[1] Early in his career, Harris was a stand-up comedian who appeared in numerous comedy clubs, and he has spoken at over 200 colleges.
[citation needed] He was also the morning drive-time host on the Working Assets attempt at explicitly liberal talk radio, RadioForChange.com, and wrote online political columns for Mother Jones magazine.
Million Dollar Masters tournament in 2002, participation in a million-dollar-winning team on Greed in 2000 (winning $200,000 for himself),[3] and a successful $250,000 phone-a-friend answer for a contestant on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
Harris's fourth book, The International Bank of Bob: Connecting Our Worlds One $25 Kiva Loan at a Time, for Bloomsbury Publishing, was released on March 5, 2013.
On returning home, Harris used the proceeds from his luxury assignments to fund thousands of small loans in developing nations, mostly through the microfinance organization Kiva.
[8][9] In the wake of publication, more than 2,400 readers and supporters have joined a Kiva lending team called Friends of Bob Harris, making approximately 250,000 loans totaling more than $10.5 million to help fund small businesses in over 100 countries (as of February, 2022).