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.
This week's Minutia Men episode is called The Florida Man Games. Our Minutia Men Celebrity Interview is with actress Nina Bergman. Free Kicks took a look at England's Second Tier, The Championship.
And here are a few more from the archives...
*March 3, 1978—Bill Kurtis breaks Agent Orange story
=He called it the biggest story of his career when we interviewed him in this episode of Minutia Men Celebrity Interview.
*March 4--World Grammar Day
=We spoke to Jim Baumann, the ultimate grammarian, author of the book Grammar Moses.
*March 4, 1992--"Spirit of Chicago" debuts
=Jim Peterik called us on the thirtieth anniversary of the song.
*March 4, 1837--Chicago founded
=Mr. Chicago History, Robert Loerzel, told us some truly memorable Chicago history stories. We also interviewed former presidential candidate Fred Karger, and he made fun of our Chicago accents in this episode.
*March 4, 1791--Vermont becomes a state
=Frasier star Dan Butler (Bulldog) explained to us why he lives in Vermont instead of Hollywood.
*March 5, 1983--The Slugs were founded
=We interviewed their guitarist Dag Juhlin about his first band The Slugs. Dag later joined Poi Dog Pondering and now co-hosts the Steve Dahl podcast. (That's Dag and Rick below)
*March 5--Penn Gillette birthday
=In this episode of Minutia Men, I told the story of my brush with Penn.
*March 5, 2004—Starsky and Hutch (the movie) was released
=We interviewed the original Starsky, who also had a cameo in the movie, Paul Michael Glaser.
*March 6, 2018—The Loop signs off
=The day after the radio station WLUP ceased to be the Loop, WGN asked me to explain the significance of that day.
*March 7—Bryan Cranston birthday
=We spoke to a woman who produced his show on Broadway, Sainty Nelson. She told us what it was like to work with the Breaking Bad star.
*March 7, 2011—Harry Teinowitz arrested for DUI
=Sometimes bad events can lead to good outcomes. Harry got sober, and co-wrote a play about his sobriety, which led to a Jeff Award nomination. We caught up with Harry on the eve of his play's debut.
*March 8—Franklyn McCormack birthday
*March 8, 1996--Fargo was released in the theaters
=We spoke to actress Michelle Hutchinson, who played one of the hookers in that film.
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March 8, 1974—Last episode of the Brady Bunch airs on ABC-TV
=They blamed the demise of the show on the arrival of Cousin Oliver. Oliver is all grown up now, and we talked to him (actor Robbie Rist) about that pressure, and some other more adult topics.
March 8—International Woman’s Day.
=Is there a better example of feminism in the world than She-Shed Sheryl? The answer is no, and we were lucky enough to interview the Chicago actress in this episode of Minutia Men.
