Best Donna Schwartz Podcasts (2024)

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A "Stinging" New Thriller

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A desperate and damaged woman played by Naomi Harris seeks revenge on her cheating husband by recruiting an old friend (played by Natalie Dormer) in a murder plot. However, things don't turn out as planned. Or do they? Both actors join to discuss the new psychological thriller, "The Wasp."

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Should You Get Back with Your Ex?

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Two years ago Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck got married, more than a decade after dating and splitting up once before. Their smiles and PDA were contagious and rooting for their romance to last. But this week J.Lo filed for divorce, leaving many to wonder, what happened? The Atlantic staff writer Faith Hill interviewed couples who reunited a few y…

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Julia Phillips on Her New Novel, 'Bear'

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Author Julia Phillips joins us to discuss her latest novel, Bear, which tells the story of two sisters whose lives are upended by the arrival of a bear on the remote island they call home. Julia will be speaking tonight at MyBiblioteka at 7 pm.

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Catherine Russell on 'My Ideal' and Birdland Residency (Listening Party)

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Grammy award-winning vocalist and native New Yorker Catherine Russell has just released her new album, My Ideal, a duet release with pianist Sean Mason. Ahead of her residency at Birdland next week, Russell joins us for a Listening Party.

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The Long Run

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Gwen and Yasir weren't the type of couple that liked to run marathons, at first. As hardships pulled their lives in unexpected directions, running became their best— and sometimes only— way of remembering what really mattered.If you want to leave the StoryCorps Podcast a voicemail, call us at 702-706-TALK. Or email us at podcast@storycorps.org.Lear…

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The Moth Radio Hour: Put to the Test

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In this hour, stories of testing one's own limitations and discovering new wells of strength and resolve. This episode is hosted by Moth Senior Director Meg Bowles. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media. Storytellers: Living on the 44th floor, Lucy Danser has to face her fear of elevators. Albert Fox C…

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What is Your Comfort Television Show?

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In the last few years, shows like "The Office," "Friends," "Girls," "Suits" and "Sex and the City" have gained new audiences as some viewers have found comfort in watching previously aired shows. Vulture TV critic Kathryn VanArendonk joins us to discuss this trend and we take calls about your favorite comfort shows.…

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The Search for the Real Mavis Beacon

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A new documentary investigates the disappearance and reexamines the legacy of the woman who helped people worldwide learn to type. "Seeking Mavis Beacon” director Jazmin Renée Jones and producer Olivia McKayla Ross join us to discuss their exploration of the application software program released in 1987 and the woman whose face was on the package.…

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Saxophonist Nancy Saenz, aka ‘Lady Woodwind’; Live at Sax Girls Rock Concert Las Vegas August 3 2024, Ep 224 8:36

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Nancy Saenz, aka ‘Lady Woodwind’ started her musical journey at Marshall Jr High School in the heart of Houston’s old barrio Northside. She started on the flute, going to many competitions all over Texas. Nancy was introduced to the saxophone in high school, and quickly excelled, going to many jazz festivals and winning Jazz Musician […] The post S…

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Saxophonist Nancy Saenz, aka ‘Lady Woodwind’; Live at Sax Girls Rock Concert Las Vegas August 3 2024, Ep 224 8:37

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Nancy Saenz, aka ‘Lady Woodwind’. Started her musical journey at Marshall Jr High School in the heart of Houston’s old barrio Northside. She started on flute, going to many competitions all over Texas. Nancy was introduced to the saxophone in high school, and quickly excelled, going to many jazz festivals and winning Jazz Musician of the Year. Nanc…

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Uneasy as ABC

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February, 1976. A flight out of California turned catastrophic when it crashed into a farm in rural Nebraska. What happened that night at the local hospital, and crucially, what went wrong, would inspire a global sea-change in how emergency rooms operate and fundamentally alter the way doctors think in a crisis. Special thanks to Jody and Jay Uprig…

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Politicians of Different Generations in 'N/A'

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[REBROADCAST FROM Jun 27, 2024] In the play "N/A," Holland Taylor stars as N, a longtime Democratic Representative and former Speaker of the House, who spars with A, played by Ana Villafañe. A is an ambitious and progressive newly elected Representative from New York, who thinks it's time for a new generation to take control. The play follows their…

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A Docuseries About the History of Black Cinema

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Inspired by the book by historian Donald Bogle, a new four-part docuseries reveals the stories of Black actors, writers, directors, and producers in Hollywood from the silent era through "Black Panther." Director Justin Simien joins us to discuss "Hollywood Black" now available on MGM+. *This segment is guest hosted by Kousha Navidar.…

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If There Was a Vogue Magazine For Pigeons, It Would Be This Book

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One day over a decade ago, photographer Andrew Garn looked at a pigeon -- really LOOKED at one -- and was stunned. The iridescent feathers. The fan-like sweep of their wings. Their luminous eyes. He realized he would never look at them the same way again and began photographing them. Then he started volunteering for a bird rescue organization and r…

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Best Laid Plans

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Meg Wolitzer presents three stories in which plans go awry, or alter completely. In Ben Loory’s “Dandelions,” read by Wyatt Cenac, a suburb is invaded, and experiences a change of heart. Edwidge Danticat imagines an ultimate act and its consequences in “Cane and Roses,” read by Anika Noni Rose. And a romance with comic underpinnings changes course …

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Tested (Ep 2): Questions of a Physical Nature

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We go back almost 100 years, to the beginning of women's inclusion in elite sports. It turns out that men had an odd variety of concerns about women athletes. Some doubted these athletes were even women at all. And their skepticism resulted in the first policies requiring sex testing. Tested is a six-part series, you can binge all the episodes now …

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Tested (Ep 1): The Choice

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New from NPR's Embedded podcast and CBC in Canada: Would you alter your body for the chance to compete for a gold medal? That's the question facing a small group of elite athletes right now. Last year, track and field authorities announced new regulations that mean some women can't compete in the female category unless they lower their body's natur…

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Saxophonist Allana Southerland Prince; Live at Sax Girls Rock Concert Las Vegas Aug. 3 2024, Ep 223 7:42

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Allana Southerland Prince started playing clarinet in Middle school. She loved music so much, she added saxophone, piano, and flute to the mix. She went to Douglas Anderson School of the Arts for High School and that’s where she knew she had a passion for music. Allana graduated from the University of North Florida with […] The post Saxophonist All…

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Saxophonist Allana Southerland Prince; Live at Sax Girls Rock Concert Las Vegas Aug. 3 2024, Ep 223 7:43

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Allana Southerland Prince started playing clarinet in Middle school. She loved music so much, she added saxophone, piano, and flute to the mix. She went to Douglas Anderson School of the Arts for High School and that’s where she knew she had a passion for music. Allana graduated from the University of North Florida with a Bachelor’s in Jazz studies…

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Zoë Kravitz on Directorial Debut, 'Blink Twice'

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In the new thriller "Blink Twice," a mysterious billionaire invites a group of friends to a tropical weekend getaway where things are not what they seem. The movie marks the directorial debut of actor Zoë Kravitz, who discusses the movie and her process.

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The Legacy of Keith Haring (Full Bio)

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For our latest installment of our Full Bio series, we speak with Brad Gooch, author of the new book, Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring, a biography about the tragically short life of New York City artist Keith Haring. On today's installment, we learn about his final works and his tragic death from AIDS at the age of 31.…

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Remi Wolf - Soup

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Remi Wolf is a singer and songwriter originally from Palo Alto, California. She’s been releasing music since 2019. She performed at Coachella in 2023, and has toured with Olivia Rodrigo, Lorde, and Paramore. Her second album, Big Ideas, came out in July 2024. I talked to Remi about how she and her collaborators wrote and produced the song “Soup.” H…

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The Student Becomes the Teacher in the Film ‘Between the Temples’

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In a new dramatic comedy, a cantor, played by Jason Schwartzman, experiences a crisis of faith but finds a new sense of purpose when his grade school music teacher, played by Carol Kane, becomes his adult bat mitzvah student. Schwartzman and Kane join us alongside filmmaker Nathan Silver to discuss the film, "Between the Temples" which is in theate…

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Summer Reading Challenge: What's the Best Book About or Set in New York?

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We only have a few weeks left in our Summer Reading Challenge, so we thought we would give you some inspiration for books to read in the category "a book about or set in New York." Producer Jordan Lauf joins us to recommend some of the best New York books, and we take your calls.

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Keith Haring Finds the Spotlight (Full Bio)

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For our latest installment of our Full Bio series, we speak with Brad Gooch, author of the new book, Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring, a biography about the tragically short life of New York City artist Keith Haring. On today's installment, we learn how Haring's career took off in New York.…

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An Upstate Drama in 'The Rich People Have Gone Away'

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In the early days of the COVID lockdown, newly married couple Theo and Darla to get out of the city and take a break from being cooped up in their apartment. However, tragedy strikes during a hike and their lives are forever altered. Author Regina Porter joins to discuss her latest novel, The Rich People Have Gone Away.…

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Raising the next generation in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx 4:33

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WNYC's Community Partnerships Desk regularly teams up with the nonprofit, Street Lab, to highlight stories from neighborhoods across New York City. We recently set up shop in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx. Here's some of what we heard. The transcript of the voices we collected have been lightly edited for clarity. Ramon Davis: "I'm a sing…

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For the Fans

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Being a sports fan means putting a part of your happiness in the hands of strangers. When they lose, you die a little. But when they win, it's incredible. This week, stories about the triumph and tragedy of being a fan.If you want to leave the StoryCorps Podcast a voicemail, call us at 702-706-TALK. Or email us at podcast@storycorps.org.Learn more …

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The Moth Radio Hour: Cringeworthy

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The Germans have a word for second-hand embarrassment -- Fremdschämen! This hour may have you blushing on our storytellers' behalves. Wince-worthy moments from the halls of academia to a foreign train station, and a reminder to ALWAYS check who you're emailing before you hit "send." This episode is hosted by Moth Senior Director Meg Bowles. The Mot…

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'The Spook Who Sat by the Door' Restored at BAM

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The classic 1973 film, “The Spook Who Sat by the Door,” will return to a big screen this week. The restored version will screen at BAM starting this Friday. We speak to Natiki Hope Pressley, daughter of Sam Greenlee, author of the book the film is based on, as well as Doris Nomathandé “Noma” Dixon, daughter of director Ivan Dixon. They both contrib…

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Saxophonist Kim Jay; Live at Sax Girls Rock Concert Las Vegas August 3 2024, Ep 222 7:31

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Kim Jay takes audiences on a captivating, magical, and awe-inspiring sonic journey with what has been called “a multi-instrumental dream, a cosmic one-woman ensemble”. Kim Jay has been performing as a soloist on saxophones since 2001. Some of her main influences have been: Sarah Vaughn, Cassandra Wilson, Shirley Horn, John Coltrane, Grover Washingt…

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Saxophonist Kim Jay; Live at Sax Girls Rock Concert Las Vegas August 3 2024, Episode 222 7:32

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Kim Jay takes audiences on a captivating, magical, and awe-inspiring sonic journey with what has been called "a multi-instrumental dream, a cosmic one-woman ensemble". Kim Jay has been performing as a soloist on saxophones since 2001. Some of her main influences have been: Sarah Vaughn, Cassandra Wilson, Shirley Horn, John Coltrane, Grover Washingt…

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The Alleged Murderer Known as 'The Witch of New York' (Women Behaving Badly)

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[REBROADCAST from July 17, 2024] In 19th century Staten Island, a heavily pregnant woman named Polly Bodine was accused of murdering her own sister-in-law, and her baby niece. The crime and subsequent trials set off a media firestorm in New York, with luminaries like Edgar Allen Poe and Walt Whitman covering the case. We speak with author Alex Hort…

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The Story of 'The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum' (Women Behaving Badly)

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*[REBROADCAST from July 8, 2024] First, we discuss the female Jewish mob boss who became a celebrated fence for stolen goods, and the mastermind behind bank robberies in Gilded Age New York. Author Margalit Fox joins us to discuss her book, The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized Crime Boss.…

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The Gilded Age Divorce that Scandalized the New York Public (Women Behaving Badly)

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[REBROADCAST from July 24, 2024] A new book tells the story of a divorce that made headlines in Gilded Age New York, after a high society woman admitted to her husband she was having an affair with his younger brother, and was possibly pregnant with his child. Author Barbara Weisberg joins us to discuss Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old …

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More Perfect: The Gun Show

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Given that we’re all gearing up for the Presidential race, and how gun rights and regulations are almost always centerstage during these times. Today, we’re re-releasing a More Perfect episode that aired just after the October 2017 Las Vegas shooting. It is an episode that attempts to make sense of our country’s fraught relationship with the Second…

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The Moth Podcast: Instrumental

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On this episode, we celebrate musicians with two stories about learning to play an instrument. Plus, we feature some music by Mazz Swift, recorded at a recent Moth Mainstage. Host: Michelle Jalowski Storytellers: Alistair Bane learns to play the guitar from a punk musician. Mari Black performs in a fiddle contest as a 6-year-old.…

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The New American West

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Host Meg Wolitzer presents two works that reassess and redefine our ideas of “the West.” It’s both a landscape of awesome beauty, and the scene of cultural appropriation, and we’ve got two masters sharing and shaping our experience. In Louise Erdrich’s “The Hollow Children” a natural disaster tests family ties. It’s read by Tate Donovan. And writer…

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Saxophonist Ernie D Shelby aka Lady Sax; Live at Sax Girls Rock Concert Las Vegas August 3, 2024, Ep 221 28:47

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Born into a family tree of well-versed musicians, Ernie Delores (Caldwell) Shelby is a talented saxophonist, vocalist, and composer. In elementary school, when the music department ran out of “girlie” instruments such as flutes and clarinets, she was given a choice between tuba or saxophone. At the tender age of 14, a heckler in the […] The post Sa…

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Saxophonist Ernie D Shelby aka Lady Sax; Live at Sax Girls Rock Concert Las Vegas August 3, 2024, Ep 221 28:48

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Born into a family tree of well-versed musicians, Ernie Delores (Caldwell) Shelby is a talented saxophonist, vocalist, and composer. In elementary school, when the music department ran out of “girlie” instruments such as flutes and clarinets, she was given a choice between tuba and saxophone. At the tender age of 14, a heckler in the audience named…

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Memory Lane

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How do you pay proper tribute to a legend that many people haven’t heard of? Joe Frank told stories that were thrillingly weird, deeply mischievous (and sometimes head-spinningly confusing!). He had a big impact, not just on us at Radiolab, but the entire field of audio storytelling. In this episode, Jad sits down with This American Life host, Ira …

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Dan Taberski on His New Series "Hysterical"

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In 2011, a group of high school girls in the small town of Le Roy, New York started coming down with mysterious medical symptoms. When their parents took to the story to the press, it became a national news sensation, attracting the attention of everyone from the environmental activist Erin Brokovich to a former Bachelor contestant with a medical d…

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Incarcerated Fathers and Their Daughters

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A new documentary tells the stories of four daughters preparing for a 'Daddy-Daughter Dance' with their incarcerated fathers, as part of a rehabilitation program in Washington, D.C. "Daughters" was directed by Natalie Rae and Angela Patton, who join All Of It to discuss, along with one of the subjects of the film, the program's 'fatherhood coach' C…

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Elliot Page Stars in a New Homecoming Drama

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In the new feature film, "Close To You," actor Elliot Page returns to the big screen as Sam, a trans man who returns to his small hometown for a strained family reunion. Page is joined by co-star Hillary Baack who plays Sam's friend Katherine, and director Dominic Savage to discuss the film, which is out in theaters on August 16.…

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Ian Karmel On His Memoir, 'T-Shirt Swim Club'

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[REBROADCAST FROM June 11, 2024] Comedian Ian Karmel and his sister, Dr. Alisa Karmel, grew up overweight as kids. However, they never talked about it. In a new memoir, the two reflect on their childhood experiences. Ian joins us to discuss their book, T-Shirt Swim Club, which is out today. This segment is guest-hosted by Kousha Navidar…

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Sideliners

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Athletes get all the glory, but there are countless people around them making the games happen– from referees making judgments, to vendors in the stands hawking snacks and beer. In this episode, we're talking to people on the sidelines.If you want to leave the StoryCorps Podcast a voicemail, call us at 702-706-TALK. Or email us at podcast@storycorp…

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