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The Supreme Court heard two cases this week that could upend Silicon Valley. On this week\\u2019s On The Media, a look at the fragile law holding the modern internet together. Plus, how a century-long PR campaign taught Americans to love the free market and loathe their own government.\\xa0

1.\\xa0Emily Birnbaum [@birnbaum_e], tech lobbying reporter with Bloomberg, Mark Joseph Stern [@mjs_DC],\\xa0senior writer at Slate, and Emma Llanso [@ellanso],\\xa0director of the Free Expression Project at the Center for Democracy and Technology,\\xa0on two cases argued in front of the Supreme Court this week and how they could impact the future of the internet. Listen.

2.\\xa0Naomi Oreskes\\xa0[@NaomiOreskes], professor of the history of science at Harvard University and the co-author, with Erik M. Conway, of \\u201cThe Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market,\\u201d on\\xa0century-old PR campaign, conducted by big business, to\\xa0imbue Americans with a quasi-religious belief in the free market. Listen.

3.\\xa0China Mi\\xe9ville, a speculative fiction writer and author of the recent book, "A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto," on\\xa0the ebb and flow of the text\\u2019s popularity through the decades, and what we might draw from it today. Listen.Music:Nocturne No.1 in B-Flat Major Op.9. No1 (Chopin) - Ivan MoravecBallade No. 2 in F, Op. 38 (Chopin) - Maurizio PolliniMarch for the 3rd Regiment of Foot - Liberty Tree Wind Players The New East Louis Toodle-Oo (Duke Ellington) The People United Will Never Be Defeated - Carla Bley, Charlie Haden, Don Cherry Stolen Moments - Ahmad Jamal Trio