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The Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastHomegrown TomatoesIn this episode I will tell you why homegrown tomatoes are better than store bought and ten times better than the tomatoes they put on fast food burgers.  There really is a reason!  Listen and find out why. 2021-09-1313 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastIntentional PlantingPlanting with a purpose.  I planted a tree over twenty years ago to shade my living room from the morning sun.  I was intentional about what I planted and where I planted it.  We all plant seeds, intentional or not, and they are going to grow.  Shouldn't we be intentional?  2021-09-0710 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastWhy I'm Not Getting The ShotIf you want to know why some of us don't want the shot, I explain why I don't want it.  I can't speak for anyone else.  It's not political, I promise, but if you are politically liberal, you may take it that way.  The actual explanation starts around six minutes in if you want to skip ahead.    Thanks for listening! 2021-08-2718 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Canadian Border OpensThe Canadians opened their border to US citizens, but we didn't open ours to Canadians.  Why not?  Why couldn't we close the border with Mexico?  Tell me again how our Covid response isn't political.   2021-08-2512 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastGas Shortage May 2021There was no gasoline shortage.  The gas stations ran out of gas because of panic buying.  Just like toilet paper last year, and bread and milk during a snow storm, the news media yelled fire in a crowded movie house and created a panic.   2021-05-1711 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastWhat Happened To American ManufacturingThis episode is a little bit of a departure from my normal episodes.  It's a little bit of a tirade on how greed allowed manufacturers to put profit above all else and allowed accountants to run their companies.  I talk about accountants, CPAs, MBAs, large corporations at the beginning of the episode and end with an example of how a small company became a big company, then sold out for profit.  That's what has happened to American manufacturing!     2021-05-1524 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe One PercentThis episode is NOT about rich people.  I talk about the parable of the shepherd leaving the ninety-nine sheep to look for the one that was lost, and the story of the prodigal son and what happens to the one may not be important to the ninety-nine, but it's vitally important to the one.   2021-05-1011 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastMother's DayHappy Mother's Day!  I talk about the holiday itself, my mom, and how a mother's love can't be compared with any other kind of love.  Mom loves you.  She always has and always will. 2021-05-0710 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastI Didn't Mean To Hurt You"I didn't mean to hurt you" is not really an apology.  It's almost passive aggressive.  It's like saying, I'm not really sorry for what I did.  I'm just sorry you couldn't handle it.   2021-04-1209 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastEaster In Three WordsEaster in three words.  Actually a few three word phrases.  I love you, it is finished, He is risen, and you are forgiven.  This is the Easter story. 2021-04-0514 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastWe Should TeachWe should be teaching the next generation.  Teaching them what we know, everything we know.  Teach faith and biblical truth, teach them trades and how to fix things.  The ancient Egyptians stopped teaching people how to build pyramids and now nobody knows how they did it!      2021-03-2911 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastQuestioning GodHave you ever asked God "Why?" Is it ever okay to question God?  Moses did, King David did too.  It's normal, human nature to want to question God, but should we?     2021-03-2411 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastSleep ShamingAre the type of person who stays up late and then sleeps late in the morning?  Have you ever been sleep shamed?  Sleep shaming is a passive aggressive thing early risers do to imply that you're lazy or have a psychological problem because you don't get up before sunrise.  In this episode I talk about being a night owl and being sleep shamed.   2021-03-1014 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastDr Suess and CensorshipDr Suess Enterprises has decided to stop publishing six of the books in their library due to their opinion that these books "portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong." One of the books is "And To Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street".  I read this book to my kids, as did millions of other parents.  I couldn't remember anything offensive in that book, so I wanted to find out why it is now considered offensive after all these years.  In this episode I talk about the decision to stop publication, censorship, and the cancel cul...2021-03-0815 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastSedition, Insurrection, and ImpeachmentThe second impeachment trial of Donald Trump is going on now.  It is such a blatantly political move on the part of the Democrats in Washington, that the whole trial should be dismissed.  I don't believe they can prove the January 6th protest was an actual insurrection, let alone sedition.  If you are a Trump hater, this episode will definitely trigger you, but I hope you listen anyway!  Thanks. 2021-02-1220 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastRob Talks PoliticsThis episode was recorded on January 15, 2021, five days before the inauguration.  This is the first time I've ever talked about politics on the podcast.  Washington just got too ridiculous and I had to get on my soapbox.  This is also the longest episode I've ever done.  Maybe I should start talking about politics! Thanks for listening!    2021-01-3126 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastAre We Losing Our Compassion?I think the Covid19 lockdowns are hurting our compassion.  This is a follow up from the last episode "I Feel Your Pain".  Listen to that episode first. I believe the lockdowns encourage people to NOT help.  We are constantly told to stay away from other people, and I think this is a totally wrong approach.    #Covid19 #compassion 2021-01-0511 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastI Feel Your PainYou can sympathize with someone when they are hurting, but feeling the pain with them is empathy, which says "I hurt when you hurt."  In this episode I talk about empathy and also about compassion, which is empathy with legs.  I tell the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead and a little about the compassion demonstrated by Covid care nurses and first responders. #Covid #compassion 2021-01-0410 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastChristmas Trees and Railroad TracksThis episode includes a little Christmas tree history, and the connection between our Christmas tree and the railroad tracks.    2020-12-1811 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastThere's A Snake In The House!Has a snake ever gotten inside your house?  We're not fans of snakes, especially one inside the house.  This is the story of the time we had a snake get inside our house and how we dealt with it. 2020-12-1412 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastSaying I Love YouTell the people you love that you love them!  I never was one to tell people I loved them until my grandfather was diagnosed with terminal cancer many years ago.  I didn't want him to pass away without me telling him I loved him.  Then he started saying it to me, then I started saying it to other people, and I realized how powerful those three little words really were! 2020-12-0506 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastWhy I Have A WoodstoveI'm back in the truck for this episode, so please ignore the background road noise.  It's no accident that I have a woodstove.  We didn't just happen to buy a house that had one.  I will never own another house without a woodstove, or at least a fireplace!   2020-12-0209 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastThanksgivingA little Thanksgiving trivia.  Did you know the pilgrims never referred to themselves as pilgrims?  Did you know they meant to land at Jamestown, Virginia and ended up at Plymouth Rock by accident?  Learn more than you ever knew about Thanksgiving.  Thanks for listening! 2020-11-2411 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastAstronaut Mike CollinsA true unsung hero, astronaut Mike Collins.  You hardly ever hear about him.  While Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, Mike Collins flew the command module that brought them home.  The success of the mission depended on him doing his job.  #NASA #Apollo11  2020-11-2210 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastA Love StoryThe one year anniversary of starting the podcast.  Rather than taking a nostalgic look back, I decided to tell the story of the first date I ever had with my wife of 33 years.  How we met and how we ended up being together since December of 1981.  It's a little self serving. Thanks for listening! 2020-11-2209 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastImposter SyndromeWhat is "Imposter Syndrome" and is there anything you can do about it?  It's similar to self doubt that seems to be common with professionals, particularly among professional women.  This episode covers what the syndrome is and a coping mechanism that has worked for me. #impostersyndrome #podcast 2020-11-1614 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastVeterans DayEverything you wanted to know about Veterans Day but were afraid to ask!  Why is it a holiday?  When did it start?  Who does it honor?  Our allies around the world who also recognize it, and proper pronunciation and punctuation!    2020-11-1211 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastMomma Loves YouYour Mom loves you!  No matter what you have done, no matter how you have disappointed her, no matter what kind of relationship you have with her today, she has always loved you and always will. Call your mother today! 2020-11-1107 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe New Normal or Temporary AbnormalI don't accept the concept of new normal when it comes to the covid19 crisis.  All the mask wearing and lockdown protocols are just the temporary abnormal.  During no crisis in the history of America did anyone say "this is the new normal" until 2008.  It's not how things are now, it's how things are FOR now.  It will get better! #NewNormal2020 #TemporaryAbnormal     2020-10-2914 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastMake My DayA kind word or gesture can make my day.  A compliment goes a long way!  Make a conscious effort today to make someone else's day.  A compliment or a word of encouragement that makes someone say "that made my day!" not only helps them, it reduces your stress and anxiety too!  When you're focused on someone else, you're less worried about your own problems.  Go out and try to make someone's day!       2020-10-2407 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastOne More DayWe all want one more day to finish a project or to get a report done for school.  We wish we had one more day with loved ones who have passed on.  What would you do differently if you knew you only had one more day? 2020-10-1907 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastUnintended ConsequencesSometimes things don't go according to plan and result in unintended consequences.  The thing you never anticipated produced a result you never expected.  Unintended consequences can be tragic, but not always.  Sometimes the thing you never expected turns out to be the best thing that ever happened to you!   2020-10-1808 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastHabitually LateI'm usually running a few minutes later than I intended.  Being late is a habit with me.  Is habitually lateness passive aggressive?  It can be.  In my case it's a combination of procrastination and the fact that I don't have to punch a clock.   2020-10-1207 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastSerenity NowAnxiety is why you don't have peace and serenity.  The fear of failure is where the anxiety is coming from.  Ask yourself if there's anything you can do to change the situation.  If there's nothing you can do to change it, why worry about it? #Serenity #Peace #Anxiety      2020-10-0810 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastIrreconcilable DifferencesIrreconcilable differences is legal grounds for divorce.  The recent announcement by Kelly Clarkson that she was getting divorced caused me to think about the term "irreconcilable differences" itself.  I don't believe any differences can't be reconciled if you're willing to try.       2020-10-0506 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastGood Guys and Bad GuysWhen it came to cowboys, John Wayne was always the good guy.  With Clint Eastwood cowboys you weren't always sure.  It's getting harder to tell the good guys from the bad guys.  Is the enemy of my enemy my friend?  2020-10-0108 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastStay In TouchThe origin of the phrase "stay in touch" probably used to mean "within arm's reach" of each other, face to face communication.  Now a text message serves the same purpose.  Are we actually staying "in touch" when we're far away from each other?  With the covid19 lockdown, that may be as good as it gets for a while.  Stay in touch!    2020-09-2807 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastMulberry TreesMulberry trees are fascinating to me.  I had this odd plant growing in my backyard that had differently shaped leaves on the same branch.  I decided to let it live just to see what it would become and eventually it started producing berries.  Who knew!   2020-09-2408 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastWhy Do You Believe It?This episode is more about political beliefs.  Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen - Hebrews 11:1, but when it comes to political beliefs, you should be able to give reasons WHY you believe what you believe. #election2020  #blocked 2020-09-2109 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastSummer 2020Has it been hot this summer, or is it just me?  Is the heat and humidity part of global warming?  Is this hurricane season worse than normal?  In the midst of an already weird year, with the presidential election and covid19, I'm ready for the temperature to become at least tolerable! #Summer2020 #GlobalWarming  2020-09-1409 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastDo What You LoveDo you love what you do?  You probably don't!  The quote, usually attributed to Confucius, says "Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life!"  In this episode I share a story about a woman who learned to love what she did by serving others. #dowhatyoulove   2020-09-1408 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastChaosSome people thrive on chaos and disorder.  Some people with chaotic personalities are used and manipulated by those who want to create chaos.  Here are just a few thoughts on chaos.  Thanks for listening! #CHAOS 2020-09-1207 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastGoing NowhereSometimes you feel like you're going nowhere.  Remember the Sunday drive?  Gasoline was cheap and Dad would load us all up in the station wagon and we would all go for a drive.  I miss those days when going nowhere was the best place to go. #nowhere 2020-09-0407 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastFifty Episodes!Actually, i'm past the fiftieth episode already, but I wanted to do a special episode to commemorate.  I mention some of the topics I have covered over the last fifty episodes like The Golden Rule, love and hate, and why I do the podcast in the first place!    2020-08-2810 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe EncouragersA little encouragement goes a long way.  Someone with an encouraging nature can build you up and make you feel better just by being around them! It comes naturally to some people, but we can all become better at encouraging others if we try.  #encourager #encouragement #encourage    2020-08-2410 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastWhat's Wrong With Wearing A Mask?Wearing a mask is mandatory in most states to protect against covid19.  There is a cultural cost to masking up the whole society.  It's dehumanizing.  This episode has my thoughts of the cost of everyone wearing masks. #covid19 #mask    #identity  2020-08-1710 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastScarsWe all have physical scars.  They remind us of when we were hurt in the past.  What we call "emotional scars" may actually be wounds that never healed.  How do you heal an emotional wound so it can become a scar? #emotional #scars    2020-08-1011 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastIf You Had It To Do Over AgainIf you could go back in time and make changes, would you do it?  In Star Trek they called it "altering the timeline." What if you never met some of the people who are important to you know?  What if you had to learn the hard lessons over again? 2020-07-3108 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastJesus and Star TrekMy friend Tony Stroud was a Christian and a hard core StarTrek fan.  We have been known to talk on the phone for hours at a time.  The two topics we discussed most often were Jesus and Star Trek, not necessarily separately!  Learn how Jesus and Star Trek are related.  My friend passed away recently and I will miss those talks.  This is my tribute to him.   #StarTrek #Christian #Jesus 2020-07-2712 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastWho Do You Trust (Part II)We tend to trust licensed professionals.  Why do we trust them?  Can we trust them?  In this episode I tell the story of a doctor we "thought" we could trust. 2020-07-2008 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastWho Do You Trust? (Part I)Check out part one of this two part episode on trust.  Are you a trusting person or do people have to earn your trust? Do you trust inanimate objects, like your car, more than you trust most people?   2020-07-2010 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastStay Connected During LockdownCovid19 lock down is causing sensory deprivation by keeping us separated from our friends and family.  We need that sensory connection!  Just to know we're part of a group, our own group, other people who make us feel like we're not alone.  In prison, solitary confinement is used as punishment!  2020-07-0907 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Snake ManGrover Cleveland Barfield is the Snake Man of Gaston County and Director of the Carolina Reptile Rescue and Education Center.  He is an expert on poisonous snakes and raises copperheads in his basement.  In this episode I talk about meeting him and the snakes for the first time.  2020-07-0616 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastCops Make EVERYBODY Nervous!Cops don't want to hurt you.  How you react to cops has a lot to do with how they treat you.  I used to get pulled over by the cops a lot when I was a teenager!  I was scared every time, but never once was in fear for my life, and you shouldn't be either!     2020-07-0313 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastFathers DaySome things you may not know about your dad.  Things like, it really did hurt him more than it hurt you, and he was always proud of you, and loved you, whether he told you or not.  2020-07-0309 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastHow To Stay MarriedMarriage is a commitment.  You must commit to the commitment.  You won't always be happy.  Your spouse will disappoint you, or make you angry, or hurt you, but if you're committed to the commitment, you stay together.  The disappointment, anger, or hurt will pass and when it does, you will still be together.   2020-06-1709 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastIt's Just A DogMost people feel that their dogs are part of the family and more than "just a dog".  In this episode I talk about how attached we became to our dog and how hard it was to have her put down.    2020-06-1410 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastTaking The Back RoadsYour GPS gives you options like "fastest route" or "scenic route".  The fastest way is not always the best way.  Try the back roads now and then! 2020-06-1406 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Fastest Way To Myrtle BeachThere is no fast way to Myrtle Beach from my house!  There are a few alternate routes, but until Star Fleet invents transporter technology, it's going to be a long trip.  You have to make the journey a normal part of the vacation.  2020-06-0108 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastCan Money Buy Happiness?Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy you a cup of coffee, and isn't that the same thing?  What it takes to make me happy today is radically different from what it took when I was in my twenties!  2020-05-2912 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastShame As A VerbTo shame someone is bullying and a way to hurt another person.  Christians used to be the masters at shaming others, using scripture to justify the shaming.  These days people use shaming to try to silence their political enemies, using words like racist, sexist, or phobic.      2020-05-2208 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastSharing Your DreamsSharing your dreams is a risky business.  It can be a good idea if you really want it to come true, or a really bad idea if you tell the wrong person! 2020-05-1313 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastBig Boys Don't CryIs it okay for men to cry?  Little boys on the playground are told "big boys don't cry" when they scrape their knee.  Whether it's testosterone or learned behavior, men tend to cry much less often than women.  Maybe men should "let it out" more often.   2020-05-1111 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastFriendsThis is a short episode I named "Friends" I recently reconnected with friends I knew thirty plus years ago and it had me reminiscing and thinking about old friends.  I may do a longer episode on this same theme later.  Stay tuned! 2020-05-0706 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastWhy I Can't Remember StuffAge related memory loss.  I have a theory, based on no research, as to why we have trouble remembering stuff as we get older.  I believe it's a "no available memory space" problem. 2020-05-0608 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastDNA TestsHave you ever had a DNA test? Did you believe the results?  I found out that I had Cherokee ancestry, but the DNA test showed zero percent Native American.  My wife apparently is descended from Vikings and pirates.  THAT I can believe!       2020-05-0109 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastBC: Before Cell PhonesRemember when smart phones replaced flip phones?  Remember when cell phones first came out?  Do remember when there were no cell phones?  Cell phones are a fairly recent invention and now you can't live without them.   2020-04-2712 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastDo You Want To Be Right or Do You Want To Be Happy?The best piece of relationship advice my dad ever gave me.  When you're in the midst of an argument, ask yourself, "Do I want to be right, or do I want to be happy"?  It takes two people to argue.  If one person stops, the argument stops. 2020-04-2408 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastWhat Does Home Mean To You?We're all under a "stay at home" order.  I began to think philosophically about "home" and what it means to me.  What do you think of when you say the word "home"?  Is it your state, your town, or maybe it's the place where you grew up?  In this episode I talk about what home means to me.    2020-04-2009 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastCompassionCompassion says, I not only feel your pain, but I will help you to get through it.  How is compassion different from empathy?  Nursing has to be the most perfect example of people who show compassion.    2020-04-1607 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastDo You Really NEED a Supervisor?If you're at least thirty years old, you should be responsible enough to work without adult supervision!  I also talk about the two best supervisors I've ever had, and what made them such good supervisors. 2020-04-1412 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastEaster and PassoverWhy Easter and Passover happen at the same time.  There are two reasons.  This episode is a brief explanation of Easter and Passover and why they coincide.   2020-04-0607 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Importance of Human TouchHuman touch is vitally important to our health and well being.  In this episode I talk about social distancing, holding babies, and showing the love of Jesus through touch by missionaries at a leper colony.    2020-04-0315 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastNo FearThe COVID-19 panic is the result of fear.  Fear is a negative emotion that is more contagious than the virus!  God's word to us is to fear not, be not afraid, and the same applies to the Coronovirus.  No matter what the situation, God says we can face it without fear because He is with us.    2020-03-2910 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Difference Between Sympathy and EmpathyEmpathy goes deeper than sympathy.  Empathy says I not only feel sorry for you, but I feel what you feel.  A subtle difference, yet it's not so subtle.  It moves us to help others and to want to be there for them.   2020-03-2510 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastTrue Love Never DiesI believe true love never dies.  If you ever loved someone, you still do, even if they are out of your life forever.  Love is our natural state of being.  That's why receiving love, or expressing it, makes us so happy.  The love you feel for another person never goes away.      2020-03-1910 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Ten CommandmentsThis episode talks about the commandments, what Jesus said about them, and how they relate to the golden rule.  I begin by talking a little about the 1956 Cecil B. DeMille movie and how watching the movie encouraged me to read the book!   2020-03-1312 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastGrandpaw and PapawGrandfathers have a special relationship with their grandchildren.  In this episode I talk about my two grandfathers and the relationships I had with each of them.  2020-03-1115 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastAlways Tip Your WaitressYou should always tip your servers.  Bad service may not be the server's fault.  Servers can be paid less than half of minimum wage and depend on tips to make a living.  You should always tip the wait staff.       2020-03-0915 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastA Death In The FamilyOne of the hardest emotional things you will ever go through is the death of a loved one.  This episode deals with the grieving process and taking comfort from the fact that death is not the end.  2020-03-0315 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastBillionairesBillionaires.  The President, and two men running for president, are billionaires.  Most people have no concept of how much money one billion dollars represents.  According to the internet,  the wealthiest man in America is worth over 127 Billion.  How much is a billion?     2020-02-2409 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastTurn It!Do you still say "turn it" when you want someone to change channels on TV?  Do you still "dial" a phone number?  There's nothing to turn on a TV and no "dial" on your phone.  A bit of nostalgia for words we still use even though they don't really make sense. 2020-02-1811 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastGrandma Perkins and the Last Hundred YearsThis episode is about my great grandmother Sallie Esther Hovis Perkins and the things she saw and the last one hundred years.  She could make one hundred years seem not so long ago.  Born in 1899, she lived from the Wright Brothers first flight to the first moon landing.  A lot happened during her lifetime and she took it all in stride.       2020-02-1212 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastHighway 16 The Deadliest Highway In North CarolinaIn the late 1970s, NC Highway 16 was named "The deadliest highway in North Carolina."  Once I was old enough to drive, I drove on this highway every day.  This episode gives a little personal history of this highway and how the new four-lane bypass may turn this stretch of road back into the deadliest highway in the state.      2020-02-0412 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastStuck In Traffic Jan 28, 2020There was a tanker crash which diverted traffic onto the road in front of my house.  It took me nearly two hours to travel four miles, so I did a podcast episode!  This episode is MUCH longer than my normal episodes.  I did very little editing.  You can hear the traffic sounds, my radio, and me talking for a little over forty minutes.  Let me know how you like it. 2020-01-2942 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastStuck In Traffic Jan 28, 20202020-01-2942 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastAll I Need To Know"All I Need To Know" was not only a Kenny Chesney song, in 1988, author Robert Fulghum published an essay and book titled "All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten."  This episode talks about the wisdom in his essay that we need today more than ever.        2020-01-2710 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastHow I Was Raised"That's just how I was raised," is a common response whenever you compliment someone on their kindness or dependability.  Kids today are growing up in a different world than the one we grew up in, but some things never change.  We can still teach kids right from wrong, and how to treat others the way we would like to be treated.     2020-01-2518 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastRemember Who YOU AreWhen you have self doubt, or you feel like you're not getting the respect you deserve, it helps to remember who YOU are.  If you're unhappy because others don't recognize your talent or your worth, remember who YOU are.  Maybe it's time for a change.    2020-01-2013 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastFixin ToOne of my favorite Southernisms, "fixin to".  For years I didn't know it was a Southern thing.  I thought everybody said it.  "Fixin" as a noun is purely marketing.  This is a more lighthearted episode than the last one, and as a bonus, you can actually hear the road noise in the background.  BTW, I don't know whose tag this is in the picture.  I just thought it was cool.       2020-01-1007 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastHate, Let It GoHate hurts you.  It can affect your whole life and you have to let it go!  Hate is not the opposite of love.  Love is the natural state of human beings.  You have to decide to hate.  It takes a conscious effort to hate, and it will poison your life! 2019-12-3013 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastGet To Know A Person Before You Judge ThemIt's harder to judge someone after you get to know them.  This is the story of a kid I had written off as a disrespectful brat, but then I got to know him better.     2019-12-1612 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastA Charlie Brown Kind of ChristmasThis 1965 animated classic actually TELLS the true meaning of Christmas, well, Linus does.  Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer and How the Grinch Stole Christmas also remind us, they're just more subtle about it!  Merry Christmas!     2019-12-1413 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastNobody Wants To SuckNobody wants to suck!  It's a crude way to put it, but it gets the point across.  We all want to do a good job, but sometimes we suck at it. 2019-12-0908 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastLearn To ApologizeThe apology is underrated.  You don't have to be wrong to apologize for how you made someone feel.  The apology restores your relationship, and it's better to do it sooner, rather than later.    2019-12-0911 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastWhat did you do TODAY?To reach a goal, you need to work on it.  What did you do TODAY?  A goal and a dream is something you are actively trying to make happen.  A dream is something you hope will happen.  Did you do anything TODAY to reach your goal?    2019-12-0214 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastJury dutyI recently had jury duty.  Everyone dreads it, but it's kind of cool and interesting to see how the system works. 2019-11-2415 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastLooking For A SignLooking for a sign?  Maybe you have a friend who is ALWAYS looking for a sign.  Is this what you're waiting for? 2019-11-1800 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastWaitingDo you ever feel like you spend most of your time waiting?  Waiting for something to happen before we can move forward with our lives.  What are you waiting for?2019-11-1800 minThe Driving With Rob PodcastThe Driving With Rob PodcastAn Introduction.........Episode 1, an introduction. A little about me, the podcast, and why I decided to start one.  2019-11-1800 min