Brooke Gladstone

Host, On The Media

Brooke Gladstone appears in the following:

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?

The Rise and Fall of Fake News

Friday, January 27, 2017

The short but exhilarating life of the phrase "fake news" and what to do now that it's lost its meaning.

"Keep Going Back to Substance and the Truth"

Friday, January 27, 2017

Applying a linguist's logic to a Trump falsehood.

Spicer vs. the Interns

Friday, January 27, 2017

How sending interns to future press briefings could help the media shed their role as Trump's hate object.

How Trump Might Save the Media He So Despises

Friday, January 20, 2017

President Trump is likely to keep attacking and antagonizing the mainstream media. Here's why that might be a good thing. 

The View from the Other Side of the Press Corps

Friday, January 20, 2017

Reporters have long voiced frustration with the way the White House press corps works. Turns out, it's no more satisfying on the other side.

The President and the Press: A History

Friday, January 20, 2017

Hostile, strange, and always changing: the long and tumultuous relationship between the president and the press.

Radiolab Presents: On the Media: Busted, America's Poverty Myths

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

On the Media’s Brooke Gladstone tells Jad and Robert about a project they launched to look at the tales we tell when we talk about poverty.
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Secret Dossiers, Muzzled Journalists...The Job of Reporters in 2017

Friday, January 13, 2017

Buzzfeed's decision to publish the full Trump dossier reflects a traditional-versus-internet split in journalistic ethics. 

A Taxonomy of Trump Tweets

Friday, January 13, 2017

Cognitive linguist George Lakoff thinks journalists are covering Trump tweets all wrong. 

Trump's Reality Distortion Field

Friday, January 13, 2017

When politicians lie, they usually misrepresent or obscure the truth--but Trump's lies warp the meaning of reality altogether.

Live Coverage of President-Elect Trump's Press Conference

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Live coverage of the President-elect Donald Trump's press conference.

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Trump's Press Conference Preview With Brooke Gladstone

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

A preview with On The Media's Brooke Gladstone and then a livestream of Donald Trump's press conference.

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"I'm John Cantlie"

Friday, January 06, 2017

What a prisoner of ISIS can teach us about the challenges confronting intrepid chroniclers of war.

The Shroud Over Syria

Friday, January 06, 2017

How do you cover a place that's almost impossible to visit?

Our Shakespeare, Ourselves

Friday, December 30, 2016

How the fight over the true identity of William Shakespeare reflects shifting perceptions of culture, class, genius, art, and... ourselves. 

Tragedy for 35 Years: Shakespearean Comedy in Kabul

Friday, December 30, 2016

Staging Shakespeare's Love's Labors Lost in Kabul as a celebration of hope and a form of therapy.

Obama's Final Sprint

Friday, December 23, 2016

Brooke Gladstone talks with deputy White House press secretary Eric Schultz about Obama's plans for the next month, and why he's forging ahead with his usual civility.

A Wish List for Obama

Friday, December 23, 2016

With less than four weeks left of the Obama administration, we ask experts what the President should do about Guantanamo, surveillance, dark money, and other important problems. 

What is Time?

Friday, December 23, 2016

One physicist's definition: "Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once."