Brooke Gladstone appears in the following:
The Man Who Declared War On Drugs
Friday, August 25, 2017
The "War on Drugs" started long before Nixon. It goes back to a man named Harry J. Anslinger and his quest to demonize and racialize drugs.
How The Environment Got Political
Friday, August 18, 2017
The Trump administration wants to gut the EPA. But the agency was created by a Republican president in a time of widespread environmental concern. How we got here, and what's at stake.
Is 'Pro-Choice' a Problem?
Friday, August 04, 2017
Does the framing of "choice" limit how we think about abortion?
When Republicans Wanted Abortion Rights
Friday, August 04, 2017
Historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore explains how the intractable political battle came to be.
An Abortion In The Media Spotlight
Friday, August 04, 2017
Sherri Chessen knows more about the American conversation around abortion than almost anyone. She’s the person who started it.
8 Months Later: Brooke and Bob On Covering Trump
Friday, July 21, 2017
The day after the election, Brooke and Bob butted heads over how to cover Trump. This week, they reflect on Bob's approach.
Walking Back the Backfire Effect
Friday, July 21, 2017
Social scientist Brendan Nyhan re-evaluates some long-held beliefs about the power of fact-checking, and what it means about how people change their minds.
Psychology's Replication Crisis
Friday, July 21, 2017
When a 2011 article claimed to prove the existence of ESP, it triggered a crisis of confidence throughout the behavioral sciences.
The Backlash to the "Voter Fraud Panel" Isn't What You Think It Is
Friday, July 14, 2017
Reports claim that "44 states are refusing to comply" with a request for information from Trump's commission on voter fraud. In reality, the states have no choice.
What We Get Wrong About Putin
Friday, July 14, 2017
Vladimir Putin: strategic mastermind, or reactive thug?
How an Iraqi Radio Station Helped Save Mosul
Friday, July 14, 2017
The broadcasters at Radio Al-Ghad risked their lives to shine a light into the isolated city.
"Solastalgia," and Other Words for Our Changing World
Friday, July 07, 2017
The distress caused by environmental change needs its own term, and so do other new phenomena in the Anthropocene.
When Science Fiction Isn't Fiction
Friday, July 07, 2017
Author Jeff VanderMeer has been called the "weird Thoreau" for his nature-inspired science fiction. But what's sci-fi when the future of the planet is unpredictable?
Kim Stanley Robinson On Our Future Cities
Friday, July 07, 2017
How we're currently "living in a science fiction story we're writing together."
The Desert Reasserts Itself
Friday, July 07, 2017
In a novel by Claire Vaye Watkins, a growing sand dune is threatening the Southwest. What can we learn from it?
Grieving in Life, and in the Media
Friday, June 30, 2017
We explore why after acts of racially charged violence, society demands that black families "mourn in public."
TRussia Daily: Is the Media Missing the Forest for the Trees?
Thursday, June 29, 2017
On the Media's Brooke Gladstone talks about how the Trump-Russia investigation is impacting the job of the press in terms of how it reports stories and plans coverage.
Save Our Census!
Friday, June 23, 2017
What a crippled Census Bureau—leaderless and underfunded—could mean for the health of our democracy.
It's All About The Gerrymandering
Friday, June 23, 2017
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case on how district lines are drawn. Democrats are finding it hard to win special elections. Why it all comes back to gerrymandering.
How Government Spyware Tracked Activists and Journalists in Mexico
Friday, June 23, 2017
Journalists and human rights activists have been surveilled using government-exclusive spyware on their cell phones. It starts with a text message.
