Brooke Gladstone

Host, On The Media

Brooke Gladstone appears in the following:

Who Is The Bad Art Friend? Why Not Both?

Wednesday, October 13, 2021

The story behind the viral New York Times Magazine article.

Desperation Mode: The Looming Decline of Facebook

Friday, October 08, 2021

Why the social media giant seems nervous. 

How Hacked Records Revealed Oath Keepers Ties With Police Departments

Friday, October 08, 2021

From New York to California.

The Pandora Papers Reveal a Shadow Economy

Friday, October 08, 2021

It's the largest investigation in history.

Mocking Politicians, Regulating Tech

Friday, October 08, 2021

Does it matter if Sen. Blumenthal knows what a "finsta" is?

From Birtherism to Election Theft

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Who is John Eastman, and why does he keep spreading anti-democratic theories?

The Trial of Elizabeth Holmes

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Elizabeth Holmes said she'd revolutionized blood analysis. Investigative reporter John Carreyrou exposed the truth.

A Dark Obsession With Ordering the World

Friday, September 03, 2021

Lulu Miller on the possibilities — and perils — of trying to bring order to chaos.

Biased Algorithms, Biased World

Wednesday, September 01, 2021

The algorithms that govern our lives are opaque and biased.

70 Years After Trump

Friday, August 27, 2021

Is the path to a better society paved through laws? Or norms? Or something else altogether?

Against Free Speech Absolutism

Friday, August 27, 2021

A hard look at the assumptions under-girding free speech absolutism.

American Free Speech: Radical and Radically Inconsistent

Friday, August 27, 2021

We think we know what free speech is. But history and the history of the law make things tricky. 

A New First Amendment

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

How New York Times v Sullivan changed journalism.

You Were Wrong About Her

Friday, August 20, 2021

Revisiting the stories of maligned women of the '90s with the hosts of You're Wrong About.

Revisiting Lorena

Friday, August 20, 2021

Back in the 90s, the media caricatured the Virginia housewife who'd cut off her husband's penis. How this telling missed the real story.

How Radio Makes Female Voices Sound Shrill

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Biases built into radio technology have shaped how we hear women speak. 

How Newsrooms Could Better Support Journalists with Trauma

Friday, July 23, 2021

In a profession where trauma is an occupational hazard, trauma has also been used to disqualify journalists from covering certain subjects.

What it's Like to Report on Gay Marriage When It's Deeply Personal

Friday, July 23, 2021

Covering gay marriage when your own vows are at stake. 

How a Manifesto Against 'Objectivity' Transformed One Journalist's Career

Friday, July 23, 2021

Moving on from so-called "objectivity."

When Black Journalists Are Barred From Covering Black Lives Matter Protests

Friday, July 23, 2021

White editors still have significant control of newsroom leadership positions — and "objectivity" itself.