Brooke Gladstone

Host, On The Media

Brooke Gladstone appears in the following:

Part 2: Most Likely to Succeed

Friday, September 29, 2023

A look at the backstory of the man who funds "basically everything."

Suing to Save the Planet, and How Climate Activism Got a Bad Rap

Friday, September 22, 2023

How far is too far to go to slow climate change? 

How Radical Climate Activists Became a Domestic Terror Threat in the U.S.

Friday, September 22, 2023

A 'green scare' swept the nation in the 1990s and early 2000s. 

The Powerful Think Tanks Portraying Climate Protest as Dangerous

Friday, September 22, 2023

The Atlas Network has hundreds of member think tanks across the world.

Bringing Climate Change Into the Courtroom

Friday, September 22, 2023

Suing over climate change is working, slowly but surely.

The Consequences of Impeaching Joe Biden Without Evidence

Friday, September 15, 2023

The latest inquiry could water down the power of presidential impeachments.

Naomi Klein Isn't the Only One With a Doppelganger

Friday, September 15, 2023

A wide-ranging exploration of doubling in our lives, culture, and politics.

Who Gets to be a Vigilante?

Friday, September 08, 2023

After a 1984 subway shooting the New York press crowned the gunman a hero.

Enshittification Part 1: Why Every Platform Is Getting Worse

Friday, September 01, 2023

When did the internet start being so...meh?

Enshittification Part 2: The Mechanisms That Helped Big Digital Deteriorate

Friday, September 01, 2023

We know that internet platforms have gotten worse. But how exactly did our systems allow it?

Enshittification Part 3: On Saving The Internet

Friday, September 01, 2023

Solutions to Big Digital gone bad. 

The Wilhelm Scream

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

The story of the screamiest scream on the silver screen. 

How the Historical Novel Took Over

Friday, August 18, 2023

Patching the holes in our historical record, one novel at a time.

A Historian Reckons With Gaps in the Archives

Friday, August 18, 2023

The story of Ashley's sack.

Extreme Heat: the Climate Disaster That's Hardest to See

Friday, August 18, 2023

The impact of extreme heat is harder to measure than the damage from a hurricane.

The Trump Case Against E. Jean Carroll and The Progress of #MeToo

Wednesday, August 09, 2023

It's not about what happens to the men.

Rewriting Russian History

Friday, August 04, 2023

A journalist reckons with the connections between Russian history, propaganda, and empire. 

Colonialism and Propaganda in Niger's Coup

Friday, August 04, 2023

 How Russia's sophisticated propaganda machine impacted this West African democracy. 

Removing Relics of "The Lost Cause"

Friday, August 04, 2023

On the military's renaming of nine army posts (and more).

Lessons from Syria on How to Document War Crimes

Friday, July 28, 2023

Russia's brutal military tactics in Syria were a preview to the war in Ukraine.