Where Have You Gone?

Our road trip continues in the Motor City, Detroit, Michigan, with stops at the Henry Ford, Historic Hamtramck Stadium, Comerica Park, and John K. King Used & Rare Books. It is the final stop on our trip and the final episode of the second season of Where Have You Gone?

Marshall, MI is home to the American Museum of Magic. It also features the largest National Historic Landmark District (small urban category) in the United States. It is the next stop on our trip through Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan.

Colon, Michigan, is the Magic Capital of the World. For decades, it has been a destination for many of the greatest magicians in the world. It has been the final stop for some of them. Find the magic when Where Have You Gone? visits Colon, Michigan.

The second day of our road trip covers Marion, Ohio and Fort Wayne, Indiana. There is travel on the Lincoln Highway, a bookstore, and a ballgame. There are other historic landmarks along the way, all the things that make for good heritage travel.

Virtual travel is fine, but real travel is usually better. Come along for our recent visit to Columbus, OH, the first stop on a road trip through Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan. The Columbus sites include important locations in the lives of James Thurber, Harold Cooper, Dave Thomas, and Howard Thurston. Discover places that have, and have not, survived the test of time.

Asheville, North Carolina's historic Riverside Cemetery was founded in 1885. Learn more about the cemetery and its two literary legends, Thomas Wolfe and William Sydney Porter (better known as O. Henry).

Our virtual road trip to the ballparks Larry Ritter wrote about in Lost Ballparks continues. Part two picks up in Kansas City, moves on east and north into Canada, before final stops in Buffalo and Pittsburgh.

Lawrence Ritter is famous for his 1966 book The Glory of Their Times, but his 1992 book Lost Ballparks is another wonderful look back at America's past. It is a celebration of baseball's legendary fields. Join us for a virtual trip back to these bygone shrines.

In 1974, Himan Brown's valiant attempt to resurrect radio drama on network radio began with the premiere of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Enter through the creaking door and join us for a look at Brown, the series, and how it can still be enjoyed today.

In the spirit of “not forgotten,” join us for a look back at the first season of the Where Have You Gone? podcast. Our Season One Review has all new material and some updates about our first 13 subjects. They all deserve to be remembered.

We take a dive into the feedback we've received on our first season. And if we run out, we're going to call YOU for feedback!

Changes are in store for the second season of Where Have You Gone? We will still focus on the stories and storytellers of people, places, and things gone but not forgotten or forgotten but not gone. We will still look for connections to literature and the mid-20th century. But the episodes will be shorter and with more emphasis on travel and places. Join us on the journey!

As an interviewer, lecturer, newswoman, author, and commentator, Dorothy Fuldheim carved out a groundbreaking career on radio and television. She has been called "The First First Lady of Television News". It has been said she "ruled Cleveland TV with her tart-tongued news commentaries, no-nonsense interviews, and her own brand of performance journalism."​

From the 1950s to 1990s, Walter Matthau created a treasure of film performances both comedic and dramatic. His Oscar-winning role as Whiplash Willie Gingrich in The Fortune Cookie and iconic turn as Oscar Madison in Neil Simon's The Odd Couple elevated him from character actor to leading man. Much of his early work on stage, TV, and film ranks with his later successes. We'll focus on his entire career as we ask, where have you gone, Walter Matthau?

Blake Edwards is probably best known for the Pink Panther films starring Peter Sellers, but they are just part of a varied filmography as writer and director stretching from the 1950s to the 1990s. Whether comedy or drama, western or mystery, Edwards returned to common themes, including the splurch, gender bending, and topping the topper, throughout his films.

In 1980, Howard Rodman was honored with the prestigious Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement by the Writer's Guild of America. Writing for radio, television, and film, Rodman spanned the late days of the Golden Age of Radio, through the infancy of television, to the early age of the TV showrunners. His fine writing impacted shows from Naked City and Route 66 to Harry O. His passion is reflected in his writing and much of it can still be enjoyed today. Featuring Adam Rodman, an award-winning screenwriter and Howard's son.

Even if you don't know of Jack Webb, you will likely recognize the iconic four notes (dum, da dum dum) that begin the theme of his most famous creation, Dragnet. From its radio premiere in 1949 to television to film, Dragnet has been with us and remains with us today. But there is much more to Jack Webb than Dragnet and his character, Sgt. Joe Friday. His other work may not be as easily recognized as Dragnet, but fortunately it is still largely available to us today. Featuring Dan Moyer, author of Just the Facts, Ma'am

During the second half of the 20th century, Jack Warden evolved into an award-winning actor and made his mark on stage, television, and film. An Emmy Award winner and twice nominated for an Academy Award, Warden worked with great writers and directors, in particular Rod Serling and Sidney Lumet. In portrayals from Juror #7 in 12 Angry Men to Luke and Roy L. Fuchs in Used Cars, Warden had a career worth remembering. Featuring Academy Award nominated screenwriter and producer Bob Gale, co-writer of Used Cars and the Back to the Future trilogy.

The five-tool player is usually applied to a baseball player who can hit, hit for power, run, field, and throw, but National Public Radio has applied the term to the legendary entertainer Nat King Cole. Mary McCann wrote that Cole was originator of the guitar/bass/piano trio format, an influential pianist, a barrier-breaker between jazz and popular music, and a multimedia superstar. Songs such as “Straighten Up and Fly Right”, “Nature Boy”, “Get Your Kicks on Route 66,” “Unforgettable” and “The Christmas Song” are the tip-top of a musical legacy we can still enjoy today on CDs, albums, and YouTube. Cole has also been called the Jackie Robinson of television. He has been gone over 50 years, but his music and other accomplishments can still entertain and inspire us today. Featuring Nick Vega, curator of This is Nat King Cole, a Grammy Museum Exhibition

From June 30, 1909 to June 28, 1970, Forbes Field was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates, but it was much more than a baseball place. There was football, boxing, and religion. It was the key location for President Dwight D. Eisenhower's favorite film. Today, decades after the park was demolished, it remains a popular destination and historic on the University of Pittsburgh campus. Join us for a trip to Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood to ask, where have you gone, Forbes Field. Featuring Greg Brown, Play-By-Play Announcer for the Pittsburgh Pirates

The series of novels written by Mark Harris, featuring Henry Wiggen, has been called "the greatest achievement in the canon of baseball fiction." His masterpiece, Bang the Drum Slowly, has been adapted for television, film, stage, and audio theater. The baseball writings of Mark Harris are but one aspect of a varied career as a decidedly liberal, literary voice. Henry Wiggen is immortal, but where has the rest of the work of Mark Harris gone?

In 1956, Simon & Schuster published The Fireside Book of Baseball, edited by Charles Einstein. With subsequent volumes published in 1958 and 1968, the "Fireside" books became among the most indispensable of any baseball library, long before the fourth volume was published in 1987. Between the third and fourth volumes, Einstein wrote Willie's Time, a memoir far more than a baseball book and a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He wrote for radio, TV, and film. His novel, The Bloody Spur, is the source for the film noir classic While the City Sleeps. Son of a vaudeville comedian, and half-brother of Albert Brooks & Bob Einstein (aka Super Dave Osborne, Charles Einstein is gone, but not forgotten. Featuring Wallace Stroby, author of the crime novel Some Die Nameless

Rod Serling is gone, but not forgotten by anyone who watches The Twilight Zone on television, DVD, or streaming media. But The Twilight Zone is just one aspect of his brilliant career. Less well known is Serling's work in the Golden Age of Television and his notable work after The Twilight Zone. Learn about these aspects of Serling's career and how they can be enjoyed today. Featuring Nick Parisi, author of Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination

Featuring Paul Bonesteel, writer and director of The Day Carl Sandburg Died When Carl Sandburg died in 1967, Norman Corwin said Sandburg had as much chance of being forgotten as Lincoln. In fact, his legacy suffered and he has been far too much forgotten. But, Sandburg and his words are still used in the 21st Century, from the World Series to the Wall Street Journal. Learn why Sandburg is still important and how his work can be enjoyed today.

Norman Corwin was the poet-laureate of radio. He has been called the singular radio dramatist of his era, a national treasure, and one of the most important, yet understudied, media authors of all time. Learn about this American legend on the first episode of Where Have You Gone?   Featuring Neil Verma, author of Theater of the Mind: Imagination, Aesthetics, and American Radio Drama

Where Have You Gone Premieres on May 4, 2021! Subscribe now and hear a bit of what is in store for our first season.

Morris Eckhouse, host of the new podcast, Where Have You Gone?, reviews how he is moving from a career looking at baseball from the inside-out to the outside-in. After decades in the sports industry, including his time as Executive Director of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), he is shifting his focus to the Mid-Twentieth Century and notable writers & entertainers of that period with connections large or small to our national pastime.   Logo by Jeff Suntala Music by Harry Richardson

Take a listen to the genesis of Where Have You Gone?, with host Morris Eckhouse.