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The Cleveland Indians' Big Four rotation served them well in 1954, delivering 111 wins and a ticket to the World Series. Yet their power is fading, and many worry that the AL pennant in the previous year was a high-water mark. They would rack up eight winning seasons in the decade, but only a sole defeat in the Fall Classic to show for it.In tonight's game the welcome the young and eager Chicago White Sox. Marty Marion's “Go-go” philosophy of speed and base-running would be key. 1955 showed where the gaps were, and some rapid trades (bringing in Larry Doby and clearing the shortstop position for future Hall of Famer Luis Aparicio) would take them all the way in 1959.All of that lies in the future. Tonight is a distillation of the Indians' power and the Go-Go White Sox. reflected in the pitching match-up. Chicago's Billy Pierce is in the middle of a historic season where he will finish with an ERA of 1.97.On the other side of the scorecard is Early Wynn, a future 300-game winner whose scowling, intimidating presence on the mound defined the era's aggressive pitching ethos . Wynn would later win the Cy Young after joining the White Sox, but for now, he stands in the way of the White Sox' first legitimate pennant run in 35 years .Ewan Spence and the Classic Baseball Radio team bring you this recreated radio broadcast from July 1, 1955. This should not be considered a complete or fully accurate historical record. Nevertheless, this is our story of the game.We thank Retrosheet, Sports Reference, Sports Logos Net, Tom R Audio, and  Crafting The Call.** LINKS **Boxscore:https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE195507010.shtml A closer look at the four-way race in 1955's American League pennant race.https://thisgreatgame.com/1955-baseball-history/Early Wynn biography and the philosophy of “The Office” and his willingness to knock down hitters to defend the plate.https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/early-wynn/A look at Wynn's longevity, including his eventual move to the White Sox and his 1959 Cy Young Award.https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/early-wynn  A retrospective evaluation of Billy Pierce's stats and pitching records.https://www.cooperstowncred.com/billy-pierce-star-from-the-1950s-on-the-golden-days-hall-of-fame-ballot Recounting Gene Woodling's journey from the Yankees to the 1955 Indians.https://peanutsandcrackerjack.com/blog/gene-woodling-a-stellar-career-in-baseball  How Larry Doby integrated the American League. https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/july-5-1947-larry-doby-integrates-american-league-with-pinch-hitting-appearance-for-cleveland/ A look at Marion's managerial philosophy and his transition from Cardinal great to White Sox skipper.https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Marty_Marion/ The history of Comiskey Parkhttps://ballparks.com/baseball/american/comisk.htm

The year of the pitcher is over. Following a league-wide ERA of 2.98, Denny McLain's 31 wins, and Bob Gibson's 1.12 ERA, the MLB took drastic action; the mound was lowered from 15 inches to 10 inches, and the strike zone was reduced.As the season begins, pitchers are coming to terms with a brand new game, none more so than this match-up between the Los Angeles Dodgers' Don Sutton and the Cincinnati Reds' Jim Maloney. Sutton is looking to refine his precision pitching, and Maloney the new target for the firepower of his fastball.Looking back, it's the Reds' lineup card that's impressive. Reading like a Hall of Fame Induction, you have Johnny Bench behind the plate, Tony Perez and Lee May offering muscle in the middle of the order, Wayne Granger ready to come in as the fireman, and the reigning batting champion of Pete Rose (okay, so maybe not everyone is going to be inducted).The Dodgers leaned into pitching to find success in the sixties, but here comes the Reds with a new approach of churning runs while on offense. It's not quite complete, but the genesis of the Big Red Machine is here. Ewan Spence and the Classic Baseball Radio team bring you this recreated radio broadcast from April 9, 1969. This should not be considered a complete or fully accurate historical record. Nevertheless, this is our story of the game.We thank Retrosheet, Sports Reference, Sports Logos Net, Tom R Audio, and  Crafting The Call.** LINKS **Boxscore:https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN196904090.shtmlJim Maloney looks back on his career (Interview).https://irontontribune.com/2025/06/18/reds-pitching-great-maloney-still-going-strong/How Don Sutton became a Los Angeles Dodgers legend.https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/don-sutton/The Big Red Machine's Spring Breaks At Pacetti Hotelhttps://www.ponceinlet.org/history-and-education/pacetti-hotel-history/the-big-red-machine/ The high-speed impact of Bobby Tolan's arrival in Cincinnati.https://www.redlegnation.com/2017/04/02/the-enigma-of-bobby-tolan/ Pete Rose returns to the Hall conversation as baseball embraces his original sin.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/may/15/pete-rose-hall-of-fame-baseball A history of the Dodgers' $100,000 "bonus baby" Willie Crawford.https://ladodgerchronicles.com/remembering-willie-crawford/Remembering 1968, the year of the pitcher.https://thisgreatgame.com/1968-baseball-history/ A Brief Historical Analysis Of Baseball's Divisional Era (1969-1995)https://notesironbound.blogspot.com/2016/02/a-brief-historical-analysis-of.html

The ageing empire of Casey Stengel's Yankees is in a desperate three-way street fight for the American League against the Chicago White Sox (the defending champions) and the ‘Kiddie Krops' of the Baltimore Orioles. With only half a game separating them in the loss column, every game is a make-or-break.In tonight's game, the Yankees welcome the Orioles into the cauldron of the House that Babe Built. Stengel's Yankees are still playing as they did during their dominant fifties with a platoon full of power that will reach the fence or fall short over nine innings. The team crumbled in 1959. Can the old ways still work?Meanwhile, Orioles manager Paul Richards has young arms aplenty, and playing small ball built around bunts, singles and aggressive base running. Will that take them through September and beyond? The Orioles have their own aged war-horse. Hoyt Wilhelm, in his ninth year in the majors, is back where he belongs, pitching in relief with a knuckleball that seems to defy the laws of physics. It's paired with the comically oversized glove of Clint Courtney, because it's the only way any catcher has a hope of getting the ball into the back of the leather.Stengel is watching the sun set on his pinstripes, and Richards is welcoming the sun rise over his baby birds. Only one will stamp their authority in the race for the pennant…Ewan Spence and the Classic Baseball Radio team bring you this recreated radio broadcast from September 28, 1950. This should not be considered a complete or fully accurate historical record. Nevertheless, this is our story of the game.We thank Retrosheet, Sports Reference, Sports Logos Net, Tom R Audio, and  Crafting The Call.** LINKS ** Boxscore:https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA196008150.shtml1960 Major League Baseball seasonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Major_League_Baseball_season Ron Hansen, by Jimmy Keenan for SABRhttps://sabr.org/bioproj/person/ron-hansen/Brooks Robinson at the Baseball Hall Of Famehttps://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/robinson-brooksWho Was the Better Third Baseman, Brooks Robinson or Clete Boyer?https://www.baseballhistorycomesalive.com/who-was-the-better-third-baseman-brooks-or-clete/ Hoyt Wilhelm's Knuckleball (The Inside Pitch, with Bob Wolff)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5kdNI_gKLg So long, 45-inch catcher's glovehttps://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/happy-anniversary-so-long-45-inch-catchers-glove/ Art Ditmar Obituaryhttps://ripbaseball.com/2021/06/19/obituary-art-ditmar-1929-2021/ Casey Stengel: The Most Colorful Manager in Baseball Historyhttps://www.cmgworldwide.com/2023/07/05/casey-stengel-the-most-colorful-manager-in-baseball-history/ Once upon a time, the Orioles had the ‘Kiddie Korps'https://www.shepherdstownchronicle.com/sports/2018/06/22/once-upon-a-time-the-orioles-had-the-kiddie-korps/

Welcome to Classic Baseball Radio's Clubhouse, where we step back from the hectic pace of the games and take some time to talk about the history of baseball. Consider these bonus episodes as the pre-recorded explainers and profiles you normally see on sports broadcasts. As always, we look forward to your feedback.Joining us in the Clubhouse is Liz Thompson from Diamond Scorecard Designs. Her mom taught her to score at an early age, and since then, she has tried various scorecards and books to find the right one. Finally, she decided to stop trying to settle and design the scorebook she always wanted. Those scorebooks, and the opportunity to have a custom designs scorebook, are available through the Diamond Scorecard Designs website.As part of her personal mission to get people to keep score again, she visits the Classic Baseball Radio Clubhouse to talk with Ewan Spence on the beauty and history of our scorecard.FEATURING…Scorecards as a fundamental part of Baseball's history.Learning Baseball through scoring and scorecards.The archaeology of scorecards.The earliest scorecard (Atlantics at Athletic, Oct 11, 1866).Various scoring systems from the 19th century to the present day.Why there's no wrong way to score a game.A warning… keeping score may be habit-forming.LINKSLiz Thompson's Diamond Scorecard Designshttps://diamondscorecarddesigns.com/ ​​Baseball Basics: How to Keep Score (MLB)https://www.mlb.com/official-information/basics/score Skeleton Key Unlocks Game (Washington Post, 1979)https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1979/08/17/skeleton-key-unlocks-game/979879db-0465-46d4-8d4d-471b26191546/ Brooklyn Atlantics at Philadelphia Athletics, October 11th, 1866.https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-1866-a-return-on-their-investment/ The tiny scorecard ballyhooing "The Great Game for the Championship of the United States"https://www.inquirer.com/philly/sports/phillies/20110914_A_chance_to_own_a_bit_of_baseball_history.html Henry Chadwick, the Father of Baseball.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Chadwick_(writer) The Man Who Made Baseball's Box Score A Hit.https://www.npr.org/2009/07/30/106891539/the-man-who-made-baseballs-box-score-a-hit A. G. Spalding & Bros: Spalding Scorebook.https://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A132213 Joe Posnanski's Bloghttps://www.joeposnanski.com/ Stratomatic's Baseball Board Game.https://www.strat-o-matic.com/baseball-board-games/ Harry Wright scorecard example.https://lelands.com/bids/1881-boston-scorecard-signed-by-scorer-harry-wright--psa Cricket scorecards by Andy Zaltzman.https://thesportscommentators.com/collections/andy-zaltzman SABR: Official Scoring Research Committee.https://sabr.org/research/official-scoring-research-committee/ ABOUT THE PODCASTIf you'd like to get in touch with us, visit www.classicbaseballradio.com.Follow us online at BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/classicbaseball.bsky.social

The Philadelphia Phillies were meant to have the 1950 National League sewn up. With two weeks left in the regular season, they were seven and a half ahead of the Red Sox and nine ahead of the Dodgers. Then they collapsed.In the second-last series of the season, the Phillies travel to the Polo Grounds to take on a rampaging New York Giants who have won 15 of their last 25 games. The Phillies? Just three wins in the last ten games. The Giants are one win away from the sweep, which would force the Phillies into a win-or-go-home deciding series against the Dodgers.Things are going no better for pitcher Robin Roberts. This is the third game he has started with nineteen wins. No Phillies pitcher has won 20 games since 1917, and Roberts can't get himself over the line. He lost 1-0 to Chicago, then 3-2 to the Dodgers. Roberts is running out of starts, the Whiz Kids are running out of time, and Philadelphia is running out of patience.Ewan Spence and the Classic Baseball Radio team bring you this recreated radio broadcast from September 28, 1950. This should not be considered a complete or fully accurate historical record. Nevertheless, this is our story of the game.We thank Retrosheet, Sports Reference, Sports Logos Net, Tom R Audio, and  Crafting The Call.(Editor's note: Our commentary notes listed the Giants as winning 20 of the preceding 25 games; it is, in fact 15 from the last 25).LINKSBoxscore:https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SDN/SDN197306190.shtml Philadelphia Phillies in 1950https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_Philadelphia_Phillies_seasonNew York Giants in 1950https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_New_York_Giants_(MLB)_season Robin Roberts profile:https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/robin-roberts/ The Whiz Kidshttps://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/whiz-kids/ The Whiz Kids at 75https://ballnine.com/2025/06/19/whiz75/ The Ballparks: Polo Groundshttps://thisgreatgame.com/ballparks-polo-grounds/ The colorful career of Wes Westrum, Bemidji State's only World Series winnerhttps://bsualumni.org/the-colorful-career-of-wes-westrum-bemidji-states-only-world-series-winner/ Eddie Stankey profilehttps://sabr.org/bioproj/person/eddie-stanky/  Bobby Thompson at the Scottish Sports Hall Of Famehttps://sshf.sportscotland.org.uk/inductees/bobby-thomson/index.html

The San Diego Padres have lost their last nine games, and with rumours of the franchise moving to Washington, the management is looking for anything to bring the winning ways, and the fans, back to San Diego Stadium.Is the answer Dave Winfield?San Diego picked Winfield with the fourth overall pick in the first round draft. Winfield was a pitcher, but the Padres needed bats in the lineup, so they not only put Winfield out to left field, they also brought him straight into The Show. Winfield remains one of the handful of players to accomplish this feat.Winfield developed into an All-Star with San Diego before moving to the Yankees for a then-record 10-year, $23 million contract, popping up next with the Angels, before heading to the Blue Jays to get a World Series ring in 1992.We're winding the clock all the way back to what is Dave Winfield's first game. The Padres are anchored at the bottom of the National League, 20 games back behind the top spot held by the Dodgers. The Houston Astros are faring much better - third in the League and 4 and a half games back. Can Winfield's bat be the spark that lights up the Padres' season?Ewan Spence and the Classic Baseball Radio team bring you this recreated radio broadcast from 1973. This should not be considered a complete or fully accurate historical record. Nevertheless, this is our story of the game.You can find the boxscore here:https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SDN/SDN197306190.shtml This game was played on June 19, 1973..We thank Retrosheet, Sports Reference, Sports Logos Net, Tom R Audio, and  Crafting The Call.LINKSBox Score:https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SDN/SDN197306190.shtml Dave Winfield Profile, by Doug Skipperhttps://sabr.org/bioproj/person/dave-winfield/We Are, We Can, We Will: The 1992 World Champion Toronto Blue Jays; Foreword, by Dave Winfield.https://sabr.org/journal/article/foreword-1992-world-champion-toronto-blue-jays-by-dave-winfield/No, Dave Winfield wasn't traded for a dinner.https://www.mlb.com/news/dave-winfield-traded-for-dinner Cito Gaston's contributions left a mark on the game; First African-American skipper to win the World Series built a strong legacy:https://www.mlb.com/news/cito-gaston-left-his-imprint-on-the-game-c215951760 Missouri Sports Hall of Fame Inductee Jerry Reuss:https://mosportshalloffame.com/inductees/jerry-reuss/The 50-20 Club:https://tht.fangraphs.com/tht-live/the-50-20-club/Looking back at… Cesar Cedeno:https://www.astrosdaily.com/history/cedeno.html

Following an injury at the 1937 All-Star Game, Dizzy Dean lost his fastball, and the St Louis Cardinals traded away one of the leading lights of The Gashouse Gang. The Chicago Cubs picked up Dean in exchange for three players and the then-legendary sum of $185,000, convinced that his arm would recover.The fastball never returned, but Dean equipped himself with a new arsenal of knuckles, screws and junkballs ahead of the 1938 season. Six games into the year, and the Cardinals visit the Cubs. Everyone wanted Dizzy Dean on the mound to face his old team, and Cubs manager Charlie Grimm did not disappoint a Wrigley Field crowd of over 34,000. Facing Dean were familiar faces from the Gashouse Gang, including Pepper Martin and Johnny Mize.It's time for a reckoning.Ewan Spence and the Classic Baseball Radio team bring you this recreated radio broadcast from 1938. This should not be considered a complete or fully accurate historical record. Nevertheless, this is our story of the game.You can find the boxscore here:https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN193804240.shtml This game was played on April 24, 1938.We thank Retrosheet, Sports Reference, Sports Logos Net, Tom R Audio, and  Crafting The Call.

The Boston Red Sox are in trouble. They are 36-37 at home, and have three games left to avoid the losing record; and they've just lost the first game in a two-game series against the Detroit Tigers. Locked in fourth place, they are playing for pride and to avoid a losing season in Fenway Park.But they have an ace in the line-up. Ted Williams, returning from military service in Korea, is coming back into the Boston lineup and batting .400 for the season. Ahead of him in he line-up is Jim Piersall, finding his form after spending most of 1952 being treated for bipolar disorder.In the Red Sox way is soon to be crowned Rookie of the Year Harvey Kuenn, and Mr Tiger himself Al Kaline… however, at this point in his storied career, Kaline is a rookie who's only been playing in the Majors for three months.Ewan Spence and the Classic Baseball Radio team bring you this recreated radio broadcast from 1953. This should not be considered a complete or fully accurate historical record. Nevertheless, this is our story of the game.You can find the boxscore here:https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BOS/BOS195309170.shtmlThis game was played on September 17, 1953.We thank Retrosheet, Sports Reference, Sports Logos Net, Tom R Audio, and  Crafting The Call.

The records credit Jim Bouton with the win, but everyone who followed the Yankees' 1963 season knows that the driving force in the middle of the year was Elston Howard.Stepping up into a leadership role after Mickey Mantle broke his foot and moved to the Injured List for ten weeks, the Yankees catcher would shepherd the rotation through the summer months with performance like this one, taking the young Bouton through 8 scoreless innings.Howard earned his American League MVP award by putting the Yankees on his broad shoulders.Neither should we ignore opposing pitcher Claude Osteen. The left-hander packed heat alongside an arsenal of breaking pitches. Already established as the Senators' ace, the offence would rarely back him up, and 1963 would end with a 9-14 record. The Dodgers would offer him a lifeline, and in 1965, he would join Don Drysdale, Sandy Koufax, and Johnny Podres in a devastating rotation in Los Angeles.Today? Today, you can see the difference Howard makes when supporting a young pitcher.Ewan Spence and the Classic Baseball Radio team bring you this recreated radio broadcast from 1963. Just as radio stations recreated baseball games from ticker-tape messages, we can research this classic game and present it to you as if you were listening to the radio in 1963. This should not be considered a complete or fully accurate historical record. Nevertheless, this is our story of the game.You can find the boxscore here:https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA196306190.shtmlThis game was played on June 19, 1963We thank Retrosheet, Sports Reference, Sports Logos Net, Tom R Audio, and  Crafting The Call.

Knuckleball pitcher Dick Fowler spent his entire career in the Majors with the Philadelphia Athletics. During the Second World War, he enlisted at the age of 22 and served three years with Canada's 48th Light Highlanders, known as "The Ladies from Hell" thanks to wearing kilts on the battlefield.His first start on returning from service saw him face the St Louis Browns and hurl a no-hitter, the first Canadian to do so. Fowler is on the mound to face the Browns once more in today's game.The Philadelphia Athletics are sitting in third place in the American League. Managed by 84-year-old legend Connie Mack, the Athletics are coming off 14 years without a winning record. Can the old-school tactic of manufacturing runs with small-ball batting and pitching bring back the glory years?They face a team fighting to escape a slump. The St Louis Browns have lost eight of their last ten games, but took the first game in this two-game series by 12 runs to 3. On the mound is Fred Sandford, who's looking to find confidence in his fastball.This episode is a new approach to telling the history of America's favourite game. Just as radio stations would recreate baseball games from tickertape messages, we can research this classic game and present it to you as if you were listening to the radio in 1947. Your comments are welcome.Ewan Spence and the Classic Baseball Radio team bring you this recreated radio broadcast from 1947. This should not be considered a complete or fully accurate historical record. Nevertheless, this is our story of the game.You can find the boxscore here:https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHA/PHA194706250.shtml This game was played on June 25, 1947.We thank Retrosheet, Sports Reference, Sports Logos Net, Tom R Audio, and Crafting The Call.

The Boston Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates prepare to meet for the first time in the 1930 season, with the two clubs starting the campaign facing different challenges.The Pittsburgh Pirates, under manager Jewel Ens, have been playing inspired baseball. They have stormed out of the gate with a 9-3 record, establishing themselves as an early pennant contender alongside the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League standings. Meanwhile, the Boston Braves, guided by the steady hand of manager Bill McKechnie, are treading water. They arrive in Pittsburgh playing .500 ball through their first ten contests, holding a 5-5 record that places them in sixth.And while the two teams are preparing for the first of twenty-two meetings this year, rookie outfielder Wally Berger is looking to make his mark on the game. Ahead of him lie 11 years in the majors, four call-ups to the All-Star game, and reaching the World Series twice.This episode is a new approach to telling the history of America's favourite game. Just as radio stations would recreate baseball games from tickertape messages, we can research this classic game and present it to you as if you were listening to the radio in 1930. Your comments are welcomed.This broadcast should not be considered a complete or fully accurate historical record. Nevertheless, this is our story of the game.Ewan Spence and the Classic Baseball Radio team bring you this recreated radio broadcast from 1930. We thank Crafting the Call, Retrosheet, and Sports Reference.You can find the boxscore here: ⁠⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/BaseballScorecards/comments/1oqumwq/boston_braves_4_at_pittsburgh_pirates_3_may_1/⁠⁠This game was played on May 1, 1930.⁠

Ein Land, das noch nie beim Eurovision Song Contest teilgenommen hat, aber eine ESC-Geschichte hat: Schottland wird immer wieder als eigenständiges ESC-Land vorgeschlagen. Quasi ein Scoxit von UK beim Eurovision Song Contest. Aber ist das realistisch? Wie reichhaltig ist die Geschichte Schottlands beim ESC? Und warum ist es falsch, "Great Britain 12 Points" zu sagen? Wir und Ewan Spence von ESC Insight versuchen, Antworten zu geben.Die Geschichte Schottlands ist vielfältig und der Verbleib im Vereinigten Königreich nicht unumstritten. Entsprechend farbenfroh ist auch die Geschichte Schottlands beim Eurovision Song Contest.Ewan Spence, der erste Eurovision-Podcaster der Welt, war in der Episode 06.01 bei Merci, Chérie zu Gast. Der erste Schotte auf der ESC-Bühne war Kenneth McKellar beim Song Contest 1966. Den Song Contest 1972 wollte Monaco nicht übertragen, die BBC sprang ein und der  Eurovision Song Contest fand in Edinburgh mit schottischer Beteiligung (allerdings für Monaco) statt. Dazwischen war die kurze "goldene Epoche" Schottlands beim Song Contest: Die Songwriter von "Puppet on A String" und "Congratulations" waren Schotten, die (Co-)Siegerin Lulu ist Schottin. Danach war 15 Jahre Sendepause. Erst mit Rikki 1987 und Scott Fitzgerald 1988 waren wieder Schotten auf der Bühne. Und Scott war der letzte schottische Solist seit dem.Aber dann kam der Song Contest 2020 aus Edinburgh - wenn auch nur fiktiv bei Netflix. Besprochen haben wir den Film in der Episode 02.14 im Corona-Jahr 2020.Mit Ewan Spence spricht Marco nicht nur über den Song Contest, sondern auch über die derzeitige Politik in Schottland und die Auswirkungen des Brexits auf die Musikindustrie und die Wirtschaft UKs.Anschließend plaudern Alkis und Marco über die Spotify-Charts des ESC 2025.In der Kleinen Geschichte am Schluss erzählt Marco von einem ungewöhnlichen Berufswunsch eines ESC-Teilnehmers.  Creators: Marco Schreuder & Alkis Vlassakakis & Sonja RiegelMerci Chérie Online:www.MerciCherie.atFacebook: MerciCheriePodcastInstagram: mercicherie.atTikTok: @merci_cherie_podcastbluesky: @mercicherie.atBitte bewertet uns und schreibt Reviews, wo immer ihr uns hört.

For our second preview of the Edinburgh Fringe, Ewan Spence talks to Darrell Martin, owner of the Just The Tonic venues. We talk about starting out at the Edinburgh Fringe with the Big Value Comedy Showcase before moving into venue management; the mix of ticketing at the Fringe (from Free to full price) and which Darrell thinks is best; the cost of attending the Fringe; and finally touch on the impact of politicial decision in Edinburgh and Scotland threaten the Festival.

For our second preview of the Edinburgh Fringe, Ewan Spence talks to Julie Lærkholm, the Community Engagement Officer at the Fringe Society to find out more about how the Fringe works with local communities, organisations, and schools, to make the Fringe more accessible to Edinburgh residents and the visiting audiences.

It's our first full preview of the Edinburgh Fringe 2024, as Ewan Spence meets Chris Grace to talk about his new solo show 'Sardines (A Comedy About Death)', how fringe theatre continues to be important to his career, and why the Edinburgh Fringe is such a magical time of year.

With August and the Edinburgh Fringe approaching, Ewan Spence opens up the season with our prologue to set the scene, and to listen to our traditional opening song from Daneil Cainer.

To celebrate ESC Insight's 1,000th podcast, Ewan Spence invites Rob Lilley-Jones from The Eurotrip Podcast to talk about reaching this podcasting landmark, the history of the ESC Insight podcast, memories of the Song Contest, and some tough questions on favourite songs and moments. The post Eurovision Insight Podcast: Celebrating 1001 Podcasts appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

Ewan Spence, Fin Ross Russell, and Dude Points are joined by Samantha Ross and Marcus Björkander to take a quick look back at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest before we all leave Malmö. The post Eurovision Insight Podcast: Our Final News From Malmö, Sunday 12th May appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

Stephen Neal is part of the team that brings the Song Contest to the United Kingdom. As he prepares for his eleventh Contest, he joins Ewan Spence to talk about a career behind the cameras, the planning that goes into a Eurovision broadcast, and how the Contest is tailored to the needs of a UK audience. The post Eurovision Chat Over Coffee, BBC Eurovision’s Transmission Director Stephen Neal appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

For our final Juke Box Jury of 2024, Dude Points and Matthew Ker join Ewan Spence to discuss this year's Eurovision songs from France, Georgia, Australia, Latvia, and Sweden. The post Eurovision Insight Podcast: Juke Box Jury 2024 #7 appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

Ewan Spence, Samantha Ross and Gina Jones discuss this year's Eurovision songs from Ireland, Serbia, Austria, Switzerland, and The Netherlands. The post Eurovision Insight Podcast: Juke Box Jury 2024 #6 appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

Ewan Spence is joined on Juke Box Jury by Nova and Olympia (from Team Novympia) to review the songs from Slovenia, Armenia, Portugal, Norway, and Lithuania. The post Eurovision Insight Podcast: Juke Box Jury 2024 #5 appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

M&M's Ola Melzig sits down with Ewan Spence to talk about his role as Technical Director for Malmö 2024, deciding on and designing the impossible stages of Eurovision, and how he joined the Eurovision world... The post Eurovision Chat Over Coffee, Eurovision Technical Director Ola Melzig appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

Fin Ross Russell and Lucy Percy join Ewan Spence to discuss this year's Eurovision songs from Iceland, Germany, Malta, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, and Finland. The post Eurovision Insight Podcast: Juke Box Jury 2024 #4 appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

In our third Juke Box Jury episodes for 2024, Samantha Ross and Matthew Ker join Ewan Spence to judge the songs on the way to Malmö from Denmark, Czechia, Azerbaijan, Croatia, and Poland. The post Eurovision Insight Podcast: Juke Box Jury 2024 #3 appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

Malmö's Karin Karlsson sits down with Ewan Spence to talk about Malmö's plans to make a sustainable Eurovision Song Contest. How will this be achieved, what will it take, and what can visitors to Malmö expect to see? The post Eurovision Chat Over Coffee, Making Malmö 2024 Sustainable appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

In the second Juke Box Jury episode ahead of Malmö 2024, Ewan Spence is joined by Dude Points and Fin Ross Russell to judge the songs from Albania, Ukraine, Spain, San Marino, and Italy. The post Eurovision Insight Podcast: Juke Box Jury 2024 #2 appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

In the first of seven Juke Box Jury episodes for 2024, AJ Clay and Phil Dore join Ewan Spence to judge the songs heading to Malmö from Greece, Cyprus, Moldova, Belgium, and Estonia. The post Eurovision Insight Podcast: Juke Box Jury 2024 #1 appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

Johan Rönning sits down with Ewan Spence to talk about volunteering at the Eurovision Song Contest, why they are an important part of the event, the difference Eurovision will make to Malmö, and more, in the latest Chat Over Coffee interview podcast. The post Eurovision Chat Over Coffee, Volunteering At Malmö’s Eurovision appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

Bakel Walden, Chair of the Eurovision Song Contest Reference Group, sits down with Ewan Spence to talk about the role of the Reference Group, his career in Television, his hopes for the Song Contest, and more, in the latest Chat over Coffee interview. The post Eurovision Chat Over Coffee, with Eurovision Reference Group Chair Bakel Walden appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

Aftonbladet's self-proclaimed Boy, Tobbe Ek, sits down with Ewan Spence to talk about covering Melodifestivalen and Eurovision for a living, how he started out on his rewarding journalistic career, why he never became an actor, and more... The post Eurovision Chat Over Coffee, with Aftonbladet’s Tobbe Ek appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

Ewan Spence sits down with BBC R&D's Dave Marston to talk about using the Song Contest as a platform to trial new broadcast techniques, immersive audio, live metadata, and more, in the latest Chat Over Coffee interview podcast. The post Eurovision Chat Over Coffee, BBC R&D’s Dave Martson And Eurovision’s Next Generation Audio appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

Ewan Spence and Ben Robertson attended the Semi Final draw for Eurovision 2024 ; here, they talk over the details and importance of the result before talking to Steve Rotheram (Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region), Ebba Adielsson (Eurovision Exec Producer), and Christer Bjorkman, (Eurovision Contest Producer). The post Interviews From The Eurovision 2024 Semi Final Draw appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

Malmö 2024 will be bathed in the Eurovision Lights. How was the decision for this look made, what happened during the pitching process, and what happens next? Ewan Spence sits down with Design Director Sidney Lim to find out what lies behind the clean and simple building blocks of our Contest. The post Eurovision Chat Over Coffee, Design Director Sidney Lim On Eurovision’s Visual Identity appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

Ewan Spence chats with DR's Erik Struve Hansen to talk about his love of Eurovision, Denmark's recent results at the Song Contest, and the changing face of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix. The post Eurovision Chat Over Coffee, With Dansk Melodi Grand Prix’s Erik Struve Hansen appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

Ben Robertson and Samantha Ross join Ewan Spence to talk about the 37 broadcasters confirmed for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in the latest Chat over Coffee podcast. The post Eurovision Chat Over Coffee: Talking About Eurovision’s 2024 Entry List appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

A welcoming community, accepting change, and finding songs to love. Ewan Spence takes to the podcast to talk about his hopes for the upcoming musical journey to Malmo and the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. The post Eurovision Insight Podcast: A Few Things Need To Be Said appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

Samantha Ross and Ben Robertson join Ewan Spence in our latest podcast to talk about out host city for Eurovision 2024. Why are we going to Malmo, what will it bring to the Contest, and what are we hoping for? The post Eurovision Insight Podcast: We’re Off To Malmö appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

Liverpool is behind us, Nice is in front of us, Sweden awaits next year, and more in the latest Insight News podcast with Ewan Spence. The post Eurovision Insight News Podcast: A Summer Of Swedish Planning appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

Ewan Spence sat down with Ukrainian journalist Maria Romanenko to listen to her story, the impact of her walking tours around Liverpool, and the importance of Eurovision to Ukraine. The post Eurovision Chat Over Coffee: Ukrainian Journalist Maria Romanenko appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

Fin Ross Russell is joined by the O.G. Insight podcast crew of Ewan Spence and Sharleen Wright to try and sum up Liverpool, a few of the songs, and what made Eurovision 2023 one of the best. The post Eurovision Insight Podcast: Our Final Daily Podcast From Liverpool, Sunday 14th May appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

In our final episode of Juke Box Jury, Matthew Ker and Ross Middleton join Ewan Spence to review the Eurovision songs from Germany, Azerbaijan, San Marino, Austria, and Portugal. The post Eurovision Insight Podcast: Juke Box Jury 2023 #7 appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

As Peter Urban prepare for his 25th and final Eurovision commentary, Ewan Spence sits down to talk about his love of music, interviewing musical legends, and receiving diplomatic letters from Kazakhstan. There's the small matter of his favourite Eurovision moments and what the Song Contest means to him. The post Eurovision Chat Over Coffee: Germany’s Eurovision Commentator Peter Urban appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

Ewan Spence sits down to talk with the curator of the Edgar Allan Poe museum Chris Semtner, about the life of Poe. What is it about Poe's work that has survived through the centuries, why did he constantly struggle to earn money from his creative work, and what is the museum doing with a fragment of his coffin? The post Eurovision Chat Over Coffee: Chris Semtner, Curator of the Edgar Allan Poe Museum appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

In the sixth episode of Juke Box Jury, Ewan Spence is joined by Rita El Khoury and Laura Cress to review the Eurovision songs from Moldova, Georgia, Italy, Lithuania, and Sweden. The post Eurovision Insight Podcast: Juke Box Jury 2023 #6 appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

In the fifth episode of Juke Box, AJ Clay and Alice Beverton-Palmer join Ewan Spence to review the songs from Belgium, Croatia, Romania, Switzerland, Albania, and The United Kingdom. The post Eurovision Insight Podcast: Juke Box Jury 2023 #5 appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

Ewan Spence sits down with Anthony J Brown, one of the songwriters behind 'Blood and Glitter'. How did he start writing music, how does the collaboration work, and what does it mean to be part of the Song Contest? The post Eurovision Chat Over Coffee: Anthony J Brown And The Lyrics Of Blood And Glitter appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

In Juke Box Jury's fourth episode of 2023, Ewan Spence is joined by Samantha Ross and Novympia's Nova to review the songs from Estonia, Israel, Armenia, Norway, and Slovenia. The post Eurovision Insight Podcast: Juke Box Jury 2023 #4 appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

Our third Juke Box Jury show for Liverpool sees Ewan Spence joined by Monty Moncrieff and Novympia's Olympia to review the songs from Australia, Poland, Greece, Czechia, and Finland. The post Eurovision Insight Podcast: Juke Box Jury 2023 #3 appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

In the second Juke Box jury podcast of 2023, Ewan Spence is joined by Scott Reid and Ariadne Griffin to review the songs from Cyprus, Denmark, Ireland, Lativa, France, and Ukraine The post Eurovision Insight Podcast: Juke Box Jury 2023 #2 appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.