Bully Pulpit (the podcast) is no more: Bob Garfield signs off

https://bullypulpit.substack.com/p/off-the-air

Audio: https://substackcdn.com/public/audio/f917b17c-ad12-4861-9c94-6731e5af8abc.mpga

The episode is a recap of Garfield's career, including a few highlights from his OTM days which I remember well.

For the textuallly-inclined:

[D]ue to certain circumstances, situations, events, misfortunes and all kinds of converging mishegas (some highly juicy details forthcoming), but the bottom line is: Bully Pulpit, the Podcast, is dead.

https://bullypulpit.substack.com/p/some-personal-news

Not that the blog Bully Pulpit will in fact continue.

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Off the Air

Listen now | Bob Garfield has cast broadly and podly for a long time ... and now for the last time.

May You Suffer for Your Crimes

We all know who did this.

Bob promised good faith arguments. He promised never to become “a spasm of id.”

Then they massacred the children. Again.

Bob channels his anger. There's plenty to go 'round. And plenty needed.

https://bullypulpit.substack.com/p/may-you-suffer-for-your-crimes

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May You Suffer for Your Crimes

Listen now | We all know who did this.

The 60-Year Coup, Part 2

Part 2 of Bob’s conversation with author Anne Nelson about the Council for National Policy, which has spent decades exploiting bugs in the system to gain minority control of our politics — and our future.

Audio: https://cdn.substack.com/public/audio/876a48a0-7378-4384-9b57-5ef6f8cc6f80.mpga

Nelson's book is Shadow network : media, money, and the secret hub of the radical right

Presents a look at the forty-year history of the Council for National Policy, a politically conservative coalition which raises and channels money, provides strategic advice, and enlists voter participation in support of its conservative, right wing agenda.

https://www.worldcat.org/title/shadow-network-media-money-and-the-secret-hub-of-the-radical-right/oclc/1251928457

https://www.booksmartstudios.org/p/the-60-year-coup-part-2

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The 60-Year Coup, Part 2

Listen now | How a narcissistic ignoramus stooge of a president animated the final assault on democracy.

The 60-Year Coup, Part 1 [audio]

The slow, steady and successful subversion of American democracy.

https://www.booksmartstudios.org/p/the-60-year-coup-part-1

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The 60-Year Coup, Part 1

Listen now | The Slow, Steady and Successful Subversion of American Democracy

The Outsider: On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, what story is being told?

Bob speaks with “The Outsider” co-director Steve Rosenbaum about his film documenting the fraught creation of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.

Audio: https://cdn.substack.com/public/audio/94516618-c4f4-43e9-8304-c4e9a81e4f5b.mpga?post_id=41158256 (mgpa)

https://www.booksmartstudios.org/p/the-outsider

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The Outsider

Listen now | On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, what story is being told?

BULLY PULPIT: Lock 'em Up!

As Covid tears through the South, the Twitterverse and Bob are sick of hearing about “personal responsibility.” They want the law to come down hard on those responsible. Red-state governors, beware.

https://www.booksmartstudios.org/p/bully-pulpit-lock-em-up

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Lock 'em Up!

As Covid tears through the South, the Twitterverse and Bob are sick of hearing about “personal responsibility.” They want the law to come down hard on those responsible. Red-state governors, beware.

It Wasn't Me, It Was My Dog

Bob talks with Princeton scholar Orestis Papakyriakopoulos about the social media titan’s latest assault on transparency, and the all-too-familiar blame-shifting that followed it. That has become standard operating procedure from a company Bob describes as “amoral, except when it’s immoral.”

https://www.booksmartstudios.org/p/bully-pulpit-ep-4-it-wasnt-me-it

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It Wasn't Me. It Was My Dog.

Facebook shuts down independent researchers and falsely blames the government.

Things That Fall

Bully Pulpit, Episode 1

Bully Pulpit is a podcast about politics, media, culture and society based on four simple principles: observation, argument, narrative and honesty. It should also go without saying that the interviews, essays and pieces will hinge on evidence — as opposed to the asinine and dangerous political currents that favor sentiments and full-on delusions over facts. Indeed, I don’t invoke Sturm und Drang lightly, because that was the name of the intellectual and artistic movement of the late 1700s that privileged sentiment over reason, rejecting Rationalist rigor in favor of human emotion. (Thanks for nothing Jean-Jacques Rousseau.) And as long as we’re doing historical shoutouts, let me also offer a Rough Rider-hat tip to Theodore Roosevelt, the pioneer of Progressivism, who is my spirit guide in this enterprise.

An introduction and preview of the programme, though it's awfully nice to hear Bob's voice again.

https://www.booksmartstudios.org/p/bully-pulpit-with-bob-garfield

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Things That Fall

Look who’s got a bully pulpit!

Introducing Bully Pulpit with Bob Garfield

First ep of the new podcast from veteran media analyst Bob Garfield drops tomorrow.

Bully Pulpit is a wry and pointed take on politics, media and society from longtime public radio personality Bob Garfield. His astute cultural criticism, infused with wit and humor, has earned him many prestigious journalism awards, as well as praise such as “very brave” and “national treasure.”

"We don't consider argumentative to be an insult, we consider it to be an art form."

https://www.booksmartstudios.org/p/introducing-bully-pulpit-with-bob

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Trailer with Host Bob Garfield

Listen now | Click play to hear the trailer for the new Bully Pulpit, coming soon from Booksmart Studios!

"On The Media" Co-Host Bob Garfield Fired Over Bullying Complaints

New York Public Radio has fired On The Media co-host Bob Garfield for a “pattern of behavior that violated New York Public Radio’s anti-bullying policy,” the organization said Monday, the latest in a series of high-profile dismissals at the public radio powerhouse over the past four years.

Garfield’s termination follows two investigations into his conduct. The first, an internal investigation conducted last year, “resulted in disciplinary action, a warning about the potential consequences if the behavior continued, and a meaningful opportunity to correct it,” New York Public Radio said in a statement. The organization said a second, more recent outside probe found Garfield had again violated the anti-bullying policy. ...

https://gothamist.com/news/media-host-bob-garfield-fired-over-bullying-complaints

As a long time fan of the programme, and Bob, I'm shocked.

And not in the Casablanca sense.

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'On The Media' Co-Host Bob Garfield Fired Over Bullying Complaints

Garfield's co-host Brooke Gladstone will continue to host the show, according to New York Public Radio.