Brooke Gladstone

Host, On The Media

Brooke Gladstone appears in the following:

An Ohio Train Derailment Reveals Structural Issues

Friday, February 17, 2023

Railworkers warned this would happen.

The Reasons Behind Turkey’s Horrific Earthquake Death Toll

Friday, February 17, 2023

How governmental corruption in Turkey exacerbated earthquake fatalities.

What A Chinese Balloon Can Teach Us About Our Media Consumption

Friday, February 10, 2023

A balloon reveals the difficulty of regarding something as both concerning and absurd.

Rereading the Russian Classics in a Time of War

Friday, February 10, 2023

Novels carry traces of the time and place in which they were written. 

Documenting Navalny's Hunt for His Poisoners

Friday, February 10, 2023

In the documentary "Navalny," the Russian opposition leader searches for his would-be killers.

Brian Lehrer Asks: What News Defined Your Generation?

Friday, January 27, 2023

From the bombing of Pearl Harbor to the pandemic.

Why Are There So Many Classified Documents?

Friday, January 27, 2023

The United States has an overclassification problem.

How the Baby Boom Reshaped America

Friday, January 27, 2023

The reign of America's formerly largest generation is ending. What now?

How Video Game Fans Leaked Classified Military Documents

Friday, January 27, 2023

Inside the War Thunder military document leak.

Operation Podcast: What the CIA's Latest Media Venture Can Teach Us About the Agency

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

A new podcast promises to reveal the CIA’s inner workings.

A Scientific Devolution

Friday, January 20, 2023

Have we left the golden years of science?

All Charged Up and No Place to Go: The Promise and Pitfalls of Electric Vehicles

Friday, January 20, 2023

Can the US make the switch to electric vehicles? 

The Flareup Over Gas Stoves Has a Long History

Friday, January 20, 2023

The gas stove enters the culture wars. 

How Neural Networks Revolutionized AI

Friday, January 13, 2023

The key to the latest AI tech lies in how humans think.

What's Up With the Hype Around ChatGPT?

Friday, January 13, 2023

New York City schools have banned the chatbot.

The Rise of AI-Powered Weapons

Friday, January 13, 2023

AI infiltrates the weapons sphere.

What Science Says about the Birth of the Universe

Friday, January 06, 2023

Baby pictures of the cosmos and the fragility of the universe.

Why We Need to Study Climate Worst-Case Scenarios

Friday, January 06, 2023

Facing the possibility of mass extinction is a hard but necessary job.

The Big Sigh: An Assessment of Our Economic Future

Friday, January 06, 2023

Are we on the brink of a major shift in how the world does business?

The Publishing Industry Hasn't Collapsed

Friday, December 30, 2022

A health check on the book biz.