The Rob Burgess Show

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 80th episode our returning guest is Sarah Kendzior. You first heard Sarah Kendzior on Episode 70 of the podcast. Here’s her biography: “I am a writer. I am best known for my critical take on the “prestige economy”, my reporting on St. Louis, my coverage of the 2016 election, and my academic research on...

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 79th episode our returning guest is Erica Roman. You first heard Erica Roman on Episode 69 of the podcast. Here is her biography: “My name is Erica Roman. My life was forever changed on April 18, 2016 when my husband of 7 years and the love of my life died unexpectedly of an undetected heart condition,...

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 78th episode, our returning guest is Jared Yates Sexton. You first heard Jared Yates Sexton on Episode 65 of the podcast. Jared Yates Sexton is a writer, academic, and author who has published four books of fiction and has had work appear in The New York Times, The New Republic, Salon, Paste and elsewh...

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 77th episode, our returning guest is Ash Burgess. You first heard Ash Burgess on Episode 16, Episode 26, Episode 27, Episode 39, Episode 58 and Episode 63 of the podcast. Ash Burgess has a dusty degree in Religious Studies, an obsession with pineapples and an appetite for both high and low culture. She...

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 76th episode, our returning guest is Robert Dunham. You first heard Robert Dunham on Episode 59 of the podcast. Robert Dunham is an attorney and a nationally recognized expert on the death penalty. Before becoming the Death Penalty Information Center’s Executive Director, he was one of the leading capi...

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 75th episode, our returning guest is Louis Moore. You first heard Louis Moore on Episode 53 of the podcast. Louis Moore is an associate professor of history at Grand Valley State University, where he teaches African American history, sports history and gender history. He graduated with a B.A. from Cali...

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 74th episode, our returning guest is Jonathan Fowler. Regular listeners to the podcast will be familiar with Jonathan as he’s by far our most frequent guest. You first heard Jonathan Fowler on Episode 2, Episode 10, Episode 20, Episode 21, Episode 29, Episode 30, Episode 31, Episode 32, Episode 34, Epi...

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 73rd episode, our guest is Elizabeth Greenwood. Elizabeth Greenwood is the author of "Playing Dead: A Journey Through the World of Death Fraud," a nonfiction book about people who have faked their deaths. Her writing has appeared in The Believer, Rhapsody, O, the Oprah Magazine, Guernica, VICE and the...

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 72nd episode, our guest is Rick Wilson. Rick Wilson is a national Republican political strategist and media consultant based in Florida who has produced television for governors, U.S. Senate candidates, super PACS and corporations. He’s on Twitter at www.twitter.com/therickwilson. If you enjoy this pod...

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 71st episode, our returning guest is Michael A. Wood Jr. You first heard from Michael A. Wood Jr. on Episode 4, Episode 18 and Episode 45 of the podcast. Michael is a police reform activist who, after spending a career in the United States Marine Corps and Baltimore Police Department, has torn down the...

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 70th episode our guest is Sarah Kendzior. Here’s her biography: “I am a writer. I am best known for my critical take on the “prestige economy”, my reporting on St. Louis, my coverage of the 2016 election, and my academic research on authoritarian states in Central Asia. My best-selling essay collection...

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 69th episode our guest is Erica Roman. I asked Erica to send me her biography and here’s what she sent me: “My name is Erica Roman. My life was forever changed on April 18, 2016 when my husband of 7 years and the love of my life died unexpectedly of an undetected heart condition, leaving me and our one...

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 68th episode, our returning guest is John Di Domenico. You first John Di Domenico on Episode 42 and Episode 50. John Di Domenico is a professional actor, writer, performer, host, creative and celebrity impersonator. For the last 25-plus years he has been recognized as one of the busiest and most versat...

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 67th episode, our guest is Alexey Kovalev. Alexey Kovalev is a journalist and founder of the website The Noodle Remover, where he monitors the Russian media, teaches information literacy, and runs crowdsourced and crowdfunded investigations. He contributes to The Guardian, Wired and The Washington Post...

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 66th episode, our returning guest is Sean Spicer. You first heard Sean Spicer on Episode 1, Episode 23 and Episode 44 of the podcast. Sean Spicer has traveled tens of thousands of miles by heel, thumbs, wheels and wit. By the time he was 30 years old, he had hiked the length of South Korea, hitchhiked...

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 65th episode, our guest is Jared Yates Sexton. Jared Yates Sexton is a writer, academic, and author who has published four books of fiction and has had work appear in The New York Times, The New Republic, Salon, Paste and elsewhere. His book, “The People Are Going To Rise Like The Waters Upon Your Shor...

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 64th episode, our returning guest is Jonathan Fowler. Regular listeners to the podcast will be familiar with Jonathan as he’s by far our most frequent guest. You first heard Jonathan Fowler on Episode 2, Episode 10, Episode 20, Episode 21, Episode 29, Episode 30, Episode 31, Episode 32, Episode 34, Epi...

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 63rd episode, our guest is Ash Burgess. You first heard Ash Burgess on Episode 16, Episode 26, Episode 27, Episode 39 and Episode 58 of the podcast. Ash Burgess has a dusty degree in Religious Studies, an obsession with pineapples and an appetite for both high and low culture. She cuts her own hair, ba...

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 62nd episode, our guest is ... me! My first solo episode of this podcast was Episode 41. Rob Burgess is a six-time award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in print, radio, online and television. He is currently City Editor, Opinion Page Editor and Editorial Board Member at the Kokomo Tribune,...

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 61st episode, our guest is Lynn Walsh. You first heard Lynn Walsh on Episode 49 of this podcast. Lynn Walsh is an Emmy award-winning journalist who has been working in investigative journalism at the national level as well as locally in California, Ohio, Texas and Florida. Currently she leads the KNSD...

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 60th episode, our guest is David Carson. David Carson is a Pulitzer Prize winning photographer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He began his career at 16 when his mother drove him to his first newspaper assignment because he wouldn't have his license for another two months. A Boston area native, he has...

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 59th episode, our guest is Robert Dunham. Robert Dunham is an attorney and a nationally recognized expert on the death penalty. Before becoming the Death Penalty Information Center’s Executive Director, he was one of the leading capital appellate lawyers in Pennsylvania, arguing on behalf of the Common...

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 58th episode, our guest is Ash Burgess. You first heard Ash Burgess on Episode 16, Episode 26, Episode 27 and Episode 39 of the podcast. Ash Burgess has a dusty degree in Religious Studies, an obsession with pineapples and an appetite for both high and low culture. She cuts her own hair, bakes her own...

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 57th episode our guest is Rachel Dolezal. Rachel Dolezal holds an MFA from Howard University. Her scholarly research focus is the intersection of race, gender and class in the contemporary Black diaspora, with a specific emphasis on Black women in visual culture. She is a licensed intercultural compete...

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 56th 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 and Episode 51 of the podcast. Jonathan graduated with a BA in history f...