Media visionary Bob Garfield helps organizations navigate disruption with wit, insight, and decades of experience from NPR, ABC, and The Guardian.
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That’s truly been the most engaged our group has ever been with a guest speaker.
Kurt Vanderah
SocialMedia.org
Renowned media critic, bestselling author, and global keynote speaker, Bob Garfield delivers razor-sharp insight, biting humor, and decades of frontline experience to help organizations navigate disruption, misinformation, and rapid change. With a career spanning NPR, Advertising Age, and global stages, he empowers audiences to rethink communication, rebuild trust, and lead with clarity in a fractured media landscape.
Keynote Speaker Bob Garfield is a renowned media analyst, author, and cultural commentator with decades of experience shaping public discourse around journalism, advertising, and political communication. Best known as the longtime co-host of NPR’s On the Media and the voice behind The Genius Dialogues and Lexicon Valley podcasts, Garfield is an authority on how organizations can navigate disruption in a media-saturated world.
With a sharp, satirical edge and a deep understanding of media ecosystems, Bob Garfield brings powerful insight into the forces that shape public perception, influence consumer behavior, and fuel political polarization. For 25 years, he penned the influential AdReview column in Advertising Age, impacting how brands, agencies, and marketers engage with audiences. He’s also the author of multiple critically acclaimed books, including The Chaos Scenario, which foresaw the implosion of legacy media and offered a roadmap for survival in the digital age.
Book Bob Garfield for your event if you want a speaker who combines intellectual rigor with humor, honesty, and real-world relevance. His keynotes are ideal for organizations seeking to understand how misinformation, fragmented narratives, and rapid technological change affect business strategy, leadership, and communication.
Whether addressing C-suites, marketing teams, or media professionals, Keynote Speaker Bob Garfield delivers thought-provoking, actionable content that helps organizations lead with clarity, integrity, and confidence in today’s chaotic communication landscape.
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That’s truly been the most engaged our group has ever been with a guest speaker.
Kurt Vanderah SocialMedia.org
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Please accept the thanks of a grateful nation for your wonderful presentation on Tuesday morning. Our informal surveys suggest that you are — BY FAR — the most popular speaker the FTC has ever had.
Federal Trade Commission Future of News Workshop
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“Your presentation … was the Silver Bullet of commencement speeches. You heartened and frightened all of us and immortalized yourself. Spectacular job.”
University of Michigan School of Art & Design
Keynote by Bob Garfield:
Ruggedly Jewish is an abridged version of Bob’s 90-minute touring theatrical show, updated for the world’s current political environment. It is a very funny personal exploration of a secular Jew’s relationship to his religion. It is also a very ominous and poignant exploration into universal questions of identity in the midst of rising global rightwing extremism. Audiences laugh and laugh until they quake in apprehension and then, finally, muse on how to be at peace with themselves. It is an odyssey, indeed.
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