Ep. 91 - Ash Burgess [IX]

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.

On this, our 91st 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, Episode 77, Episode 86 and Episode 82, which also featured regular guest Jonathan Fowler 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 sourdough bread and spends most of her time at home with her young son, and now, also, her young daughter. Sometimes, she blogs at burgessbaby.blogspot.com.

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Until next time.

Ep. 90 - Mallory Willits Gakpo [III]

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.

On this our 90^th episode, our returning guest is Mallory Willits Gakpo.

You first heard her on Episode 7 and Episode 47 of the podcast. (And if you haven't heard those episodes you should probably go back and listen to them before starting this one.)

In her first appearance, she told us about meeting her now husband, Wisdom, in Ghana.

In her second appearance, Mallory left for a 10-day visit to Ghana on Jan. 20, where Wisdom still lived at the time. During her visit, Wisdom had his meeting at the American embassy to see if his visa would be approved so he could come to America. Before Mallory left, I asked her to record some of her thoughts and feelings during her trip using the Voice Memo app on her iPhone.

In this, her third appearance, we talked about her American wedding ceremony and what it's been like for the couple since Wisdom arrived in America.

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I have a Patreon account, which can be found at www.patreon.com/robburgessshowpatreon. I hope you'll consider supporting in any amount.
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Until next time.

Ep. 89 - Sarah Kendzior [III]

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.
On this, our 89th episode our returning guest is Sarah Kendzior. You first heard Sarah Kendzior on Episode 70 and Episode 80 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 authoritarian states in Central Asia.
“My best-selling essay collection, The View From Flyover Country, was published as an ebook in 2015. An updated version of the book is being released by Macmillan Publishers in April 2018, with new material on the Trump administration — how America got here, and where we’re going. Pre-order your copy today!
“I am currently an op-ed columnist for the Globe and Mail, where I focus on U.S. politics. I also am the US correspondent for the Dutch news outlet De Correspondent. Previously I was an op-ed columnist for Al Jazeera English, where I wrote about exploitation, particularly in higher education, the diminishing opportunities of America’s youth, and gentrification. I have also covered internet privacy, political repression, and how the media shape public perception. My April 2013 article 'The wrong kind of Caucasian' is the most popular AJE op-ed of all time.
“I have also written for POLITICO, Quartz, Fast Company, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, The Diplomat, Marie Claire, The Atlantic, Medium, Radio Free Europe, POLITICO Europe, The Chicago Tribune, The Baffler, NBC News, Blue Nation Review, Alive Magazine, Ethnography Matters, The Common Reader, The New York Daily News, La Stampa, Slate, World Policy Journal, The Brooklyn Quarterly, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Teen Vogue, City AM, Opinio Juris, HRDCVR, World Politics Review and The New York Times.
“In August 2013, Foreign Policy named me one of 'the 100 people you should be following on Twitter to make sense of global events.' In October 2013, St. Louis Magazine profiled me as one of 15 inspirational people under 35 in St. Louis. In September 2014, The Riverfront Times named me the best online journalist in St. Louis. In June 2017, St. Louis Magazine named me the best journalist in St. Louis.
“In addition to working as a journalist, I am a researcher and consultant. I have a PhD in anthropology from Washington University in Saint Louis and an MA in Central Eurasian Studies from Indiana University. Most of my work focuses on the authoritarian states of the former Soviet Union and how the internet affects political mobilization, self-expression, and trust.
“My research has been published in American Ethnologist, Problems of Post-Communism, Central Asian Survey, Demokratizatsiya, Nationalities Papers, Social Analysis, and the Journal of Communication. I am a program associate for the Central Asia Program at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, and a research associate at the Russian, East European and Eurasian Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
“I am frequently interviewed by the media and have been a guest on NPR, MSNBC, Al Jazeera, CBC News, BBC World Service and other broadcast outlets, and am a recurring guest on the MSNBC show 'AM Joy.' I have given talks all over the world as an invited speaker at academic conferences and forums on foreign policy, politics, education and technology.
“I occasionally serve as an expert witness in asylum cases involving applicants from Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.”
Two programming notes before we begin: We recorded this conversation on Wednesday evening. On Thursday, Ryan Grim of The Intercept reported Sam Seder will be offered his MSNBC contributor job back and plans to accept. Also, on Thursday, Democratic Minnesota Sen. Al Franken announced he would resign in the coming weeks.
If you enjoy this podcast, there are several ways to support it.
I have a Patreon account, which can be found at www.patreon.com/robburgessshowpatreon. I hope you'll consider supporting in any amount.
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You can find more about me by visiting my website, www.thisburgess.com.
Until next time.

Regular guest: Carlos Dengler

Carlos Dengler is a freelance actor, musician, writer, and filmmaker living in New York City.
Carlos is completing post-production on a festival-bound short film called Iowa. He wrote, directed and starred in the film, along with composing the score and editing. It is based on characters from Charles D’Ambrosio’s short story “The Scheme of Things.”
He has written for n+1, Seven Stories Press and is working with Foundry Literary + Media on writing his first memoir. He performed a critically acclaimed one person show for NY Fringe Festival in 2016, entitled Homo Sapiens Interruptus and guest performed with the Late Night with Seth Meyers house band. Carlos worked with director Terry Kinney at Lincoln Center Theater in 2016 and performed with Da Camera of Houston portraying Marcel Proust in a devised theatre piece with music in 2017.
He received an MFA from NYU Grad Acting in 2015 and was the founding bass player and keyboardist for the band Interpol from 1997 to 2010.
Carlos is currently developing an experimental monologue called The Importance of Ernest, loosely based on the similarly titled play by Oscar Wilde.
Carlos is also an avid backpacker and amateur nature photographer. He has a Flickr album full of photos from all of his adventures and a recently edited hiking video on Vimeo shot entirely on his iPhone in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. He has raised money for the Fresh Air Fund on GoFundMe through his backpacking adventures.

Here are the episodes of the podcast on which Carlos Dengler has been a guest:
Ep. 87 - Carlos Dengler
Ep. 88 - Carlos Dengler [II]
Ep. 123 - Carlos Dengler [III]
Ep. 141 - Carlos Dengler [IV]

And here's a YouTube playlist of all the episodes featuring Carlos Dengler:

Ep. 88 - Carlos Dengler [II]

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.

On this, our 88th episode, our returning guest is Carlos Dengler. You first heard Carlos Dengler on Episode 87 of the podcast.

Carlos Dengler is a working actor and musician in New York City. He is currently working on his memoir detailing his time spent as bass player and keyboardist for the alt-rock group Interpol, from 1998 to 2010. After leaving the band, Carlos enrolled at Stella Adler Studio of Acting and then was fortunate to have been accepted to NYU Grad Acting, where he received his MFA in Acting in 2015. Since graduation, Carlos has been working in the theatre, creating and launching a successful one-man show called “Homo Sapiens Interruptus” for the NY International Fringe Festival of 2016, and cast in a recent production of “A Babylon Line” by the great playwright Richard Greenberg at Lincoln Center Theater featuring actor Josh Radnor in the lead. In early 2016, Carlos appeared briefly on “The Late Night with Seth Meyers” show, filling in on bass guitar with The 8G Band, the Seth Meyers house band. Carlos has also spent time crafting his approach to memoir writing. He was recently published by the literary magazine N+1 with an essay, “Stories of Excess.” He is currently finishing up the first stages of a publishing deal for his upcoming book, detailing his time in the band, his personal life and childhood, and his observations upon leaving behind life in the music industry. Carlos is an avid tweeter, with an unabashed progressive liberal swing to his thought, and is a lay but voracious consumer of current political thought. You can follow him there @denglercarlos.

If you enjoy this podcast, there are several ways to support it.
I have a Patreon account, which can be found at www.patreon.com/robburgessshowpatreon. I hope you'll consider supporting in any amount.
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The official website for the podcast is www.therobburgessshow.com.
You can find more about me by visiting my website, www.thisburgess.com.
Until next time.