The document discusses WordPress media and how the speaker got started with WordPress, contributing to WordPress, Backbone, and media. It covers WordPress versions 3.5 and 3.9 which added more media features. It also discusses tools like MediaElement, shortcodes, Underscore, Backbone, and how front-end JavaScript needs to work across use cases without bloat. The document provides examples of how media like audio can be implemented in WordPress through a JavaScript API and TinyMCE editor integration.