Brooke Gladstone

Host, On The Media

Brooke Gladstone appears in the following:

Inside the 20-Year Fight for a Free Press in Iraq

Friday, May 05, 2023

How Iraqi journalists have fought to tell their own stories over the last twenty years.

Tucker Carlson, Rupert Murdoch, and the Future of Fox News

Thursday, April 27, 2023

The state of Fox News today is thanks to Rupert Murdoch. A look inside the Murdoch media empire shows how media outlets can turn into right-wing political influence machines. 

Meet the Redstones, the Complicated Family Behind a Media Empire

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

The embattled family behind a media empire that inspired Succession.

Fox News Settles the Defamation Suit Brought by Dominion Voting Systems

Friday, April 21, 2023

What we learned from the case that almost went to trial.

The Real-Life Media Moguls That Inspired the TV Show Succession

Friday, April 21, 2023

How the Murdoch media empire influenced broader culture. 

Clarence Thomas' Unshaken Belief in Big Money

Friday, April 21, 2023

What his friendship with billionaire Harlan Crow reveals.

The Life and Times of the FDA

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

A look into the history of the sometimes praised, often panned federal agency.

Twitter and Public Media

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Why NPR has decided to pause its use of its Twitter accounts after the disagreement over how it was labeled. 

Reporting on Russia's War in Exile

Friday, April 14, 2023

Berlin has become a hub for Russian reporters to do their work.

Twitter Takes On Public Media

Friday, April 14, 2023

This week NPR exited Twitter. What do Musk's latest changes mean for outlets and news consumers?

The Arrest of Journalist Evan Gershkovich

Friday, April 14, 2023

The Russian government's crackdown on press freedom just crossed another line.

How (Not) to Cover Trump’s Indictment

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

24/7 news coverage saying not much of anything at all.

Rags to Riches Revisited

Friday, April 07, 2023

If America is supposed to be a land of equal opportunity and upward mobility for all, why do so many fall through the cracks?

The Myth of Meritocracy

Friday, April 07, 2023

Exposing the myth that financial success stems purely from hard work.

The Poverty Tour

Friday, April 07, 2023

Welfare advocate Jack Frech has taken reporters on "poverty tours" of Athens County, Ohio, for years. But has media attention made any difference in the lives of the Appalachian poor? 

Is Lying On the Radio...Legal?

Friday, March 24, 2023

We speak to Salem Media VP Phil Boyce and we ask; is it legal to broadcast election denial lies? 

How Neoconservatism Led the US to Invade Iraq

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

And why we are still talking about it 20 years later. 

How did Talk Radio Get So Politically Lop-Sided?

Friday, March 17, 2023

A history of America radio, and how it paved the way for our current media landscape.

The Most Influential Christian Talk Radio Network You've Probably Never Heard of

Friday, March 10, 2023

How Salem Media Group came to dominate, and then spread the Big Lie.

A Historian Reckons With Gaps in the Archives

Friday, March 03, 2023

The story of Ashley's sack.