Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 243rd episode, our guest is… me!This is my 17th solo episode of the podcast. The others were:Episode 41 - Rob BurgessEpisode 62 - Rob Burgess [II]Episode 84 - Rob Burgess [III]Episode 100 - Rob Burgess and Ash BurgessEpisode 117 - Rob Burgess [IV] Episode…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 242nd episode our guest is Alexandrea J. Ravenelle.Alexandrea J. Ravenelle is an Assistant Professor in Sociology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, a Faculty Fellow with the Center for Urban and Regional Studies (CURS), and a 2023-24 Russe…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 241st episode our guest is Bella DePaulo, PhD.Bella DePaulo, PhD, is the “leading expert on single life” and has been described by The Atlantic as “America’s foremost thinker and writer on the single experience.” Dr. DePaulo coined the term “single at hea…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 240th episode our guest is Staff Sergeant Aquilino Gonell.Staff Sergeant Aquilino Gonell is a Dominican immigrant, former U.S. Army soldier and Iraq War veteran. For 17 years, he was a United States Capitol Police officer and was one of four police office…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 239th 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, Ep…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 238th 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, Ep…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 237th episode, our guest is Dr. Jonathan M. DePierro.Jonathan M. DePierro, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Associate Director of Mount Sinai's Center for Stress, Resilience, and Personal Growth.…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 236th 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, E…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 235th episode, our guest is Noam Bardin.Noam Bardin is Founder of Post, a platform built for real people, real news and civil conversations. Prior to launching Post in 2022, Noam founded and served as CEO of Waze, one of the world's most talked-about star…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 234th episode, our guest is Jean Pfaelzer.Jean Pfaelzer is a public historian, commentator, and professor of American studies at the University of Delaware. Her books include, “Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans,” “Rebecca Harding Dav…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 233rd episode, our guest is Thom Hartmann.Thom Hartmann is a progressive nationally and internationally syndicated talk show host. Talkers Magazine named him America’s no. 1 most important progressive host and the host of one of the top 10 talk radio 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…

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, Ep…

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 …

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, …

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, Ep…

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 …

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 …

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…

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 Zip…

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 ce…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 222nd 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, Ep…

Hello, and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host Rob Burgess.On this, our 221st episode our guest is Gov. Eric Holcomb.Eric Holcomb is the 51st governor of the state of Indiana.Starting in March 2020, I had the opportunity to participate virtually in dozens and dozens of televised press conferences with Gov. Holcomb and other …

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 220th 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 …

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 219th 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, Ep…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 218th episode, our guest is T. E. Breitenbach.T. E. Breitenbach, born in 1951 in Queens, New York, is a self-taught American artist best known for his painting "Proverbidioms", a raucous and comical depiction of over 300 common proverbs and clichés. He al…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 217th episode, our guest is Melissa Maerz.Melissa Maerz has worked as an editor at Spin and Rolling Stone, a staff writer for Entertainment Weekly and the Los Angeles Times, and a supervising producer on HBO’s Vice News Tonight. She was a founding editor …

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 216th episode our returning guests are Ash Burgess and Jonathan Fowler. You first heard Ash Burgess and Jonathan Fowler together in Ep. 82, recorded in 2017.You first heard Ash Burgess on Ep. 16, Ep. 26, Ep. 27, Ep. 39, Ep. 58, Ep. 63, Ep. 77, Ep. 86, Ep.…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 215th 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 …

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 214th 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, Ep…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 213th episode our guest is Ray E. Boomhower.Ray E. Boomhower is senior editor of the Indiana Historical Society Press. He is editor of the IHS’s quarterly popular history magazine, “Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History.” Boomhower has been with the So…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 212th episode our returning guest is Frank Vogl. You first heard Frank Vogl on Episode 210.Frank Vogl is the co-founder of one of the leading global organizations fighting corruption, Transparency International and the chairman of another, the Partnership…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 211th episode, our guest is Samuel Clowes Huneke.Samuel Clowes Huneke is an assistant professor of history at George Mason University. He is a historian of modern Europe, with a focus on the social and political history of nineteenth- and twentieth-centur…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 210th episode our guest is Frank Vogl.Frank Vogl is the co-founder of one of the leading global organizations fighting corruption, Transparency International and the chairman of another, the Partnership for Transparency Fund. He teaches at Georgetown Univ…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 209th 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, Ep…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 208th episode, our guest is John Leshy.John Leshy became deeply involved with America's public lands soon after his graduation from Harvard College and Harvard Law School. He was solicitor for the U.S. Department of Interior from 1993 to 2001, is co-autho…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 207th episode, our guest is Jonathan Malesic.Jonathan Malesic is a writer and a former tenured college professor, sushi chef and parking lot attendant. His essays have been recognized as notable in Best American Essays (2019, 2020) and Best American Food …

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 206th episode, our guest is Howie Statland.Here is how he describes himself and his store, Rivington Guitars:“This year we are celebrating 23 years of business – 23 years of finding guitar players the guitar of their dreams. Located at 73 E. 4th St., our …

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this our 205th 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…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this, our 204th episodes, our guest is Jessica Ordaz.Jessica Ordaz is an Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. She received her doctorate from the University of California Davis in American History. During the 2017-2018 acade…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 203rd 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, Ep…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 202nd episode, our returning guest is Edward J. Watts.You first heard Edward J. Watts on Episode 129.Edward J. Watts holds the Alkiviadis Vassiliadis Endowed Chair and is professor of history at the University of California, San Diego and lives in Carls…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 201st episode, our returning guest is Josh Sigler.You first heard Josh Sigler on Episode 14, along with fellow regular guest Brandon Chapman.Josh Sigler grew up in Tipton, Indiana, where he was a 2002 honors graduate of Tipton High School. He earned his b…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this our 200th 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…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 199th episode our guest is Eugene Smith.Eugene Smith was born in 1957 in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Fresno, California. He was working in Georgetown, Guyana, for Peoples Temple on November 18, 1978, when he lost his mother, wife, and infant son in …

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 198th 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, Ep…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 197th episode, our returning guest is Brandon Chapman.You first heard Brandon Chapman on Episode 14 when he appeared alongside Josh Sigler, and his solo appearances on Episode 97, Episode 132, Episode 157 and Episode 166.Brandon Chapman is a sports podc…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 196th 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, Ep…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 195th episode, our guest is Ruth Ben-Ghiat.Ruth Ben-Ghiat is a historian, educator and commentator on fascism, authoritarian leaders and propaganda. She is Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University and an Advisor to Protect Democracy…

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this our 194th 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 and …