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Before The Cheering Started with Budd Mishkin — 144 episodes
ERIKA BURKE ROSSA: From Dance To Directing
FRANK FILIPETTI: Creating Behind The Console
KEN BELSON: “Every Day Is Sunday”
BOB SHEPPARD: The Voice Of Yankee Stadium
ARTURO O’FARRILL: From Musical Generation To Generation To Generation
DAVID SILVERMAN: From Scribbles to The Simpsons
STORIES FROM THE FIRST 60 YEARS: THE RILEY RETURN
HARVEY ARATON: "Nothing But Net"
JONATHAN MAHLER: New York, New York
SUZZY ROCHE: “Runs In The Family”
WARREN ZANES: “Roots In That Musical Soil”
DAVID BROZA: “There Will Be Good”
STEVE ALBERT: Sports, Stories and Schtick
JIM GALLUCCI: “The Crescendo Of Unity”
JACK HOWARD-POTTER: Sculpting A Career
AMY ARBUS: Seeing Life Through The Lens
SUZANNE VEGA: “Flying With Angels”
BACK TO THE GARDEN: A WOODSTOCK SPECIAL
JUDY BATALION: Inheriting Holocaust Trauma
STEVE FORBERT: From Meridian to MacDougal
PETER ASHER: A World With Love Of Music
LUIS MIRANDA JR.: Relentless
LARRY CHARLES: Comedy Samurai
WILLIE NILE: Every Spirit Raised
ART SHAMSKY: Still Amazin’
DAVID GABRIEL: Starting To Soar
JAMAL GREENE: Sportswriter Turned Constitutional Law Professor
S.L. PRICE: “In The Country Of Lacrosse”
JUDY COLLINS: “How Can I Keep From Singing”
SIMON SHUSTER: A Front Row Seat To History
SYDNIE CHRISTMAS: Sydnie’s Got Talent!
SAM ROSEN: “The Waiting Is Over”
STANLEY NELSON: Documenting History
TOM CHAPIN: A Musical Journey And More
PETER BEINART: Reckoning With A Reckoning
ALSU KURMASHEVA AND PAVEL BUTORIN: Press Freedom Fighters
CAROLINE AARON: A Mom Who Plays Moms Inspired by Her Mom
GRETCHEN MOL: A Working Actor
CRAIG TAUBMAN: Making A Sacred Sound
JON HEYMAN: “What Are You Hearing, Jon?”
JOY SELA: "The Other"
TONY PALLAGROSI: “Cause Down The Shore Everything’s All Right”
DR. KATHIE-ANN JOSEPH: “You’re Not Lucky!”
LYNN GOLDSMITH: “Hold It! Right There! Perfect!”
MICHAEL GIACCHINO: Making Movies Sing, Part 2
MICHAEL GIACCHINO: Making Movies Sing, Part 1
ED BURNS: Back Home Again
JEFF GREENFIELD: A Political Life
MICHAEL BYRNE: A Life Of Service
JOHN HODGMAN: Seriously Funny, Part 2
JOHN HODGMAN: Seriously Funny, Part 1
BARRY SONNENFELD: A Series Of Fortunate Events
HARRY TEINOWITZ: Getting Another Shot
BEN MANKIEWICZ: For The Love Of Family And Film
FRANK RICH: From Ticket Taker To Critic To Producer
LEN ELMORE: Balancing The Books And Ball
LUCY KAPLANSKY: Art + Science = Sweet Music
SEBASTIAN JUNGER: In His Time Of Writing
Alan Zweibel: A Life In Laughs, Part 2
Alan Zweibel: A Life In Laughs, Part 1
Ruth Reichl: Eating Is A Political Issue
Will Lee and Paul Shaffer: 50 Years Of Friendship
Bill Persky: Still Funny After All These Years, Part 2
Bill Persky: Still Funny After All These Years, Part 1
Stephane Matteau: Lessons Beyond The Goal
Talib Kweli: Hip Hop Academic
Adriana Trigiani: Lessons Inside The Four Walls And Beyond
Shawn Colvin :Diamond In The Rough
Stan Fischler: The Hockey Maven
Maurice Ashley: Lessons Beyond The Board
Steve Hindy: From Foreign Correspondent To Brooklyn Brewer
Bill Raftery: Sending It In!
Bob Gruen: “I’m With The Band”
Mike Richter: From Goaltending to Green Technology
Justin Vivian Bond: Entertaining And Educating With A Microphone
Lea Carpenter: Writing In The Present…And The Past
Kenny Vance: A Musical Lifer
Sarah Jarosz: The Tradition Continues
Nick Hornby: About A Writer/Music Buff/Arsenal FC Fan, Part 2
Nick Hornby: About A Writer/Music Buff/Arsenal FC Fan, Part 1
Darlene Love: Making A Joyful Sound
Mike Massimino: The Sky’s The Limit
Lisa Lucas: For The Love Of Books
Chandrika Tandon: Business + Music = Joy
Asi Wind: The Magician’s Magician
Nick Lowe: Writing And Singing The Book, Part 2
Nick Lowe: Writing And Singing The Book, Part 1
Rob Simmelkjaer: The Long Run To A Dream Job
Gabi Conti: Writing For The Soul And The Smiles
Garry Trudeau: The Doonesbury Chronicler
Stephen Dubner: A Man Of Endless Curiosity
Hari Kondabolu: Funny Man. Thoughtful Man.
Dr. Irwin Redlener: Fighting The Good And Seemingly Endless Fight
Ian Eagle: Nothing But Net
Clarence Jones: A Civil Rights Lion In Winter
Dan Barry: Writing Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary People - Part 2
Dan Barry: Writing Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary People - Part 1
Morris Robinson: From The Offensive Line To Opera
Mark Katz: Good One, Mr. President
Chris Gethard: Making Us Laugh...And So Much More
Jonathan Eig: Biographer Of Icons
Zora Howard: On The Road To Stardom
Kelefa Sanneh: A Mixtape, Magic And Music
Gabrielle Hamilton: The Power Of The Pen And The Pan
Jordan Donica: Belting Out Songs On Broadway
Russ Titelman: A Lifetime Love Affair With Music
Bobby Sanabria: Keeping The Beat In The Bronx
My 15 Minutes (as a pitcher on your New York Mets); My Own "Before The Cheering Started" Story
Marshall Crenshaw: Hitting All Of The Right Notes
Fareed Zakaria: Voice Of Reason At An Unreasonable Time
Mike Breen: Nothing But Net
Baratunde Thurston: Insightful. Smart. Funny
Suzyn Waldman: A Pioneer
Richard Kind: An Actor's Life
Michelle Miller: A Storyteller Tells Her Own Story
Jean Chatzky: Demystifying Personal Finance
Michael Dorf: If You Build It...
Jane Green: Telling Women's Stories to Women....and Men
Marcus Samuelsson: Cooking The Delicious Mosaic
Joshua Henry: Big Talent in the Big Town
John Linnell: One of the Giants
Jeremy Schaap: Telling Society's Stories Through The Prism Of Sports
Majora Carter: Thought Leader
Robert Klein: The Inspiration
Paul Reiser: Perfect Timing
My Own "Before the Cheering Started" Story: Ski Reports From the Bathroom
Marta Kauffman and David Crane: The friends who made Friends
John Pizzarelli: Hitting All The Right Notes
Steven Van Zandt: A Musical Journey - Part 2
Steven Van Zandt: A Musical Journey - Part 1
Scott Turow: Architect of the Legal Thriller
Aasif Mandvi: A Long Journey and a Dream Realized
Colum McCann: Irish Soul, American Writer
Louis Cato: Leader of the Band
Bill Bradley: Lessons Beyond The Court
Patrick Radden Keefe: On Writing and Rogues
Tony Gilroy: From a Small Town to the Star Wars Galaxy
Jacqueline Woodson: A Beacon From Brooklyn
Darren Walker: The Business of Hope
Norma Kamali: Fifty years of clothing and empowering women
Hugh Evans: From Inspired Teenager to Global Citizen
Part 2: Bob Costas: The Sandberg game, the Olympics and The Mick
Part 1: Bob Costas: From the transistor radio to the network
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