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Heard About
by heardaboutpod
The podcast about the biggest moments in communications with the people who were behind them.
Episodes
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#9: Dr. John Baugh, who coined the term "linguistic profiling"
A conversation with Dr. John Baugh, linguist and professor at Washington University in St. Louis, about his discovery of linguistic profiling: using a person's voice to make judgments about, and often discriminate against, them. We discuss its relationship to recent anti-Asian hate crimes, how...
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#8.4: Agustin Rivero, Cleveland Indians team translator
MLB Opening Day 2021 series: A conversation with Agustin Rivero, team Spanish translator for the Cleveland Indians, about his time as a Yankees minor league player, why that makes him so good at his job, and how his work goes way beyond translating media interviews (even including being there…
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#8.3: Adam Grossman, Boston Red Sox CMO
MLB Opening Day 2021 series: A conversation with Adam Grossman, the chief marketing officer of the Boston Red Sox, about some memorable marketing moments - including the (in)famous beards of 2013 - and what it was like for him when the team traded away an MVP-level player (Mookie Betts) and…
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#8.2: Tom Burgoyne, the Phillies Phanatic
MLB Opening Day 2021 series: A conversation with Tom Burgoyne, who has been portraying the Philadelphia Phillies mascot (the beloved, boisterous, bright green Phanatic) since 1989, about how climbing a statue during a championship parade helped him get the job, water fights he's had with players,...
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#8.1: Suzyn Waldman, New York Yankees radio color commentator
MLB Opening Day 2021 series: A conversation with Suzyn Waldman, a color commentator on WFAN New York sports radio for the Yankees, about what it's like in the booth, radio's outlook in the pandemic and beyond, and her experience as one of the few female broadcasters in baseball.
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#7: Ralph Vartabedian & Ken Bensinger, who exposed Toyota's sudden unintended acceleration problem
A conversation with Ralph Vartabedian and Ken Bensinger, who broke the widely publicized Toyota sudden unintended acceleration story while working together at the Los Angeles Times in 2009 and 2010; after a tragic crash and death in San Diego and Toyota's attempts to blame the car floormats, the...
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#6: Jeff Widener, "Tank Man" photographer
A conversation with Jeff Widener, formerly a Southeast Asia photo editor for the Associated Press, who took the most widely circulated, famous version of the "Tank Man" photo: a picture of the anonymous Chinese man who stood in front of a line of tanks entering Beijing during the Tiananmen Square...
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#5: Curt Smith, speechwriter for President George H.W. Bush
A conversation with Curt Smith, who wrote more speeches for Bush 41 during and after his presidency than anyone else, about what it was like writing for the President, three key speeches - on the national deficit, Operation Desert Storm, and the 50th anniversary of Pearl Harbor - and some good...
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#4: Marisa Kwiatkowski & Tim Evans, reporters who broke the Larry Nassar story
A conversation with Marisa Kwiatkowski and Tim Evans, two investigative journalists who were members of the Indianapolis Star team that broke the Dr. Larry Nassar/USA Gymnastics sexual abuse story in 2016.
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#3.2: Dr. Clarence Jones, "I Have A Dream" co-writer
To celebrate MLK Day, the second part of a two-part conversation with Dr. Clarence Jones, Dr. Martin Luther King's personal counsel, friend, advisor, and speechwriter who wrote the first seven and a half paragraphs of the "I Have A Dream" speech. We go behind-the-scenes the night before the March...
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#3.1: Dr. Clarence Jones, "I Have A Dream" co-writer
To celebrate MLK weekend, the first part of a two-part conversation with Dr. Clarence Jones, Dr. Martin Luther King's personal counsel, friend, advisor, and speechwriter who wrote the first seven and a half paragraphs of the "I Have A Dream" speech. We discuss growing up as a child of household...
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#2: Ken Spera, creator of the GEICO Gecko
A conversation with Ken Spera, creative director and inventor of the insurance company GEICO's famous spokesperson (spokeslizard?), Gecko.
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#1: Mike McCurry, press secretary for Bill Clinton
A conversation with Mike McCurry, who served as White House Press Secretary under US President Bill Clinton during the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the 1998 Lewinsky scandal.
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The podcast about the biggest moments in communications with the people who were behind them.
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