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...
June 30, 1959—Two balls in play at once at Cubs game
=We have the audio of that totally confusing play-by-play
June 30—Mike Tyson birthday
=Dan Frischman of the show Head of the Class has a great story about his brush with Mike Tyson. He told it to us in this episode of Minutia Men.
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July 1—Release of the New York Times bestseller The Lie by William Dameron
=He appeared in this episode of Minutia Men Celebrity Interview.
July 1—Canada Day
=Mr. Zero, one of the leaders of the Canadian Band The Kings appeared on Minutia Men.
=Felix Cavaliere from the Rascals talked to us about his inexplicable popularity in Canada.
=Canadian journalist Paul Saltzman told us a story about Beatles making fun of Canada.
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July 3--Tom Cruise birthday
=I told my Tom Cruise story in this episode of Minutia Men.
July 3, 1971—Don Kessinger hits an inside the park homer
=We have the audio.
July 3, 2020—Rick appears on Phil Manicki show on WGN
=We talked about the media business, including our show Minutia Men. You can hear it here.
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July 4, 1954—West Germany beats Hungary 3-2 to win the World Cup
=Just another reminder to listen to Free Kicks.
July 4—Bill Schnee birthday
=The famous recording engineer/producer has some incredible rock and roll stories. A great sampling of them are in this interview.
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July 5, 1970—Leo Durocher starts a brawl
=We have the play-by-play audio.
July 6, 1970—Ron Santo hits 3 homers
=We play the play-by-play audio.
July 6--Robert Loerzel birthday
=The Chicago historian tells us all about the 1919 race riots in Chicago.
July 6—Burt Ward birthday
=Mike Toomey has a story about dealing with Robin.
July 6—Nick Digilio birthday
=Nick came on the Minutia Men show shortly before debuting his Radio Misfits podcast.
