brooke: gladstone? host: there is reality out the window right now. ooke: it is not the first time. where did the anxiety start? host: no, where are you from originally? brooke: i am from long island. my parents did the various jobs and we were mostly lowish/middle class. my father switched jobs and we were doing well for a while and moved to a much bigger house. i am one of six siblings. he did terribly and we had to sell the house and moved to vermont. tripled the jewish population of the northeast kingdom. i went to the university of vermont. my parents went from bankruptcy to bankruptcy and ended up incredibly happy in new mexico. host: how did you get back to new york city? brooke: i took the long way around. after vermont i moved to washington dc. i was there for 13 years and started out as the worst waitress the capital has ever had. fired from every single job. a customer got me a job writing. this was the 1970's. he is sitting outside this deal right now. we were very young and i started writing on issues. he was working on the hill. from defe

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. >> brooke gladstone, co-host and manager editor of wnyc's "on the media." in her book, "the trouble with reality, a rumination on moral panic in our times," in which she looks at what constituted reality today and how the criteria has change willed over the years. >> i set out at the beginning of the book our biological wiring, and i wanted to show how we have evolved a culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge us. certainly not to contradict us. it gave us the illusion that our realities were water tight when really they were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. >> sunday at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q & a." >>> here on c-span3, american history tv continues with more american artifacts. coming up next, a look at the national world war i museum and memorial in kansas city. later we travel to new york city for a visit to the statue of liberty. >>> the united states entered world war i on april 6, 1917 when congress voted to declare war on germany. the conflict was already in its third year. more than four million amer

. >> brooke gladstone, co-host and manager editor of wnyc's "on the media." in her book, "the trouble with reality, a rumination on moral panic in our times," in which she looks at what constituted reality today and how the criteria has change willed over the years. >> i set out at the beginning of the book our biological wiring, and i wanted to show how we have evolved a culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge us. certainly not to contradict us. it gave us the illusion that our realities were water tight when really they were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. >> sunday at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q & a." >>> here on c-span3, american history tv

. >> brooke gladstone, managing "on the media." she discusses her book "the " in whichth reality she looks at what constitutes reality today and how the criteria has changed over the years. beginning oft the the book our biological wiring. and i wanted to show how we had evolved a culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge us. certainly, not to contradict us. it gave us the illusion that our realities were watertight when really they were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. p.m.nday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q and a." on c-span "washington journal" is next come alive. and later, the history of the communist party. coming up in about an hour on washington journal, the president of the american foreign-policy council discusses president trump and the recent g 20 summit. national immigration law center's ev. talks about the implementation of the travel ban and legislative action on sanctuary cities. jessica discusses her recent article on sentencing juveniles to life in prison. "washing

. >> brooke gladstone, to host and managing editor of wnyc's on the media.he discusses her book, "the trouble with reality: a rumination on moral panic in our time" in which he looks at what constitutes reality today and other criteria has changed over the years. >> i set up the biological wiring. i wanted to show how we had evolved a culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge of us. certainly not to contradict us. that it gave us the illusion are realities or watertight, one really are riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. sunday night on afterwards -- someone like steve jobs can sell this product and forever be associated with it, when that is just a shade of the story. he was certainly hands-on and had a lot to do with it, but the truth is even the iphone never would have happened without scores of people working around the clock. >> motherboard magazine senior editor brian merchant on the creation and development of the iphone in his book "the one device." he's intervi

. >> brooke gladstone, co-host and managing editor of wnyc's "on the media." trouble with reality, a rumination on moral panic in our time" in which she looks at what constitutes reality today and how the criteria has changed over the years. >> i set up at the beginning of the book our biological wiring. i wanted to show how we had evolved a culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge us. certainly not to contradict us. it gave us the illusion that our realities were water tight when really necessary were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q & a." >>> c-span where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. it is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. earlier this year the american historical association convened a panel of historians. they talked about the movements and groups that were part of the counterculture in the 1960s and '70s, focusing on san francisco in 1967. they also debate the

announcer: brooke gladstone, on the media.'s she discusses her book "the trouble with reality: a rumination on a moral panic in our time." she looks at what constitutes reality today and how the criteria has changed over the years. >> i set up at the beginning of the book our biological wiring and i wanted to show how we have evolved a culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge of us. certainly not to contradict us. it gave us the illusion that our realities were watertight, when really they were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. announcer: president trump's trip started in poland where he had a joint news conference, answering questions about the possibility of intervention in north korea and russia's election interview -- interference. this is 25 minutes. >> the presidents of united states of america and poland. >> ladies and gentlemen, it is my great pleasure to welcome to warsaw, to welcome to poland, the president of the

. >> brooke gladstone, co-host and managing editor of wnyc's "on the media." ms.ouble with reality," a rumination with panic in our time in which she looks at what constitutes reality in our time and how it has changed over time. >> i set up at the beginning of the book our biological wiring, and i wanted to show how we have evolved a culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge us. certainly not to contradict us. it gave us the illusion that our realities were water tight when really they were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. >>> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >> c-span where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public

. >> brooke gladstone, kos and managing editor of wnyc on the media. she discusses her book, "the trouble with reality." she looks at what constitutes reality today and how that criteria has changed over the years. >> i set up at the beginning of the book, our bought -- our biological wiring. i wanted to show how we had evolved a culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge us. not to contradict us. it gave us the illusion that our realities were watertight when really they were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. coming up at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3, american history tv will be broadcasting live on the new museum of the american revolution in philadelphia which opened in april. we will take your calls and questions for about two hours starting at 7:00 and look at the artifacts and exhibits and answer your questions with museum staff. here is a preview. >> the next room which we call resistance is about the decades stretching from the stamp act in 1765 to the ou

. ♪ brook gladstone, co-host and wnyc's on irector of the media, mrs.ladstone "the trouble book, with reality," in which she constitutes reality today and how the changed over the years. >> i set up biological wiring at book.bing of the wanted to show how we had evolved culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge us. wanted to show how we not to c. our ve us the illusion realities were water tight, when were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. >> sunday night, 8 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> thursday at 7 p.m. eastern join american history t.v. for a museum of the e american revolution in philadelphia, the museum's c.e.o., michael will and scott stevenson introduce artifacts and exhibits throughout the museum, including andge washington's war tent a piece of the old north bridge from the battle of concord. american es about the revolution and you can participate in the live program with your phone calls and tweets. watch american history t.v., live from the museum of the revolution, thursday starting at 7 p.m. easter

announcer: brooke gladstone, cohost and managing editor of wnyc's on the media. ms. gladstone discusses her book "the trouble with reality," in which she looks at what constitutes reality today and how that criteria has changed over the years. >> i set up at the beginning of the book our biological wiring, and i wanted to show how we had evolved a culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge us. certainly not to contradict us. it gave us the illusion that our realities were watertight, when really they were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. announcer: tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." announcer: and's "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. monday morning, a physician for the national health are graham and -- national health program and someone from the cato institute will discuss the feasibility of a government-funded health insurance program. also the "washington post political editor talking about request for voter information and reaction from officials. be sure to watch "w

. >> brook gladstone co-host and managing editor of wnyc's on the media. she discusses her book whereby the trouble with reality in which she looks at what constitutes reality today and how that criteria has changed over the years. >> i said at the beginning of the book our bilological wiring. and i wanted to show how we had evolved a culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge us, certainly not to contradict us. it gave us the illusion that our realities were watertight when really they were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. >>> each week american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places to learn about american hisry

. >> brooke gladstone is the cohost and managing editor on the media. book thesses her trouble with reality. she looks at what constitutes reality today and how that right. has changed over the years. i set up our biological wiring and i wanted to show how we have involved culture that was and not to validate us to challenge of us, not the cop -- certainly not to contradict us, he gave us the illusion that our realities were watertight when really they were riddled places thatots and would crunch in. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span q&a. >> he compares the literature, clothing, music and worldview of the beatniks of the 1950's to the hippies of the 1960's, here is created. counterculture's are most identify with the word of hippie. broaderterculture is than that, it includes many people that would not have identified as hippie, including the beats. the beat poet gary snyder put the matter about these very physically when the hippies were living at the philosophy that the beats proclaimed. that is how snyder saw the connection between the two. w

. >> brooke gladstone, cohost and managing editor of wnyc's "on the media." she discusses her book "the trouble with reality: a rumination on moral panic in our time." she looks at what constitutes reality today and how that criteria has changed over the years. >> i set up at the bigamy of the book -- the beginning of the book are biological wiring. we have involved culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge us, certainly not to contradict us. they gave us the illusion that our realities were watertight when really they were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." "after words." >> someone like steve jobs can sell this product and be forever associated with it when it's just a shade of the story. he was certainly hands-on and had a lot to do with it, but the truth is even the iphone as it was developed at apple, and would not have happened without scores of people working around the clock. >> brian merchant on the creation and development of the iphone in his book, "the one devi

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. >> brooke gladstone, cohost and managing editor of wnyc's "on the media." miss gladstone discusses her book "trouble with reality," a rumination on moral panic in our time in which she looks what constitutes reality today and how that criteria has changed over the years. >> i set out at the beginning of the book our biological wiring, and i wanted to show how we have evolved a culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge us, certainly not to contradict us. it gave us the illusion that our whenties were watertight really they were riddled with weak spots and the places that would crunch in. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." "afterwards"ht on -- >> somebody like steve jobs can sell this product and forever be associated with it when that is just a shade of the story. he was certainly hands-on. he had a lot to do with it, but the truth is, even the iphone come in so far as it was developed at apple, would never have happened without scores of people working around the clock. >> brian merchant on the creation and development of

. >> brooke gladstone, cohost and managing editor of wnyc's "on the media."she discusses her book "the trouble with reality: a rumination on panic in our time ." she looks at what constitutes reality today and how that criteria has changed. >> i set up at the beginning of the book our biological wiring. i wanted to show how we had evolved to a culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge us. certainly, not to contradict us. it gave us the illusion that our realities were watertight when really, they were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today i your cable or satellite provider. >> philip leavy studies the places associated with george washington's life including his virginia birthplace. he discusses the archaeological record at the riverfront land on virginia's northern neck and the speculation that the national park service site is not the bi

in the first chapter of this book, which portrays the world of the side of chicago that brooke gladstone-that barack arrives in in 1985. a newspaper called "the daily calumet." the covered the collapse of the southeast by steel industry with great journalism. it is on microphone and only on microphone. there is a lot of library work you have to do as a historian. we talked about how barack's most important girlfriends, sheila jager is someone i found thanks to student directories in the university of chicago library. barack had an essay in his high school europe --high school yearbook in hawaii about his basketball team. it is a nice essay, a charming piece about the meeting -- meaning of teamwork written by a high school senior. i found it in the hawaii state library. in the present day now, as distinct from 30 years ago, journalists believed everything you need is either on the web or available by telephone. to me that is simply not the case. there is an awful lot of old print material that you have to go dig out. brian: let me ask you about the way you did this. if you had a student c

. >> brooke gladstone, cohost and managing editor of wnyc's "on the media," on her book "the trouble with reality: a rumination on moral panic in our time" with her look at what constitutes reality today and how that criteria has changed over the years. >> i set up at the beginning of the book our biological wiring. i wanted to show how we had evolved a culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge us, certainly not to contradict us. it gave us the illusion that our realities were watertight, when really they were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> about 30 years ago on july 7, 1987, former national security council staff member lieutenant colonel oliver norton, a marine in vietnam veteran, appeared before the house and senate committees discussing the iran-contra affair. this is the first of his days of testimony in the secret arms sales to iran and governing of money to the rebels overthrowing the nicaraguan government. the degree of oversight of his actions by his superiors. a the next on --

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announcer: brooke gladstone, on the media.'s she discusses her book "the trouble with reality: a rumination on a moral panic in our time." she looks at what constitutes reality today and how the criteria has changed over the years. >> i set up at the beginning of the book our biological wiring and i wanted to show how we have evolved a culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge of us. certainly not to contradict us. it gave us the illusion that our realities were watertight, when really they were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a.

. >> brooke gladstone, cohost a managing editor of wnyc on the media. she is gladstone discusses her book the trouble with reality, in which she looks at what constitutes reality today and how that criteria has changed over the years. >> i set up at the beginning of the book our biological wiring, and i wanted to show how we had evolved culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge us. certainly not to contradict us. it gave us the illusion that our realities were watertight, when really they were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. >> sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, saturday at 8 p.m. eastern on lectures in history, university of washington professor compares the 1950s beats and beatniks to be hippies of the 1960s. >> the beats were despairing veterans of the great depression and world war ii, the holocaust and the atomic age. the hippies with optimistic children of the baby boom generation and the rising affluence of the postwar consumer boom. >> at

. >> brooke gladstone, co-host and managing editor of wnyc's "on the media." ms. gladstone discusses her book, "the trouble with reality," a rumination with panic in our time in which she looks at what constitutes reality in our time and how it has changed over time. >> i set up at the beginning of the book our biological wiring, and i wanted to show how we have evolved a culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge us. certainly not to contradict us. it gave us the illusion that our realities were water tight when really they were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. >>> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >> c-span where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider.

. >> brooke gladstone, cohost a managing editor of wnyc's on the media. ms. gladstone discusses her book the trouble with reality, a rumination on moral panic in our time. she looks at the constitute reality today and how that criteria has changed over the years. >> i set up at the beginning of the book are biological wiring and i wanted to show how we had evolved the culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge us. certainly, not to contradict us and it gave us the illusion that our realities were watertight when really they were little unsure and riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. >> sunday night at eight eastern p.m. on sunday q&a. >> c-span where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. it is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provid provider. >> you are watching the tv on c-span two. top nonfiction book and authors every weekend. but tv, television for serious readers. next, but tv on prime time features a look at language and commun

. >> brooke gladstone, cohost and managing editor of wnyc's on the media. ms. gladstone discusses her book, "the trouble with reality, a rumination on moral panic in looks at" in which she what constitutes reality today and how that criteria has changed over the years. >> i set up the beginning of the iok on biological wiring, and wanted to show how we had evolved a culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge us. certainly not to contradict us. it gave us the illusion that our realities were watertight, when really they were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." emmanuel president macron delivered his first major speech during a joint session of the french parliament. marcron'sy after mr. 90 minute address, france 24 panelists analyzed the speech. >> thank you. mr. president, you have the floor. macron: distinguished president of congress, distinguished presiden

. >> brook gladstone cohost of wnyc's on the media. she discusses the trouble with reality, moral panic in our time in which she looks at what constitutes reality today and how it has changed over the years. >> i set up our biological wiring and i wanted to show how we had evolved culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge us, certainly not to contradict us. it gave us the ill liegs that our realities were watertight when really they were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on cspan's q and a. >> announcer: 1979 cspan was created and is braulgt to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >>> the white house naval photographic unit, up next on american history tv's reel america from 50 years ago the president june 1967. events depicted in this half hour film include the six day war, the nominio

announcer: brooke gladstone, cohost and managing editor of wnyc's on the media. ms. gladstone discusses her book "the trouble with reality: a rumination on moral panic in our time." she looks at what constitutes reality today and how that criteria has changed over the years. the beginning of the book our biological wiring and i wanted to show how we have evolved a culture that was designed to validate us and don't to challenge us, certainly not to contradict us. it gave us the illusions that our realities for watertight, when really they were riddled places thatots and would crunch in. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. today, g 20 leaders from the world's top 20 major industrialized and emerging ,ountries met in hamburg germany. among those leaders, president donald trump and russian president vladimir putin. the two met for the first time since president trump's election. this meeting comes after months of congressional hearings examining russia's alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election. here is a quick look at the leaders a

. >> brooke gladstone, co-host and manager editor of wnyc's "on the media." she discusses her book "the trouble with reality, a rumination on moral panic in our time" in which she looks at what constitutes reality today and how the criteria has changed over the years. >> i said at the beginning of the book our biological wiring, and i wanted to show how we had evolved a culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge us. certainly not to contradict us. it gave us the illusion that our realities were water tight when really they were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. >>> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >>> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >>> the white house naval photographic unit produced monthly film reports on the activities of president lyndon johnson. up next on american history tv's reel america, from 50 years ago, "the president, june 1967." event

. >> brook gladstone, co-host and managing editor of wnyc's on the media.s her book, the trouble with reality, a resume minute nation on moral panic in our time. she looks what constitutes reality today, how that criteria changed over the years. >> i set up at the beginning of the book our biological wiring, and i wanted to know how we had evolved a culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge us. certainly not to contradict us. it gave us the illusion that our realities were watertight when really they were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> yesterday the united nations security council held an emergency session to discuss the

. >> brooke gladstone, have most and managing editor of wnyc's on the media discusses her book, the trouble with reality in which she looks at what constitutes reality today and how that criteria has changed over the years. >> i set up at the beginning of the book our biological wiring and i wanted to show how we have evolved a culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge us, certainly not to contradict us. it gave us the illusion that our realities were watertight when really they were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's human day -- q and a. alive at the center for strategic and international studies in washington, for look at u.s.-china relations, looking at military issues and competing interests in the pacific region. we will hear from specialist from the u.s. and china. it is set to begin, shortly. the issue of north korea is front and center at the head of nations, yesterday. the two sides are growing further apart as they are approach -- as they approach concerns -- the u.s. ambassador nikki haley warn

. >> brooke gladstone, cohost and managing editor of wnyc's "on the media.""e discussed that her book, the trouble with reality." up at the beginning of the book our biological wiring. i wanted to show how we had evolved a culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge us. certainly not to contradict us. it gave us the illusion that our realities were watertight, when really they were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. next, scholars discuss the demands of american patriotism in a free society. from princeton university, this was moderated by bill crystal. it is an hour and 45 minutes. two hours.y >> i'm bill kristol, welcome to the second day of this excellent conference on a worthy life. finding meaning in america which is centered and many of the panelists follow from the lifelong work on this topic and 70 different aspects of leon and amy. how panel is on the -- shall we think about america's patriotism? i am going to get out of the way and let our very distinguished panelists who need no od

. >> brook gladstone co-host and managing editor of wnyc's on the media. she discusses her book whereby the trouble with reality in which she looks at what constitutes reality today and how that criteria has changed over the years. >> i said at the beginning of the book our bilological wiring. and i wanted to show how we had evolved a culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge us, certainly not to contradict us. it gave us the illusion that our realities were watertight when really they were riddled with weak spots and

. >> brooke gladstone, cohost and wnyc's "onitor of the media." she discusses her book "the trouble with reality. in which she looks at what constitutes reality today and how that criteria has changed over the years. ofi said at the beginning the book that our biological wiring and i wanted to show how we had evolved a culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge us. certainly, not to contradict us. it gave us the illusion that our realities were watertight when really they were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. 8:00 p.m.night, at eastern on c-span's "q&a." yesterday, g 20 leaders from metworld's top 20 nations in hamburg, germany. among the leaders, president donald trump and russian president latimer. the two met for the first time since president trump's election. this meeting comes after months of congressional hearings examining russia's alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election. here is a look at the leaders after a photo.

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. >> brooke limestone. ms. gladstone discusses her book, the trouble with reality. she looks at what constitutes reality today and how that criteria has changed over the years. >> i set up at the beginning of the book, our biological wiring. i wanted to show how we have involved a culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge us. certainly not to contradict us. he gave us the illusion that our realities were watertight when really they were riddled with weak spots in places that would crunch in. >> sunday night at 80 strain on q&a. >> this weekend on c-span three, lectures in history. university of washington. professor compares the 1950s beats an to the 1960s. >> they were veterans of the great depression. the hippies for the optimistic children of the baby boom generation and the rising of the postconsumer world. >> 30 years ago oliver north appeared before the house and senate committees investigating the iran contra affair. >> american people are not to be believed by the way you are asking that question. are you intentionally deceiving the ameri