Wednesday, October 02, 2024

Studio Walls--10-2-24

 







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

=Stacy Widelitz wrote the show's original theme song.