The Rob Burgess Show

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 132nd episode, our returning guest is Brandon Chapman.

You first heard Brandon Chapman on Episode 14 when he appeared alongside Josh Sigler, and his first solo appearance on Episode 97.

Brandon Chapman is a sports podcaster who resides in Peru, Indiana with his wife, Abby. He graduated from IUK in May of 2018 with a B.S. in Communication with a concentration in Public Speaking. His show, “Sounding Off,” is recorded from the 1350 AM WIOU studio and drops new episodes every Sunday afternoon.

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

On this our, 131st episode, our guest is … me!

My first solo episode of this podcast was Episode 41, the second was Episode 62, the third was Episode 84, and the fourth was Episode 117. And, on Episode 100, I was joined by my wife and regular guest Ash Burgess, who interviewed me.

I am a nine-time award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in print, radio, online and television. I am currently News Editor of NUVO, where I was also a freelance reporter and photographer back in 2010 and 2011. Before that, I was Managing Editor of the Indiana Lawyer, and City Editor/Opinion Page Editor/Editorial Board Member at the Kokomo Tribune. I have previously worked as a reporter at WFHB, 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.

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

On this, our 130th 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, and Episode 82, and 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.

Follow her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/ashburgess/ and subscribe to her YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl2Bis7mhGmekVi0ZioJFOg?app=desktop

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Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 129th episode, our guest is Edward J. Watts.

Edward J. Watts holds the Alkiviadis Vassiliadis Endowed Chair and is professor of history at the University of California, San Diego. The author and editor of several prize-winning books, including The Final Pagan Generation, he lives in Carlsbad, California.

His new book, “Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell Into Tyranny,” was released last month on Basic Books.

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Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 128th episode, our returning guest is Sarah Kendzior.

You first heard Sarah Kendzior on Episode 70, Episode 80, Episode 89, Episode 99, and Episode 112.

Sarah Kendzior is best known for her reporting on St. Louis, her coverage of the 2016 election, and her academic research on authoritarian states. She is currently an op-ed columnist for the Globe and Mail and she was named by Foreign Policy as one of the “100 people you should be following on Twitter to make sense of global events.” Her reporting has been featured in many publications, including Politico, Slate, The Atlantic, Fast Company, The Chicago Tribune, TeenVogue, and The New York Times.

Her book, “The View from Flyover Country: Dispatches from the Forgotten America,” was published April 17 and is now a New York Times-bestseller.

You can listen her podcast, which she co-hosts with Andrea Chalupa, “Gaslit Nation.”

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Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 127th episode, our returning guest is Jonathan Fowler.

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, and Episode 82, also featuring fellow regular guest Ash Burgess of the podcast. 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 10 years, trying to help the citizens of that great nation, hopefully, "talk pretty one day."

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You can find more about me by visiting my website, www.thisburgess.com.If you have something to say, record a voice memo on your smartphone and send it to [email protected]. Include “voice memo” in the subject line of the email.

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 126th episode, our returning guest is Jonathan Fowler.

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, and Episode 82, also featuring fellow regular guest Ash Burgess of the podcast. 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 10 years, trying to help the citizens of that great nation, hopefully, "talk pretty one day."

One small correction to what I say later in the podcast. I mention Bob Woodward when I really meant to say Carl Bernstein.

And now, onto the show.

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

On this, our 125th episode, our returning guest is Bradley W. Hart.

Bradley W. Hart is Assistant Professor at California State University, Fresno, and a former by-fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, UK. His previous works include a co-edited volume entitled The Foundations of the British Conservative Party: Essays on Conservatism from Lord Salisbury to David Cameron (2013) and George Pitt-Rivers and the Nazis (2015).

His new book, “Hitler's American Friends: The Third Reich's Supporters in the United States,” was published this month.

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

On this, our 124th 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 and Episode 82, which also featured regular guest Jonathan Fowler of the podcast. Most recently, she was on Episode 100, in which she turned the tables and interviewed me.

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. Follow her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/ashburgess/ and subscribe to her YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl2Bis7mhGmekVi0ZioJFOg?app=desktop

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Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 123rd episode, our returning guest is Carlos Dengler. You first heard Carlos Dengler on Episode 87 and Episode 88 of the podcast. Carlos Dengler is a New York City actor, writer and musician. He has written for n+1 and Seven Stories Press and is working with Foundry Literary + Media on writing his first memoir. In 2016, Carlos wrote and performed his first one person show for the New York City International Fringe Festival called Homo Sapiens Interruptus. Later in the year, he understudied for Josh Radnor at Lincoln Center Theater in a production of the Richard Greenberg play The Babylon Line. Also in 2016, Carlos appeared as a guest musician with the Late Night with Seth Meyers band. Carlos spent the better part of the aughts, from 1997 to 2010, playing bass and keyboards with the band Interpol, which he co-founded with other band members at NYU. Recently in 2015, he received an MFA from NYU Grad Acting, in addition to a BA in Philosophy, also from NYU, back in 1999. Carlos is on Twitter as @denglercarlos and on Instagram as @carlosandresdengler. Carlos is also an avid hiker and backpacker and is currently raising money for the Fresh Air Fund, a nonprofit organization that helps inner city kids experience the outdoors. To donate to his campaign, visit his website at www.carlosdengler.com and click on the donate button. This is a very special episode of The Rob Burgess Show. At the end Carlos will read his essay, “Downtown and Gentrification: Dystopia or Enlightened Future?” published by Seven Stories Press Blog. And just before that, I'm including a snippet of a June 6, 2015 recording of the podcast Weird Adults at the Comedy Attic in Bloomington, Indiana, which I covered as a journalist during the Limestone Comedy Festival. Join The Rob Burgess Show mailing list! Go to tinyletter.com/therobburgessshow and type in your email address. Then, respond to the automatic message. I have a Patreon account, which can be found at www.patreon.com/robburgessshowpatreon. I hope you'll consider supporting in any amount. Also please make sure to comment, follow, like, subscribe, share, rate and review everywhere the podcast is available, including iTunes, YouTube, SoundCloud, Stitcher, Google Play Music, Facebook, Twitter, Internet Archive, TuneIn and RSS. The official website for the podcast is www.therobburgessshow.com. You can find more about me by visiting my website, www.thisburgess.com.If you have something to say, record a voice memo on your smartphone and send it to [email protected]. Include “voice memo” in the subject line of the email.