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Friday, August 24, 2018

Regular guest: Leon Neyfakh


Leon Neyfakh is the co-creator of the Fiasco podcast and the president of Prologue Projects, a small podcast studio in Brooklyn. Previously, he hosted and co-produced Slow Burn at Slate. Neyfakh started his career in print journalism, writing for the New York Observer, the Boston Globe, and Slate. He is the author of The Next Next Level: A Story of Rap, Friendship, and Almost Giving Up.

Here are the episodes on which Leon has been a guest:

Ep. 101 - Leon Neyfakh

Ep. 121 - Leon Neyfakh [II]

Ep. 144 - Leon Neyfakh [III]

Ep. 159 - Leon Neyfakh [IV]

Ep. 175 - Leon Neyfakh [V]

And here is a YouTube playlist of the episodes on which Leon has been a guest:


Ep. 121 - Leon Neyfakh [II]

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.
On this our 121st episode our returning guest is Leon Neyfakh. You first heard him on Episode 101 of the podcast.
Leon Neyfakh is a staff writer at Slate Magazine and the host of Slow Burn. He was previously a writer for the Ideas section of the Boston Globe and the New York Observer. He is the author of The Next Next Level: A Story of Rap, Friendship, and Almost Giving Up.
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Friday, August 17, 2018

Ep. 120 - Jonathan Abrams

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this, our 120th episode, our guest is Jonathan Abrams.
Jonathan Abrams is an award-winning journalist who writes for Bleacher Report. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling Boys Among Men. He was previously a staff writer at Grantland, the Los Angeles Times, and the New York Times and is a graduate of the University of Southern California.
His new book, “All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of The Wire,” was released Feb. 13, and is now also a New York Times bestseller.
And, now, onto the show.
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Friday, August 10, 2018

Ep. 119 - Jonathan Fowler [XXXI]

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this, our 119th 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, 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 and Episode 82, also featuring fellow regular guest Ash Burgess 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 over 10 years, trying to help the citizens of that great nation, hopefully, "talk pretty one day."
If you listened to the last seven episodes with Jonathan you heard us talk about the first four seasons of “The Wire.” On this episode we'll be discussing up through the end of Season 5, and the end of the show. So, consider this your blanket spoiler alert.

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Friday, August 3, 2018

Ep. 118 - Arjun Signh Sethi

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.
On this our, 118th episode, our guest is Arjun Singh Sethi.
Arjun Singh Sethi is a community activist, civil rights lawyer, writer, and law professor based in Washington, DC. He works closely with Muslim, Arab, South Asian, and Sikh communities and advocates for racial justice, equity, and social change at the local and national levels. His writing has appeared in CNN Opinion, The Guardian, Politico Magazine, USA Today, and The Washington Post, and he is featured regularly on national radio and television. He holds faculty appointments at Georgetown University Law Center and Vanderbilt University Law School, and presently co-chairs the American Bar Association's National Committee on Homeland Security, Terrorism, and Treatment of Enemy Combatants. He lives in Washington, D.C.
His new book, "American Hate: Survivors Speak Out," will be published Aug. 7.
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Thursday, August 2, 2018

Ep. 117 - Rob Burgess [IV]

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.
On this our, 117th episode, our guest is … me!
My first solo episode of this podcast was Episode 41, the second was Episode 62 and the third was Episode 84. And, on Episode 100, I was joined by my wife and regular guest Ash Burgess, who interviewed me.
I am a nine-time award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in print, radio, online and television. On Monday, I started by new job as News Editor of NUVO Newsweekly, where I was also a freelance reporter and photographer back in 2010 and 2011. Most recently, I was Managing Editor of the Indiana Lawyer. I have previously worked as City Editor/Opinion Page Editor/Editorial Board Member at the Kokomo Tribune, and before that as a reporter at WFHB, 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.
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And here is a YouTube playlist of all the songs I mentioned on this episode: