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.
Here are a few from the archives...
July 7, 1974—West Germany wins the World Cup, beating Netherlands 2-1.
=This was the tournament that spurred my love of soccer, and eventually inspired the Free Kicks podcast
July 7, 1899—Adolph Luetgert dies
=Chicago historian Robert Loerzel wrote a book about that crazed killer. He told us all about it in this episode.
July 7—Ringo Starr birthday
=Felix Cavaliere tells the story of playing in Ringo's All star band in this episode.
=Bill Schnee tells the story of recording Ringo's album sessions, when all three of the other Beatles showed up.
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July 8, 1990—Germany wins the World Cup, beating Argentina 1-0.
=This was the tournament that restored my love of soccer, and eventually inspired the Free Kicks podcast.
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July 9, 2005—Adam Greenberg’s only Cub at bat
=One of the all-time great baseball stories.
July 9, 2006—Men in Blazers stars Roger Bennett and Michael Davies meet at a wedding reception in New York.
=Roger Bennett told us that story in this episode.
July 9, 2019—Chance the Snapper found.
=Block Club Chicago Editor-in-Chief Shamus Toomey told us the story of the alligator that put his Chicago website on the map.
July 9, 1971—Grand Funk at Shea Stadium.
=They sold more tickets in a shorter amount of time than the Beatles did six years earlier. Mark Farner told us more.
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July 10--Fred Mitchell birthday
=The legendary sportswriter appeared on this episode of Minutia Men Celebrity Interview.
July 11, 1996—5:30 Club
=This is a video of the John Landecker show's opening segment every morning on WJMK--The 5:30 Club. My age and shape are mentioned.
July 11, 1960—To Kill a Mockingbird is published.
=And now it's banned in Florida. Scott Turow talked to us about his thoughts regarding its banning.
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July 12, 1979--Disco Demoilition
=This video from that night does a pretty good of explaining the hype.
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July 13, 2014—Germany wins the World Cup, beating Argentina 1-0.
=Pretty good week in history for Germany, eh?
July 13—Cheech Marin birthday
=We interviewed Tommy Chong, who told us all about his ex-comedy partner Cheech.
