Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.

On this, our 291st episode, our returning guest is Ash Burgess.

You first heard Ash Burgess on Episode 16, Episode 26, Episode 27, Episode 39, Episode 58, Episode 63, Episode 77, Episode 86, Episode 91, Episode 100, Episode 124, Episode 130, Episode 136, Episode 142, Episode 143, Episode 148, Episode 151, Episode 154, Episode 165, Episode 176, Episode 184, Episode 191, Episode 196, Episode 198, Episode 203, Episode 209, Episode 214, Episode 219, Episode 222, Episode 228, Episode 231, Episode 238, Episode 239, Episode 246, Episode 253, Episode 257, Episode 269, Episode 272, Episode 276, Episode 287 and Episode 290.

Additionally, and Episode 82 and Episode 216 which also featured regular guest Jonathan Fowler of the podcast.

Ash Burgess has a dusty degree in Religious Studies and an appetite for both high and low culture. She strives to celebrate the best of every season with her young children.

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Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.

On this our 290th episode our returning guest is Ash Burgess.

You first heard Ash Burgess on Episode 16, Episode 26, Episode 27, Episode 39, Episode 58, Episode 63, Episode 77, Episode 86, Episode 91, Episode 100, Episode 124, Episode 130, Episode 136, Episode 142, Episode 143, Episode 148, Episode 151, Episode 154, Episode 165, Episode 176, Episode 184, Episode 191, Episode 196, Episode 198, Episode 203, Episode 209, Episode 214, Episode 219, Episode 222, Episode 228, Episode 231, Episode 238, Episode 239, Episode 246, Episode 253, Episode 257, Episode 269, Episode 272, Episode 276 and Episode 287.

Additionally, and Episode 82 and Episode 216 which also featured regular guest Jonathan Fowler of the podcast.

Ash Burgess has a dusty degree in Religious Studies and an appetite for both high and low culture. She strives to celebrate the best of every season with her young children.

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Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.

On this our 289th episode, our guest is Ken W. Good.

Ken W. Good graduated from Hardin Simmons University in 1982 with a bachelor of arts degree. He received a master of education degree in 1986 from Tarleton State University, a part of the Texas A&M System. In 1989, he received his law degree from Texas Tech School of Law, where he was a member of the Texas Tech Law Review. He has argued cases before the Supreme Court of Texas and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, along with numerous courts of appeals, including the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He is the author of "Good’s on Bail," a practice guide created for bail industry professionals. In addition, he has written numerous articles on the subject of bail reform, including, “What Successful Bail Reform Looks Like.” He is married and has two daughters.

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Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.

On this our 288th episode, our guest is Robbie Bach.

Robbie Bach is a bestselling author and former tech executive who helped lead Microsoft through some of its most dynamic years. As the Chief Xbox Officer, he spearheaded the creation of the iconic Xbox and Xbox 360. After retiring from Microsoft, he shifted his focus to philanthropy, civic advocacy and storytelling.

Robbie Bach joined Microsoft in 1988. Over the next 22 years, he worked in various marketing, general management and business leadership roles, including supporting the successful launch and expansion of Microsoft Office. As Chief Xbox Officer, he led the creation and development of the Xbox business, including the launch of the Xbox and its highly popular successor, the Xbox 360. He retired from Microsoft as the president of the Entertainment and Devices Division in 2010. In his new role as a civic engineer, Robbie works with corporate, philanthropic and civic organizations that are driving positive change in our communities. He guest lectures extensively at various colleges and universities and speaks to corporate, civic and trade association audiences across the country. In 2015, he published his first book, “Xbox Revisited: A Game Plan for Corporate and Civic Renewal.” His debut novel featuring Tamika Smith, “The Wilkes Insurrection,” was published in 2021. He is the former chairman and current board member at the Bipartisan Policy Center. He serves on the national board of governors for Boys and Girls Clubs of America and was the chairman of that board from 2009 to 2011. He is also a board member for Habitat for Humanity International and Genius Sports. He previously served as a board member of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, Sonos, Brooks Running Company, the Space Needle, Magic Leap and Year Up Puget Sound. He is the co-owner of Manini’s, a company specializing in gluten-free foods. He was an Arjay Miller Scholar at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he earned his MBA, and a Morehead Scholar at the University of North Carolina, where he earned his degree in economics. He and his wife, Pauline, reside in Washington state, with their yellow lab, Roscoe. They have three grown children and two grandchildren.

His first novel, “The Wilkes Insurrection,” introduced readers to Senator Tamika Smith in a high-stakes battle against a domestic terror conspiracy. In his latest novel, “The Blockchain Syndicate,” Bach continues the gripping saga as Tamika faces a cryptic criminal syndicate threatening America’s financial and political foundations.

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Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.

On this our 287th episode our returning guest is Ash Burgess.

You first heard Ash Burgess on Episode 16, Episode 26, Episode 27, Episode 39, Episode 58, Episode 63, Episode 77, Episode 86, Episode 91, Episode 100, Episode 124, Episode 130, Episode 136, Episode 142, Episode 143, Episode 148, Episode 151, Episode 154, Episode 165, Episode 176, Episode 184, Episode 191, Episode 196, Episode 198, Episode 203, Episode 209, Episode 214, Episode 219, Episode 222, Episode 228, Episode 231, Episode 238, Episode 239, Episode 246, Episode 253, Episode 257, Episode 269, Episode 272 and Episode 276.

Additionally, and Episode 82 and Episode 216 which also featured regular guest Jonathan Fowler of the podcast.

Ash Burgess has a dusty degree in Religious Studies and an appetite for both high and low culture. She strives to celebrate the best of every season with her young children.

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Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.

On this our 286th episode, our returning guest is… me!

I have done around two dozen previous solo episodes of this podcast:

Episode 41 - Rob Burgess

Episode 62 - Rob Burgess [II]

Episode 84 - Rob Burgess [III]

Episode 100 - Rob Burgess and Ash Burgess

Episode 117 - Rob Burgess [IV]

Episode 131 - Rob Burgess [V]

Episode 135 - Rob Burgess [VI]

Episode 182 - Rob Burgess [VII]

Episode 189 - Rob Burgess [VIII]

Episode 194 - Rob Burgess [IX]

Episode 200 - Rob Burgess [X]

Episode 205 - Rob Burgess [XI]

Episode 215 - Rob Burgess [XII]

Episode 220 - Rob Burgess [XIII]

Episode 226 - Rob Burgess [XIV]

Episode 230 - Rob Burgess [XV]

Episode 243 - Rob Burgess [XVI]

Episode 252 - Rob Burgess [XVII]

Episode 265 - Rob Burgess [XVIII]

Episode 267 - Rob Burgess [XIX]

Episode 279 - Rob Burgess [XX]

Episode 280 - Rob Burgess [XXI]

Episode 282 - Rob Burgess [XXII]

I am a 35-time award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in print, radio, online and television. I am currently a Reporter for Financial Planning Magazine. Most recently, I was Technology Reporter for Wealth Management Magazine; Editor of the Wabash Plain Dealer; News Editor of NUVO; Managing Editor of the Indiana Lawyer; and City Editor, Opinion Page Editor and Editorial Board Member of the Kokomo Tribune. I was also a reporter at WFHB, the Times-Mail, The Reporter-Times, Ukiah Daily Journal and Ukiah Valley Television.

Oh yeah, and I’m also the proprietor of the podcast, The Rob Burgess Show.

A quick programming note: Most of this episode features me playing my ukulele and singing, something I also did on Episode 282. I did also sing and play guitar near the end of Episode 258 featuring my friend, Mark Rohrer.

Here are the songs you'll hear me cover on this episode, which was recorded live on the evening of Oct. 29, 2025 at Spot 21 on Fremont Street in Las Vegas:

“Bad Minor Moon Rising” - Creedence Clearwater Revival (minor key version of “Bad Moon Rising”)

“The Ballad of John and Yoko” by The Beatles

“Brand New Key” - Melanie

“Cracklin' Rosie” - Neil Diamond

“Crazy” - Gnarls Barkley

“Dancing In The Dark” - Bruce Springsteen

“Down On The Corner” - Creedence Clearwater Revival

“Have You Ever Seen The Rain?” - Creedence Clearwater Revival

“Hometown Blues” - Steve Earle

“I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)” - Louis Prima and Phil Harris

“Illegal Smile” - John Prine

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Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.

On this our 285th episode, our returning guest is Jonathan Fowler.

Jonathan is the all-time most frequent guest of The Rob Burgess Show.

You first heard Jonathan Fowler on Episode 2, Episode 10, Episode 20, Episode 21, Episode 29, Episode 30, Episode 31, Episode 32, Episode 34, Episode 35, Episode 43, Episode 48, Episode 51, Episode 56, Episode 64, Episode 74, Episode 83, Episode 92, Episode 102, Episode 103, Episode 104, Episode 105, Episode 106, Episode 107, Episode 108, Episode 109, Episode 111, Episode 114, Episode 115, Episode 116, Episode 119, Episode 126, Episode 127, Episode 133, Episode 137, Episode 140, Episode 146, Episode 147, Episode 149. Episode 153, Episode 156, Episode 158, Episode 160, Episode 162, Episode 164, Episode 167, Episode 168, Episode 169, Episode 172, Episode 173, Episode 174, Episode 179, Episode 180, Episode 181, Episode 185, Episode 236, Episode 247, Episode 249, Episode 251, Episode 261, Episode 264, Episode 270, Episode. 277 and Episode 281.

And on Episode 82 and Episode 216, Jonathan was a guest along with fellow regular guest Ash Burgess.

Jonathan graduated with a BA in history from Indiana University in 2006. He is an unabashed left-wing political junkie. He has lived and worked in South Korea for over a decade.

A quick programming note: In this episode, Jonathan and I discuss his family's land, which they purchased from Van Sanders. I discussed Van Sanders and his relation to Mitchell, Indiana extensively in Episode 280.

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Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.

On this our 284th episode, our guest is Martha C. Lawrence.

A former editor at Simon & Schuster and Harcourt, Martha C. Lawrence has shaped the voices of some of the world’s most successful thought leaders. As executive editor at Blanchard, she has collaborated with Ken Blanchard for more than 20 years, including on “Trust Works!,” winner of the San Diego Book Award. Her editing credits include multi-million-copy bestsellers and no. 1 New York Times titles. She is also the author of an Edgar, Anthony, Agatha and Shamus-nominated mystery series featuring private investigator Elizabeth Chase. Martha holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and studied creative writing at The New School in New York City. She was a founding faculty member of The La Jolla Writers Conference and has been a book reviewer for The San Diego Union-Tribune. Outside of her professional life, she is an avid hiker and long-time yoga practitioner. She lives in Escondido, California, with her partner and a full contingent of backyard wildlife. Lawrence is passionate about leadership, storytelling and capturing legacies that matter. Learn more at marthalawrence.com.

Her new book, “Catch People Doing Things Right: How Ken Blanchard Changed the Way the World Leads,” will be published by Berrett–Koehler Publishers on Oct. 21.

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Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.

On this our 283rd episode, our guest is Steve Schlam.

Steve Schlam first gained entrance to the “City of Words” through the doors of the public library in Brooklyn, New York, where he was born and spent a good portion of his childhood, and has maintained his residency ever since while living in cities and towns across the U.S.A. and in Mexico. An actor as well as an author, he has performed on stages in all the places he has called home, and earned an MA degree in Creative Writing under the tutelage of Joseph Heller, renowned author of “Catch-22.” His

debut novel, “The Harvesting of Haystacks Kane,” published in 2024, was longlisted for the Bath Novel Award and the Disquiet International Prize for Fiction. He lives now in sunny Southern California in a pretty little Craftsman house with lemons and tangelos growing in the backyard, in the company of his wife, Liora.

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Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.

On this our 282nd episode, our returning guest is… me!

I have done nearly two dozen previous solo episodes of this podcast.

Episode 41 - Rob Burgess

Episode 62 - Rob Burgess [II]

Episode 84 - Rob Burgess [III]

Episode 100 - Rob Burgess and Ash Burgess

Episode 117 - Rob Burgess [IV]

Episode 131 - Rob Burgess [V]

Episode 135 - Rob Burgess [VI]

Episode 182 - Rob Burgess [VII]

Episode 189 - Rob Burgess [VIII]

Episode 194 - Rob Burgess [IX]

Episode 200 - Rob Burgess [X]

Episode 205 - Rob Burgess [XI]

Episode 215 - Rob Burgess [XII]

Episode 220 - Rob Burgess [XIII]

Episode 226 - Rob Burgess [XIV]

Episode 230 - Rob Burgess [XV]

Episode 243 - Rob Burgess [XVI]

Episode 252 - Rob Burgess [XVII]

Episode 265 - Rob Burgess [XVIII]

Episode 267 - Rob Burgess [XIX]

Episode 279 - Rob Burgess [XX]

Episode 280 - Rob Burgess [XXI]

I am a 35-time award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in print, radio, online and television. I am currently a Reporter for Financial Planning Magazine. Most recently, I was Technology Reporter for Wealth Management Magazine; Editor of the Wabash Plain Dealer; News Editor of NUVO; Managing Editor of the Indiana Lawyer; and City Editor, Opinion Page Editor and Editorial Board Member of the Kokomo Tribune. I was also a reporter at WFHB, the Times-Mail, The Reporter-Times, Ukiah Daily Journal and Ukiah Valley Television.

A quick programming note: Most of this episode features me playing my ukulele and singing, something I have never done on this podcast before. However, I did sing and play guitar near the end of Episode 258 featuring my friend, Mark Rohrer.

Here are the songs you'll hear me cover on this episode, which was recorded live on the afternoon of Sept. 10, 2025 at the Balboa Pier in Newport Beach, California:

The Rolling Stones - “Dead Flowers”

Johnny Cash - “Ring of Fire”

Nancy Sinatra - “These Boots Were Made For Walkin'”

Chuck Berry - “You Never Can Tell”

Taylor Swift - “Shake It Off”

Jimmy Buffet - “Margaritaville”

Jimmie Rodgers - “In The Jailhouse Now”

Survivor - “Eye of the Tiger”

Old Crow Medicine Show - “Wagon Wheel”

The Beatles - “The Ballad of John and Yoko”

Oasis - “Wonderwall”

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