Month: April 2020
444 Days as a Hostage
During the current Covid-19 pandemic, some people may feel they are very confined compared to life a few months ago. Today I put you in…
A Hostage in Iran
Tom was working at the U.S. embassay in Theran in the late 1970s, and soon he and fifty-one other Americans would be in the world’s…
Looking For a Warm Place to Work
All Tom Schafer was looking for was a warmer place to work. Unfortunately for him, he chose Iran in 1978…
Peanuts and Baseball
Dan Nash has been selling peanuts at Kansas City Royals games for about three decades. While the current season is on hold, I thought we’d…
Drives Into the Upper Deck
Dan Nash has been known to launch drives into the upper decks of Kansas City’s Kauffman Stadium. While those shots don’t affect the scoreboard, they…
Throwing at the Ballpark
Dan Nash has thrown plenty of pitches at the ballpark. He earns a nice living but he’s not throwing baseballs. Rather he’s still pitching a…
100 Year-old Letters with a Tie to Today
Jonathan Casey reads a lot of letters. Most of the letters are over a century old, but they are very interesting reading yet today and…
The Struggle Against the Spanish Flu
Over a century ago the world was struggling against what we call the Spanish flu. However, the disease probably didn’t begin there. In fact, it…
A Pandemic from Over 100 Years Ago
We are still traveling the countryside…although today’s interview was done by phone, a necessity of our current times. We look back at another pandemic that…
Sending Spies to Uncover Truths
This future president, had a sitting president send spies to uncover the truth about the man’s life. It’s a unique story about one of the…