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What would you do if you could get a PhD in life - through baseball? Welcome to Baseball PhD. A podcast for your brain. 30 major league cities, 100 places to see. Let\'s touch them all as we make a road trip of a lifetime!
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What would you do if you could get a PhD in life - through baseball? Welcome to Baseball PhD. A podcast for your brain. 30 major league cities, 100 places to see. Let\'s touch them all as we make a road trip of a lifetime!
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Michael E. a former Major League Scout, college, high school, and summer league baseball coach brings you one-on-one insightful interviews with MLB players @ mem247.com
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Join us on Cocktails and Classics, where cinematic nostalgia meets mixology mastery. Indulge in lively discussions as three friends explore iconic Hollywood films, each paired with a signature cocktail. Test your knowledge in our trivia quizzes and rate the classics with us. Cheers to rediscovering the magic of cinema with a twist of taste on every episode!
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Each episode, we discuss at least one classic game each, looking at them from a modern perspective but also remembering where they stand in the evolution of game development. Sometimes they’re games we played and loved growing up. Sometimes they’re games we missed and are experiencing for the first time. Though we each have our core beloved genres, we all play a variety of games of various styles, eras, and platforms.
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A retired teacher librarian joins forces with a funeral director/embalmer to produce classic baseball games, creating vintage broadcasts featuring legendary teams from yesteryear. What happens when Sandy Koufax stares down Lou Gehrig? Will Jackie Robinson be able to steal second off Johnny Bench? Who comes out on top when the '54 Giants square off against the '69 Mets? To find out, sit back and enjoy. Now, let's play ball!
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Whether you grew up cheering for Bo Jackson, Michael Jordan, Joe Montana, or Nolan Ryan, we’ve got you covered with in-depth discussions, exclusive interviews, and fun throwbacks to the greatest sports stories from the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s. Designed for fans in their 40s, 50s, and 60s, (but we welcome everyone) GenX Classic Sports connects you with the timeless passion and memories of the sports that shaped your generation. 🎧 Subscribe now for bi-weekly episodes that bring the glory days bac ...
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Black baseball insight through the lens of a hip-hop culture enthusiast.
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Bill Burr rants about relationship advice, sports and the Illuminati.
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The Baseball Book Club brings the rich history of baseball to life using classic and contemporary baseball books. With lively discussions, hosts John Cheslock and Leroy Estep reflect on moments in the sport's past as well as the significance it has in our culture today. Ultimately, the goal is to gain a deeper appreciation for the game and build a community of like-minded individuals who share a passion for it.
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Join Holly and Tracy as they bring you the greatest and strangest Stuff You Missed In History Class in this podcast by iHeartRadio.
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Two internet cinephiles aim to recreate the film set ”water cooler talk” where discussion is open to everything movies. From cherished classics to repugnant newcomers, WR&P captures the complexities of life through the lens of cinema, living comfortably within the boundaries of high and low art, popular and unpopular titles, and local and international cinema.
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A podcast about ballparks and the baseball experience.
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Talking sports NBA, NFL, MLB, HBCU, Negro League Baseball History. A different perspective on sports. The podcast where you'll get sports history.
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Through personal recordings of the original radio broadcasts, the history of America's favorite pastime is retold, one classic game at a time. Relive key moments, historical hits, and the legends of today taking to the field when they were at the peak of their career. Add Classic Baseball radio to any podcast app or service; just copy "tinyurl.com/baseballpod" into the "Add RSS Feed" of the app.
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Georgia Bulldogs Football, Basketball, Baseball, Highlights, Recruiting, and more.
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Former host of MLB Network's "Intentional Talk" Chris Rose is back and talking about his passion, baseball! This time he is taking the show on the road to chat from inside the stadium to learn more about your favorite MLB players!
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Covering the current events of Major League Baseball, hosted by Kyle Corwin and Nate Reyes.
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Five minutes after a brutal Met or Yankee loss Evan wants to talk about it. Minutes after the Nets or Knicks played a classic game on the west coast Evan wants to break it down. A long form discussion on Monday Night Raw or the latest TV Show he’s obsessing over. On the Evan Roberts podcast he will give instant reactions to events and talk about things normally not discussed on the afternoon show.
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Hammer Territory is your go-to podcast on the Atlanta Braves. Hosted by Brad Rowland, Scott Coleman, Stephen Tolbert, & Shawn Coleman, HT brings you fresh insight & analysis all year long. Hammer Territory is part of the Foul Territory network: baseball the way it should be covered!
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Are you a baseball fan looking for a quick, easy way to catch up on all the scores and stories from the night before? To hear the craziest stat from every team? To learn which player dominated the day? To find out who tied Boots Poffenberger’s 90-year-old hit-by-pitch record? MLB.com’s Morning Lineup podcast will be coming to you five days a week – Monday through Friday – all in under 10 minutes. A rotating group of hosts will get you up to date on everything you need to know first thing in ...
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Celebrating Alberta’s past, present and future in baseball.
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The Braves Today podcast is your one-stop show for all the up to the minute news on your Atlanta Braves. Hosted by Lindsay Crosby, Braves Today will dive into the stories that you need to know about, from prospects and bullpen usage to lineup choices and the bromance between Ozzie Albies and Ronald Acuña Jr.
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The FanDuel Research Podcast feed is your home for betting and daily fantasy insights on FanDuel. This is the home of The Heat Check, The Daily Iso, and The Solo Shot, providing daily and weekly betting and daily fantasy recommendations for the NFL, NBA, MLB, and PGA with a rotating group of hosts from FanDuel Research.
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Locked On Reds - Daily Podcast On The Cincinnati Reds
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Locked On Reds podcast is your daily ticket to stay ahead of the game and the first to know the latest news, analysis, and insider info for the Cincinnati Reds and Major League Baseball. Hosted by Jeff Carr and Steven Offenbaker, the Locked On Reds podcast provides your daily Reds fix with expert, local analysis, and coverage of all aspects of the Reds franchise. Locked On Reds takes you beyond the scoreboard for the inside scoops on the biggest stories from within the Reds locker room and a ...
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Nerd Cave Retro is a podcast dedicated to those who grew up in the '80's, '90's, & 00's with Classic Video Games. Hosts Derek Diamond and Jason Robbins review and discuss their memories of old school gaming classics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Are you a knowledge junkie who loves when facts are stranger than fiction? Do you find yourself constantly tripping down Wikipedia rabbit holes (and delighting in the journey)? Have you ever been told you ask a lot of questions? If so, congrats! You’re one of us: a Part-Time Genius! Join Will, Mango, and the team as we scour the globe in search of obscure facts, offbeat locales, and hidden histories. Along the way, we’ll chat with experts, play some games, get in touch with our silly side, a ...
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Interview with Scholars of Latin America about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/latin-american-studies
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The All Talk, No Balk! podcast has become the Batter's Box Office — a brand new podcast where hosts Heather and Maddie discuss different baseball-themed movies each week, from the classics to the comically horrible. For more baseball content, visit alltalknobalk.com!
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Lineup Logic is a Daily Fantasy Sports Podcast. We break down slates, by position and price, then build lineups. Coverage for NFL, NBA, MLB, PGA, and MMA on DraftKings and Fanduel.
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The Baseball Classics Podcast is your ultimate destination for engaging discussions on all things Major League Baseball, spanning from 1901 to the present. Whether you’re a die-hard fan of baseball’s golden eras or deeply invested in today’s game, this podcast offers something for everyone.Each episode delivers a blend of rich historical narratives, in-depth analyses of modern MLB trends, and exclusive insights pulled straight from Baseball Classics Magazine. Explore featured topics that div ...
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The Canadian Baseball Network podcast was originally launched for the 2013 World Baseball Classic and will now be a regular feature of The Canadian Baseball Network website. The podcast will feature analysis and updates on baseball in Canada and Canadian’s playing baseball around the world. From the Toronto Blue Jays to your local team, The CBN Podcast will cover all issues and areas of interest to Canadian Baseball fans.
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Classic baseball talk with three sort-of smart guys
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Have you rediscovered your childhood baseball cards, or do you have that "90s nostalgia" itch you've been looking to scratch? Come take a trip down memory lane as we take a second look at some famous (and not so famous) baseball cards from the 1990s all the way back through the 1950s. Wax Ecstatic is hosted by long-time collector Matt Sammon, who always has a fun look back at some of that classic cardboard in your collection!
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Interviews with Authors about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
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Hosts Jed Rigney and Jon Sumple take an offbeat look at the world of baseball. Jon is a veteran writer currently involved in a love affair with the English language. Jed is an award-winning filmmaker who fancies himself a baseball writer.
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Classic storytelling can be found around many campfires and in any Disney film. In so many cases, the very best of stories from our personal lives are heard repeatedly over years without ever being recorded. Tim Larson and Liz Wylder knew that WROK radio’s 100th birthday in 2023 would be a great springboard for this project. Future sit downs would certainly rekindle old friendships and, undoubtedly, allow everyone to learn something about the people they thought they knew well. The lightbulb ...
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Mets PR Legend of 40 years and current V.P. of alumni relations and team historian, Jay Horwitz, talks to some of the most interesting people he can find. Amazin’ Conversations is a weekly opportunity for listeners to not only hear stories from Mets alumni you would never get anywhere else, but interviews with some incredible people outside the world of baseball.
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The Baller Lifestyle Podcast delivers a hilarious, no-holds-barred take on sports, pop culture, and life’s absurdities. Hosted by guys who tell it like it is, each episode serves up smart, irreverent commentary with just the right amount of locker room charm. Whether it’s breaking down the week’s dumbest headlines or diving into nostalgic nonsense, this show is your backstage pass to living like a baller — even if it’s just in your earbuds. Check us out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@T ...
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Adam Nelson and Samuel Paul talk America's pastime. News, fantasy, opinions, banter. What else is there?
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An exploration of the history of video games told through the stories of the every day people who lived it. Join me along with a rotating cast of friends, family, gaming journalists, and industry types as we share personal recollections from the last thirty years of gaming, one story at a time.
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Join Anders Johanson as he replays the 2003 Major League Baseball season using the classic Strat-O-Matic dice game
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Interviews with Scholars of Folklore about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/folkore
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Billiken Athletics Podcast hosted by Zac Miller and Peter Hale
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The All Takes No Whiffs Podcast, a weekly podcast hosted by Cristian and ahendy, where they give their insights and analysis of Major League Baseball and the world of boxing. Their passion for these sports ignites hot takes and top-notch discussion.
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On The Rode Show Podcast, anything goes as long as it's about baseball. National Supervisor Nathan Rode and National Crosschecker Shooter Hunt discuss top prospects and news. On occasion, they're joined by Director of College Scouting David Seifert, President Sean Duncan, and various PBR state directors. Prep Baseball Report has evolved into one of the country’s biggest and most respected independent scouting services, with a singular focus of providing comprehensive year-round coverage in e ...
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Hosted by Connor Valentin, a classic talk show inspired by Johnny Carson. The newest podcast to Clovercrest Media Group with interviews with podcast hosts and YouTubers.
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Live from the 2025 HBCU Swingman Classic: David Justice, Dusty Baker, and Tony Reagins Talk Baseball Legacy
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This episode was recorded live at the 2025 HBCU Swingman Classic. I spoke to AL Manager David Justice, 2X All-Star, 2X World Series Champion, 3X NL Manager of the Year, Dusty Baker, and MLB Head of Development Tony Reagins. You don't want to miss this special episode. The Black Baseball Mixtape is in partnership with the Players Alliance, Numbers G…
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Let’s head to Bristol Motor Speedway for the first Major League Baseball game played in Tennessee as the Reds host the Braves on August 2nd. Our PhD Committee also reviews all the things that could happen during the upcoming trade deadline (July 31st).By Baseball PhD
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Driving An iPad, Seeing The Sights, Facial Recognition | Monday Morning Podcast 8-4-25
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Bill rambles about 'driving an iPad', seeing the sights, and facial recognition. ZipRecruiter: Try for free at www.ZipRecruiter.com/BURR Helix: Go to www.HelixSleep.com/BURR for 20% off site wide.By All Things Comedy
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MLB BOTCHED the Speedway Classic, but at least the Atlanta Braves won | Atlanta Braves Podcast
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(This show was recorded PRIOR to Austin Riley being placed on the injured list) The Speedway Classic was marred by rain delays, fan experience issues, and Austin Riley's injury, but the Braves emerged victorious. In this episode of Braves Today, Lindsay Crosby dives into the chaos of the event, provides updates on Riley's condition and potential IL…
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Fitz Hugh Ludlow’s fame as a writer was directly tied to his drug use initially. In his final years, his advocacy for treatment of the illness of addiction was really ahead of its time. Research: “Beyond the Hasheesh Eater: Fitz Hugh Ludlow, A Nineteenth Century Writer and Adventurer.” Schaffer Library. Union College. https://exhibits.schafferlibra…
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Ike Davis Reveals What Really Happened With His Valley Fever
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Former Mets first baseman Ike Davis sits down with Jay Horwitz for an unforgettable Amazin’ Conversations episode — diving deep into his career highs, crushing injuries, and life after baseball. Ike opens up about battling Valley Fever, his ankle injury with David Wright, playing first base during Johan Santana’s historic no-hitter, and hitting big…
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Toby Lincoln, "An Urban History of China" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
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In An Urban History of China (Cambridge UP, 2021), Toby Lincoln offers the first history of Chinese cities from their origins to the present. Despite being an agricultural society for thousands of years, China had an imperial urban civilization. Over the last century, this urban civilization has been transformed into the world's largest modern urba…
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Michelle De Kretser, "Theory & Practice" (Catapult, 2025)
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Michelle de Kretser was born in Sri Lanka and lives in Australia on unceded Gadigal land. She writes fiction but has also published a short book about Shirley Hazzard's work. Theory & Practice, her seventh novel, recently won Australia's Stella Prize for writing by women. Theory and Practice is set in 1986, when “beautiful, radical ideas” are in th…
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Giles Tremlett, "The International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War" (Bloomsbury, 2021)
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When civil war broke out in Spain in 1936, tens of thousands of young men and women from across the world flocked there to fight against the Nationalist uprising. Though their history has been told before, Giles Tremlett’s The International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War (Bloomsbury, 2021) draws upon previously unavailable mat…
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Judith Grisel, "Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction" (Doubleday, 2019)
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Not a lot of authors go from spending their early twenties homeless and addicted to cocaine to becoming one of the world’s leading researchers on the neuroscience of addiction. But Dr. Judith Grisel, in her new book Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction (Doubleday, 2019), uses her personal story to illuminate the ways in which …
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César Brioso, "Last Seasons in Havana: The Castro Revolution and the End of Professional Baseball In Cuba" (U Nebraska Press, 2019)
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Today we are joined by César Brioso, author of the book Last Seasons in Havana: The Castro Revolution and the End of Professional Baseball In Cuba (University of Nebraska Press, 2019). Blending the love for baseball fans in Cuba had during the 1950s with the political upheaval that led to Fidel Castro’s rise to power in 1959, Brioso weaves a fascin…
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Robert Morstein-Marx, "Julius Caesar and the Roman People" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
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Julius Caesar was no aspiring autocrat seeking to realize the imperial future but an unusually successful republican leader who was measured against the Republic's traditions and its greatest heroes of the past. Catastrophe befell Rome not because Caesar (or anyone else) turned against the Republic, its norms, and institutions, but because Caesar's…
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Lizzie Wade, "Apocalypse: How Catastrophe Transformed Our World and Can Forge New Futures" (Harper, 2025)
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A richly imagined new view on the great human tradition of apocalypse, from the rise of Homo sapiens to the climate instability of our present, that defies conventional wisdom and long-held stories about our deep past to reveal how cataclysmic events are not irrevocable endings, but transformations. A drought lasts for decades, a disease rips throu…
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Benjamin Francis-Fallon, "The Rise of the Latino Vote: A History" (Harvard UP, 2019)
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While media pundits continually speculate over the future leanings of the so-called “Latino vote,” Benjamin Francis-Fallon historicizes how Latinos were imagined into a national electoral constituency in his new book The Rise of the Latino Vote: A History (Harvard University Press, 2019). Francis-Fallon, Assistant Professor of History at Western Ca…
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César Brioso, "Last Seasons in Havana: The Castro Revolution and the End of Professional Baseball In Cuba" (U Nebraska Press, 2019)
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Today we are joined by César Brioso, author of the book Last Seasons in Havana: The Castro Revolution and the End of Professional Baseball In Cuba (University of Nebraska Press, 2019). Blending the love for baseball fans in Cuba had during the 1950s with the political upheaval that led to Fidel Castro’s rise to power in 1959, Brioso weaves a fascin…
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Clayton Kershaw Drops In On Our Talk With Tyler Glasnow
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We're joined by our old friend Tyler Glasnow for the first time in far too long! We talk about his wedding planning, how cool it is to watch legends like Clayton Kershaw and Shohei Ohtani, and how the Dodgers are handling their recent struggles.Tune in every Monday at 8am to hear from the game's best. Next week we sit down with Julio Rodirguez!0:00…
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Speedway Classic a hit; Marlins have Yanks’ number
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After rain suspended play in Bristol, the Speedway Classic finished strong, with Braves rookie hurler Hurston Waldrep holding the Reds in check and Eli White crushing two homers. Meanwhile in Miami, the Marlins continued their mastery of the Yankees. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privac…
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Episode 28: Sports Media, Information, and Broadcasting Through the Years: Part 2
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Send us a text Welcome back to GenX Classic Sports, the podcast where we rewind the game clock and relive the golden era of sports through the eyes of Generation X. In this episode we’re diving into a topic that every GenX sports fan can appreciate — how the way we get our sports news and info has transformed since the 1970s. Remember waiting for t…
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Jan Dost, "Safe Corridor" (DarArab, 2025)
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A bold, unforgettable novel of war, imagination, and survival. Thirteen-year-old Kamiran is fleeing the collapse of Syria when his body begins to harden literally—turning to chalk. As his transformation unfolds, he pours his memories, secrets, and darkly funny confessions into a piece of chalk he stole at school. Through the eyes of this precocious…
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DEBACLE: Speedway Classic FAILS Cincinnati Reds and Fans | Will MLB LEARN from MISTAKES?
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The Cincinnati Reds' Speedway Classic debacle raises questions about MLB's priorities. Host Steven Offenbaker dissects the event's numerous failures, from long lines to inadequate facilities, calling it the "worst sporting event" he's ever attended. He analyzes the Reds' missed opportunities in the game, questioning managerial decisions and the tea…
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Speedway Classic Chaos, Waldrep’s Return, and Riley Injury
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Brad Rowland and Scott Coleman co-host Episode 243 of the Hammer Territory Podcast. Topics include a wild weekend at the MLB Speedway Classic in Bristol for the Atlanta Braves, Austin Riley's injury, Hurston Waldrep's 2025 debut, the Eli White game, a busy upcoming week, and much more. Download the DraftKings Pick6 app and use code FOUL for new cus…
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- No hot dog buns, pouring rain, awful views - Wrigley to host the 2027 All-Star Game - Will a lockout ruin the 2027 season? - Marcus Stroman released by Yankees - Clase & Ortiz lockers cleared out Listen/watch: https://bio.link/threeohtake Follow us! FB: https://www.facebook.com/threeohtake IG: https://www.instagram.com/threeohtake TOK: https://ww…
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REDS POSTCAST: Cincinnati Reds Drop Speedway Classic to Braves in very FRUSTRATING Performance
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The Cincinnati Reds fell to the Atlanta Braves 4-2 in the inaugural MLB Speedway Classic in Bristol, TN. After weather halted Saturday night's action, the game resumed Sunday with Brent Suter taking over for Chase Burns, but Suter surrendered a crucial three-run homer to Eli White that gave the Braves a lead they wouldn’t relinquish. The Reds strug…
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The ballpark is beautiful but the team is not. When will the Pirates get it together? Meanwhile, 132 miles to the east, a gambling problem might be evolving in our hometown, Cleveland. We debate and ponder.By Baseball PhD
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The ballpark is beautiful but the team is not. When will the Pirates get it together? Meanwhile, 132 miles to the east, a gambling problem might be evolving in our hometown, Cleveland. We debate and ponder.By Baseball PhD
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Tricia Starks, "Smoking Under the Tsars: A History of Tobacco in Imperial Russia" (Cornell UP, 2018)
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How and when did Russia become a country of smokers? Why did makhorka and papirosy become ubiquitous products of tobacco consumption? Tricia Starks explores these themes as well as the connections between tobacco, gender, and empire in her latest monograph, Smoking Under the Tsars: A History of Tobacco in Imperial Russia (Cornell University Press, …
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Thomas Pegelow Kaplan ed. et al., "Holocaust Testimonies: Reassessing Survivors' Voices and Their Future in Challenging Times" (Bloombury, 2025)
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Close to a time when there will be no more survivors to speak about their suffering, this innovative study takes much-needed stock of the past, present and future of Holocaust testimony. Drawing from a vast range of witness accounts including a never-before-published survivor interview and carefully situating analysis within broader historical and …
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Isabel Toral and Beatrice Gruendler, "An Unruly Classic: Kalīla and Dimna and Its Syriac, Arabic, and Early Persian Versions" (Brill, 2024)
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The collection of wisdom fables known as Kalila and Dimna began its long literary life in Sanskrit more than two millennia ago, and was subsequently translated to numerous languages. But it is the Arabic version, adapted from Middle Persian by the eighth-century scholar Ibn al-Muqaffa, that has left the most substantial literary footprint. A founda…
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Isabel Toral and Beatrice Gruendler, "An Unruly Classic: Kalīla and Dimna and Its Syriac, Arabic, and Early Persian Versions" (Brill, 2024)
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The collection of wisdom fables known as Kalila and Dimna began its long literary life in Sanskrit more than two millennia ago, and was subsequently translated to numerous languages. But it is the Arabic version, adapted from Middle Persian by the eighth-century scholar Ibn al-Muqaffa, that has left the most substantial literary footprint. A founda…
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Anand Pandian, "Something Between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life, and How to Take Them Down" (Stanford UP, 2025)
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In 2016, Anand Pandian was alarmed by Donald Trump's harsh attacks on immigrants to the United States, the appeal of that politics of anger and fear. In the years that followed, he crisscrossed the country—from Fargo, North Dakota to Denton, Texas, from southern California to upstate New York—seeking out fellow Americans with markedly different soc…
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Margaret C. Jacob, "The Secular Enlightenment" (Princeton UP, 2019)
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The Secular Enlightenment by Professor Margaret C. Jacob, has been called a major new history on how the Enlightenment transformed people's everyday lives. It’s a panoramic account of the radical ways that life began to change for ordinary people in the age of Locke, Voltaire, and Rousseau. In this landmark book, familiar Enlightenment figures shar…
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William Marx, "Libraries of the Mind" (Princeton UP, 2025)
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Erich Auerbach wrote his classic work Mimesis, a history of narrative from Homer to Proust, based largely on his memory of past reading. Having left his physical library behind when he fled to Istanbul to escape the Nazis, he was forced to rely on the invisible library of his mind. Each of us has such a library—if not as extensive as Auerbach’s—eve…
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Julia Sneeringer, "A Social History of Early Rock ‘n’ Roll in Germany: Hamburg from Burlesque to The Beatles, 1956-69" (Bloomsbury, 2018)
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The Beatles’ sojourn in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg during the early 1960s is part of music legend. As Julia Sneeringer reveals in A Social History of Early Rock ‘n’ Roll in Germany: Hamburg from Burlesque to The Beatles, 1956-69 (Bloomsbury, 2018), though, this was just the most famous episode in the neighborhood’s momentous engagement with …
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Dan Reiter, "Untied Hands: How States Avoid the Wrong Wars" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
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How do states advance their national security interests? Conventional wisdom holds that states must court the risk of catastrophic war by “tying their hands” to credibly protect their interests. Dan Reiter overturns this perspective with the compelling argument that states craft flexible foreign policies to avoid unwanted wars. Through a comprehens…
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David Chaffetz, "Raiders, Rulers, and Traders: The Horse and the Rise of Empires" (Norton, 2025)
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No animal is so entangled in human history as the horse. The thread starts in prehistory, with a slight, shy animal, hunted for food. Domesticating the horse allowed early humans to settle the vast Eurasian steppe; later, their horses enabled new forms of warfare, encouraged long-distance trade routes, and ended up acquiring deep cultural and relig…
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This 2020 episode covers James Baldwin, who was a brilliant essayist, one of the chroniclers of the Civil Rights Movement, and a powerful voice against racism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts
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Sarah E. K. Smith, "Trading on Art: Cultural Diplomacy and Free Trade in North America" (UBC Press, 2025)
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hat is the relationship between culture and trade? In Trading on Art: Cultural Diplomacy and Free Trade in North America Sarah E. K. Smith, an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at Western University and the Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Art, Culture and Global Relations, examines the history of cultural relatio…
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Chris Washington, "Nonbinary Jane Austen" (U Minnesota Press, 2025)
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In Nonbinary Jane Austen, Chris Washington theorizes how Jane Austen envisions a nonbinary future that traverses the two-sex model of gender that we can supposedly see solidifying in the eighteenth century. Arguing that her writing works to abolish gender exclusivity altogether, Washington shows how she establishes a politics that ushers in a futur…
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Bradley Morgan, "Frank Zappa's America" (LSU Press, 2025)
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From his early albums with the Mothers of Invention, Frank Zappa established a reputation as a musical genius who pushed the limits of culture throughout the 1960s and 1970s, experimenting with a blend of genres in innovative and unheard-of ways. Not only did his exploratory styles challenge the expectations of what popular music could sound like, …
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Y. Kokosalakis and F. J. Leira-Castiñeira, "Violence and Propaganda in European Civil Wars" (Routledge, 2025)
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Violence and Propaganda in European Civil Wars explores the complex interplay between violence and propaganda during the continent's major civil conflicts in the first half of the 20th century. The book, edited by Yiannis Kokosalakis and Francisco J. Leira Castiñeira, uses a multidisciplinary approach to analyze how propaganda both reflected and fu…
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Linda Gordon, "Seven Social Movements That Changed America" (LIveright, 2025)
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How do social movements arise, wield power, and bring about meaningful change? Renowned scholar Linda Gordon investigates these and other salient questions in this “visionary, cautionary, timely, and utterly necessary book” (Nicole Eustace), narrating how some of America’s most influential twentieth-century social movements transformed the nation. …
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Philip Cunliffe, "The National Interest: Politics After Globalization" (Polity Press, 2025)
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Globalization is over. With US president Donald Trump pursuing an 'America First' agenda in trade and foreign policy, everyone now recognises the urgency of defending their own country's national interest. But what is the national interest and why did it disappear from the political agenda? Will Trump restore American national interests, or will he…
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Klaus Bachmann, "The Genocide in Rwanda in Comparative Perspective: Death and Survival on the Lake Kivu Shore" (Routledge, 2025)
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The Genocide in Rwanda in Comparative Perspective: Death and Survival on the Lake Kivu Shore (Routledge, 2025) combines social science concepts, history and transitional justice studies to examine the social dynamics, specific actors and ideologies involved in the genocide in Rwanda and examines what makes this genocide a unique case of mass violen…
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Camilla Fitzsimons, "Rethinking Feminism in Ireland" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
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Camilla Fitzsimons teaches at Maynooth University and is the author of Community Education and Neoliberalism in 2017 as well as Repealed: Ireland's Unfinished Fight for Reproductive Rights in 2021 which won the American Conference for Irish Studies James S Donnelly Sr book award for History and Social Science – she talked to us in January 2022 abou…
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Paul Vigna, "The Almightier: How Money Became God, Greed Became Virtue, and Debt Became Sin" (St. Martin's Press, 2025)
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The pursuit of wealth is considered an essential function of human nature, and greed is an unspoken civic virtue. Many of us revere billionaires and Wall Street rain-makers, then complain about “the system” being rigged, and wonder why the country doesn’t seem to work for the little guy anymore. Some blame the Deep State for income inequality and c…
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Marcus Gibson, "The Greatest Force: How RAF Bomber Command Became the No.1 Factor in Britain’s Total, Destructive Defeat of Nazi Germany" (2025)
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In this podcast Richard Lucas interviews Marcus Gibson, author of The Greatest Force: How RAF Bomber Command Became the No.1 Factor in Britain’s Total, Destructive Defeat of Nazi Germany (2025) in which he argues that RAF Bomber Command was the No.1 factor in Germany’s defeat. Far from being ineffective and too costly, the book argues that the dire…
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Hannah Charnock, "Teenage intimacies: Young Women, Sex and Social Life in England, 1950-80" (Manchester UP, 2025)
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Teenage Intimacies offers a new account of the ‘sexual revolution’ in mid-twentieth century England. Rather than focusing on ‘Swinging London’, the book reveals the transformations in social life that took place in school playgrounds, local cinemas, and suburban bedrooms. Based on over 300 personal testimonies, Teenage Intimacies traces the everyda…
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310: Michael Busch Chicago Cubs & Michael E One on One
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Classic MLB Interviews with the stars of the games - Michael E. is now accepting requests for speaking engagements for all occasions. For inquiries, please email [email protected] Michael E. (The Coach)
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REDS POSTCAST: Will Benson & Brady Singer DOMINATE for the Cincinnati Reds over the Atlanta Braves
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The Cincinnati Reds edged out the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Friday afternoon at Great American Ball Park. Brady Singer was lights out on the mound, tossing six shutout innings with 10 strikeouts to anchor the win. Will Benson provided the spark offensively, going 2-for-3 with a home run, a stolen base, and two runs scored. Despite a late push from Atla…
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