Jeffrey Gurock is the author of a great new comprehensive biography of the premier voice of New York sports from the 1940s through the 1990s. The book is Marty Glickman, The Life of an American Jewish Sports Legend. I loved the book and our podcast discussion.
It's a sweet, sweet, bittersweet biography. Romania, the Bronx and Brooklyn, the example set by Hank Greenberg and by Sandy Koufax, track and football in high school and college, quotas limiting the number of Jews in certain colleges, the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, the Jews who were precipitously excluded from the competition, American Nazis (truly, American Nazis), the great Jessie Owens, and a phenomenal sportscasting career for a gracious and generous gentleman. Really terrific.
Ep. #11 Dylan Marron: Educated, by Tara Westover + Dylan’s “softness as strength”, etc.
Ep. #10 Joe Polizzotto - Strout, Barry, etc.
Ep. #9: Children’s Books . . . Follow-up to Youngna Park discussion
Ep. #8: Youngna Park on children’s books
Ep. #7: Payton Turner - Women’s anger and, sometimes, rage
Ep. #6: Catskills Potpourri - Marty’s Mercantile
Ep. #5: Maya Prohovnik - Stephen King!, Detectives & Sci-fi
Ep. #4: Reading for the words, with Emma Holland
Ep. #3: An impressive tour of 30 + books in about 35 minutes
Ep.#2: Understanding the Nation & Finding Common Ground with Dr. Hardin Coleman
Ep. #1: History of Comic Books with Dr. Frank Burbrink
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