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Listen to Michael's conversation with Jane Leavy, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Boy and Sandy Koufax, author of "The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created" - the definitive biography of Babe Ruth—the man Roger Angell dubbed "the model for modern celebrity." Original air date 14 December 2018. The book was published on 16 October 2018.
9-19-2023 Passed Ball Show. John spends this program making a case of why it would have been beneficial for the New York Mets to get All Star relief pitcher Edwin Diaz into a game or two THIS season as long as he is fully recovered from his injury, Among reasons outside the fact that he is being paid to pitch, John also analyzes why it makes more sense for the 2024 Mets to get him into a game or two this season. John spends a little bit of time talking about the decision made by Michigan State to fire Head Coach Mel Tucker and the fact that the school cares a lot more about not having to pay the $70 million owed to him than the victim and the reason they have "cause" to let him go. On today's #SavingSportsHIstory segment, John talks about Lefty Grove, Jackie Robinson winning the "Jackie Robinson Award," Denny McLain, Mickey Mantle, Jerry Rice, Roger Angell, Duke Snider, Joe Morgan, Hugo Bedzek, and makes a Baseball Hall of Fame case for the late Maury Wills.
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Author Joe Bonomo joins Talkin' Baseball with Marty to talk about his book- "No Place I Would Rather Be: Roger Angell and a Life in Baseball." Legendary New Yorker writer and editor Roger Angell is considered to be among the greatest baseball writers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Author Joe Bonomo joins Talkin' Baseball with Marty to talk about his book- "No Place I Would Rather Be: Roger Angell and a Life in Baseball." Legendary New Yorker writer and editor Roger Angell is considered to be among the greatest baseball writers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comSpecial guest Matt Welch apologizes “for being a dude, for being taller, and that I'm not from Texas.” All of which is to say he can never replace the lovely Sarah Hepola as co-host. Nevertheless! Matt, editor-at-large at Reason and true-bluest member of the Fifth Column podcast (fight me), joins Nancy to talk about the tantrum Elon Musk threw last week when Substack unrolled a new feature called Notes, which appears to be a lot like Twitter, sans ads and tribal warfare. Musk wants to make Twitter “a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner,” but he more than blinked at the advent of competition, making a bunch of bogus claims and planting his edge-lord boot between the platforms. This led to some very staunch allies, including Twitter Files news-breaker Matt Taibbi, to vamoose and declare Musk “a hostile rival.” Then it's on to Portland, where Nancy lived from 2004-2019 and a city where Matt has deep family ties. Both now wonder: Why does the news media in the Rose City hedge on certain subjects? And what up with local scribes declining to appear onstage with Nancy to discuss those hot topics? Will there be a baseball segment? You bet! Topics include: taxpayer-funded ballfields (boo!); the Baseball Hall of Fame and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum; the World Baseball Classic Ohtani-Trout nail-biter (video in episode notes), never-before-seen fan footage of Yankee Roger Maris breaking the home run record in 1961 (ditto), and Matt's new Substack, “The View Level,” where he expresses opinions on all-things-baseball, including an iconic film that New Yorker writer Roger Angell declared his least favorite, although ballplayers loved it. “I remember coming out of a screening of that awful film and running into my friend and neighbor Mike Wallace,” Angell wrote. “‘Wasn't that awful?' I said, and then noticed he was weeping.” It's a vote for baseball, which is to say a vote for America's old-school favorite past time, when you become a free or paid subscriber.
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 14, 2023 is: recondite REK-un-dyte adjective Recondite is a formal word used to describe something that is difficult to understand or something that is not known by many people. // Despite the A's she'd been consistently earning, she was nervous that microbiology was too recondite a subject for her to master as she had the others. // The candy has the perfect balance of sweet and tart, but what delights me most are the recondite facts printed inside the wrapper. See the entry > Examples: “[Essayist, Roger] Angell was so engaged in the world, knew so many things—could readily reference recondite scientific theory, old Polish dances, and obscure novels for boys—that even close friends found the prospect of his judgment a little scary.” — Nicholas Dawidoff, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2022 Did you know? Recondite is one of those underused but useful words that's always a boon to one's vocabulary. Though it describes something difficult to understand, there is nothing recondite about the word's history. It dates to the early 1600s, when it was coined from the Latin word reconditus, the past participle of recondere, “to conceal.” (“Concealed” is also a meaning of recondite, albeit an obscure one today.) Remove the re- of recondite and you get something even more obscure: condite, an obsolete verb meaning both “to pickle or preserve” and “to embalm.” Add the prefix in- to that quirky charmer and we get incondite, which means “badly put together,” as in “incondite prose.” All three words have the Latin word condere at their root; that verb is translated variously as “to put or bring together” and “to put up or store”—as in, perhaps, some pickles or preserves.
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a Roger Angell-identified way in which baseball is different from other sports, discuss the Mariners signing AJ Pollock and the Phillies trading for Gregory Soto, and respond to the Dodgers cutting ties with Trevor Bauer, MLB reinstating former Braves GM John Coppolella, and KBO ace An Woo-jin not […]
Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/359 Presented By: Zoe Angling Group, Jackson Hole Fly Company, Togens Fly Shop Sponsors: https://wetflyswing.com/sponsors John Gierach breaks out an amazing episode in this one as he talks about how he came to become one of the greatest fly fishing writers in the world. We dig into some of his books including the famous, Trout Bum and we also chat about his favorite writers. We also talk about the hippie movement in the 60s, weed, death in Colorado fly fishing, and much more. I'm excited to share a little perspective into the life, times, struggles and stories of the great John Gierach. Show Notes with John Gierach 12:45 - John Shewey was on in episode 16 and talked about the process of writing and battling resistance. 15:20 - Thomas McGuane said as a writer, your only currency is your readership. My currency is my guests as noted by John in this episode. 17:00 - Tim Rawlins was on the show in episode 27 to talk about Spey Casting. 19:20 - Trout Bum was one of John's first books published. He talks about how he has always just told stories. 21:55 - Roger Angell wrote for the New Yorker and wrote the essay This Old Man - John noted how amazing Roger described the hand pistol in the essay. 27:10 - April Volkey was on the podcast in episode 30 34:00 - Ed Engle and John McPhee are two big mentors for John. 34:20 - Draft No. 4 is a great book that John says everyone should read if you are interested in writing. 33:20 - AK Best was a big mentor who helped John really get started early on. Ak's Fly Box was one of Ak's biggest books. 36:30 - A Fly Rod of Your Own is John's most recent book. John describes a little about his writing style in the podcast. 39:25 - In episode 5 Jim Teeny noted the article on throwing rocks on fish to move steelhead into place. I noted the idea of throwing spoons out to get steelhead into range for the fly fisherman to catch it. John didn't recall what I was talking about but shared another great story. 56:30 - John tells the story of when he thought he was going to die in a plane crash 1:05:30 - A cougar killed a hiker in Oregon and it's the first time ever that happened in Oregon history 1:15:00 - The Joe Rogan Podcast where the CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, smoked weed on live air. I ask John if he would smoke in our episode today. 1:16:15 - The Beatles came out with the White Album partly due to a change in drug use. I ask John the same question about his writing and whether there were changes before and after. 1:18:05 - The Parachute Hare's Ear and a hares ear soft hackle behind it are his goto flies. 1:18:30 - Mary Alice Monroe tells a great story and a writer he follows along with Jim Harrison and Peter Mathison. Conclusion with John Gierach I hope you enjoyed that episode with John Gierach as much as I did. Did you catch the few times that I was completely surprised by John? We went down a few rabbit holes unrelated to fly fishing including weed and the 1960s. John also covered a bunch of topics related to the 20 great fly fishing books he has written over the years. I could have gone for hours with John on this one but had to respect his time. Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/359
Pete Peterson examines how Hall of Fame writer Roger Angell got a unique glimpse into the life of Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson for a renowned essay.
This week, we recognize the passing of the great baseball writer Roger Angell of The New Yorker. To discuss, Angell's life and career, we're pleased to welcome back the filmmaker and writer Nick Davis, who interviewed Angell several times and befriended him over the years. Tune in for this fascinating conversation as well as NBA Finals talk and a recap of the Champions League final. #indiesportsradio
Episode 977 This week, we remember a legend of baseball writing before a discussion about the Seattle Mariners (and our new merch). To begin the show, Jay Jaffe welcomes Jayson Stark of The Athletic in his return to the pod as they discuss Roger Angell, who recently passed away at age 101. The Hall of […]
Called by many the greatest baseball writer of all time, Roger Angell wrote enough about the game in just the second half of his life to fill four lifetimes, and virtually all of it gold. Mike and Bill look back at a life well lived and written. Plus, happy birthday to Charlie Hayes and Ken McMullen!
Roger Angell, who died last week, at the age of 101, was inducted in 2014 into the Baseball Hall of Fame in recognition of his extraordinary accomplishment as a baseball writer. But in a career at The New Yorker that goes back to the Second World War, he wrote on practically every subject under the sun; he also served as fiction editor, taking the post once held by his mother, Katharine White. Angell “did as much to distinguish The New Yorker as anyone in the magazine's nearly century-long history,” David Remnick wrote in a remembrance last week. “His prose and his editorial judgment left an imprint that's hard to overstate.” In 2015, Remnick sat down for a long interview with Angell about his career, and particularly his masterful late essays—collected in “This Old Man: All in Pieces”—on aging, loss, and finding new love. Plus, we join the comedian—a writer for “Late Night with Seth Meyers” and “Pachinko,” and a New Yorker contributor—on her favorite kind of outing: a fishing trip that doesn't yield any fish.
Keith is joined by Sports Illustrated's national baseball writer Emma Baccellieri. They talk about the sweeper pitch and how it's different than a slurve. They also discuss the joy of watching Brett Phillips on a baseball field, the incredible writing career of Roger Angell and the early success of the Mets. Follow Keith on Twitter: @keithlaw Follow Emma on Twitter: @emmabaccellieri Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this week's episode of SABRcast Rob Neyer is joined by Emma Baccellieri of Sports Illustrated. Along with a review of some of the top stories Emma has written so far this season, the pair discuss her piece on the late Roger Angell. To wrap up the show Rob is joined by SABRcast CEO Scott Bush to discuss winners of the weekend. For show notes, extra content, and a list of what Rob's reading, visit the SABRcast website at https://sabr.org/sabrcast.
We dubbed them Commandments, but you can think of them as friendly suggestions — Greg and Jeff share a few time-tested guidelines intended to optimize your Mets fandom. Also, we withstand the loss of Max Scherzer; cross paths with Mark Canha's relatives; catch a couple of Perks Patrol t-shirts; and offer the fondest of farewells to longtime bullpen coach Joe Pignatano (29:00) and baseball writer extraordinaire Roger Angell (34:50).
In Episode 215, Bradford and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics.1. Inside Jokes: We discuss Tim Anderson and Josh Donaldson.2. No Rutsch, Man: Adley Rutschman finally gets the call, will this spur the Orioles on to medium term success?3. Sorry We Missed You, Marlins: The Marlins have plenty of young pitching, not enough offense, and a difficult division (although maybe not this year). 4. Around the Horn: A farewell to Roger Angell, a welcome back to Trevor Story's bat, and new digs for Justin Upton https://www.si.com/mlb/2022/05/21/roger-angell-death-nobody-did-it-better https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/23/sports/baseball/roger-angell.html https://www.newyorker.com/news/postscript/remembering-roger-angell-hall-of-famer https://theathletic.com/3107190/2022/05/20/roger-angell-baseball-writer-obituary/5. What to Watch: A quiet slate all in all, but a couple pitching matchups to highlight.Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is fiveanddive@baseballprospectus.com.Our theme tune is by Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple MusicSpotify: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_SpotifyApple Music: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_AM
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Episode 207 of the Sports Media Podcast features a conversation with Tom Verducci, the senior writer for Sports Illustrated and Fox Sports and MLB Network game, studio analyst and reporter. In this podcast Verducci discusses the life and times of Roger Angell, the brilliant baseball writer who passed away last week at age 101; Verducci's piece on Angell in 2014 titled, “The Passion of Roger Angell: The best baseball writer in America is also a fan”; spending time with Angell at his home in Maine; why Angell can never be duplicated given he connected Babe Ruth to Shohei Ohtani; how Angell approached baseball writing in his later years; Angell's late start to writing baseball at 41; the literary family Angell grew up in; the luxury Angell had in writing longform; Josh Donaldson's comments on Tim Anderson; the Mets under owner Steven Cohen; Joe Davis replacing Joe Buck; the legend of Sandy Koufax, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Josh Levin and Stefan Fatsis are joined by Jack Hamilton to discuss the NBA playoffs and Patrick Beverley's chaotic media appearances; by Alex Kirshner to talk about the war of words between Nick Saban and Jimbo Fisher; and by the Washington Post's Molly Hensley-Clancy to assess U.S. Soccer's landmark equal pay deal. NBA (2:07): Will the conference finals get any better? And is Patrick Beverley telling the truth or spinning his own narrative? Saban-Fisher (27:30): Where did this fight come from, and what's it really about? U.S. Soccer (48:53): The anatomy of a historic college bargaining agreement. Afterball (1:07:32): Stefan on the death of Roger Angell at age 101. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker are joined by the 'Wall Street Journal''s Jason Gay to remember the great writer Roger Angell. They reflect on his style of writing, longevity, and discuss some of their favorite stories (5:16). Then, Bryan talks about his experience at the PGA Championship in Tulsa (31:46). After that, Jason comes back to join David in trying to guess the Strained Pun Headline of the Week. Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker Guest: Jason Gay Associate Producer: Isaiah Blakely Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Josh Levin and Stefan Fatsis are joined by Jack Hamilton to discuss the NBA playoffs and Patrick Beverley's chaotic media appearances; by Alex Kirshner to talk about the war of words between Nick Saban and Jimbo Fisher; and by the Washington Post's Molly Hensley-Clancy to assess U.S. Soccer's landmark equal pay deal. NBA (2:07): Will the conference finals get any better? And is Patrick Beverley telling the truth or spinning his own narrative? Saban-Fisher (27:30): Where did this fight come from, and what's it really about? U.S. Soccer (48:53): The anatomy of a historic college bargaining agreement. Afterball (1:07:32): Stefan on the death of Roger Angell at age 101. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Josh Levin and Stefan Fatsis are joined by Jack Hamilton to discuss the NBA playoffs and Patrick Beverley's chaotic media appearances; by Alex Kirshner to talk about the war of words between Nick Saban and Jimbo Fisher; and by the Washington Post's Molly Hensley-Clancy to assess U.S. Soccer's landmark equal pay deal. NBA (2:07): Will the conference finals get any better? And is Patrick Beverley telling the truth or spinning his own narrative? Saban-Fisher (27:30): Where did this fight come from, and what's it really about? U.S. Soccer (48:53): The anatomy of a historic college bargaining agreement. Afterball (1:07:32): Stefan on the death of Roger Angell at age 101. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Braves back home vs Phillies, Yankees minor leaguer pulls a Leo Durocher, Roger Angell passes, MLB power rankings, Norman Rockwell meets Jimbo & Saban, Steve Spurrier weighs in on feud, Gators sign WR, petedavis.buzzsprout.com, Pete's Tweets, This Day in Sports History. Come for only NL ump to be fired for cheating, stay for Man City winning the EPL again & doing us all a favor by head butting Noel Gallagher of Oasis
In Episode 343 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss going viral, midlife crises, Max Scherzer's oblique, and the probably good Mets offense. In the second half of the show we discuss the passing of Roger Angell, probably less eloquently then our favorite baseball writers (whose favorite baseball writer was likely Roger Angell). In the third half of the show we answer more correspondence and preview AEW Double or Nothing.
The Minnesota Twins come back from a 0-6 deficit in game three to get their first road series sweep of the season against the Kansas City Royals. The boys discuss Kyle Garlick's impact on the team and the solid presence that Louis Arraez adds to the lineup. David is thrilled that Rocco pinch hit Correa on his scheduled off-day in game three, and admitted this lessened his concerns about Rocco not using Buxton in similar situations until he's fully healthy. Dan wants to know when we'll see Royce Lewis back with the big league club, and David wants to know how long the Twins will be able to use the same five starters in their rotation. Dan gets romantic eulogizing Roger Angell due to Angell's passing and the boys make their Puckett's Picks for the upcoming Tigers series. Thanks for listening, and as always, go Twins!Music: "Minnesota Twins Theme" (1961) written by Ray Charles and Dick Wilson. Arrangement and performance by Jason CainThe Gran Group with Edina Realty TWIN CITIES AREA REALTORS TO MEET ALL OF YOUR HOUSING NEEDS!
This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we mourn the passing of baseball literary giant, Roger Angell. The Red's Hunter Green and Andrew Warren of the Reds combine to no-hit the Pirates, and Cincinnati still loses. Matt 'Batman' Harvey pleads guilty to distribution of drugs, and we look at Tim Anderson's allegations against Josh Donaldson. We'll run the bases on Chicago baseball and our popcorn discussion starts at the 41:20 mark as we review Terrence Malik's, The Thin Red Line. Next Week's Movie: The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain.
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley pay tribute (for the umpteenth time) to the great Roger Angell, who died at 101 on Friday, then banter about which underperforming hitters are most in need of the kind of breakout game that slow-starting Trevor Story had this week. After that (21:41), they bring on listener and top-tier Patreon […]
@clevelandbrowns fans whose starting the season opener? Doesn't look like #deshaunwatson but will it be #bakermayfield or you can check out #michaelvick next weekend in @fcfl Love reading @mlb being snowed out in #colorado tonight between @mets & @rockies which is nuts because it's going to be 90 tomorrow in #nyc #petealonso crushed his third career walk off #homerun yesterday in 7-6 win over @cardinals now 26-14. And lost #maxscherzer for 6-8 weeks. #stanleycupplayoffs @nyrangers need a split tonight @canes and #battleofalberta take two tonight. Love Snoop and Ice Cube in Coyotes jerseys. #nbaplayoffs @celtics big 3 helped blowout the @miamiheat last night to tie series 1-1. #lukadoncic needs to step up tonight for @dallasmavs or #splashbrothers and @warriors are going up 2-0. #tigerwoods hope you make the cut at the #pgachampionship plus #preakness tomorrow. Congrats to @uncwlax making semifinals in D1 #lacrossechampionship
"Alle denken, Frauen sollten begeistert sein, wenn sie Krümel bekommen, aber ich will, dass sie den Kuchen, den Guss und die Kirsche obendrauf bekommen", sagte die ehemalige Weltklassetennisspielerin Billie Jean King einmal zur Debatte um Gleichberechtigung im Profisport. Ein Ziel, für das die US-Amerikanerin seit den Siebzigerjahren kämpft. Außer bei den Grand-Slam-Turnieren im Tennis ist das immer noch nicht erreicht. Und nun erschüttert ein Missbrauchsskandal die National Women's Soccer League. Zwei Trainer wurden entlassen, nachdem Spielerinnen sexuellen Missbrauch und emotionale Erpressung öffentlich gemacht hatten. Die Liga, die als progressiv gilt, in der aber nach wie vor überwiegend männliche Machtstrukturen dominieren, soll das über Jahre hinweg vertuscht haben. Über den Skandal diskutieren wir im US-Podcast. Und dann gibt es die großen Vier im US-Sport, die das große Geschäft machen: Football, Baseball, Basketball und Eishockey. Nach dem Jahr 2022 erhält allein die NFL, die Profiliga der Footballer, zehn Milliarden Dollar pro Jahr von den TV-Sendern für die Übertragungsrechte der Spiele. Wir sprechen außerdem über die Faszination des US-Sports, warum Collegesport so wichtig ist, erklären den Draft und wo es Gehaltsobergrenzen gibt, diskutieren die Magie von Spiel 7 im Basketball und warum Baseball live ein kulturelles Erlebnis ist, und spielen ein Spiel quer durch alle Sportarten mit Lieblingsathletinnen und -athleten und historischen Sportmomenten. Und im Get-out: Michael Lewis' "Moneyball" und die Buchverfilmung mit Brad Pitt, die Baseballgeschichten im "The New Yorker" von Roger Angell und der Film "A League of Their Own" mit Tom Hanks und Geena Davis. Der Podcast erscheint alle zwei Wochen donnerstags, die nächste Folge ausnahmsweise am 4. November. Sie erreichen uns per Mail an okamerica@zeit.de.
Described as a "festive prison yard" by famed New Yorker baseball essayist Roger Angell during the 1962 World Series, San Francisco's famed Candlestick Park was equally loved and hated by sports teams and fans alike during its 43-year-long run as the dual home of baseball's Giants and the NFL's 49ers. Curiously (and perhaps illegally) built on a landfill atop a garbage dump at the edge of San Francisco Bay, the "'Stick" was notorious for its tornadic winds, ominous fogs and uncomfortably chilly temperatures - especially in its first decade as an open-facing, largely baseball-only park. Though fully enclosed in 1971 to accommodate the arrival of the football 49ers (replacing the stadium's grass surface with the more-dual-purpose Astroturf to boot), the aesthetics changed little - made worse by the elimination of the park's previously lovely view of San Francisco's downtown. But there were sports to be had. While the Giants only won two NL pennants during their time at Candlestick (despite some huge talent and multiple future Hall of Famers), the 49ers brought perennial playoff-caliber football to the venue - including five NFL titles and a record 36 appearances on ABC's "Monday Night Football" - before leaving for Santa Clara in 2014. Sportswriter Steven Travers ("Remembering the Stick: Candlestick Park: 1960–2013") takes us back in time to recount the good, bad and downright bizarre of one of the Bay Area's most unique sports venues.
Show Notes and Links to John Domini's Work and Allusions/Texts from Episode 70 On Episode 70, Pete welcomes John Domini, author of 2021's The Archaeology of a Good Ragú. The two talk about the structure of John's book, his precise and beautiful writing, his father in both his Neapolitan and American lives, Napoli as a character with a tumultuous and joyous history and fraught present, and Napoli and John's father and the ways in which they have shaped John. John Domini is an Italian-American author, translator and critic who has been widely published in literary and news magazines, including The Paris Review,The New York Times, Ploughshares,The Washington Post, and Literary Hub. He is the author of three short story collections, four novels, and a memoir, The Archeology of a Good Ragu: Discovering Naples, My Father and Myself, available now wherever you buy books. Domini has also published one book of criticism, one book of poetry, and a memoir translated from Italian. He is a member of the National Book Critics Circle. Domini lives in Des Moines with his wife, the science fiction writer Lettie Prell. Domini has taught American Literature and Creative Writing at many places, including Harvard University and Northwestern University. His work has earned praise from Richard Ford and Salman Rushdie, among many others. Buy The Archaeology of a Good Ragú Through Amazon Buy The Archaeology of a Good Ragú Through Bookshop John Domini's “Cooking the Octopus” from Zone 3 Magazine, 2013-an excerpt from The Archaeology of a Good Ragú John Domini's Website At about 2:00, John talks about his mindset and the experience of releasing a book during the pandemic At about 7:10, John talks about the great gifts bestowed by his father, and the ways in which he allowed his son John to carve his own path and find his own calling; also, John talks about his father and the ways in which he was and wasn't “Hollywood” At about 9:50, Pete and John discuss John's book, and great literature in general, as being At about 12:25-14:00, Pete and John discuss their own experience with Italian men, like John's father and Pete's grandfather, who buck the trope of the domineering Italian patriarch At about 14:00, John talks about how Stanley Tucci and his CNN show as representative of the shift in understanding of Italian masculinity At about 15:00, John talks about his childhood reading and relationship with the written word, including a huge interest in Roger Angell and Kafka and Hemingway and the magic that mythology held for him At about 18:55, John talks about studying with the great Donald Barthelme, John Barth, Stanley Elkin, and Anne Sexton At about 21:20, John explains the meaning of “dietrologia” and its connections to his life and his book; he also describes why and how he uses Neapolitan aphorisms as chapter titles, and the abundance of Italian dialect At about 25:35, Pete and John talk about bilingualism and its helpful effect on the speaker's English vocabulary; the two focus on the etymology and contemporary usage of “mammone” At about 28:40, Pete asks John the connections between bilingualism and one's writing in his primary language; John cites Nabakov and his views on the “flexibility” of bilingualism At about 36:20, John talks about various times in which he discovered that his writing skills could make him a living and make for a fulfilling career At about 39:30, John talks about working with the great Susan Orlean at The Boston Globe At about 41:25, Pete and John talk about Naples itself and its vitality and energetic nature, including the tough time Naples has had with COVID-19 At about 46:00, John reads and discusses the beginning of the book, including the epigraph from W.S. DiPiero and the first chapter aphorism: “Mo Lo Facc' ” At about 48:45, John reads from the first chapter At about 51:25, Pete notes beautiful and compelling phrasing from John's reading and John's notes At about 55:30, John shows and describes Pulcinella, a representative of Naples and its ethos At about 56:30, John and Pete discuss the book's structure and the flashbacks and aphorisms and how they add to the greatness of the book At about 57:55, John talks about “pulling a story out of a mass of material” in deciding that the book would be a memoir At about 1:01:05, Pete and John laugh over an anecdote from the section on “love” in the book, and then talk about John's father and his view of romance Pete links the book to the writing of Roberto Saviano, especially his epic Gomorrah At about 1:07:35, John talks about an aphorism used in the book that concerns the octopus At about 1:09:10, John describes the section of the book (the excerpt was published in LitHub) that relates to the aphorism about laughing and crying in relation to the Neapolitan Camorra At about 1:10:20, John explains his interactions with the artistic side of Naples and his encounter with Paolo Sorrentino At about 1:15:40, Pete talks about the cornuto being “lost in translation” At about 1:17:00, John discusses the section of the book dealing with the quiet but pervasive reach of the Camorra, even within the lives of John's relatives At about 1:22:00, John explains the section of the book that deals with the aphorism “Natale con i tuoi, Pasqua con chi vuoi” and connects it to contemporary immigration to Italy and his father's own past and immigration story At about 1:26:00, Pete and John connect the book's immigration section to the classic Italian movie Lamerica At about 1:28:00, John reflects on what he sees as visits/messages from his father after his father's passing At about 1:29:05, John discusses on Part V of the book At about 1:30:35, John gives background on the Four Days, an uprising in Naples that left a huge impression on his father and on Naples as a whole; John talks about the experience of seeing the movie with his father, and recommends some good Rossellini post-war movies At about 1:33:45, John connects Los Angeles and Naples and their immigrant histories in talking about his father, him, and his daughter At about 1:35:00, John talks about his family's religious history, his last name, and the iteration it took on when his father immigrated At about 1:39:00, John talks about future projects and his continuing work You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Spotify and on Amazon Music. Follow The Chills at Will Podcast on IG,, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can find this and other episodes on The Chills at Will Podcast YouTube Channel. Please subscribe while you're there. This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form. The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.
If you love a good sports book, then this is the podcast episode for you. We each go over our ten favorite sports books of all time, from baseball to golf to hoops to football (barely). We also talk the NBA Finals, argue over the Cubs, make expert recommendations, and extol the "greatness" of Titus Welliver. We also made our triumphant return to the hardwood, and dissect our respective shooting and defensive performances. Tune in to the final episode of Season 1!
Writer Roger Angell is our guest his week. Roger is best known for his writing and editing for The New Yorker and most notably wrote about his love of baseball. This week, in celebration of his 100th birthday, we revisit our 2016 interview with him. He shares stories about being a young kid in New York watching Babe Ruth play, which baseball players are the best talkers, editing fiction at The New Yorker. Plus he tells us about why he doesn't write about baseball as a pastime but rather as an experience of watching players grow and evolve.
A couple years ago, in the process of researching the mostly unknown and under-appreciated New Yorker writer Robert M. Coates, I reached out to Roger Angell, who knew Coates during his many years of writing for and working at The New Yorker (and whose mother, Katharine Sergeant Angell White, and stepfather, E.B. White, knew Coates […] The post Writerscast: David Wilk interviews Roger Angell first appeared on WritersCast.
Frank and David discuss the life and career of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and what the upcoming political fight for her seat could look like. Last Drops Frank: 100th birthday of Roger Angell and coverage on Effectively Wild podcast David: new segment on BBC Scotland's Good Morning Scotland show
Miranda July’s third feature film is “Kajillionaire,” a heist movie centered on a dysfunctional family, and her first with a Hollywood star like Evan Rachel Wood. Like most of her work, it can be classified as a comedy, but just barely. “There’s some kind of icky, heartbreaking, subterranean feelings about family that I would not willingly have gone towards if it weren’t for the silly heist stuff,” July tells Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker’s fiction editor. July acknowledges that billing her work as comedy allows her the budget to do things that straight drama might not get: “I knew I wanted to make a bigger movie. It changes the medium, it changes the kinds of things you can think up.” Tresiman, who has edited July’s short stories and other writings for the magazine, talks with her about the thread of discomfort and embarrassment that runs through her work in every medium. Plus, David Remnick toasts the centennial of Roger Angell, who has contributed to The New Yorker since the Second World War with writings on baseball and every other topic under the sun.
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In honor of New Yorker writer and editor and Baseball Hall of Famer Roger Angell’s 100th birthday, Ben Lindbergh, Sam Miller, and Meg Rowley discuss what they admire about Angell’s life and work, how he’s influenced their writing, and a few of their favorite Angell works. Then (26:22) they cue up a collection of original, […]
Alex Belth is the curator of The Stacks Reader and the editor of Esquire Classic. He’s also the creator of Bronx Banter, a website that focuses on New York City sports, arts and culture and more. The Stacks Reader is a treasure trove of classic magazine journalism and other writing that otherwise might be lost to history. Belth has built this archive largely by himself, reaching out to writers and their families and obtaining the rights to republish. There are stories in The Stacks Reader that go all the way back to 1932, like Westbrook Pegler’s Chicago Tribune story headlined The Called Shot Heard Round the World. One of the writer’s whose work has been preserved on the site is a man named O’Connell Driscoll. Driscoll’s first magazine piece was a 13,000 word profile of Jerry Lewis. He wrote it for Playboy, while he was still in college. Belth recently received the 2020 Tony Salin Memorial Award from The Baseball Reliquary. He was honored for his work on The Stacks Reader and Esquire Classic, as well as his own baseball writing. He wrote Stepping Up, a biography of St. Louis Cardinal outfielder Curt Flood. In 2012, he wrote the essay The Two Rogers for SB Nation Longform. That piece was about the death of Belth’s father, but also the writings of Roger Kahn and Roger Angell. Belth was included in Best American Sports Writing 2012 for his Deadspin story on sportswriter George Kimball. He often writes for Esquire.com.
The contributor Yiyun Li is a fiction writer who also teaches creative writing at Princeton University. “The campus is empty,” she tells Joshua Rothman. “The city is quiet. It has a different feeling. And it’s a good time to read ‘War and Peace.’ ” When the coronavirus outbreak began, Li reached for Tolstoy’s epic of Russia during the Napoleonic Wars; there is no better book, she feels, for a time of fear and uncertainty. So as many of us were retreating to our homes in March, Yiyun Li launched a project called Tolstoy Together, an online book club in which thousands of people, on every continent except Antarctica, are participating. In the morning, Li posts thoughts about the day’s reading (twelve to fifteen pages), and participants reply, on Twitter and Instagram, with their own comments. “War and Peace,” Li believes, is capacious enough to be endlessly relevant. “The novel started with Annette having a cough. And she said she was sick, she couldn't go out to parties, so she invited people to her house for a party and everybody came. And so that was ironic. I have read the novels so many times. This is the only time I thought, ‘Oh, you know, a cough really means something. These people really should be careful about life.’ ” Plus, with the coronavirus pandemic delaying the start of the M.L.B. season, David Remnick revisits a conversation with baseball’s greatest observer: the Hall of Fame inductee Roger Angell.
Claire's guest is Joe Bonomo, author of a book about one of the truly great baseball writers, Roger Angell of the New Yorker Magazine. Joe's book, "No Place I Would Rather Be: Roger Angell and a life in Baseball Writing:" was recently published by the University of Nebraska Press. A Comfortably Zoned Radio Network, production. Check out our website. http://comfortablyzonedradio.com/ If you enjoy our offerings, we ask that you get in the habit of accumulating lightly used children's books, and donating them to your local Head Start.
Today is the 99th birthday of "New Yorker" essayist and editor Roger Angell, who’s been with the publication for 75 years.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From Jane Leavy, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Boy and Sandy Koufax, comes the definitive biography of Babe Ruth—the man Roger Angell dubbed "the model for modern celebrity." A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Boston Globe | Publishers Weekly | Kirkus | Newsweek | The Philadelphia Inquirer | The Progressive Winner of the 2019 SABR Seymour Medal | Finalist for the PEN/ESPN Literary Sports Writing Award | Longlisted for Spitball Magazine’s Casey Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year | Finalist for the NBCC Award for Biography “Leavy’s newest masterpiece…. A major work of American history by an author with a flair for mesmerizing story-telling.” —Forbes He lived in the present tense—in the camera’s lens. There was no frame he couldn’t or wouldn’t fill. He swung the heaviest bat, earned the most money, and incurred the biggest fines. Like all the new-fangled gadgets then flooding the marketplace—radios, automatic clothes washers, Brownie cameras, microphones and loudspeakers—Babe Ruth "made impossible events happen." Aided by his crucial partnership with Christy Walsh—business manager, spin doctor, damage control wizard, and surrogate father, all stuffed into one tightly buttoned double-breasted suit—Ruth drafted the blueprint for modern athletic stardom. His was a life of journeys and itineraries—from uncouth to couth, spartan to spendthrift, abandoned to abandon; from Baltimore to Boston to New York, and back to Boston at the end of his career for a finale with the only team that would have him. There were road trips and hunting trips; grand tours of foreign capitals and post-season promotional tours, not to mention those 714 trips around the bases. After hitting his 60th home run in September 1927—a total that would not be exceeded until 1961, when Roger Maris did it with the aid of the extended modern season—he embarked on the mother of all barnstorming tours, a three-week victory lap across America, accompanied by Yankee teammate Lou Gehrig. Walsh called the tour a "Symphony of Swat." The Omaha World Heraldcalled it "the biggest show since Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey, and seven other associated circuses offered their entire performance under one tent." In The Big Fella, acclaimed biographer Jane Leavy recreates that 21-day circus and in so doing captures the romp and the pathos that defined Ruth’s life and times. Drawing from more than 250 interviews, a trove of previously untapped documents, and Ruth family records, Leavy breaks through the mythology that has obscured the legend and delivers the man. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steve-richards/support
In this exciting episode, Dan and Eric talk about: their yin and yang; Margaret Talbot on the spinelessness of Trump appointees and Jeffrey Toobin on the effectiveness of Trump's Roy Cohn-inspired approach to governing; Vinson Cunningham and his journey in getting to know comedian and actor Tracy Morgan; Lauren Goff's hard-edged new story, "Brawler"; an old Roger Angell piece about New Yorker fiction; and John Cassidy's series of insightful pieces about Donald Trump and the New York Times' revelations that he lost nearly a billion dollars in ten years. Take a listen, you will enjoy!
Legendary New Yorker writer Roger Angell is considered to be one of baseball's finest chroniclers by generations of fans. Author Joe Bonomo joins us to discuss more than four decades of extraordinary Angell essays. Featured song: "Angel Eyes," Roxy Music.
Ben and Sam banter about a baseball TV trope and a Roger Angell passage, then discuss how they would have asked and answered interview questions for the Twins and Diamondbacks GM jobs and what they thought of the Mariners’ and Diamondbacks’ Jean Segura-Taijuan Walker trade and the Twins’ Jason Castro signing.
Jesse talks to Aya Cash from the TV comedy show You're the Worst and to New Yorker writer and editor, Roger Angell.
Ben and Sam banter about the brilliance of Roger Angell, then discuss the latest Ned Yost news, Jacob deGrom’s supposed pitch-tipping, and more.
In this live recording from the Sydney Writers' Festival, Crabb and Sales take a wander through their reading lives in sixty minutes, somehow managing to squeeze in mention of 42 books, four interviews, two television clips and two magazine articles.Clade by James BradleyLucky Us by Amy BloomThe Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo TolstoyMoondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth by Andrew SmithBeing Mortal by Atul GawandeBuzz Aldrin interview with Leigh Sales on 7.30The Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Secret History by Donna TarttThe Fiddler in the Subway by Gene WeingartenBarack Obama: The Story by David MarannisUlysses by James JoyceTales from Shakespeare by Charles LambTales of Troy and Greece by Andrew LangMidnight's Children by Salman RushdieRabbit, Run by John UpdikeThe Pursuit of Love by Nancy MitfordLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Spare Room by Helen GarnerThis House of Grief by Helen GarnerThe First Stone by Helen GarnerThe Insults of Age by Helen Garner via The MonthlyThis Old Man by Roger Angell via The New YorkerDick and DoraWuthering Heights by Emily BronteMy Brilliant Career by Miles FranklinNancy Drew by Carolyn KeeneThe Chalet School by Elinor Brent-DyerThe Enchanted Wood by Enid BlytonAnne of Green Gables by L M MontgomeryPostmortem by Patricia CornwellThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumI Am Pilgrim by Terry HayesIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Journalist and the Murderer by Janet MalcolmFatal Vision by Joe McGinnissThe Selling of the President by Joe McGinnissThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C S LewisMy Family and Other Animals by Gerald DurrellThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownMatt Damon interview with Leigh Sales via 7.30The Corrections by Jonathan FranzenJonathan Franzen interview with Leigh Sales via 7.30David Bowie on ExtrasKate Winslett on ExtrasBoris Johnson interview with Annabel Crabb72 Virgins by Boris JohnsonThe Iliad by HomerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeH is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
Ben and Sam banter about Ben’s encounter with Roger Angell, then discuss Comeback Player of the Year candidates for 2015.
With the sun shining in Cooperstown, New York, three men who have devoted much of their lives to baseball were honored at Doubleday Field on Saturday. Eric Nadell, a play-by-play broadcaster for the Texas Rangers, received the Ford C. Frick Award, and the honor is given to those who demonstrate an excellence in broadcasting. Roger Angell, a regular contributor for The New Yorker on baseball, received the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for his contributions to writing about America's Pastime. Joe Garagiola, a former baseball player and broadcaster, received the Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award. He was given the award for his lifelong commitment to baseball, including his efforts to end the use of smokeless tobacco. For the full Garagiola interview click here.
An excerpt of a one-hour interview/discussion with New Yorker essayist Roger Angell, hosted by Al Filreis during Angell's visit to the Kelly Writers House in 2005 as a Writers House Fellow.
Tim McCarthy ('83), Senior Vice President of the ESPN Radio Group, oversees five ESPN Owned and Operated stations, including ESPN 1050 in New York where he served as President & General Manager. Mr. McCarthy is a 1983 graduate of Iona College with an Arts and Science Bachelors Degree in Mass Communications. Rick Wolff, Vice President and Executive Editor for Grand Central Publishing, edits a variety of books for Grand Central Publishing and focuses his efforts on sports publications. His best-selling sports authors include Tiger Woods, Mike "Coach K" Krzyzewski, Phil Mickelson, Geno Auriemma, Bo Schembechler, Roger Angell, Roger Kahn, and Peter Golenbock. Discussion is moderated by Glenn J. Horine '84, '91MBAert witness and founder of the Center for Sports and Entertainment studies at Iona College.
Roger Angell reads John Updike's short story "Playing with Dynamite," and talks with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman, about editing Updike.
Tell Me (Counterpoint); Why Did I Ever (Counterpoint) Mary Robison returns to her student days of writing stories for John Barth's workshop, and the days of being edited by Roger Angell, for The New Yorker, and by Gordon Lish, for book publication at Knopf. These teachers and editors both shaped and thwarted her enigmatic, instinctually accurate style...