Brooke Gladstone

Host, On The Media

Brooke Gladstone appears in the following:

How TV News Fumbles On Climate Change

Friday, November 30, 2018

...by repeatedly booking known climate deniers over scientists and other climate experts.

The Long History of Ignoring Climate Scientists

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

A government climate change report was released last week and summarily dismissed...by the government. Just the latest chapter in the long history of scientists' unheeded warnings.

Walking-to-Work Stories: Heartwarming or Harmful?

Friday, November 23, 2018

Why free cars aren't the answer for America's marathon trekkers. 

Understanding Rights in Transit

Friday, November 23, 2018

Going beyond point-A-to-point-B mobility. 

Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs: An Operatic Myth

Friday, November 23, 2018

A new, in-progress opera about two mythical figures in American transit history. 

The Civil War, One Day at a Time

Monday, November 19, 2018

What was it like to report on the Civil War.

The Radical Catalog

Friday, November 16, 2018

In which we learn about the softer side of Sears... and how the ubiquitous catalog challenged Jim Crow. 

Making America Antitrust Again

Friday, November 16, 2018

As Amazon continues to grow, is the movement to break up monopolies making a comeback?

Did Planet Earth Lose the Midterms?

Friday, November 09, 2018

What we can learn from the fossil fuel industry's expensive victory in two state ballot initiatives.

Has The Government Betrayed "The Public Trust"?

Friday, November 09, 2018

Politicians have dropped the ball on passing meaningful laws to address climate change. A lawsuit brought by children says the government has a legal responsibility to act. 

What Computer Models Show Us About Democracy

Friday, November 09, 2018

Our institutions are built on the idea that people act rationally. But people aren't rational.

Shepard Tone Rising

Friday, November 09, 2018

Brooke reflects on the frenzied week.

About Those Self-Evident Truths

Friday, November 09, 2018

Inquiry, fact, principles and good government throughout all of American history, with Jill Lepore.

Gab is Back in the Headlines and Off the Web

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Revisiting Brooke's conversation with Gab's former COO. 

Roots, Reconciliation and DNA

Friday, October 19, 2018

For African Americans that have been stripped of their language, their culture and access to their roots, DNA tests can be invaluable.

70 Years of Reforming Saudi Arabia

Friday, October 19, 2018

From reformer to brutal dictator: a historian analyzes a familiar narrative.

By Blood, and Beyond Blood

Friday, October 19, 2018

Sen. Elizabeth Warren inadvertently stepped into a long-simmering struggle over genetics and tribal sovereignty. 

What Twins Can Tell Us About Humanity

Friday, October 19, 2018

The film "Three Identical Strangers" tackles the darker side of nature and nurture research.

The Radical Catalog

Thursday, October 18, 2018

In which we learn about the softer side of Sears... and how the ubiquitous catalog challenged Jim Crow. 

Reimagining History

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Writer John Keene received a MacArthur "genius grant" for his innovative works that reimagine history.