Brooke Gladstone

Host, On The Media

Brooke Gladstone appears in the following:

The End of O'Reilly

Friday, April 21, 2017

Bill O'Reilly was the master of Fox News's brand of partisan bombast. Where does his ouster leave the channel? 

Let the People Decide

Friday, April 21, 2017

The history of referendums, and their effect on democracy. 

The View on Trump from China

Friday, April 21, 2017

From Ivanka fever to North Korea panic: how the Chinese media see America under Trump.

The Man Who Declared War On Drugs

Friday, April 14, 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.

A (Long) History of American Drug Panics

Friday, April 14, 2017

Media hysteria about drugs didn't come about overnight. In fact, it has been building for decades -- one drug at a time.

"We Are the Meteor"

Friday, April 07, 2017

After 11,700 years in the Holocene, we may be living in a new geologic epoch. What now?

The Filibuster: Protection or Obstruction?

Friday, April 07, 2017

A look at the history of the filibuster and its role in the future of Senate proceedings.

Why So Tedious, Taxes?

Friday, April 07, 2017

We all know that doing taxes is a miserable experience. Less well known: that tax prep companies want to keep it that way.

Seeing Everything Through the Deficit Lens

Friday, March 17, 2017

The Congressional Budget Office is in the spotlight over its assessment of the GOP's healthcare proposal. But does the CBO deserve such a prominent role in the passage of legislation?

The View from Poverty

Friday, March 17, 2017

The current GOP healthcare proposal and Trump administration budget both hit the poor disproportionately. Same as it ever was.

The Trump White House's Rosy Scenario

Friday, March 17, 2017

Who's to stop the White House from predicting wildly optimistic economic growth under their policies?

How The Environment Got Political

Friday, March 10, 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.

A Muslim Ban By Any Other Name

Friday, March 10, 2017

Trump's Muslim ban might look different, but in reality it's more of the same.

America's Lost Anti-Corruption History

Friday, March 03, 2017

Modern political corruption cases rely on finding smoking guns and proving "quid pro quo," but this was never the intent of America's founders. 

Ukraine's Remedy for Fake News: News About Fake News

Friday, March 03, 2017

A look at the Ukrainian TV show StopFake, which for three years has devoted itself to debunking fake news flooding in from Russia.

Paper Trail

Friday, March 03, 2017

How the Obama administration rushed to preserve and disseminate information about Russian interference in the election. 

How a National Security Reporter Reads the Flynn Leaks

Friday, February 17, 2017

Is there a smoking gun in the reports of contact between the Trump camp and Russian intelligence? If not, what are we really learning from the leaks?

Word Watch: Constitutional Crisis

Friday, February 10, 2017

No, we're not in a "constitutional crisis" yet. Why the term should be deployed with care. 

For Antifa, Not All Speech Should Be Free

Friday, February 10, 2017

Anti-fascist activists seek to deny a platform to those who preach hate -- by any means necessary.

Reimagining Protest in NYC (and Every City)

Friday, February 10, 2017

How can New York -- and cities around the world -- be better places for protest?