Brooke Gladstone

Host, On The Media

Brooke Gladstone is host of On the Media. She is the recipient of two Peabody Awards, a National Press Club Award, an Overseas Press Club Award and many others you tend to collect if you hang out in public radio long enough.

Just before coming to On the Media, she did some pilots for WNYC of a call-in show about human relationships with Dan Savage called A More Perfect Union. That was pretty cool.

She also is the author of The Influencing Machine (W.W. Norton), a media manifesto in graphic form, listed among the top books of 2011 by The New Yorker, Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus Reviews and Library Journal, and among the “10 Masterpieces of Graphic Nonfiction” by The Atlantic.

Gladstone always wanted to be a comic hero and she finally did it. Here she is animated.

At WNYC’s 2012 Christmas party, backed by the fabulous Radio Flyers band, she sang “Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen,” with her sisters Lisa and Stacey, thus fulfilling all her dreams.

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Brooke Gladstone appears in the following:

The Real Mission Behind Moms for Liberty

Friday, March 15, 2024

It's not really about books or school boards.

The Long Lineage of Conservative Mother Movements

Friday, March 15, 2024

What we can learn from past iterations of Moms for Liberty.

A Journalism History Lesson from Calvin Trillin

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Trillin joined The New Yorker in 1963.

What Does “Decolonization” Mean in the Context of Gaza?

Friday, March 08, 2024

And the value of looking backwards to understand the present.

20 Days In Mariupol: A Look Behind the Oscar-Nominated Documentary

Friday, March 08, 2024

A conversation with the Sundance Audience Award-winning documentary's creator.

American Patriots Support... Vladimir Putin?

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Why are nationalists in the U.S. supporting Putin?

Cord Jefferson on the Art of Adapting a Novel For the Screen

Friday, February 23, 2024

And his road from journalism to Hollywood.

How the Alabama IVF Ruling Was Influenced by Christian Nationalism

Friday, February 23, 2024

Apostles, prophecies, and a thirst for power

Who Cares About Literary Prizes?

Friday, February 23, 2024

It turns out, a lot of us.

Jon Stewart's Back at The Daily Show

Friday, February 16, 2024

Stewart pioneered a form of late night political comedy decades ago. Does it still hold up today?

Bobi Wine is Fighting for Democracy in Uganda

Friday, February 16, 2024

His journey is the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary. 

News Outlets Contend With AI

Friday, February 09, 2024

The last few months have been filled with deals and one big lawsuit.  

Why The New York Amsterdam News Is Partnering With an AI Startup

Friday, February 09, 2024

Tackling bias and racism in artificial intelligence.

Is a Constitutional Crisis Brewing in Texas?

Friday, February 02, 2024

The Lone Star state is defying the federal government, again.

What the Media Misses by Focusing on the Southern Border

Friday, February 02, 2024

The root causes of mass migration to the United States over the past decade stem back to the Cold War. 

A New TV Show Satirizes Public Radio

Friday, January 26, 2024

Why is it so easy to poke fun at us?

How (Not) to Cover Trump's Trials

Friday, January 26, 2024

How Trump is using the courtroom as a campaign platform.

The Fraught Future of The Baltimore Sun

Friday, January 19, 2024

The Sun gets a new owner, and a nonprofit publication seeks to repair Baltimore news.

Journalism's 'Private Investment Era'

Friday, January 19, 2024

How hedge funds and private equity firms took over local news.

Masha Gessen on the Utility of Historical Comparisons

Friday, January 12, 2024

Why the Holocaust still has lessons for us today.