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Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Regular guest: Josh Sigler

Josh Sigler grew up in Tipton, Indiana, where he was a 2002 honors graduate of Tipton High School. He earned his bachelor's degree in media studies and organizational communication from Manchester University in 2006, and served as a community affairs intern at WTHR Channel 13-Indianapolis during his senior year. He’s worked for various publications over a 15-year career as a journalist, including the Kokomo Tribune and the Wabash Plain Dealer. He earned the Hoosier State Press Association (HSPA) award for best sports feature in 2015, and has won various other awards during his career from the HSPA and the Associated Press. During his six years at the Kokomo Tribune, Sigler was an AP football pollster and his work has appeared in publications such as the South Bend Tribune, the Hartford Courant and the San Antonio Express-News.

Here are the episodes on which Josh Sigler has been a guest:

Ep. 14 - Brandon Chapman and Josh Sigler
Ep. 201 - Josh Sigler

And here is a YouTube playlist of all the episodes featuring Josh Sigler:

Ep. 201 - Josh Sigler

 

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

On this our 201st episode, our returning guest is Josh Sigler.

You first heard Josh Sigler on Episode 14, along with fellow regular guest Brandon Chapman.

Josh Sigler grew up in Tipton, Indiana, where he was a 2002 honors graduate of Tipton High School. He earned his bachelor's degree in media studies and organizational communication from Manchester University in 2006, and served as a community affairs intern at WTHR Channel 13-Indianapolis during his senior year. He’s worked for various publications over a 15-year career as a journalist, including the Kokomo Tribune and the Wabash Plain Dealer. He earned the Hoosier State Press Association (HSPA) award for best sports feature in 2015, and has won various other awards during his career from the HSPA and the Associated Press. During his six years at the Kokomo Tribune, Sigler was an AP football pollster and his work has appeared in publications such as the South Bend Tribune, the Hartford Courant and the San Antonio Express-News.

A quick programming note:

You can read Josh's Oct. 4, 2015 Kokomo Tribune story, “What happened to Tabi?: Unsolved Tipton murder still haunts family” by clicking here.

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Monday, August 23, 2021

Ep. 200 - Rob Burgess [X]

 

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.
On this our 200th episode, our guest is …
me!
My first solo episode of this podcast was
Episode 41, the second was Episode 62, the third was Episode 84, the fourth was Episode 117, the fifth was Episode 131, the sixth was Episode 135, the seventh was Episode 182, the eighth was Episode 189 and the ninth was Episode 194. And, on Episode 100, I was joined by my wife and regular guest Ash Burgess, who interviewed me.
I am a 17-time award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in print, radio, online, and television. I am currently Editor of the Wabash Plain Dealer. Most recently, I was 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.

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Saturday, August 7, 2021

Ep. 199 - Eugene Smith

 


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

On this our 199th episode our guest is Eugene Smith.

Eugene Smith was born in 1957 in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Fresno, California. He was working in Georgetown, Guyana, for Peoples Temple on November 18, 1978, when he lost his mother, wife, and infant son in the mass murder-suicide at Jonestown.

Repatriated by the U.S. authorities on New Year’s Eve, he broke a $50 bill stashed in his shoe to buy breakfast for himself and a fellow survivor. Returning to California at age 21, Smith faced the daunting challenge of building from scratch a meaningful and self-sufficient life in the American society he thought he had left behind. He retired in 2015 after 22 years’ service with the California Department of Transportation. He lives in the Bay Area.

On May 11, 2021, Smith's book, “Back to the World: A Life After Jonestown,” was published by Texas Christian University Press. https://www.tamupress.com/book/9780875657783/back-to-the-world/

A quick programming note:

As I mention in the episode, I was a reporter for the Ukiah Daily Journal from 2007 to 2009. During that time, I also had a chance to interview fellow Jonestown survivor, Tracy Diaz, formerly known as Tracy Parks. https://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/2008/11/02/survivor-recalls-the-horror-of-jonestown-ukiahan-travels-back-to-guyana/

I also had a chance to interview Rebecca Moore for that story. Moore lost two sisters in Jonestown and now is now professor emerita of religious studies at San Diego State University. With her husband, Fielding McGehee III, she co-manages the website, Alternative Considerations of Jonestown and Peoples Temple. https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=16580

Moore was instrumental in providing context for that 2008 article, and connecting me with Eugene Smith for this episode. https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=17033

Thank you again. Anyone who is even remotely interested in the good, bad and otherwise of Peoples Temple is encouraged to visit their website. It is truly a valuable historical resource. https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/

Finally, I want to thank Tracy Diaz and Eugene Smith for taking the time to share their stories with me over the years.

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Friday, August 6, 2021

Ep. 198 - Ash Burgess [XXIII]

 

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

On this our 198th episode our returning guest is Ash Burgess.

You first heard Ash Burgess on Episode 16, Episode 26, Episode 27, Episode 39, Episode 58, Episode 63, Episode 77, Episode 86, Episode 91, Episode 100, Episode 124, Episode 130, Episode 136, Episode 142, Episode 143, Episode 148, Episode 151, Episode 154, Episode 165, Episode 176, Episode 184, Episode 191, Episode 196 and Episode 82, which also featured regular guest Jonathan Fowler of the podcast.

Ash Burgess has a dusty degree in Religious Studies and an appetite for both high and low culture. She strives to celebrate the best of every season with her young children.

Follow her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/ashburgess/ and subscribe to her YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl2Bis7mhGmekVi0ZioJFOg?app=desktop

A quick programming note: If you want to hear the episode we recorded almost a year ago before we began our homeschooling journey, that would be Episode 176.

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You can find more about me by visiting my website, www.thisburgess.com.If you have something to say, record a voice memo on your smartphone and send it to therobburgessshow@gmail.com. Include “voice memo” in the subject line of the email. Also, if you want to call or text the show for any reason, the number is: 317-674-3547.