Brooke Gladstone appears in the following:
ISIS and the Japanese Captives
Friday, January 23, 2015
The video from ISIS threatening to kill two Japanese captives within 72 hours has sent pacifist Japan into agony, horror, and self-examination.
In Defense of Corporate Persons
Friday, January 23, 2015
Five years after the Citizens United decision, corporate and constitutional law professor Kent Greenfield defends corporate personhood as both a necessity and a potential liberal boon.
Why Paris, But Not Baga?
Friday, January 16, 2015
Ethan Zuckerman from MIT discusses the complicated prejudices that made the Paris attacks top news last week, but not the destruction and killings in Baga, Nigeria.
A Paranoid Reflection Of Our Digital Age
Friday, January 16, 2015
"Black Mirror" creator Charlie Brooker on making a hit TV show that explores technological obsession and the more disturbing facets of our humanity.
Free Speech in France
Friday, January 16, 2015
Brooke speaks with Celestine Bohlen, a columnist for the International New York Times, about how the cries of double standards in France are competing with those of free speech for all.
The Ongoing Horrors of Boko Haram
Friday, January 16, 2015
Journalist Alexis Okeowo on the latest attacks by Boko Haram and the difficulty of covering a conflict with no end in sight.
Countering Radical Islam
Friday, January 16, 2015
A progressive Muslim leader argues that to effectively counter radical Islam, Muslims must acknowledge and address religious justification for atrocity.
"Monty Python But 50 Times As Rude"
Friday, January 09, 2015
On the rich tradition of cartoons in French culture, satirical and otherwise, as well as the unique reputation of Charlie Hebdo.
Charlie Hebdo's Raison D'Etre
Friday, January 09, 2015
Prominent French media critic Daniel Schneidermann on the Charlie Hebdo attack and the legacy of the paper's boundary-pushing cartoons.
Futuristic Predictions That Came True in 2014
Friday, January 09, 2015
Brooke speaks with futurist and io9 contributing editor George Dvorsky about the 2014 breakthroughs in science, technology, and culture that could be right out of a sci-fi novel.
On "Je Suis Charlie"
Friday, January 09, 2015
After the massacre at Charlie Hebdo, there have been cries of "Je Suis Charlie" in solidarity with the murdered cartoonists. But do journalists have a share in this bravery?
Online Supersleuths
Friday, January 02, 2015
Brooke speaks to writer Deborah Halper about her book on the thriving community of internet sleuths who try to crack cold cases.
Gavel to Gavel
Friday, January 02, 2015
The 1991 trial of a young woman named Pamela Smart was the first to be covered on TV, gavel to gavel.
Brooke and Bob on the Decline of Beat Reporting
Friday, December 26, 2014
Bob remembers the best story he got while working the crime beat for a small newspaper in Pennsylvania.
The History of Beats
Friday, December 26, 2014
You’d think that beat reporting has been fundamental to journalism since the birth of the business. But beats didn’t really take off until a little over a century ago.
Rod Blagojevich Meets His Match
Friday, December 26, 2014
How one reporter was in the right place at the right time to uncover the story of a lifetime.
The Labor Beat
Friday, December 26, 2014
As the power of the unions declined, so did the number of labor reporters covering them.
The Obit Beat
Friday, December 26, 2014
Everyone gets to be in the paper twice: when they’re born, and when they die.
The Puerto Rican Egg Nog That Puts The Feliz In Your Navidad
Monday, December 22, 2014
We talk to coquito masters in Harlem and a moonshiner in the Bronx to learn about the holiday drink that’s the centerpiece of a Puerto Rican Christmas celebration.
Your Morals Depend on Language
Friday, December 19, 2014
Would you sacrifice one person to save the lives of five others? Your answer may depend on whether you consider the problem in your native tongue or a secondary one.