Bob Garfield

Online ad-blocking software doesn't just remove advertisements from screens -- it also endangers the internet.

Human rights groups say the Dominican Republic’s new policy toward those of Haitian descent is unfair. A Dominican journalist says the press there is mostly in 'denial' about the charge.

A new Google product lets you support websites by bidding for their ad space. But is it a way to give users choice, or another way for Google to expand control over your web experience?

DuckDuckGo, a search engine that doesn't collect your personal information, surges in popularity in the wake of the Snowden revelations.

The media has been clamoring to understand what Donald Trump's "surge" in the polls means for the election. According to Bob it means one thing: the media is really bad with polls.

Greece's financial house is in ruins, they're destroying the Eurozone, and it's all their fault. Or not.

In 1982, Lindy Chamberlain was falsely convicted of murdering her 9 week old infant daughter, and her cry for help became a global punch line. 

Comedian Yakov Smirnoff on performing in the Soviet Union, where comics had to submit jokes to a Department of Humor for approval.

NASA's archives faced technological extinction, until a series of happy accidents allowed Keith Cowing to rescue the iconic photograph, Earthrise.

Four decades after he co-developed one of the protocols that made the internet a reality, Vint Cerf is worried about our digital future.

Rocky Rawlins created the Survivor Library in preparation for a solar flare taking us back to a pre-digital age.

Myths abound about the Supreme Court's imminent ruling on the Affordable Care Act.   

Bob raises an eyebrow at the perennial non-denial denial of climate change. 

A home-grown cartoon character named Abdullah-X is the face of a grassroots approach to anti-extremism.

Bob takes a tour of an exhibit that lets him soar like bird, visit a refugee camp in Syria, and smell Goldilocks' porridge. 

Once called the "library provision," Section 215 of the Patriot Act forced libraries to become headliners in the battle waged to protect American freedoms. 

The police are involved in shootings every single day, but the headlines often obscure their role in violent incidents. 

The author of a story about an inflammatory report from Colombia explains why he wishes his reporting never got picked up by outside news outlets. 

Ultimately, our assumption that the Patriot Act is at the center of our nation's struggle between privacy and security...may not be true. 

A mere six weeks after 9/11, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed. Brooke and Bob relive the act's conception amid a climate of fear, confusion, and deceit.