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.
October 6, 1938—Old Diz’ Last Stand
=Dizzy Dean was a bust as a Cub, except for his one last special outing in the 1938 World Series. We have the audio.
October 6—Valerio De Los Santos birthday.
=He is the pitcher who beaned Adam Greenberg, ending his career. When we talked to Adam, he told us the follow up story.
October 6, 1978—Release of Midnight Express (movie)
=The author of the book, Billy Hayes, has appeared as a guest on Minutia Men Celebrity Interview.
October 7--Birthday of John Mellencamp
=We talked to a good friend of his from his pre-fame days, fellow musician Essra Mohawk, and she told us what he was like in those days.
October 7--Jose Cardenal birthday
=Yes, Rick met him. Yes, it is a memorable and quirky story.
October 7, 1935—Cubs lose Game 6 of World Series
=We have the audio of the last out.
October 7, 1981—Loverboy’s Get Lucky album released
=Loverboy lead singer Mike Reno told us the story if that album. :
October 7, 1996—Fox News debuts.
=We asked political writer Judd Legum if Fox News has broken America. (Spoiler alert: They did)
October 8, 2015—Kyle Schwarber roofs one versus Cardinals in playoffs
=We don't have audio, but we do have a photograph of Rick and son Sean there that day.
October 8--Chevy Chase birthday
=Rick has an unpleasant story about his encounter with Chevy.
October 9—Birthday of John Lennon.
=We interviewed his girlfriend from his lost weekend, May Pang
October 9—Joe Pepitone birthday
=His former teammate Carmen Fanzone told us a great story about Joe. )
October 9, 2016—Ken Bone becomes famous at presidential debate.
=Remember the guy in the red sweater? We talked to him.
October 10, 1889—Brentford was founded
=Just another excuse/reminder to tune into Free Kicks with Adam and Rick.
October 10--Bradley Whitford birthday
=Would you believe that we talked to him while he was taking a shower? It's true.
October 10--David Lee Roth story birthday
=Don't like to brag, but very people have David Lee Roth stories as good as Rick's.
October 10--Jeff Hoover birthday
=His former writing sidekick, Brendan Sullivan, told us a great story about a personal appearance they made together in the 1990s. It involves Nazis and Skokie.
October 11, 2019—Rick appears on DestinationEatDrink podcast
=On this episode, the discussion was about Rovinj.
October 12--Glenn Beckert birthday
=Rick's brush with the former Cubs second baseman makes this episode.
October 12--Sam Moore birthday
=Rick's brush with Sam Moore, from the great soul duo Sam & Dave.
October 12--Martie Maguire birthday
=The Dixie Chicks almost got the John Landecker show fired.
October 12, 2011--Siri’s debut
=Hard to believe Siri has only been around for 13 years. We talked to the original voice of Siri, Susan Bennett
