Hooks & Runs
Hooks & Runs is a podcast about baseball, music and culture. Our podcast includes interviews with news makers in the sports and music world plus commentary from the co-hosts on interesting current and historical events. Hooks & Runs releases a new episodes every Thursday (more or less).
Podcasting since 2020 • 204 episodes
Hooks & Runs
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252 - Jaws at 50 w/ Cassandra Hager
Film critic Cassandra Hager (Cinefied) joins us this week to reflect on "Jaws," released 50 years ago last month.Cassandra Hager on Cinefied - https://www.cinefied.com/cassandra...
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Season 6
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Episode 252
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251 - Talking Talking Heads w/ Jonathan Gould
Jonathan Gould's latest book is "Burning Down the House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock" (Meridian Books 2025). Gould has previously written books about The Beatles and Otis Redding -- his shorter works appear in The...
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Season 6
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Episode 251
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250 - The Clout or an Out Club
Three players in big league history have more than one career home run but no other hits. Two were players that got only a cup of coffee or two in the big leagues; the third, believe it or not, was a pitcher. We have their stories. Plus - the R...
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Season 6
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Episode 250
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55:08
249 - He Went Two for Five the Next Game w/ Beverly Winter-Donaho
In April 1950, Jim Martin, a catcher for the West Texas New Mexico League’s Pampa Oilers, was violently struck by lightning during a game in Abilene, Texas. He not only survived the strike but he played the next game, going two for five. This w...
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Season 6
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Episode 249
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49:02
248 - Ernie Banks: Absurdly Simple & Impossibly Complex (Texans in the Hall) w/ Doug Wilson
In this episode, we talk with Doug Wilson, author of Let's Play Two: The Legend of Mr. Cub, the Life of Ernie Banks (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019), to explore the life and legacy of one of baseball’s most beloved figures. Doug shares...
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Season 6
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Episode 248
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