Bob Garfield

Experiments in distracting those veering in the direction of ideological violence.

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

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

Probably not. 

Bob and Brooke reflect on two decades worth of shows.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

The antitrust case against Facebook.