Bob Garfield

Bob Garfield appears in the following:

The Checkered History of "Deradicalization"

Friday, February 19, 2021

Who decides what is "extreme"? 

How Rush Limbaugh Paved The Way For Trump REBROADCAST

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

And transformed the GOP.

Is Fox News Guilty of Incitement?

Friday, February 05, 2021

Probably not. 

Deplatforming Fox News

Friday, February 05, 2021

A growing chorus of journalists and activists want to see Fox taken off the air.

The Fairness Doctrine Won't Fix Fox

Friday, February 05, 2021

Why the 20th-century regulation could be a tool for illiberalism. 

Twenty Years of On The Media

Friday, January 22, 2021

Bob and Brooke reflect on two decades worth of shows.

The Shepard Tone Turns Off

Friday, January 22, 2021

After four plus years, a (short-lived) reprieve.

The Zello Tapes: The Walkie-Talkie App Used During The Insurrection

Friday, January 15, 2021

Listen to recordings from an insurrectionist as she stormed the Capitol.

Follow The (Lack of) Money

Friday, January 15, 2021

How financial sanctions for anti-democratic plots and insurrectionist violence might — or might not — work. 

The Great Deplatforming

Friday, January 15, 2021

After years of incitement, Donald Trump lost his digital megaphone.

Why Appeasement Won't Work This Time Around

Friday, January 08, 2021

Compromise didn't work after the Civil War. It won't work this time, either.

What Do We Call This?

Friday, January 08, 2021

On Wednesday, as law enforcement struggled to respond, journalists struggled for words. 

The Dark Familiarity of Trump's Lost Cause

Friday, January 08, 2021

How Trump and his followers are using the tactics and symbols of the "Lost Cause" to establish influence in defeat.

For Cities, Does Density Mean Coronavirus Destiny?

Friday, January 01, 2021

Instinctive anti-urbanism in coronavirus coverage has a long history in America.

Body Meets World

Friday, January 01, 2021

As the pandemic forces us to renegotiate our relationship with the built world, we look to past pandemics and the work of disability rights advocates for guidance.

A Brief History of Timekeeping

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

2020 is over. But is it really?

The Year Of The Virus

Friday, December 25, 2020

Brooke and Bob revisit some essential lessons from a year of reporting on the pandemic.

The Year Of The Right

Friday, December 25, 2020

Brooke and Bob reflect on lessons learned from covering the right's anti-majoritarianism drift.

The Year Of The Uprising

Friday, December 25, 2020

Brooke and Bob reflect on essential lessons learned about 2020's protests for racial justice. 

Another Front In The War On Facebook

Friday, December 18, 2020

The Real Facebook Oversight Board's fight to address harms not covered by antitrust law.