You’ve heard the stories about Ty Cobb right? He was mean. He sharpened his spikes to gouge opposing players when sliding into bases. He beat up a disabled fan. He was a racist. Well, it turns out that may all be based on shoddy research. And on this Crummy Little Podcast, Cobb biographer Charles Leerhsen shares a compelling… Read More Episode 25: Rethinking Ty Cobb with Charles Leerhsen
It’s Thanksgiving week, which marks the start of the pop-culture Christmas season. It’s the start of the Christian Christmas season, too: this weekend marks the first season of Advent. The Crummy Little Podcast kicks off this festive season with Joshua Mercer, Political Director of CatholicVote.org. Josh’s reservoir of knowledge is both deep and wide – you… Read More Episode 13: Joshua Mercer (“It’s good that we make a big deal out of [Christmas]!”)
Award-winning independent singer and songwriter Brian Franke joins the Crummy Little Podcast this week. About six years ago, Brian quit his day job to become a full-time musician. Since then, he’s enjoyed success not only as a solo act, but also with Sara Davenport as part of the duo FarAway. Brian ain’t just some chump strumming his guitar… Read More Episode 12: Brian Franke (“The music industry is an interesting animal.”)
Thank you for being a friend and listening in this week, which marks the 30th anniversary of the debut of The Golden Girls. What better way to celebrate than to talk about sitcoms? And who better to have that discussion with than Dave Swindle, the West Coast Editor for the counter-culture publishing company Liberty Island? Listen/download it here… Read More Episode 9: Dave Swindle (“Just accept whatever ALF says as Gospel truth.”)
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