A weekly update/preview of my latest podcasts, and a look back at some of my previous audio work from this week in history over the past 40+ years.
Two of the podcasts returned last week. The latest Minutia Men is called My Husband Forces Me To Listen to Your Podcast and the latest Free Kicks is titled Sanctions-Palooza.
Here are some other options from this week in history...
*January 28, 2023
=This week last year, Minutia Men aired our 300th episode. You know the Rick and Dave dancers were there. Listen to it here.
*January 29--Dane Placko birthday
=The local Chicago news treasure has been on the show multiple times. Here are a few examples...
*January 30—Chuck Swirsky birthday
=I got a chance to interview the Bulls announcer shortly after his book came out. For some reason, Dave wasn't a part of it.
*January 30--Dwier Brown birthday
*January 31—Nolan Ryan birthday
=What is it like facing one of the greatest flamethrowers in baseball history? Former White Sox slugger Eric Soderholm described it to us.
*January 31, 1933
=The Lone Ranger debuted on the radio. Approximately 90 years later, The Lone Rogainger debuted on Minutia Men.
*January 31—Ernie Banks birthday.
=The Cubs great would have been 93 this week. We uncovered an old 1955 interview with Ernie that we played on this episode of Minutia Men.
*February 2—Nicole Zwiercan birthday
=Who is Nicole? Only Mrs. America. We chatted with her last year.
*February 2—Graham Nash birthday
=Comedian Mike Toomey opened for Crosby Stills and Nash and told us what it was like performing comedy in front of that famously mellow crowd. Listen to his story here
