Journalist, Commentator & Author; Host of "Bully Pulpit" & Former Co-Host of "On the Media"
Bob Garfield Biography
For 45 years, Bob Garfield made a career in newspapers, magazines, and national radio and television, including 20 years as co-host of public radio’s weekly, Peabody Award-winning "On the Media". He is the author of the Substack media, politics, and culture blog "Bully Pulpit"; co-host of Booksmart Studios’ "Lexicon Valley"; and Amazon Channels’ "The Genius Dialogues". Until Covid struck, he toured nationally with his one-man show, Ruggedly Jewish.
A heroic multimediocrity, Garfield has been a columnist or contributing editor for the Washington Post Magazine, The Guardian, Advertising Age, Civilization, and USA Today. He has also written for The New York Times, Playboy, Atlantic, Sports Illustrated, and Wired, among others, and been employed variously by ABC, CBS, CNBC, and the defunct FNN as an on-air analyst. As a lecturer and panelist, he has appeared in 37 countries on six continents – including such venues as the Kennedy Center, Ryman Auditorium, the U.S. Capitol, the Rainbow Room, and the United Nations (twice). He wrote an episode of the short-lived NBC sitcom "Sweet Surrender" and co-wrote a song recorded by Willie Nelson.
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Bob Garfield Speaking Topics
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Ruggedly Jewish: An Odyssey of Identity
"Ruggedly Jewish," a touring one-man stage show converted to a 35-minute PowerPoint. This odyssey is a funny, poignant, horrifying, and ultimately profound exploration of Bob's dubious Jewishness. It is extremely personal, yet elevated by the universal. Amid the sharp rise in naked anti-semitism and violence, the very elements of his life that generate laughs in the first 15 minutes power an unforgettable denouement.
Bob Garfield Videos
The Influencer with Bob Garfield - YouTube
New phone, who dis?Tonight at 9pm EDT is the soft launch of the next chapter of my delusions of grandeur to reinvent the variety show in the ...
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