Bob Garfield appears in the following:
Climate Change, Coronavirus and the Problem of Shifting Baselines
Friday, July 17, 2020
Our incredible ability to adapt to new circumstances may be hurting our attempts to mitigate climate change.
Traffic Jams On The Information Superhighway
Friday, July 17, 2020
Technological antiquities are bogging down our pandemic response.
Sorry Not Sorry
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Tucker Carlson gave a 'sorry not sorry' on-air apology after his head writer was fired for posting racist, sexist and misogynist messages online.
United States of Conspiracy
Wednesday, July 01, 2020
Dot-connecting throughout history, from the fringes to the White House.
What "Running From Cops" Learned From "Cops"
Friday, June 26, 2020
And what "Cops" reveals about our fascination with punishment.
The President's Comprehensive Assault on Accountability
Friday, June 26, 2020
More removals of more watchdogs. What happens now?
Understanding the Social Movement Cycle
Friday, June 19, 2020
When a social movement recedes from view, it isn't necessarily gone. How understanding the patterns of social movements tells us what to expect — and how to report on it.
Movements, Sanitized In Hindsight
Friday, June 19, 2020
Movements that seem disruptive to the public in their time can become mythologized in retrospect.
The Military Stands Up To Trump
Thursday, June 18, 2020
Generals and rank and file West Point graduates are speaking out against the Commander-in-Chief.
We Need to Talk About the Cops on TV
Friday, June 12, 2020
The mainstream conversation about law enforcement is changing. It's time to talk about the cops on TV, too.
Behind a Wall of Silence
Friday, June 12, 2020
How one investigative reporter confronts the cultural and statutory barriers to scrutiny of the police.
They Prepared for War With Antifa. Antifa Never Came.
Friday, June 12, 2020
How conspiracy theories about Antifa spread from right-wing media to towns across the country.
Why Activists Are Demanding That Cities "Defund the Police"
Friday, June 12, 2020
Organizers are asking us to imagine what seems unimaginable: a world without police.
All The Opinion That's Fit To Print?
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Editors at The New York Times have insisted that the opinion page is a space where all views all welcome. Where does that leave our values?
Trump and the Christian Persecution Complex
Wednesday, June 03, 2020
Turns out the myth of Christian persecution goes back hundreds and hundreds of years.
Twitter's Donald Trump Problem
Friday, May 29, 2020
Should Twitter just kick Trump off the platform?
Mass Grief in a Divided America
Friday, May 22, 2020
Will America mourn together when this is all over?
Obituaries Reveal Who and What We Really Care About
Friday, May 22, 2020
Decades from now, historians will turn to obituaries to understand the pandemic.
What To Say When A Loved One Shares Pandemic Disinfo
Friday, May 15, 2020
Attempting to heal the harm caused by "Plandemic" and other conspiracy theories.