Author: Erika Engelhaput Book: GO TO HELL: A Traveler’s Guide to Earth’s Most Otherworldly Destinations Publishing: National Geographic (August 13, 2024) https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Erika_Englehaupt_to_air.mp3Version 1.0.0 Synopsis (from the Publisher): You can go to hell and back with the help of this one-of-a-kind illustrated trav…

New Jersey-based sports journalist Brett Hawn stops by to talk about his Mets and Jets in this episode.

Author: Tim Matheson Book: DAMN GLAD TO MEET YOU: My Seven Decades in the Hollywood Trenches Publishing: Hachette Books (November 12, 2024) https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Tim_Matheson_to_air.mp3 Synopsis (from the Publisher): “I found myself underlining and highlighting things to remember for my own career. It’s also entertaining—a gre…

Author: Robert Dugoni Book: BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT Publishing: Thomas & Mercer (October 22, 2024) https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Robert_Dugoni_to_air.mp3 Synopsis (from the Publisher): A master manipulator accused of murder. An attorney sworn to defend her. Keera Duggan returns in a riveting novel of suspense by New York Times bestsel…

Author: Dinesh D’Souza Book: VINDICATING TRUMP Publishing: Regnery (October 8, 2024) https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Dinesh_DSouza_to_air.mp3 Synopsis (from the Publisher): Donald Trump is unquestionably the most unique and charismatic figure in American politics in a generation. Yet despite his familiarity on the public stage, he remai…

Michael Unger (UDeck1990 on X) joins this episode to discuss the recent player cards he posted, a list which includes Chris James, Carlos Baerga, Sandy Alomar Jr., Cecil Fielder, Bill Gullickson, Matt Young, and Mark Gardner. Michael has reached the end of the 800-card set of the 1990 Upper Deck series, and is looking forward to his next card proje…

Author: Patricia Cornwell Book: IDENTITY UNKNOWN: A Scarpetta Novel Publishing: ‎ Grand Central Publishing (October 8, 2024) https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Patricia_Cornwell_to_air.mp3 Synopsis (from the Publisher): Autopsies can reveal the secrets of the dead. And this victim is sending Scarpetta a message… Summoned to an unnerving, a…

Author: Ira Chaleff Book: TO STOP A TYRANT: The Power of Political Followers to Make or Brake a Toxic Leader Publishing: Wonderwell Press (September 3, 2024) https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ira_Chaleff_to_air.mp3 Synopsis (from the Publisher): Amazon Bestseller in Democracy, Political Freedom, Radical Thought, and Fascism It is a sad fa…

Stan Markotich and K.P. Wee talk about the lessons that K.P., who does play-by-play announcing for the Greater Vancouver (Richmond) Canadians minor hockey U15, U17, and U18 clubs, has learned from the hockey broadcast booth over the past six months. K.P. is announcing nine games over the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend from October 11-13, 2024, at th…

Are you a certifiable Sports Dork? If so, then you’re in for a treat with this episode of The K.P. Wee Podcast. Featuring Paul Hembekides – or “Hembo,” as he’s known around ESPN – the stats, history, and data points are coming fast and furious. A content guru whose research nuggets are showcased regularly on the ESPN morning show “Get Up!”, Hembo i…

Author: Jessica Pishko Book: THE HIGHEST LAW IN THE LAND: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy Publishing: Dutton (September 17, 2024) https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Jessica_Pishko_to_air.mp3 Synopsis (from the Publisher): Shortlisted for Columbia Journalism School’s J. Anthony Lukas Prize A Publishers Lunch NonFicti…

Author: Aaron Fischman Book: A BASEBALL GAIJIN: Chasing a Dream to Japan and Back Publishing: ‎ Sports Publishing (June 18, 2024) https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Aaron_Fischman_to_air.mp3 Synopsis (from the Publisher): Like many American boys, Tony Barnette yearned to one day make it to “The Show,” playing baseball professionally. The A…

Author: Solomon Schmidt Book: LEGAL GLADIATOR: The Life of Alan Dershowitz Publishing: Skyhorse (August 20, 2024) https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Solomon_Schmidt_to_air.mp3 Synopsis (from the Publisher): The only biography of America’s most controversial lawyer. Legal Gladiator is the story of perhaps the greatest lawyer in American his…

Author: Rosanne Parry Book: A HORSE NAMED SKY Publishing: Greenwillow Books (August 29, 2023) https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Rosanne_Parry_to_air.mp3 Synopsis (from the Publisher): An instant New York Times bestseller! A stand-alone companion to the national bestsellers A Wolf Called Wander and A Whale of the Wild. Exiled from his band…

Author: Paul M. Sparrow Book: AWAKENING THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA: FDR’s War of Words with Charles Lindbergh – and the Battle to Save Democracy Publishing: Pegasus Books (June 4, 2024) https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Paul_M_Sparrow_to_air.mp3 Synopsis (from the Publisher): A powerful new work of history that brings President Roosevelt, his …

Sports writer and scientist Brad Balukjian stops by to discuss his fascinating, thought-provoking and important new book, The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of WrestleMania. Here are some highlights – 5:29-5:49: “The book really is about the line, the borderbetween fiction and fact or myth and reality and work and shoot in Kayfabe terms. … to…

It’s back to school time! Stan Markotich returns to the podcast, joining K.P.—both with backgrounds in education—to discuss the current state of the education system.

Author: Peter Heller Book: BURN: A Novel Publishing: ‎ Knopf (August 13, 2024) https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Peter_Heller_to_air.mp3 Synopsis (from the Publisher): From the best-selling author of The Dog Stars and The Last Ranger, a novel about two men—friends since boyhood—who emerge from the woods of rural Maine to a dystopian count…

Eric Vickrey chats with K.P. Wee and co-host Stan Markotich on The K.P. Wee Podcast, discussing his book Season of Shattered Dreams: Postwar Baseball, the Spokane Indians, and a Tragic Bus Crash That Changed Everything. This book came out in 2024, published by Rowman & Littlefield. To offer context for Eric's book, on June 24, 1946, a bus transport…

Jerry Izenberg, a long-time journalist who has covered multiple sports including baseball, football, and boxing, joins Episode No. 99 of The K.P. Wee Podcast to discuss his book, Larry Doby in Black and White: The Story of a Baseball Pioneer, which is a biography of Larry Doby, the first African-American player in American League history. Jerry cha…

Author: Ellen Hopkins Book: SYNC Publishing: Nancy Paulsen Books (August 27, 2024) https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Ellen_Hopkins_to_air.mp3 Synopsis (from the Publisher): From #1 NYT bestselling author Ellen Hopkins comes a new heartbreaking young adult novel in verse about twins separated in the foster care system and the different pat…

Author: M.P. Woodward Book: TOM CLANCY SHADOW WAR: A Jack Ryan Jr. Novel Publishing: G.P. Putnam’s Sons (August 20, 2024) https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MP_Woodward_to_air.mp3 Synopsis (from the Publisher): Surviving a helicopter crash in the Vietnamese Highlands is only the start of the challenges facing Jack Ryan, Jr., in the latest …

Author: Pedro Domingos Book: 2040: A Political Satire Publishing: BookBaby (August 20, 2024) https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Pedro_Domingos_to_air.mp3 Synopsis (from the Publisher): “I told you not to read books like this.” ―Your Mom When AI and the culture wars collide, hilarity ensues. The 2040 presidential election is unlike any in U…

Author: Steve Wiegand Book: THE UNCOMMON LIFE OF DANNY O’CONNELL: A Tale of Baseball Cards, “Average” Players and the True Value of America’s Game Publishing: Bancroft Press (July 30, 2024) https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Steve_Wiegand_to_air.mp3 Synopsis (from the Publisher): In “The Uncommon Life of Danny O’Connell,” the author explor…

Aaron Fischman joins this episode to discuss his book, A Baseball Gaijin: Chasing a Dream to Japan and Back, which is a biography of former Major League Baseball pitcher Tony Barnette. Aaron chats with K.P. and co-host Stan Markotich about this compelling read, which comes highly recommended. The book, published by Sports Publishing, chronicles Bar…

In this episode, Randy Louis Cox joins the show to talk about his book, 715 at 50: The Night Henry Aaron Changed Baseball and the World Forever. This book celebrates the night that Aaron broke Babe Ruth's all-time home run record on April 8, 1974, featuring 44 photos taken by Cox that night and much, much more.…

Author: Brian Freeman Book: Robert Ludlum’s THE BOURNE SHADOW: A Jason Bourne Novel Publishing: G.P. Putnam’s Sons (July 16, 2024) https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Brian_Freeman_to_air.mp3 Synopsis (from the Publisher): When secrets from Bourne’s past come to light, he may be the next thing that’s buried in this latest entry in the legen…

Stan Markotich, formerly a news director at CJIV Radio, joins the podcast today to continue the discussion on the complex subject of sports betting. K.P. shares a story about how a game from Week 3 of the 2020 NFL season between Baltimore and Kansas City irritated him (partly because the over/under line changed suddenly), and he and Stan discuss ho…

Author: K.A. Cobell Book: LOOKING FOR SMOKE Publishing: Heartdrum (June 4, 2024) https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/KA_Cobell_to_air.mp3 Synopsis (from the Publisher): In her powerful debut novel, Looking for Smoke, author K. A. Cobell (Blackfeet) weaves loss, betrayal, and complex characters into a thriller that will illuminate, surprise,…

Author: Ruth Bonapace Book: THE BULGARIAN TRAINING MANUAL Publishing: CLASH Books (June 4, 2024) https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Ruth_Bonapace_to_air.mp3 Synopsis (from the Publisher): The Bulgarian Training Manual is a comic novel that tells the story of Tina in her quest to find her true parents and jeans that fit. With the help of a …

Author: Mark Greaney Book: SENTINEL Publishing: Berkley (June 25, 2024) https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Mark_Greaney_to_air.mp3 Synopsis (from the Publisher): An African coup may force Josh Duffy to choose between his mission and his family in this intense thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Gray Man series. Jo…

Author: Salah Bachir Book: FIRST TO LEAVE THE PARTY: My Life with Ordinary People who Happen to be Famous Publishing: Signal (October 17, 2023) Click HERE to buy the book! https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Salah_Bachir_to_air.mp3 Synopsis (from the Publisher): INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER A marvelous and compulsively readable collection of…

Author: Joanna Ho (Illustrated by Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya) Book: WE WHO PRODUCE PEARLS: An Anthem for Asian America Publishing: Orchard Books (April 16, 2024) https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Joanna_Ho_to_air.mp3 Synopsis (from the Publisher): From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author, Joanna Ho, comes an uplifting ca…

Author: Lexi Blake Book: MY ROYAL SHOWMANCE: A Park Avenue Promise Novel Publishing: Blue Box Press (June 4, 2024) Click HERE to buy the book! https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Lexi_Blake_to_air.mp3 Synopsis (from the Publisher): From New York Times bestselling author Lexi Blake, discover The Park Avenue Promise Series… Three young women …

Author: Robin Peguero Book: ONE IN THE CHAMBER: A Novel Publishing: Grand Central Publishing (March 26, 2024) Click HERE to buy the book! https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Robin_Peguero_to_air.mp3 Synopsis (from the Publisher): On Capitol Hill, they work you to death. Cameron Leann is new to Washington, D.C. An Iowa farm boy without a pen…

Stan Markotich, a former CJIV Radio news director, joins the podcast today to delve into the intricate topic of sports betting. Both K.P. and Stan share their thoughts on what has emerged as a widespread occurrence within today's sports fan community: betting on sports. The latter also recalls a past incident that convinced him to abstain entirely …

Author: James Comey Book: WESTPORT: A Crime Novel Publishing: Mysterious Press (May 21, 2024) Click HERE to buy the book! https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/James_Comey_to_air.mp3 Synopsis (from the Publisher): Former FBI director James Comey takes readers into the world of high finance and corporate espionage in this riveting thriller. A …

Journalist and author Dan Schlossberg joins this episode to discuss his new book Home Run King: The Remarkable Record of Hank Aaron (Sports Publishing, May 2024). Schlossberg, currently an editor with the IBWAA, has authored or co-authored 41 books since 1974, and his latest Hank Aaron book was released earlier this month to commemorate the 50th an…

Pete Steinberg, a leadership consultant based in Boulder, Colorado, joins this episode and discusses his new book, Leadership Shock: Using Authenticity to Navigate the Hidden Dangers of Career Success (Advantage Books; April 16, 2024). A former Olympic rugby coach, Pete is currently the president of the business consulting firm Innovative Thought. …

Brett Hawn, the host of the Totally Goated podcast and a New York Mets fan, stops by to discuss the latest happenings in baseball two weeks into the 2024 season. The topics of discussion include the Mets (of course!), the new MLB/Fanatics jerseys, the rise in the number of injuries to pitchers, and betting on sports.…

Stan Markotich, a former CJIV Radio news director, joins the podcast today to discuss the complex issue of sports betting. Some key issues raised by Stan include the following: Why are fans allowed to wager on sports while athletes aren't able to -- and wouldn't sports betting itself ruin sports?

Keith O'Brien joins this episode to discuss his new book Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball. Keith, who grew up in Cincinnati and currently lives in New Hampshire, discusses why he wrote the book and what he hopes readers get out of it. He also shares the process of his writing and some tidbits of wh…

Guest host Stan Markotich and regular host K.P. Wee discuss the topic of how ready students are, based on their observations as educators, to face their next step upon graduation. K.P. shares many observations from his own experiences, some of which raise Stan's eyebrows in this thought-provoking discussion.…

Michael Unger (UDeck1990 on X) joins this episode to discuss the recent player cards he posted, a list which includes Lee Smith, Tom Brunansky, Storm Davis, Mark Davis, Glenn Braggs, and Jim Gott. K.P. shares some obscure trivia about Gott, brings up the broken-bat at-bats that Braggs was known for, discusses memories about the other players (inclu…

Guest host Stan Markotich and regular host K.P. Wee explore the idea of whether today's high school seniors, based on their observations as educators, are ready for college or university.

On the heels of the Dallas Mavericks’ 9-3 start, Jason Gallagher returns, and you bet the head of production at The Old Man and the Three (and ThreeFourTwo Productions more broadly) comes ready with analysis of the Mavericks’ scalding start as Luka Doncic has led the way with 30.7 points per game, the second-most converted treys after Stephen Curry…

Alex Kennedy, Chief Content Officer at BasketballNews.com and host of Running Up the Score, a biweekly live sports show airing every Tuesday and Friday night, stops by to wind through the Western Conference just as the league readies for tipoff. The Nuggets are Alex’s leading squad but far from the conference’s only contenders. Oh, and he has firml…