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/does-social-media-turn-nice-people-trolls-on-the-media">Listen.</a></p> <p>3. Meghan O’Gieblyn, writer and author of <em>God, Human, Animal, Machine,</em> on the ever-deeper entwining of humanity and technology, and what it might mean for our future. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/promise-salvation-through-technology-on-the-media">Listen.</a><em> </em> </p> <p><em>Music from this week's show:</em></p> <p><em>Passing Time - John RenbournClap Hands - Tom WaitsOkami - Nicola CruzCarmen Fantasy - Anderson and RoeYoung at Heart - Brad MehldauFor the Creator - Richard Souther</em></p>
