The Rob Burgess Show: August 2017

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Louis Moore is a 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 California State University, Sacramento in 2001, an M.A. from the University of California, Davis in 2005, and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis in 2008.
His research and writing examines the interconnections between race and sports. He is the author of “I Fight for a Living: Boxing and the Battle for Black Manhood, 1880-1915” and “We Will Win the Day: The Civil Rights Movement, the Black Athlete, and the Quest for Equality.” In addition, he has two Audible lectures, “African American Athletes Who Made History” and “A Pastime of Their Own: The Story of Negro League Baseball.” He has also written for various online outlets including The New York Daily News, Vox, The Global Sports Institute, First and Pen and the African American Intellectual Historical Society. He has appeared on NPR, MSNBC, CNN and BBC Sports. He is the co-host of the “Black Athlete Podcast.” His latest book, “The Great Black Hope: Doug Williams, Vince Evans and the Making of the Black Quarterback” will be released on Sept. 24.
You can follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/loumoore12.
Here are the episodes of the podcast on which Louis Moore has been a guest:
Ep. 53 - Louis Moore
Ep. 75 - Louis Moore [II]
Ep. 260 - Louis Moore [III]
And here's a YouTube playlist of all the episodes featuring Louis Moore:

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 California State University, Sacramento in 2001, an M.A. from the University of California, Davis in 2005, and a Ph.D. From the University of California, Davis in 2008.

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Saturday, August 19, 2017

Ep. 74 - Jonathan Fowler [XVI]

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, Episode 35, Episode 43, Episode 48, Episode 51, Episode 56 and Episode 64 of the podcast. 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 10 years, trying to help the citizens of that great nation, hopefully, "talk pretty one day."

Friday, August 11, 2017

Ep. 73 - Elizabeth Greenwood

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 digital editions of The New Yorker, The Atlantic and Esquire. She teaches creative writing at Columbia University and Eugene Lang College. Learn more at www.lizgreenwood.com and follow her on Instagram and Twitter @lizgreenwood4u.

Saturday, August 5, 2017

Ep. 72 - Rick Wilson

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.
On this, our 72^nd 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 @therickwilson.

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