The Rob Burgess Show

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

On this our 232nd episode, our returning guest is Eli Merritt.

You first heard from Eli Merritt on Episode 229 of the podcast. A political historian at Vanderbilt, Eli Merritt has written about the dangers of demagogues to democracy for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times, Chicago Tribune, Newsday and Philadelphia Inquirer, among dozens of other news outlets. He writes a Substack newsletter called "American Commonwealth" that explores the origins of the United States’ political discontents and solutions to them. For more information, click here: https://elimerritt.substack.com/

His book, “How to Save Democracy: Advice and Inspiration from 95 World Leaders,” is a collection of 423 quotations derived from the First International Summit for Democracy and was published March 14 by Amplify Publishing Group.

And his new book, “Disunion Among Ourselves: The Perilous Politics of the American Revolution,” was published June 4 by the University of Missouri Press. For more information, click here: https://upress.missouri.edu/9780826222817/disunion-among-ourselves/

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

On this our 231st 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 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 230th episode, our guest is … me!

This is my 16th solo episode of the podcast. The others were Episode 41, Episode 62, Episode 84, Episode 117, Episode 131, Episode 135, Episode 182, Episode 189, Episode 194, Episode 200, Episode 205, Episode 215, Episode 220 and, on Episode 100, I was joined by my wife and regular guest Ash Burgess, who interviewed me.

I am a 31-time award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in print, radio, online and television. I am currently Technology Reporter for Wealth Management Magazine. Most recently, I was 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.

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

On this our 229th episode our guest is Eli Merritt.

A political historian at Vanderbilt, Eli Merritt has written about the dangers of demagogues to democracy for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times, Chicago Tribune, Newsday and Philadelphia Inquirer, among dozens of other news outlets. He writes a Substack newsletter called "American Commonwealth" that explores the origins of the United States’ political discontents and solutions to them.

His new book, “How to Save Democracy: Advice and Inspiration from 95 World Leaders,” is a collection of 423 quotations derived from the First International Summit for Democracy and was published March 14 by Amplify Publishing Group.

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

On this our 228th 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 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.

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 227th episode, our guest is Jeff Guinn.

Jeff Guinn is the bestselling author of numerous books, including Go Down Together, The Last Gunfight, Manson, The Road to Jonestown, War on the Border and Waco. He lives in Fort Worth, Texas, and is a member of the Texas Literary Hall of Fame.

A quick programming note: During the episode, I mentioned my interview with Jonestown survivor Eugene Smith, which was Episode 199 of the podcast: http://www.therobburgessshow.com/2021/08/ep-199-eugene-smith.html

And here is my Ukiah Daily Journal story about fellow Jonestown survivor Tracy Diaz: https://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/2008/11/02/survivor-recalls-the-horror-of-jonestown-ukiahan-travels-back-to-guyana/

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

On this our 226th 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, the fourth was Episode 117, the fifth was Episode 131, the sixth was Episode 135, the seventh was Episode 182, the eighth was Episode 189, the ninth was Episode 194, the tenth was Episode 200, the 11th was Episode 205, the 12th was Episode 215 and the 13th was on Episode 220. And, on Episode 100, I was joined by my wife and regular guest Ash Burgess, who interviewed me.

I am a 28-time award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in print, radio, online and television. I am currently Technology Reporter for Wealth Management Magazine. Most recently, I was 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.

Here are links to the articles, podcasts and websites mentioned in this episode:

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Brennan Center for Justice: “What Went Wrong with New York’s Redistricting”:

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/what-went-wrong-new-yorks-redistricting

This American Life: Ep. 784 - “Mapmaker, Mapmaker, Make Me a Map”:

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/784/mapmaker

The New Yorker Radio Hour: “A Local Paper Sounded the Alarm on George Santos. Nobody Listened”:

https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/a-local-paper-sounded-the-alarm-on-george-santos-nobody-listened

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

On this our 225th episode, our guest is Sen. Todd Young.

Todd Young is the senior United States senator from the state of Indiana.

Thank you to Sen. Young and his staff especially Indiana communications director Jay Kenworthy for taking the time and helping to set this up.

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

On this our 224th episode, our guest is Tom Maxwell.

In the 1990s Tom was a member of the hot jazz indie band Squirrel Nut Zippers and wrote their hit song “Hell,” which peaked at no. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and propelled the band to multi-platinum status. The Zippers were inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2021. After Tom left the Zippers, he composed for television and motion pictures.

Now Tom is a writer who specializes in creative nonfiction with an emphasis on music and musicians. He has contributed to Longreads, Al Jazeera America, Salon, Slate, The Oxford American, The Bitter Southerner, Tape Op, and AARP Magazine, among others. He is a faculty member of the North Carolina Writers Guild and a contributor to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress.

Along with his partner Brooklyn, Tom is the creator of Shelved, an Audible podcast produced by Gunpowder & Sky. He is currently writing A Really Strange and Wonderful Time, a nonfiction book about the '90s Chapel Hill music scene to be published by the Hachette Book Group in 2024.

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

On this our 223rd episode, our guest is Dan Grossman.

Dan Grossman is an adjunct professor of English at Marian University in Indianapolis and a former Peace Corps volunteer in Niger from 1992 to 1994. He has published often in NUVO, a news publication covering the central Indiana area. He also served as managing editor and arts editor for that publication. He has also published poetry in So it Goes, pLopLop, The Indianapolis Anthology and in many other publications. Currently, he edits the online blog IndyCorrespondent.org

You can find his book Mindfucking Roundabouts of Carmel, Indiana on his author spotlight page at: https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/dangrossman

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