Bob Garfield, co-host of NPR's On the Media, is a columnist, critic, essayist, pundit, international lecturer and inveterate broadcaster. Garfield also writes "Ad Review," a TV-commercial criticism feature in Advertising Age magazine.

He has been a columnist for USA Today and contributing editor for Civilization and the Washington Post Magazine. He has also written for The New York Times, Playboy, Sports Illustrated, and many other publications.

Before becoming co-host of On The Media, he was a longtime commentator/ correspondent for NPR's All Things Considered. On television, he is the advertising analyst for ABC News. Previously, he has been an analyst or correspondent for CBS News, CNBC, PBS, and the defunct Financial News Network.