in the fall of 1996, brodner was featured in pbs fronline's the choice, as artist and commentator on the clinton/dole race. in december 2007, brodner began a series of online videos, the naked campaign, at the new yorker website, offering his take on the 2008 presidential campaign. since 2010 he has been producing videos for pbs' need to know, with "an editorial by steve brodner," a semi-regular commentary feature. in the spring of 2010, his series of short political videos, "smashing crayons", ran on slate.com.