Episodios

  • WHAT SENIORS SURRENDER

    WHAT SENIORS SURRENDER
    Jun 24 2024
    The incredible twenty-four-year pitching career of Roger Clemens in which he won 354 games, 163 of them after Red Sox GM Dan Duquette allowed him to depart Boston, intoning that Roger was “in the twilight” of his career, may seem an odd place to begin this note. Actually, it isn’t, because belief in one’s self … Continue reading WHAT SENIORS SURRENDER →
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    17 m
  • GETTING A BOOK PUBLISHED

    GETTING A BOOK PUBLISHED
    May 17 2024
    Not an easy task, especially when it’s one about classical music. Even if it contains stories drawn from face-to-face meetings with over twenty world class musical figures. I had high hopes submitting the manuscript to several major publishers and agents. Some were very admiring, but none said yes. All said the economics were unfavorable. What … Continue reading GETTING A BOOK PUBLISHED →
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    19 m
  • MOOKIE BETTS RETURNS

    MOOKIE BETTS RETURNS
    Apr 25 2024
    Boston fandom was understandably excited about the return of Mookie Betts to Fenway Park in late August, 2023, almost four years after his untimely and hurtful trade to the LA Dodgers. Did Mookie disappoint on that first visit back? Did Mookie ever disappoint? No and No. Mookie undermined the Red Sox with his batting and … Continue reading MOOKIE BETTS RETURNS →
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  • WELLFLEET HISTORY TOLD

    WELLFLEET HISTORY TOLD
    Mar 15 2024
    As an historian, I was intrigued to receive a letter from the Wellfleet Historical Society that they planned to undertake an oral history project, to be converted and bound into text, in the Summer of 2023, to gather its fascinating history. I volunteered my services, one thing led to another, and in July I sat … Continue reading WELLFLEET HISTORY TOLD →
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    38 m
  • PRODUCING YOUR OWN BOOK

    PRODUCING YOUR OWN BOOK
    Feb 25 2024
    As said, I had some time when getting a trade publisher proved problematical. Then illustrator and friend, Holly Sullo, advised me that as the owner of the copyright to “Intimate Conversations,” I could publish that book privately without undercutting my chances of obtaining a publisher later because there was no agent, and no middleman. I … Continue reading PRODUCING YOUR OWN BOOK →
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    21 m
  • ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)

    ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)
    Jan 30 2024
    I may have surprised my esteemed collaborator, Jordan Rich, when he opened this podcast with the question,” Where do you think mankind is headed?” I answered, “I think we are headed for the destruction of mankind.” That is a view I have held since the bomb was unleashed on Japan, a view that seems quite … Continue reading ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) →
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    16 m
  • MOVIES THEN AND NOW

    MOVIES THEN AND NOW
    Jan 9 2024
    There is no question that the really good movies hold a mirror up to ourselves, just as do good operas like Mozart’s astounding, “The Marriage of Figaro.” Early on movie production artists realized how big a role music, and all the arts, play in those fascinating movies. Cinema is a very important part of our … Continue reading MOVIES THEN AND NOW →
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    22 m
  • GROWING OLDER

    GROWING OLDER
    Nov 10 2023
    One of the great features of growing older is the fun and interest of being close friends with people of whom we never tire, with whom the conversation always waxes. Such folks inspire us to talk openly, honestly, and helpfully about old age itself. Such a person is my podcast partner, Jordan Rich, who although … Continue reading GROWING OLDER →
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    16 m