The Packaged Tourist Show Matthew DiBiase

Tonight’s guest is author and podcaster Gabriel Garcia. Gabriel is a San Francisco State University graduate with a Master’s Degree in history. He is a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and was recognized for conspicuous attainment and scholarship in the field of history by Phi Alpha Theta.

Last year Gabriel unleashed upon the world four books: “Beyond the Trail: a collection of short stories”, “The Gathering” a novel; “Harlem Hellfighters” a chronicle of
the all-black 369th regiment that won honor in World War I; and last October a sequel to “The Gathering”, “Amyntas: Son of Persia”.

He is also the host and creator of the podcast “The Wandering Scribe”.

Tonight’s guest is sports author David Finoli. David has written over 34 books dealing with his lifelong love affair for Pittsburgh sports. His books discuss the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Steelers, the Penguins, college powerhouses such as Pitt and Duquesne University.

Tonight, we will be discussing his last release which came out last October titled “Perfection: The 1910 Pittsburgh Panthers”, a history of one of the great football teams in Pitt Panther history.

Tonight’s guest is Randi Druzin is an author and journalist
in Toronto, Canada. She has worked at several major media outlets including the National Post and the CBC, and has written for dozens of publications including
The New York Times, Time magazine, ESPN The Magazine and The Globe and Mail. Based first in Europe then in North America, Randi has covered events as diverse as
former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's visit to Prague and the Van Halen reunion tour. Randi has varied interests but specializes in sports. She has covered four Olympics and interviewed dozens of world-class athletes,
including NHL stars Sidney Crosby and Jonathan Toews. Randi is the author of Behind the Mask, a new book that profiles a dozen legendary NHL netminders, honing in
on the personality trait that makes each one unique.

Today marks the centennial of the birth Brooklyn Dodgers legend and Baseball Hall-of-Famer Gil Hodges who was born on this day in 1924.

And to help us celebrate the life and times of Gil Hodges is tonight’s guest Ms. Irene Hodges, the daughter of Gil Hodges. When her father was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame last year it was Irene who gave the speech.

Tonight’s guest is author Jeff Kisseloff. Jeff lives today in Arizona but was born and raised in East Meadow, NY. For decades Jeff has blessed the literary world with three stunning oral histories dealing with Manhattan from the 1890s to World War Two; the creation and rise of television from 1929 to 1961; and an oral history of the protest movements of the 1960s.

Tonight, we will be discussing a controversial figure from the Cold War era who continues to inspire debate among historians, Alger Hiss.

Tonight’s guest is author Rich Shmelter. Rich lives in Ohio and for the past 23 years he has written books dealing with sports history, Hollywood History, and True Crime (dealing with the Prohibition era).

In 1999 he published his first book a history on the Cleveland Browns. He has written books dealing with the Los Angeles Lakers and the Raiders NFL franchise and USC Trojans football program as well as Chicago Outfit gun man Jack “Machine Gun” McGurn.

 

Tonight, we will be discussing his latest release “Beasts! Bedlam! Babes!: A Collection (but not every one) of Drive-in Movies from 1956 to 1982 (time period explained
inside!!” which came out last week.