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.
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.
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.
How Radio Makes Female Voices Sound Shrill
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Biases built into radio technology have shaped how we hear women speak.
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.
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 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.