Bob Garfield

Bob Garfield appears in the following:

The Secret Chats of the Alt-Right

Friday, March 22, 2019

A data scrape reveals what members of the alt-right are saying when nobody is looking. 

Millionaires Funded by Billionaires

Friday, March 15, 2019

The economist who excoriated billionaires at Davos and his case for Universal Basic Income.

The Messaging War on Universal Healthcare

Friday, March 15, 2019

Polls show growing support for "Medicare for All." But over the past century, the idea of the policy has been tied to a messaging war over socialism.

The Bias Against Change and Medicare for All

Friday, March 15, 2019

On the messaging for and against an healthcare overhaul.

'Meritocracy' Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means

Friday, March 15, 2019

The college admissions bribery scandal has been said to undermine 'the myth of meritocracy' — but meritocracy was coined as satire, not truth.

Tucker Was Tucker All Along

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Will Fox News darling Tucker Carlson have to pay a price for newly unearthed despicable comments from his past? Eh, probably not.

The Obama Presidential Center Will Curate Its Own Story

Friday, March 08, 2019

The National Archives curates most presidential libraries. The Obama library is taking a different path.

The Secret Surveillance of Journalists and Activists at the Border

Friday, March 08, 2019

A leaked database tells a dark story of border paranoia.

Separate and Unequal

Friday, March 08, 2019

The history of Plessy v. Ferguson and the American path from enslavement to segregation.

Like Mobsters From The Movies

Friday, March 01, 2019

Brooke and Bob reflect on the movie tropes embedded in Michael Cohen's testimony.

The Perils of Laundering Hot Takes Through History

Friday, March 01, 2019

How history and academic scholarship have gotten in the way of understanding the Trump presidency.

Video Game Champs and Venture Capitalists

Friday, February 22, 2019

Venture capitalists and professional esports players converge at New York City's hottest club.

Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Gender and Politics Edition

Friday, February 15, 2019

What to watch for — and ignore — in the press's coverage of women running for office. 

The Commercialization of Black History Month

Friday, February 15, 2019

Have the radical roots of this commemorative month given way to farce and corporate interests?

A Century of Free Speech

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Where do our modern notions of free speech come from? A new book goes back to 1919.

A Former Zuckerberg Mentor Pushes Back

Friday, February 08, 2019

How Roger McNamee became one of Facebook's fiercest critics.

How a Green New Deal Re-Frames the Climate

Friday, February 08, 2019

The Green New Deal marks a new scale, and new urgency, for climate solutions.

Will Facebook's New "Supreme Court" Work?

Friday, February 08, 2019

Bob shares his concerns with a Facebook rep.

Remembering The Godfathers of Column Reporting

Friday, February 08, 2019

A new documentary about legendary reporters Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill.

The Shameful History of US Intervention in Latin America

Friday, February 01, 2019

Venezuela may be the latest in a long string of botched invasions and coups throughout the region.