There’s a new podcast called American Prodigy that is looking back on Ken Griffey Jr’s career through the lens of how bizarrely he faded from MLB and pop culture’s consciousness after being the most famous baseball player for a long time. It’s up in the air whether the hosts will get Griffey on the mic (they got their season 1 subject to agree to be interviewed and one of the hosts is hip hop artist Kid Sensation who is a close friend to Jr) but it’s pretty well made and interesting so far, 3 episodes in. C Trent Rosencrans pops up on the mic when they get to Griffey’s Cincy years. I recommend checking it out, if it’s not already being discussed elsewhere in another thread.
I'm really enjoying Smartless, hosted by Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett. It's just really light and easy to listen to, with a lot of laughs. Guests have included Ricky Gervais, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Paul McCartney, Maya Rudolph, among many others.
"I can make all the stadiums rock."
-Air Supply
Bob Sheed (05-25-2021)
I've enjoyed 60 Songs That Explain the 90s.
I listen to Lance McAlister’s extra innings show. Episode following the Reds game each week night.
I generally do not listen to Dan Hoard’s weekend extra innings show podcast because he goes too much off topic instead of keeping to the subject of the Reds.
* Attended the 1990 and 2010 Reds Division clinchers *
Go 76ers, Go Steelers and Go Bucks
The Rewatchables has become a favorite...
https://www.theringer.com/the-rewatchables
Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. -- Carl Sagan (Pale Blue Dot)
If you like The Sopranos, the Talking Sopranos podcast hosted by Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa is pretty entertaining. They're covering each episode one at a time (they're currently in the 5th season), but they also interview nearly everyone who was on the show plus crewmembers and writers and directors. It's a lot of fun.
Boss-Hog (05-20-2021)
This ended up being a bit underwhelming. I think they lost a majority of their source material’s bang after Griffey left the Mariners and they never got Griffey to agree to be interviewed so it just fizzled out. Which is maybe appropriate as it matched the ho-hum fade from the spotlight that Griffey’s career seemed to have (warranted or not).
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