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...
September 29—Jeff Gentile birthday
=We interviewed the co-author of Mob Adjacent in this episode.
September 29—Mark Farner birthday
=We interviewed the leader of Grand Funk Railroad in this episode
September 30—International Podcast Day
=Lots of choices for you to celebrate this day on this page.
September 30--Amy Landecker birthday
=Amy is a long-time friend. Daughter of John. And now a film and television star. Fun interview.
September 30—Dr. Phil Plait birthday
=The world's most famous astronomer is in this episode of the show.
September 30, 2018—Debut of God Friended Me
=The writer/creator of that show Steven Harper appeared on Minutia Men Celebrity Interview.
September 30—Lance Lopez birthday
=We talked to the famous rock guitarist earlier this year.
October—Bullying Awareness month.
=We talked to two anti-bullying crusaders, Mark Pellegrino and Andrew Rossow in this episode.
October 1, 1932—Babe Ruth’s “called shot” at Wrigley Field
=We have the audio.
October 1, 1962—The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson debuts.
=Former Cub Carmen Fanzone told us his Carson story.
October 1, 1996—House of Blues opens in Chicago.
=Mike from Tours with Mike calls it Chicago's ugliest building.
October 1, 1999—Elmo in Grouchland released
=Little Tommy Kaempfer reviews it. We have the audio.
October 1--Julie Andrews birthday
=My story about Julie is in this episode.
October 1—Rod Carew birthday
=Eric Soderholm told us a great story about his ex-teammate.
October 2—Sting birthday
=This episode features my story about Sting.
October 2—Erik Fellows birthday
=We interviewed the actor in this episode.
October 3, 1995--OJ Simpson is Acquitted of Murder
=If it happened in the 1990s, I have written a parody song. In this case, I've written about a dozen. I suspect we might play one this week.
October 3, 2006—Friday Night Lights debuts.
=One of the stars of that great show, Louanne Stephens, was a fun and friendly interviewee.
October 3—Von Freeman birthday
=Jazz musician Kurt Elling has a great story about his fellow jazz musician and what he once taught him in a bar.
October 4--Charlton Heston birthday
=My story about meeting Moses is in this episode.
October 4—John Denicola birthday
=We interviewed the famous songwriter in this episode.
October 4—Beverly Hills 90210 debuts