Speaking

I always enjoy talking about my work – and welcome any inquiries about having me visit as a speaker.

I’m represented by the BrightSight Group if interested in having me speak at your event. Please contact tom@brightsightgroup.com. Or I can be reached at garyrivlin@gmail.com

With a quick wit and a knack for insight, Gary Rivlin illuminates new perspectives on complex policy issues. He tells engaging tales from his journey exploring the underbelly of our economy.

New America Foundation’s Reid Cramer

You were the highlight of our conference.

Kate Little after I gave a keynote at a housing conference she organized in Atlanta

Here I’m talking with Terry Gross of “Fresh Air”:

Turning Poverty Into a Multibillion Dollar Business

Here I’m speaking with Dave Davies of “Fresh Air”:

Nearly Three Years After Dodd-Frank, Reforms Happen Slowly

And here I’m talking to New York Times book editor, Pamela Paul, about KATRINA: After the Flood

Gary Rivlin’s ‘Katrina: After the Flood’

A virtual talk I gave about my book,
Saving Main Street, in 2022

Here’s a talk I gave that was first broadcast on CSPAN on August 29, 2015, which was the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. I also was a featured speaker that day at Rising Tide X, an annual conference about the future of New Orleans.

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I gave around 20 speeches about the poverty industry in the years after publishing my book, BROKE, USA, including a talk at the Federal Reserve and Notre Dame’s Center for Social Concerns. Here I’m speaking at the Cleveland City Club.

Cleveland City Club

Here I’m giving a talk at the New America Foundation in Washington, DC