Brooke Gladstone

Host, On The Media

Brooke Gladstone appears in the following:

What is Twitch?

Friday, February 22, 2019

Now streaming: tragedy, humanity, esports.

Streaming While Homeless

Friday, February 22, 2019

The story of one streamer, who turned to Twitch during his darkest hour.

When 20,000 Nazis Gathered in New York

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

A documentary film takes us back to the most notorious event of the German-American Bund.

Lorena, Revisited

Friday, February 15, 2019

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.

Rethinking MLK Day

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

 On the Anniversary of Martin Luther King's death last year, Brooke spoke to Mychal Denzel Smith who says that Americans - black and white, are due for a vacation from MLK-mania.

The Newspaper Vultures Circle Again

Friday, January 18, 2019

A hedge fund zeroes in on the Gannett newspaper empire. 

The Global Culture War For YouTube Supremacy

Friday, January 18, 2019

The beginning of the end of Western hegemony on the internet.

That time Brooke met Rosanne Cash

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Rosanne Cash celebrates the release of her new album, "She Remembers Everything," in an intimate evening of talk and performance with Brooke at WNYC's The Greene Space.  

Rosanne Cash Remembers Everything: A Night of Performance & Conversation

Friday, January 11, 2019

Watch video as the Grammy Award-winner celebrates the release of her new album, "She Remembers Everything," with the Peabody Award-winning Brooke Gladstone. 

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Fact-Checking the President

Friday, January 11, 2019

Lessons learned from two years of separating truth from fiction.

The Border-Stage of McAllen, Texas

Friday, January 11, 2019

President Trump visited McAllen to tell a story about chaos at the border. But the safe city is a strange choice for making that case. 

When the Internet Is Mostly Fake

Friday, January 11, 2019

Fake clicks, fake people, fake metrics, fake businesses. What's left to believe?

Africatown

Friday, January 04, 2019

150 years ago, the last enslaved people brought to America founded a community outside of Mobile, Alabama.

Africatown

Friday, January 04, 2019

150 years ago, the last slaves brought to America founded a community outside of Mobile, Alabama.

Remembering Joe Frank

Wednesday, January 02, 2019

On the anniversary of the death of a radio giant, Brooke and Jad Abumrad remember the transcendent nuttiness of Joe Frank. 

Looking Up and Up and Up

Friday, December 28, 2018

Brooke visits a memorial to the victims of lynching.

"This Is Always Going To Be What Happened"

Friday, December 28, 2018

So, what happens when a nation commits itself to the task of confronting its history?

How Germany Can Help America Remember

Friday, December 28, 2018

Bryan Stevenson has taken inspiration from Berlin for his new civil rights memorial and museum in Montgomery, Alabama.

10 Things That Scare Brooke

Tuesday, December 25, 2018

"The problem is, most of what I've ever done in my life is motivated by fear."

How Dead Spirits Helped Women Find Their Voices

Friday, December 21, 2018

When so-called "spirits" started communicating through adolescent girls in the 19th century, they had a radically reformist message.