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Send us a text There’s a great line in the wonderful old film The Front; “it’s nice when nice happens to somebody nice.” That’s been the story around the National Hockey League this season, as Sam Rosen bids farewell after some 40 seasons as the television play by play voice of the New York Rangers. He’s been saluted with standing ovations in arenas around the league. Sam is understandably most beloved in New York, not only for the four words “the waiting is over” that signaled the end of a Rangers 54 year Stanley Cup curse in 1994, but for the thousands of games when his voice was a part of our lives, a part of our homes.…

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STANLEY NELSON: Documenting History 34:54

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Send us a text Long ago as a film major at City College of New York in the 1970’s, Stanley Nelson found his passion. We are fortunate that he did. For almost 40 years, his films have told the story of the African American experience. Be it Attica or Emmett Till, the Freedom Riders or the Black Panthers, his films speak with an eloquent voice and a captivating camera. His production company Firelight Media has four new films on the agenda, because there is always more history to be told.…

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TOM CHAPIN: A Musical Journey And More 47:48

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Send us a text Tom Chapin is still going strong at the age of 80. There are performances and projects. And there’s an appreciation for a life that has brought him experiences that extend far beyond the usual path of the folk musician: searching for sharks on the Indian Ocean, playing basketball at the famed Rucker Court in New York and being assigned a cool nickname to boot, his song being used to wake up astronauts on the Space Shuttle. All of these experiences have made their way into his heart as he and his music have made their way into ours.…

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PETER BEINART: Reckoning With A Reckoning 28:00

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Send us a text Those of us who follow the Middle East intensely, reading about it constantly, understand that our reactions are never dispassionate. Peter Beinart knows this all too well. For decades, his writing and television appearances have garnered plenty of praise and plenty of criticism, even vitriol. And that reality won’t likely change with his new book “Being Jewish After The Destruction Of Gaza: A Reckoning.” Beinart argues that it’s a reckoning that far too few American Jews are having. You may love the book. You may hate the book. But it’s safe to say that you will not be indifferent.…

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ALSU KURMASHEVA AND PAVEL BUTORIN: Press Freedom Fighters 33:13

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Send us a text How do you return to a normal life after experiencing pain, loss and then unbridled joy? Alsu Kurmasheva is a Russian American journalist who works for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Prague. She was detained in her native Russia while visiting her mother in 2023 and later arrested on charges of “spreading false information” about the Russian military, charges that Alsu and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty deny. While his wife was detained for more than 9 months, her husband Pavel Butorin, also a journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, advocated for her release while taking care of their two daughters. Finally, the family’s dreams were realized when Alsu was included in a prisoner swap between Russia and the United States in August, 2024. Alsu and Pavel are back in Prague, busy with work, raising two daughters and getting accustomed to a new normal: life after detainment.…

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CAROLINE AARON: A Mom Who Plays Moms Inspired by Her Mom 37:59

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Send us a text Caroline Aaron knows from motherhood. She’s a mom. As an actor, she’s played plenty of moms, long before she got the mom role for which she is best known, Shirley Maisel in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” She’s currently playing a mom in the off-Broadway show “Conversations With Mother.” But her own mother’s story might be the most compelling of all: a Jew from Selma, Alabama who got married and raised three kids in Richmond, Virginia. Caroline’s father died young, and Caroline watched as her widowed mom got a job as the lone white professor at the historically black college Virginia Union University, all the while advocating for civil rights in the Jim Crow south. That may sound like a world away from the world of the character Shirley Maisel. But lessons learned long ago in Richmond have been the ties that bind throughout Caroline Aaron’s long and fulfilling career.…

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GRETCHEN MOL: A Working Actor 37:02

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Send us a text Art seems to be imitating life for actor Gretchen Mol in her new film, the latest Ed Burns project, “Millers in Marriage.” It’s not the plot of the movie, which covers three complicated and troubled marriages and relationships. That does not mirror her life. But Gretchen plays a character who is a middle-aged woman trying to figure out the next chapter, when Gretchen herself is a middle aged actor who has worked consistently while raising a family and is now thinking about the next chapter.…

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CRAIG TAUBMAN: Making A Sacred Sound 42:24

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Send us a text By his mid 50s Craig Taubman had already enjoyed great musical success in the secular and Jewish worlds, with his songs sung at synagogues and Jewish summer camps across the country. But he felt the need to do more. So he bought a building in downtown Los Angeles. His initial proposal was shot down by his daughter. Craig says she called it “the dumbest idea he ever had.” Here’s to constructive criticism, because the eventual idea, the Pico Union Project, a multi faith community worship and performing arts center, has brought joy and connection to an L.A. neighborhood, just as his music has done for decades for so many of us.…

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JON HEYMAN: “What Are You Hearing, Jon?” 35:26

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Send us a text Imagine being at work, you make a decision and almost a million people react to that decision. Immediately. And in public. Welcome to the world of Jon Heyman, a veteran baseball writer and reporter who is followed passionately on social media, especially X. His pronouncements about potential free agent signings are followed like foreign policy announcements or Congressional hearings, only with much more passion. Years ago, when a tweet was something that we associated with a bird, Jon Heyman got hooked by sports journalism. And he still is.…

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JOY SELA: "The Other" 30:22

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Send us a text Joy Sela is in the first stages of a career as a filmmaker. Her first documentary, “The Other,” takes on a topic with so many elements: passion, emotion, history, geography, anger and loss. The Middle East. In the spirit of the great documentarian Albert Maysles, Joy Sela puts a mirror up to the many Israelis and Palestinians in the film and listens to their stories of heartbreak and death. And their stories of small, away from the limelight moments of friendship and a painful but possible path to peace.…

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TONY PALLAGROSI: “Cause Down The Shore Everything’s All Right” 42:43

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Send us a text Tony Pallagrosi uses one word frequently when talking about his career as a musician, promoter and musical entrepreneur: luck. Sure, a well-timed quitting of a garage band may have put him in a position to be able to join a great band, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. But there’s nothing lucky about the work that Tony and the team at Light of Day Foundation have done for 25 years, raising money for Parkinson’s research and other related diseases. Light of Day is preparing for the Winterfest 25 festival, an annual series of concerts and musical events in New Jersey that has raised millions. Luck is good. Teamwork is better. You can get information about all of the Winterfest 25 shows at https://lightofday.org/…

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DR. KATHIE-ANN JOSEPH: “You’re Not Lucky!” 36:11

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Send us a text Some stories never leave you. Like the admonition from Dr. Kathie-Ann Joseph’s aunt when her niece was admitted to Harvard; “You’re not lucky. You worked hard for this.” I first met and interviewed Dr. Joseph, a leading breast cancer surgeon and researcher in New York in 2007. Her story, her message, her inspiration is just as profound all these years later.…

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LYNN GOLDSMITH: “Hold It! Right There! Perfect!” 43:33

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Send us a text What is it about the power of a photograph: the joy, the passion, the emotion of one moment in time? For more than 40 years, Lynn Goldsmith’s photographs have made us smile, made us think and made us feel. She is best known for her rock ‘n roll photographs, but along the way, she was a musician, a TV director and the co manager of a big 1970’s band, Grand Funk Railroad. She pursued it all at one (shutter) speed: full steam ahead.…

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MICHAEL GIACCHINO: Making Movies Sing, Part 2 27:37

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Send us a text In his 20’s, Michael Giacchino had a love of movies and music and a job in marketing. But he’d put himself in a position to succeed. When the window of opportunity opened, he was ready.

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MICHAEL GIACCHINO: Making Movies Sing, Part 1 22:47

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Send us a text Imagine movies without music. Impossible. It’s part of the magic. And Michael Giacchino creates that magic, in movies like Coco, The Batman, Ratatouille, Jojo Rabbit and his Oscar winner, Up. A love of movies came early. Michael was the kid in the neighborhood making super 8 films. The love of music followed. Eventually, his two loves met and thus a career was forged. And now it’s come full circle; Michael is making his feature directorial debut with a remake of the 1954 sci fi thriller Them. Those super 8 films of his youth were a lifetime ago. But his passion for making music and movies is as bright as ever.…

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ED BURNS: Back Home Again 36:36

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Send us a text Ed Burns has mined his experience growing up in an Irish American family on Long Island over the course of his long career as an independent filmmaker, most notably in his breakthrough film The Brothers McMullen in 1995. He has written thousands of words on the page that end up on the screen. Now the words are staying on the page in his novel “A Kid From Marlboro Road.” It’s hardly autobiographical but clearly influenced by those years long ago as a kid on Long Island. His parents gave him roots and introduced him to the worlds of theater and writing and books. Ed’s career has taken him around the world while never straying far from home.…

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JEFF GREENFIELD: A Political Life 34:41

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Send us a text For some 50 years, Jeff Greenfield has written about political campaigns. He’s reported on political campaigns. He’s analyzed political campaigns for viewers on CBS, ABC and CNN. And he was a young speechwriter on one of the most compelling campaigns in American political history: the 1968 Presidential campaign of Bobby Kennedy that ended in Kennedy’s assassination. So in the immediate aftermath of the 2024 Presidential campaign, who better to talk to than Jeff Greenfield.…

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MICHAEL BYRNE: A Life Of Service 36:27

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Send us a text I first met Michael Byrne in the months after Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Many parts of the New York area were still reeling from the hurricane. Byrne was overseeing FEMA’s response to the hurricane and he was serving the city where he was born and bred, just as he did after 9/11 working for the Department of Homeland Security, just as he had working for the city’s Office of Emergency Management, just as he had as an FDNY firefighter, much like the uncles he watched as a young kid. He learned the lessons of a life of service early and he’s never forgotten them.…

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JOHN HODGMAN: Seriously Funny, Part 2 24:24

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Send us a text John Hodgman always makes me laugh, in his books, on his podcast and certainly during his long run on The Daily Show. He makes me laugh in interviews as well, but he is also an extremely thoughtful interview, especially about his many and varied influences and how they melded together into the career he’s fashioned. And so, there’s a part two of our conversation. Besides, you have to love any guy who was voted in 8th grade “most likely to become the editor of The New Yorker.”…

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JOHN HODGMAN: Seriously Funny, Part 1 23:48

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Send us a text John Hodgman has made a wonderful career out of telling us things that are not true: as the “Resident Expert” and then “Deranged Millionaire” on The Daily Show and the author of three fun books of fake trivia. His warm and clever wit are on display each week on the podcast Judge John Hodgman. He is a thoughtful and compelling interview, especially when discussing his early influences, including the TV show Dr. Who, the writer Jorge Luis Borges and a Peter Cook/Dudley Moore comedy bit that “reshaped” his brain. It all started in a Brookline, Massachusetts home where his parents allowed his creative side to flourish, And it’s never stopped.…

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BARRY SONNENFELD: A Series Of Fortunate Events 44:01

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Send us a text Barry Sonnenfeld is a storyteller. In film. And in conversation. His journey has taken him from the streets of Washington Heights to the heights of Hollywood. He tells hundreds of these stories in a new memoir, Best Possible Place, Worst Possible Time.” He shared more than a few of them in our conversation.…

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HARRY TEINOWITZ: Getting Another Shot 34:12

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Send us a text Talk to Harry Teinowitz for ten seconds and it’s easy to understand why he’s had a successful career in Chicago sports talk radio. There’s a fun gift of gab, a solid sense of humor and a passionate love of sports. He brought a lot of joy to Chicago sports fans. But then came a DUI, rehab and a coming to terms with his alcohol problem. The result? A play called “Another Shot” that is opening off Broadway in New York this fall. Where once he provided laughs to his audience, now he’s providing hope. And a few laughs too. I hope you enjoy the latest episode of “Before The Cheering Started with Budd Mishkin.” If you like the episode, please rate and review it on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. And please share it on social media and by old fashioned word of mouth.…

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BEN MANKIEWICZ: For The Love Of Family And Film 38:35

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Send us a text Many of us grow up in homes with high expectations, but perhaps not the burden of expectation that Ben Mankiewicz experienced. His grandfather and great uncle were prominent in Hollywood, his father in the world of politics. Ben long ago dreamed of being a baseball broadcaster. Along the way, he worked in sports media, hosted an eclectic news broadcast in Miami and eventually moved to California where he went on scores of auditions and batted .000. But much like in his beloved baseball, it only takes one. At the audition for Turner Classic Movies (TCM) in 2003, Mankiewicz hit it out of the park. More than 20 years later, generations of classic movie fans are glad he did. I hope you enjoy the latest episode of “Before The Cheering Started with Budd Mishkin.” If you like the episode, please rate and review it on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. And please share it on social media and by old fashioned word of mouth.…

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FRANK RICH: From Ticket Taker To Critic To Producer 43:26

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Send us a text You never know what job you have that will teach you lessons that you’ll use decades later. Growing up as a theater loving kid, Frank Rich got a dream job as a ticket taker in a theater in his hometown of Washington, D.C. And he watched as shows were changed, rewritten, shortened and lengthened from night to night in preparation for Broadway. What he observed and the lessons he learned served him well later as the New York Times drama critic and much later as an executive producer on the HBO series Veep and Succession. I hope you enjoy the latest episode of “Before The Cheering Started with Budd Mishkin.” If you like the episode, please rate and review it on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. And please share it on social media and by old fashioned word of mouth.…

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LEN ELMORE: Balancing The Books And Ball 38:00

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Send us a text For much of his adult life as an athlete and attorney, Len Elmore has balanced academics and athletics. That work continues to this day as a Senior Lecturer at Columbia University in the Sports Management program. The balancing act began long ago growing up in New York City, then attending Power Memorial Academy, the University of Maryland, playing in the NBA, going to Harvard Law School, serving as an Assistant District Attorney in Brooklyn and beyond. We are wowed by the big time nature of college sports and the gaudy salaries of the pros, where careers on average tend to be short. The lessons learned by balancing academics and athletics last a lifetime. I hope you enjoy the latest episode of “Before The Cheering Started with Budd Mishkin.” If you like the episode, please rate and review it on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. And please share it on social media and by old fashioned word of mouth.…

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LUCY KAPLANSKY: Art + Science = Sweet Music 35:32

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Send us a text LUCY KAPLANSKY Art + Science = Sweet Music We’ve all come to crossroads in our lives and our careers. Lucy Kaplansky initially chose music. Then she chose school and a doctorate in clinical psychology. She tried pursuing both passions, psychologist by day with a little music on the side. But then came those crossroads. Her many admirers are thankful that she chose a life in music. Years ago she affected lives with her work as a therapist. Now she’s affecting lives with her songs. If you like the episode, please rate and review it on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. And please share it on social media and by old fashioned word of mouth.…

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SEBASTIAN JUNGER: In His Time Of Writing 32:49

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Send us a text I first met Sebastian Junger in 2011, only months after the death of his friend and war reporting colleague Tim Hetherington in Libya. Junger was at a crossroads, searching for an experience as intense as war but an experience that doesn’t get you killed. The passion he felt for war reporting has been replaced by the passion for his young family, and yet the opportunity to see his kids grow up almost vanished in the blink of an eye in 2020, the subject of his latest book “In My Time of Dying.”…

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Alan Zweibel: A Life In Laughs, Part 2 27:16

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Send us a text By 1975, Alan Zweibel had decided on a career in comedy writing. He’d written jokes for older borscht belt comics and become friendly with young comics like Billy Crystal. But then he faced a difficult career decision between a relatively sure thing and a leap into the unknown. The decision changed the rest of his life.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Alan Zweibel: A Life In Laughs, Part 1 29:08

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Send us a text “Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.” Shakespeare forgot about this one: “some are nudged by the rejection of numerous law schools.” Alan Zweibel has written so many words that have made us laugh, through the voices of Gilda Radner, Billy Crystal, Garry Shandling and his own. He was one of the original writers and creators of Saturday Night Live. The legal world’s loss was clearly comedy’s gain. Our’s too.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Ruth Reichl: Eating Is A Political Issue 37:58

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