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.
This week's Minutia Men podcast has been posted. We named the episode after the famous bit by Cheech and Chong, Sister Mary Elephant. Also discussed: a rogue Irish priest, a woman declared alive, internet in the amazon, a German rap sensation, and a touch from Keanu Reeves. Listen to it here.
Here are a few from the archives...
June 9, 1954—Joseph Nye Welch made history when he chastised Senator Joe McCarthy during the McCarthy hearings.
=His great-granddaughter, Amy Landecker, was on the show to talk about that and her thriving Hollywood career. . Amy story:
June 10--Neil Steinberg birthday
=The Sun-Times columnist was a guest on this episode of Minutia Men.
June 10, 1896—Congress authorizes federal penitentiary at Leavenworth.
=Actor/Artist Dave Vescio was a guest on Minutia Celebrity Interview, and told us about serving time in that notorious prison.
June 10, 1991—Final episode of Twin Peaks is released.
=During the Bob Stroud interview, I revealed an embarrassing incident that happened to me while I was at Stroud's house watching that episode.
June 10, 2022—Vintage Confidential by Duane Scott Cerny released.
=Duane is a character, and he told us some great stories from that book in this episode of the show.
June 11, 1986—Ferris Bueller opens
=Everybody from our generation loves that movie. Everybody that is, except for Nick Digilio & me. We both hate it, and bonded over that hate in this episode.
June 11, 1952—Hank Sauer hits 3 HRs
=We have the classic audio of that day. Will we play it this week?
June 11--Frank Beard birthday
=My ZZ Top story also includes the one ZZ Top member (Beard) who didn't actually have a beard.
June 12, 1991—Bulls win first NBA title.
=Chuck Swirsky was there, and told us all about it.
June 12, 2018—Block Club Chicago founded.
=We talked to one of the founders, Shamus Toomey.
June 12, 1972—Deep Throat released.
=We never actually talked to anyone from that X-rated "classic" but we did interview adult film actress Maitland Ward. We never more thoroughly researched an interviewee.
June 12, 1972—The famous Dick Allen Sports Illustrated cover released
=Chili Dog MVP author Dr. Fletcher explained the significance of that cover to us.
June 13--Tim Allen birthday
=My brush with Tim Allen story is told in this episode of Minutia Men.
June 13—Pigeon Appreciation Day.
=We actually did an interview with a Chicago alderman about pigeon poop. It's in this episode of the show.
June 14--Alan White birthday
=The late drummer of Yes was one of our favorite guests. You can listen to it here. He's watching the Price is Right in the background. (Yes):
June 14, 2021—Minutia Men climbs to top 1% of world’s podcasts
=Just five years after our debut, we reached this still-hard-to-believe height.
June 14--Lauren LoDiguice birthday
=Our favorite Melania Trump impersonator did this entire interview with us as Melania.
June 15—Sam Giancana birthday
=Mob Adjacent author Jeff Gentile actually knew him. It's part of this interview.
June 15—Billy Williams birthday
=Author Fred Mitchell wrote a whole book about Billy, and tells us what the Hall of Famer is really like. (Spoiler alert: He's very nice) :
June 15, 1988—Bull Durham released
=We have some classic audio from that film. Will we share it this week?
