Brooke Gladstone

Host, On The Media

Brooke Gladstone appears in the following:

The Trial of Elizabeth Holmes

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Elizabeth Holmes said she'd revolutionized blood analysis. Investigative reporter John Carreyrou exposed the truth.

A Dark Obsession With Ordering the World

Friday, September 03, 2021

Lulu Miller on the possibilities — and perils — of trying to bring order to chaos.

Biased Algorithms, Biased World

Wednesday, September 01, 2021

The algorithms that govern our lives are opaque and biased.

70 Years After Trump

Friday, August 27, 2021

Is the path to a better society paved through laws? Or norms? Or something else altogether?

Against Free Speech Absolutism

Friday, August 27, 2021

A hard look at the assumptions under-girding free speech absolutism.

American Free Speech: Radical and Radically Inconsistent

Friday, August 27, 2021

We think we know what free speech is. But history and the history of the law make things tricky. 

A New First Amendment

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

How New York Times v Sullivan changed journalism.

You Were Wrong About Her

Friday, August 20, 2021

Revisiting the stories of maligned women of the '90s with the hosts of You're Wrong About.

Revisiting Lorena

Friday, August 20, 2021

Back in the 90s, the media caricatured the Virginia housewife who'd cut off her husband's penis. How this telling missed the real story.

How Radio Makes Female Voices Sound Shrill

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Biases built into radio technology have shaped how we hear women speak. 

The Most Dangerous Time to be a Journalist

Friday, July 23, 2021

Brooke speaks with Joel Simon about his almost 25 year journey with the Committee to Protect Journalists.

What it's Like to Report on Gay Marriage When It's Deeply Personal

Friday, July 23, 2021

Covering gay marriage when your own vows are at stake. 

When Black Journalists Are Barred From Covering Black Lives Matter Protests

Friday, July 23, 2021

White editors still have significant control of newsroom leadership positions — and "objectivity" itself. 

How a Manifesto Against 'Objectivity' Transformed One Journalist's Career

Friday, July 23, 2021

Moving on from so-called "objectivity."

How Newsrooms Could Better Support Journalists with Trauma

Friday, July 23, 2021

In a profession where trauma is an occupational hazard, trauma has also been used to disqualify journalists from covering certain subjects.

How a Nightclub Fire Brought Down a Government

Wednesday, July 21, 2021

A nightclub fire. Hospital deaths. Government corruption. And the Oscar-nominated film that tells the whole story.

How Shakespeare Became an American Icon

Friday, July 16, 2021

What the Bard can teach us about what it means to be American.

A Shakespearean Comedy in Kabul

Friday, July 16, 2021

Staging Shakespeare's Love's Labors Lost in Kabul as a celebration of hope and a form of therapy.

Painting for the Future and Talking to the Dead

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Swedish artist Hilma af Klint was one of the first abstract painters. So why are we just learning about her now? Plus, how dead spirits helped women find their voices.

Red Wine's "French Paradox"

Friday, July 09, 2021

How 60 Minutes made red wine popular.