Best Dan Scully Podcasts (2024)

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Adam Plantinga - The Ascent 12:51

1d ago12:51

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Adam Plantinga, currently a sergeant with the SanFrancisco Police Department, has written two acclaimed nonfiction books revered by mystery and thriller writers—400 Things Cops Know, an Agatha Awardnominee, and Police Craft. Plantinga's debut novel is called THE ASCENT. A high-security prison fails, forcing a down-on-his-luck cop and the governor’s…

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356: "Sex, Drugs, Pucks, and Souls" - With Bobby Robins 1:51:20

1d ago1:51:20

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Buckle up for a wild ride through some of the most forgotten franchises in recent minor league hockey history - with a colorful lifer who literally fought his way to becoming the NHL's oldest (32) opening-day rookie (with the Boston Bruins), only to see it all fall apart to a concussion after just three games. This is the raw and savage story of Bo…

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Bob Kendrick on Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Willie Mays and the Negro League on MLB The Show 40:20

2d ago40:20

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Bob Kendrick grew up in the small town of Crawfordville, Georgia. In 1980, he accepted a basketball scholarship to play at Park College in Parkville, Missouri making his way to the Midwest for the first time. Following a 10-year newspaper career, Kendrick began his tenure with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, MO in 1998 and was nam…

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Harry Hutchins- Tales of Now and Then 5:46

6d ago5:46

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This is a collection of short stories written over many years. Some are more or less contemporary, a few are set in the 19th Century, and a few others were inspired by the work of other people. Harry Hutchins has been interested in folklore, mythology, history, fantasy and science fiction for a long time. His home is largely decorated in full bookc…

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Dick LeBeau on 2008 Pittsburgh Steelers LEGENDARY Defense, and his Hall of Fame Playing and Coaching Career 46:32

8d ago46:32

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Dick LeBeau on 2008 Pittsburgh Steelers, Hall of Fame Playing Career and 45-Year NFL Coaching Career Dick Lebeau was born in London, Ohio just 25 miles from Columbus. He stayed close to home and played for legendary coach Woody Hayes at Ohio State and was a two-way player on the 1957 Buckeyes National Championship team. The Cleveland Browns drafted…

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355: Baseball's "Uncommon" Danny O'Connell - With Steve Wiegand 1:16:31

8d ago1:16:31

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We head back to the diamond this week for a look into the "extraordinarily ordinary" baseball life of 1950s-era infielder Danny O'Connell with biographer Steve Wiegand ("The Uncommon Life of Danny O'Connell: A Tale of Baseball Cards, "Average Players," and the True Value of America's Game"). Wiegand's story is a rich exploration of a player often o…

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259 - Deadpool & Wolverine…& Doctor Doom 1:10:21

9d ago1:10:21

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Deadpool is back, and this time he’s got a buddy with him. Join us as we discuss the latest from the Merc with a Mouth, and try to decide where the line is between storytelling, fan service, and stone cold capitalism. Instead of a list, this week we discuss the latest news out of SDCC, namely the casting of Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom! Is it g…

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Boyce Upholt- The Great River 11:50

10d ago11:50

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For thousands of years before America’s founding, Nativepeoples made their homes in the Mississippi watershed, regarding it with awe and adorning its banks with mounds and silhouetted effigies of animals, humans, and spiritual beings. They respected the “great river” and lived peaceably alongside it. However, when European settlers arrived—and late…

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Michel Paradis-The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower 25:59

12d ago25:59

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THE LIGHT OF BATTLE begins in the closing months of 1943, when Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met in Tehran to negotiate Allied strategy against Germany and Roosevelt's surprise selection of Dwight Eisenhower to lead the invasion of France that would mark the beginning of the end of Hitler's Germany. Paradis brings Eisenhower vividly alive as a c…

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Allen Guelzo- Our Ancient Faith 26:03

15d ago26:03

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Award-winning historian and best-selling author Allen C. Guelzo has published highly acclaimed books on Gettysburg and Robert E. Lee, but he is best known as one of the most respected Lincoln scholars in the world. Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment is a return to his greatest passion and expertise. An intimate study…

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354: Sports Phone - With Scott Orgera and Howie Karpin 1:25:29

15d ago1:25:29

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New York sports broadcast veterans Scott Orgera and Howie Karpin ("976-1313: How Sports Phone Launched Careers and Broke New Ground") join to help us wax nostalgic about the ground-breaking 1970s telephone service Sports Phone. From the dust jacket of "976-1313": "Sports Phone set out to change the way scores and breaking news were consumed, and in…

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Josh Rawitch on the Baseball Hall of Fame, Vin Scully, Johnny Bench and the Dave Matthews Band 38:07

16d ago38:07

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Josh Rawitch is a Los Angeles native who grew up playing baseball and idolizing the Los Angeles Dodgers. He attended Indiana University thinking he would be the next Vin Scully and instead became Scully's "boss" during his 15 years working for the Dodgers rising to Vice President of Communications. Rawitch also spent a decade working for the Arizon…

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Ann Hood- The Stolen Child 15:20

17d ago15:20

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For decades, Nick Burns has been haunted by a decision he made as a young soldier in World War I, when a French artist he’d befriended thrust both her paintings and her baby into his hands—and disappeared. In 1974, with only months left to live, Nick enlists Jenny, a college dropout desperate for adventure, to help him unravel the mystery. The jour…

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Marcus Kliewer- We Used to Live Here 15:10

20d ago15:10

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As a young, queer couple who flip houses, Charlie and Eve can’t believe the killer deal they’ve just gotten on an old house in a picturesque neighborhood. As they’re working in the house one day, there’s a knock on the door. A man stands there with his family, claiming to have lived there years before and asking if it would be alright if he showed …

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258 - Armageddon or, ArMEGeddon 2:00:51

20d ago2:00:51

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It’s summer baby, and that means BLOCKBUSTERS, and way back in 1998 it meant ARMAGEDDON. Join us as we dive into what makes Michael Bay’s disaster epic so special. We laugh, we cry, and we blame it all on space dementia. After the discussion we count down some of our favorite Bruce Willis movies. Our special guest is Megan of MEGAN: IMPOSSIBLE fame…

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353.7: The NHL’s Atlanta Flames (& More!) – With Dan Bouchard [ARCHIVE RE-RELEASE] 1:50:21

23d ago1:50:21

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[One last dip into the vault before a flood of new episodes beginning next week; from 2020, our revealing conversation with a pro hockey great - and Atlanta Flames original!} For 1970s-era NHL hockey fans who remember the eight-year adventure known as the Atlanta Flames, few are likely to forget Dan Bouchard. A tenacious, slightly eccentric and occ…

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TJ Alexander- Triple Sec 18:19

24d ago18:19

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From TJ Alexander, a 3-time Indie Next Pick recipient and author of the Lamda Literary Award-nominated “urgent and intimate” (New York Times) Chef’s Choice, comes TRIPLE SEC , starring a jaded bartender who is wooed by a charmingly quirky couple in this fresh and sizzling polyamorous rom-com, set in the glamorous world of high-end cocktail bars. AB…

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353.6: NASL Soccer's Chief Architect Clive Toye [ARCHIVE RE-RELEASE] 1:45:05

1M ago1:45:05

1:45:05

[By popular request, an archive re-release from August 2018, featuring our extraordinary conversation with one of the central figures of the original North American Soccer League - from its chaotic formation in 1968 to its untimely demise in 1985.] + + + Soccer America columnist (and Episode #6 guest) Paul Gardner summed up this week's National Soc…

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Tom Hoffarth-Perfect Eloquence An Appreciation of Vin Scully 22:09

30d ago22:09

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When Vin Scully passed away in 2022, the city of Los Angeles lost its soundtrack. If you were able to deliver a eulogy for him, what might it include? What impact did he have on you? What do you carry forward from his legacy? Sixty-seven essayists—one representing each season of his career calling games for the Los Angeles Dodgers, from 1950 throug…

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Dan Hampton- Vanishing Act -The Enduring Mystery Behind the Legendary Doolittle Raid over Tokyo 13:33

1M ago13:33

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In the dark days after the devastating Pearl Harbor attacks during the spring of 1942, the United States was determined to show the world that the Axis was notinvincible. Their bold plan? Bomb Tokyo. On April 18, 1942, sixteen B-25s, known as the Doolittle Raiders, hit targets across Japan before escaping to China. The eighth plane, however, did no…

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353.5: The Senior Professional Baseball Association - With David Whitford [ARCHIVE RE-RELEASE] 1:09:46

1M ago1:09:46

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[An archive re-release favorite from September 2017, featuring one of professional baseball's most enigmatic leagues!] Inc. Editor-at-Large David Whitford (Extra Innings: A Season in the Senior League) joins host Tim Hanlon to retrace his journalistic odyssey covering the inaugural season of the short-lived, Florida-based Senior Professional Baseba…

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Larry Tye- The Jazzmen 17:21

1M ago17:21

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Satchel and Bobby Kennedy, a sweeping and spellbinding portrait of the longtime kings of jazz—Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie—who, born within a few years of one another, overcame racist exclusion and violence to become the most popular entertainers on the planet. Larry Tye is the New Y…

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David G Swanson- Air-Conditioned Bus Tours 17:55

1M ago17:55

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Who doesn’t like vacations with ultimate relaxation preferences? The type of vacation a person takes depends upon individual desires. Most folks like to be wined-n-dined and pampered as if they’ve snuck into the 1/10 of 1% demographic. A few eccentrics prefer different vacations. Developing the ability to ignore inconveniences that’s like a gym rat…

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Ryan Steck-Out For Blood 21:03

1M ago21:03

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Winters in Montana can be deadly, but it wasn’t the cold that was killing Matthew Redd . . . Gavin Kline, executive assistant director of the FBI’s Intelligence Directorate, is escorting a high-value prisoner with the intel to bring down a global conspiracy when their plane comes under attack. In the aftermath, muchof Kline’s team is dead, but he r…

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353: The NASL v. US Soccer/MLS Case - With Steven Bank 1:33:06

1M ago1:33:06

1:33:06

Most US and Canadian domestic soccer fans are certain that the second incarnation of the North American Soccer League (2011-17) officially met its untimely demise in early 2018, just a few months after the first-year San Francisco Deltas beat the New York Cosmos in the 2017 Soccer Bowl - and amidst a seemingly desperate/last-minute antitrust lawsui…

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Jerry Grillo- Big Cat: The Life of Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Mize 16:44

2M ago16:44

16:44

Johnny Mize was one of the greatest hitters in baseball’s golden age of great hitters. Born and raised in tiny Demorest, Georgia, in the northeast Georgia mountains, Mize emerged from the heart of Dixie as a Bunyonesque slugger, a quiet but sharp‑witted man from a broken home who became a professional player at seventeen, embarking on an extended t…

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257 - Midsommar 1:46:00

2M ago1:46:00

1:46:00

Stephen got invited to a screening of MIDSOMMAR, so we decided to further his horror education by devoting an episode to Ari Aster’s epic feast of frights (and mushrooms and pastries with pubes in them). We discuss the myriad ways this sunny delight digs under your skin, creating a false sense of calm that aaaaaaaalmost makes you forget about the d…

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Ace Atkins- Don't Let The Devil Ride 17:49

2M ago17:49

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New York Times bestselling author Ace Atkins enters new literary territory with DON’T LET THE DEVIL RIDE, a captivating new novel that finds a woman uncovering deadly secrets about her husband after he disappears. Atkins has penned an elevated thriller that tackles difficult themes while also delivering a totally entertaining story. How well do we …

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Lance Parrish on Detroit Tigers 1984 World Series and "Bodyguard" to Tina Turner 1:00:31

2M ago1:00:31

1:00:31

Lance Parrish was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in California where he was a three-sport star in high school. With an offer to play football at UCLA, Parrish was drafted in the first round by the Detroit Tigers in 1974 and decided to start his professional career. While making his way through the minor leagues, Parrish had a brief stint as a "bo…

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352: An Appreciation of Vin Scully - With Tom Hoffarth 1:18:32

2M ago1:18:32

1:18:32

We celebrate the legendary career and outsized influence of one of baseball's most recognized voices, with veteran LA sportswriter Tom Hoffarth (Perfect Eloquence: An Appreciation of Vin Scully). From the "Early Days" dustjacket: "When Vin Scully passed away in 2022, the city of Los Angeles lost its soundtrack. If you were able to deliver a eulogy …

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Randy Wayne White -One Deadly Eye 23:46

2M ago23:46

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Randy Wayne White is the bestselling and award-winning author of the prolific and longstanding Doc Ford series. In 2022, Randy endured Hurricane Ian on Sanibel Island in Florida, which caused historic damage, destroying houses and knocking out the only bridge to the island. Randy stayed on the island through the storm, unreachable for a tenuous per…

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Kimberly Belle- The Paris Widow 16:03

2M ago16:03

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Seemingly perfect couples running from their pasts and hiding dark secrets that eventually catch up with them are the specialty of USA Today and internationally bestselling author Kimberly Belle. In her latest novel of suspense, The Paris Widow (Park Row Books), Belle draws us into the intrigue, outrage, and rapidly mounting danger surrounding what…

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Hart Hanson- The Seminarian 16:36

2M ago16:36

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Xavier “Priest” Priestly is a snarky former seminarian turned private investigator. Dusty Queen is a hard-as-nails professional stuntwoman and freelance bodyguard. When Dusty’s girlfriend suddenly disappears, a woman in a strange blue wig tries to assassinate Priest, and a twelve-year-old boy shows up claiming to be his son, the two friends are thr…

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Cinepunx Episode 192: THE SEVENTH CURSE & THE CAT

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CINEPUNC BACK AT IT AGAIN WITH THE MOVIE DORK REALNESS. Hey, yo, how fucking sick is The Seventh Curse? Like, crazy sick right? As you hopefully know this year is our tenth anniversary as a podcast and because of that we have been trying to plan fun shit to celebrate. In that spirit Josh and I recently programmed a 4 movie marathon on our Twitch ch…

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Johnnie Williams- GOD That’s F**cked Up – The Story of my Life from a Seated Perspective 10:18

2M ago10:18

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In life, the choices we make determine our levels of success or regret. Ultra successful people (the superrich) rarely take a look back at the lessons of the past. That privilege is often reserved for the regretful, and whether we show it or not, many of us have our secret regrets. What if you realized that you were a regretful success? But that d…

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351: The Origin Story of ESPN - With Peter Fox 1:16:44

2M ago1:16:44

1:16:44

It's time to fire up the old Jerrold cable box for a trip back to the pre-launch and early first on-air days of cable TV's pioneering Entertainment and Sports Programming Network - better known as ESPN - with founding producer and channel memoirist Peter Fox ("The Early Days of ESPN: 300 Daydreams and Nightmares"). From the "Early Days" dustjacket:…

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256 - The Best Movie Movies of 2024 THUS FAR! 1:57:40

2M ago1:57:40

1:57:40

Time is a flat circle, and it’s a circle that keeps moving faster and faster. We’re halfway through 2024, which is absolutely insane. We’re all dying, so why devote any more time to watching bad movies? Take our recommendations and you won’t have to watch anything but the best movies 2024 has to offer! We’re counting down our favs of the year THUS …

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Cinepunx Episode 191: THE LAST OF SHEILA w/ Alonso Duralde

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STEPHEN SONDHEIM! ANTHONY PERKINS! JAMES COBURN! LOTS OF WICKED SCHEMES AND PLANS ON A BOAT WITH RICH PEOPLE! Yes it is a brand new episode of Cinepunx where we welcome the incredible Alonso Duralde to discuss The Last of Sheila! You should know Alonso without introduction but just in case you should check out Linoleum Knife or Maximum Film or Brea…

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350: The "Father of Modern Baseball" - With Tom Delise & Jay Seaborg 1:23:11

2M ago1:23:11

1:23:11

First-time sports historians Tom Delise and Jay Seaborg ("Foxy Ned Hanlon: The Baseball Life of a Hall of Fame Manager") join the podcast for a biographical look at one of baseball's most innovative managerial minds - and who just may be related to your humble host! "Foxy" Ned Hanlon was one of the major leagues' earliest tactical visionaries, who …

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Keith O'Brien- Charlie Hustle 13:17

2M ago13:17

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Keith O’Brien’s CHARLIE HUSTLE is the definitive story of Pete Rose's rise and fall, built with the help of federal court documents never utilized before, interviews with three former associates who placed Pete's bets on baseball, 27 hours of interviews with Pete himself, and over 150 hours of interviews in all. It is the story unlike it's ever bee…

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Cinepunx Episode 190: THE FALL GUY (24) 1:23:36

2M ago1:23:36

1:23:36

I KNOW I KNOW DON’T YELL AT ME, WE GOT YOUR NEW EPISODE RIGHT HERE Look, this episode was delayed and I am sorry but here it is and, much to everyone’s chagrin and frustration we are just talking about The Fall Guy. Sometimes there is a rare convergence where Josh and I really enjoy a film that it feels like everyone else on earth hates. It isn’t a…

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Mindy Friddle-Her Best Self 18:21

2M ago18:21

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Janelle Wolf longs to be the woman she once was, an adored wife, a loving mother, a career woman, a force in her community—before a mysterious car accident stole her memories, ruined her reputation, and upended her life. These days, her troubled family needs that capable woman from the past, the one she calls “Janelle Before.” Enter Lana, an alluri…

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349: The Peking-to-Paris Motor Challenge - With Kassia St. Clair 1:15:34

2M ago1:15:34

1:15:34

Cultural historian and best-selling British author Kassia St. Clair ("The Secret Lives of Color"; "The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History") joins the podcast for a look back at the fascinating, improbable and culturally paradigm-shifting 1907 Peking-to-Paris Motor Challenge - as featured in her new book "The Race to the Future: 8,000 Miles t…

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255 - Megan: Impossible - The Road to Dead Reckoning Part Two (Part Two) 1:32:51

3M ago1:32:51

1:32:51

Megan has never seen a MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE movie. Dan and Stephen are making her watch ALL OF THEM. That’s right, as the final (?) film in the series slowly approaches, we will be going through the ultimate preparatory task. It sounds impossible, but we’ll succeed, just like Ethan Hunt and the IMF gang! We have plenty of time, so this won’t be a ba…

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Mary Carroll Moore- Last Bets 14:33

3M ago14:33

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Portrait artist Elly Sorenson leaves her Washington, D.C., life for the Caribbean island of Bonaire, hoping to find refuge from personal tragedy and financial fallout. Instead,she is confronted by old demons, including a gambling underworld that taps paranormal talents she would prefer to leave dormant. On the island she finds an unlikely kindred s…

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Jon Clinch- The General and Julia 16:12

3M ago16:12

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From the acclaimed author of Marley and Finn, a novel both intimate and epic capturing Ulysses S. Grant during his final days as he reflects on his life and reckons with his complicated legacy. About the Author: Jon Clinch is the author of the acclaimed novels Finn,Kings of the Earth, The Thief of Auschwitz, Belzoni Dreams of Egypt, and Marley. A n…

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348.5: Sports Promoter Doug Verb [ARCHIVE RE-RELEASE] 3:06:37

3M ago3:06:37

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[An essential fan favorite from 2018 - with the dean of "forgotten sports" promotion!] If someone ever decides to build an American sports promotion Hall of Fame, the inaugural class will undoubtedly be led by this week’s special guest, Doug Verb. In a career spanning more than 40 years in professional sports management, Verb’s remarkable career ha…

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Timothy Kent Smith-Behind the Hedgerows 17:00

3M ago17:00

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Behind the Hedgerows is a fictional drama about human nature and the conflicts that go with it. It is 1987 in the Hamptons. Cocaine is the drug of choice, AIDS is rampant, and the Old Guard is trying to hang on as new money invades Long Island's East End. Hunter McPherson, East Hampton resident, entrepreneur, and fitness trainer to those of wealth,…

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348: The Tragic Season of 1946's Spokane Indians - With Eric Vickrey 1:15:13

3M ago1:15:13

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Baseball historian and Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) contributor Eric Vickrey ("Season of Shattered Dreams: Postwar Baseball, the Spokane Indians, and a Tragic Bus Crash That Changed Everything") joins the podcast for a look back at one of the worst tragedies in the history of US pro sports. From the dust jacket of Vickrey's new boo…

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254 - Challengers 1:35:40

3M ago1:35:40

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It’s no secret that here at I LIKE TO MOVIE MOVIE we love sports movies and we love movies about bad people being bad to one another because it makes them horny. Enter Luca Guadagnino’s CHALLENGERS, a sports movie about bad people being bad to one another because it makes them horny. We discuss the dense thematic material contained within, the incr…

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