Brooke Gladstone

Host, On The Media

Brooke Gladstone appears in the following:

Warren, Sanders and the Question of Sexism

Friday, January 17, 2020

In the run-up to Iowa, a new story threatens a shaky peace between the two leading progressive candidates.

The End is Always Near

Friday, January 10, 2020

Will our world become a ruin for archaeologists to dig up and explore?

The Hashtag Warriors

Friday, January 10, 2020

How Generation Z interpreted a geopolitical crisis — through memes. 

Everything Is Fake

Friday, December 27, 2019

A walk through 2019 starts with confronting a deep sense of unreality.

Everything Is Media

Friday, December 27, 2019

How public radio's signature media show has come to expand our mission.

Everything Is Race

Friday, December 27, 2019

At the core of the narratives we unpacked this year, a consistent theme.

The Hidden Truths of Hanukkah

Wednesday, December 25, 2019

A special history lesson in time for the holidays.

Body of Law: Beyond Roe

Friday, December 13, 2019

Justice Ginsburg says she wishes it had been another case, not Roe v. Wade, that SCOTUS heard as the first reproductive rights case. On the Media and The Guardian take a closer look.

Making Sense of the Illiberal Right

Friday, December 06, 2019

How the conservative conversation about democracy is shifting.

A Plane Crash Unites A Country...Then Divides It In Two

Friday, November 29, 2019

Since 2014, a far-right nationalist party has been in power in Poland. How a conspiracy theory helped it get there.

How Radio Makes Female Voices Sound "Shrill"

Friday, November 22, 2019

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

The GOP's Ultimate Defense: Keeping America Tuned Out

Friday, November 22, 2019

Why Republicans' epistemology is pushing democracy toward a tipping point. 

Biased Algorithms, Biased World

Friday, November 22, 2019

The algorithms that govern our lives are opaque and biased.

John Dean On The Impeachment Comparisons

Friday, November 15, 2019

John Dean was arguably the star witness in the Watergate impeachment hearings. So, what's he thinking as he watches this week's testimony?

What Public Opinion Will Really Mean for Impeachment

Friday, November 15, 2019

Public support for impeachment has grown within the past two months. Don't expect Republican leaders to follow suit.

The Supreme Court Justice With The Most To Say

Friday, November 08, 2019

Clarence Thomas has a comprehensive vision for America. We ignore it at our own peril. 

In a Burning California, Decades of Technical Debt Comes Due

Friday, November 01, 2019

A new metaphor from the computer world for our era of planetary crisis.

The Battle Against Building New Jails

Friday, October 25, 2019

As the battle over how and whether to replace the notorious Rikers Island wages on in NYC, a look at the criminal justice reform conversation in 2019.

Against Free Speech Absolutism

Friday, October 11, 2019

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

70 Years After Trump

Friday, October 11, 2019

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