The Rob Burgess Show

Ep. 282 - Rob Burgess [XXII]

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this our 282nd episode, our returning guest is… me! I have done nearly two dozen previous solo episodes of this podcast. Episode 41 - Rob Burgess Episode 62 - Rob Burgess [II] Episode 84 - Rob Burgess [III] Episode 100 - Rob Burgess and Ash Burgess Episode 117 - Rob Burgess [IV] Episode 131 - Rob Burgess [V] Episode 135 - Rob Burgess [VI] Episode 182 - Rob Burgess [VII] Episode 189 - Rob Burgess [VIII] Episode 194 - Rob Burgess [IX] Episode 200 - Rob Burgess [X] Episode 205 - Rob Burgess [XI] Episode 215 - Rob Burgess [XII] Episode 220 - Rob Burgess [XIII] Episode 226 - Rob Burgess [XIV] Episode 230 - Rob Burgess [XV] Episode 243 - Rob Burgess [XVI] Episode 252 - Rob Burgess [XVII] Episode 265 - Rob Burgess [XVIII] Episode 267 - Rob Burgess [XIX] Episode 279 - Rob Burgess [XX] Episode 280 - Rob Burgess [XXI] I am a 35-time award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in print, radio, online and television. I am currently a Reporter for Financial Planning Magazine. Most recently, I was Technology Reporter for Wealth Management Magazine; 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. A quick programming note: Most of this episode features me playing my ukulele and singing, something I have never done on this podcast before. However, I did sing and play guitar near the end of Episode 258 featuring my friend, Mark Rohrer. Here are the songs you'll hear me cover on this episode, which was recorded live on the afternoon of Sept. 10, 2025 at the Balboa Pier in Newport Beach, California: The Rolling Stones - “Dead Flowers” Johnny Cash - “Ring of Fire” Nancy Sinatra - “These Boots Were Made For Walkin'” Chuck Berry - “You Never Can Tell” Taylor Swift - “Shake It Off” Jimmy Buffet - “Margaritaville” Jimmie Rodgers - “In The Jailhouse Now” Survivor - “Eye of the Tiger” Old Crow Medicine Show - “Wagon Wheel” The Beatles - “The Ballad of John and Yoko” Oasis - “Wonderwall” Follow me on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/robaburg.bsky.social Follow me on Mastodon: newsie.social/@therobburgessshow Check out my Linktree: linktr.ee/therobburgessshow Subscribe to my Substack: therobburgessshow.substack.com/

Ep. 281 - Jonathan Fowler [LXIV]

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this our 281st 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, 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, Episode 127, Episode 133, Episode 137, Episode 140, Episode 146, Episode 147, Episode 149. Episode 153, Episode 156, Episode 158, Episode 160, Episode 162, Episode 164, Episode 167, Episode 168, Episode 169, Episode 172, Episode 173, Episode 174, Episode 179, Episode 180, Episode 181, Episode 185, Episode 236, Episode 247, Episode 249, Episode 251, Episode 261, Episode 264, Episode 270 and Episode 277. 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 a decade, trying to help the citizens of that great nation, hopefully, "talk pretty one day." A quick programming note: In this episode Jonathan and I reference Michael Wolff's 2018 book, “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.” We broke down large sections of that book in Episode 102, Episode 103, Episode 104, Episode 105 and Episode 107. Follow me on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/robaburg.bsky.social Follow me on Mastodon: newsie.social/@therobburgessshow Check out my Linktree: linktr.ee/therobburgessshow Subscribe to my Substack: therobburgessshow.substack.com/

Ep. 280 - Rob Burgess [XXI]

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this our 280th episode, our returning guest is… me! I have done nearly two dozen previous solo episodes of this podcast. For the complete list, check the show notes. I am a 35-time award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in print, radio, online and television. I am currently a Reporter for Financial Planning Magazine. Most recently, I was Technology Reporter for Wealth Management Magazine; 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. I’m also the proprietor of the podcast, The Rob Burgess Show. This is going to be a very special episode. It's about a field trip I took in fifth grade. You can watch it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJJ4i-oy4J8 Here's a House of Burgess column I wrote when I was News Editor of NUVO published Feb. 23, 2019 titled, “Past as Prologue”: https://web.archive.org/web/20190224000411/https://www.nuvo.net/voices/burgess-past-as-prologue/article_0a36f1f2-36c3-11e9-9828-a75a4166eb4c.html Here's the column by Justin Watterson published Feb. 24, 2018 on his Wordpress blog, The Wattersonian, titled, “The Remains of Oliver Burnett and Lessons from the Woods”: https://wattersonian.wordpress.com/2018/02/24/the-remains-of-oliver-burnett-and-lessons-from-the-woods/ A few weeks ago, I found the notebook from the field trip in my garage. Here's what I wrote Oct. 26, 1993: “Our Centary [Cemetary] Field Trip “We left at 9:24 [a.m.] to private little spot with 3 gravesites. To get here go down Highway 60 to the third road on the left. Go down till you see an open field on the left is a hill climb up it until you have almost reaches the top. Go into the woods and when you see 3 stones. Mr. Watterson told us about the importantce [importance] of written history. “Then we put holes in the ground. Then we posts in the ground. Then Mr. Watterson talked about folklore. Then we put some hooks in the posts. After that we put a long, long chain that we put around the posts. Then we asked questions. We went back down the hill. Then we went back to the bus. We retraced our steps there. As we went home, Mr. Watterson told us about a guy who killed his wife and 2 brothers a hair pin. I did not believe it. We got back to school at 10:40 a.m. This field trip was very, very fun and interesting.” I asked Justin if he knew any more about that last bit. He said: “I should have known the story you were referring to. That grave is an Isom woman and I think she was related to the perpetrator in question. When Van Sanders used to tell those stories to Dad when he was alive (his family was an original plot owner there in that area so he knew the history) he always referred to the hill as "Ant'ony Hill." I found census records for I believe an Anthony Isom. The story was that his wife fell disabled (invalid) and he got tired of taking care of her so he took and axe and chopped her up. Finding records of that is pretty much impossible but that's what you're referring to I think. “There were a bunch of mixed-race folks who settled right there in that area and I always kind of guessed that it was because the old Indian boundary line was right there going through that area way back in the day. Isom was a very common name among them and they mostly came from Virginia where other such settlements existed. There were notable other settlements of free people of color around the state back in the 19th century. “It's an interesting wormhole to go down. What defined "black" on the census was kind of crazy. I found some people on the 1850 census who were market as black but then ten years later they were white.” Now, let's travel 32 years in the past. linktr.ee/therobburgessshow

Ep. 279 - Rob Burgess [XX]

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess On this our 279th episode, our returning guest is… me! My previous solo episodes were: Episode 41 - Rob Burgess Episode 62 - Rob Burgess [II] Episode 84 - Rob Burgess [III] Episode 100 - Rob Burgess and Ash Burgess Episode 117 - Rob Burgess [IV] Episode 131 - Rob Burgess [V] Episode 135 - Rob Burgess [VI] Episode 182 - Rob Burgess [VII] Episode 189 - Rob Burgess [VIII] Episode 194 - Rob Burgess [IX] Episode 200 - Rob Burgess [X] Episode 205 - Rob Burgess [XI] Episode 215 - Rob Burgess [XII] Episode 220 - Rob Burgess [XIII] Episode 226 - Rob Burgess [XIV] Episode 230 - Rob Burgess [XV] Episode 243 - Rob Burgess [XVI] Episode 252 - Rob Burgess [XVII] Episode 265 - Rob Burgess [XVIII] Episode 267 - Rob Burgess [XIX] I am a 35-time award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in print, radio, online, and television. I am currently a Reporter for Financial Planning Magazine. Most recently, I was Technology Reporter for Wealth Management Magazine; 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. Follow me on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/robaburg.bsky.social Follow me on Mastodon: newsie.social/@therobburgessshow Check out my Linktree: linktr.ee/therobburgessshow Subscribe to my Substack: therobburgessshow.substack.com/

Ep. 278 - Seth Johnson

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this our 278th episode, our guest is Seth Johnson. An Indianapolis native, Seth loves all things music, especially of the local variety. His other passions also include comedy, social justice and the Indiana Pacers. Check out Seth's coverage of the Pacers and more in NUVO here: https://www.nuvo.net/users/profile/seth%20johnson/ Follow me on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/robaburg.bsky.social Follow me on Mastodon: newsie.social/@therobburgessshow Check out my Linktree: linktr.ee/therobburgessshow Subscribe to my Substack: therobburgessshow.substack.com/