Bob's World

THIS … IS BOB’S WORLD.   GOOD MORNING.. I’M BOB WELCH.. ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORKING FROM HOME… THAT CAN… FOR AWHILE.. FOR VALID REASONS CONNECTED TO THE PANDEMIC. UP NEXT… NOW THAT WE’RE EMERGING… WHAT ABOUT THE DOWNTOWNS… MIDTOWNS AND CENTER CITIES OF THE MAJOR CITIES..   THIS MORNING.. A LOOK AT THE POST-COVID REVIVAL OF MONTREAL.. IN A MINUTE

THIS….. IS BOB’S WORLD…. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH.. ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK SO YOU’VE SPENT ALL SEASON GROWING THE GREAT PUMPKIN… OR AT LEAST THE HEAVIEST GROWN IN THE U-S THIS YEAR BUT.. IT GETS DISQUALIFIED… DUE TO A CRACK. YOU MIGHT BE THINKING… GOOD GRIEF.. CHARLIE BROWN… THIS CAN’T BE A REAL STORY. BUT..IT IS.. AND YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THE MAN.. FROM MARKESAN WISCONSIN.. IN A MINUTE

THIS … IS BOB’S WORLD…  GOOD MORNING.. THIS IS BOB WELCH ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK ONE OF MY LYNDON STATE ALUMNI FRIENDS YESTERDAY SHARED A SCREENSHOT FROM HIS PHONE… HE EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS ALL THE SPAM CALLS..  THEN HE DID WHAT ONLY A PUGNATIOUS REPORTER WOULD DO… HE CALLED THEM ALL BACK… THAT STORY IN A MINUTE.

THIS… IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH… ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK SO THERE’S BEEN  A FLOOD… YOU’RE STAYING WITH RELATIVES WHILE YOUR PLACE GETS CLEANED UP… AND PHOTO ALBUMS MISTAKENLY GET TOSSED…. AND YOU LIVE IN THE BRONX BOROUGH THIS STORY OF HOW MORE THAN A CENTURY’S WORTH OF FAMILY PHOTOS… WERE FOUND.. BY THE NEW YORK CITY SANITATION DEPARTMENT… IN A MINUTE

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD…. GOOD MORNING.. THIS IS BOB WELCH.. ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK YESTERDAY MARKED THE END OF BUSINESS FOR ONE OF EUROPE’S RENOUNED NATIONAL AIRLINES AS ITALY SAID ARRIVEDERCI TO ALITALIA AFTER 74 YEARS.. MORE IN A MINUTE

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD…. GOOD MORNING.. I’M BOB WELCH.. ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK FOR YEARS.. IF YOU WANTED TO BUY ANYTHING FROM ANCIENT COINS TO… SOMETHING AS ODD AS.. A SARCOPHAGUS MASK… YOU WENT TO A GALLERY ON FIFTH AVENUE.. NEAR THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING IN MANHATTAN… EVERYTHING YOU BOUGHT CAME WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY… WOULD YOU BELIEVE THAT AT A COURT HEARING  TUESDAY… THE O...

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD…GOOD MORNING.. I’M BOB WELCH.. ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK.. A WOMAN HAD BEEN SLEEPING FOR HOURS IN HER BEDROOM IN THE TOWN OF GOLDEN BRITISH COLUMBIA LAST WEEK WHEN SOMETHING WENT BUMP… IN THE NIGHT….. RIGHT ONTO HER BED… AND JUST EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS.. IS TRULY.. OUT OF THIS WORLD. THAT STORY IN A MINUTE ------- DON’T FORGET TO TELL A FRIEND.. HIT SUBSCRIBE YOURSELF..  ...

BOB’S WORLD…. GOOD MORNING.. THIS IS BOB WELCH ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK IN THE MANY RURAL SECTIONS OF CANADA AND THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES …..IT’S COMMON TO SEE BLACK BEARS ROAM..   IT’S FAR LESS COMMON TO SEE ONE IN YOUR HOME. THAT’S THE STORY FROM FORT MCMURRY ALBERTA…  YOU’LL HEAR.. IN A MINUTE.

BOB’S WORLD…. GOOD MORNING…. THIS IS BOB WELCH.. ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK AND AS I COVERED CANADIAN THANKSIVING IN THE INITIAL INSTALLMENT OF THIS FEATURE THIS MORNING. THIS TIME… I’LL TOUCH UPON COLUMBUS DAY… WHICH THE UNITED STATES MARKS TODAY. MORE IN A MINUTE

BOB’S WORLD….. GOOD MORNING… THIS IS BOB WELCH.. ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK THIS MONDAY HOLIDAY IS … THANKSGIVING IN CANADA… …. SOME BACKGROUND … IN A MINUTE.

BOB’S WORLD…. GOOD MORNING…. THIS IS BOB WELCH.. ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK. SOME MORNINGS THERE COMES A STORY WHICH JUST MUST BE SHARED… AND THIS MORNING .. THAT STORY COMES FROM KANE COUNTY… WEST OF CHICAGO… WHERE A PAIR OF ZEBRAS… ESCAPED.. FROM AN INDOOR ZOO… AT AN ILLINOIS PUMPKIN FARM. MORE IN A MINUTE. 

BOB’S WORLD…. GOOD MORNING… THIS IS BOB WELCH ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK THE HEADLINE FROM SF GATE DOT COM READS… FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MLB HISTORY.. THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS WILL TAKE ON THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS IN POST SEASON BASEBALL. I GUESS IT IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE BOTH TEAMS WERE IN CALIFORNIA. I’LL TAKE YOU BACK IN TIME… IN A MINUTE

BOB’S WORLD….. GOOD MORNING…. THIS IS BOB WELCH… ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO IS… GO OUTSIDE AND GET SOME FRESH AIR. NOT JUST BECAUSE IT’S A GREAT SAYING…. IT’S BECAUSE A NEW STUDY SAYS… AIR QUALITY AT WORK MAY HAVE SUBTLE EFFECTS ON COGNITIVE FUNCTION. MORE IN A MINUTE.

BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING… THIS IS BOB WELCH ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK IN A BATTLE BETWEEN MAN AND SQUIRREL, THE SQUIRREL IS WINNING. AT LEAST WHEN THAT BATTLE INVOLVES ONE SPECIFIC SQUIRREL .. AND A PICKUP TRUCK IN NORTH DAKOTA.   MORE IN A MINUTE. 

BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING… THIS IS BOB WELCH ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK… WITH SO MUCH OF THE NEWS DEVOTED TO THE EVER-GROWING GROUPS OF PEOPLE YELLING AT EACH OTHER OVER AN EVER-WIDENING GAP…  TODAY… I THOUGHT I’D SPOTLIGHT A BRIGHT YOUNG PERSON AT THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND… TRYING TO SOLVE ONE OF OUR WORLD’S PROBLEMS   THAT IS DRINKING WATER SCARCITY. MORE IN A MINUTE

BOB’S WORLD…… GOOD MORNING…. THIS IS BOB WELCH ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK SO THE COLLEGES WHICH WERE FORMERLY KNOWN AS LYNDON STATE COLLEGE… AND JOHNSON STATE COLLEGE… AND BECAME NORTHERN VERMONT UNIVERSITY…. ARE CHANGING THEIR NAME.. AGAIN. … MORE IN A MINUTE.

BOB’S WORLD….. GOOD MORNING… THIS IS BOB WELCH.. ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK TODAY MARKS THE FIRST EVER NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION IN CANADA… A DAY TO EDUCATE.. AND REMIND CANADIANS ABOUT A DARK CHAPTER IN THAT COUNTRY’S HISTORY REGARDING IT’S RELATIONS WITH THE INDIGINOUS POPULATION… PARTICULARLY.. ITS RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS

Signs .. signs.. everywhere there's signs.. except in the Tampa Bay outfield

THERE’S ALL SORTS OF STORIES OF BIDDING WARS GOING ON IN A HOT REAL ESTATE MARKET… BUT HAVE YOU HEARD THE STORY OF THE TILTED HOUSE THAT RECENTLY WENT ON THE MARKET? MORE IN A MINUTE.

LAST WEEK WAS.. WHAT I SUPPOSE YOU’D CALL.. THE SOFT REOPENING OF THIS PODCAST SPACE.

The US landborder from Canada is still closed and Bob simply is asking.. why?

A recent story of air rage has Bob thinking of civility. 

Communicating Clarity..

An essay on September 11   20 years later. 

In late August 2011... Tropical Storm Irene tore through Vermont. In marking it's 10th anniversary, I wanted to reach out to the broadcasters I knew who were covering that story back then. The first guest is Meteorologist Steve Glazier and the second is Eric Michaels.  You'll hear excerpts from those conversations which were held on Monday and Tuesday, the 30th and 31st of August. It is my ho...