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208 - We Are Not Miracle Workers: The Post-Beryl Episode
207 - Fourth of July Fireworks and 20-Game Losing All-Stars
206 - 1901 and the Chaotic Birth of Modern Baseball w/ Timothy J. Zarley
205 - Baseball at War: Working and Playing Ball in the Bethlehem Steel League w/ William Ecenbarger
204 - Sid Needed Floppy Shoes: The Road to Almost w/ Darryl Rhoades
203 - Magical Matagorda Bay w/ Kimberly Ridley
202 - They've Got a Show About Everything!
201 - One Year Wonders - Closers Edition
200 - Baseball and National Tragedy: The RFK Assassination w/ Fred Frommer
199 - The Good, the Not Really That Bad and the Ultimately Ugly
198 - Johnny Mize: Born to Hit w/ Jerry Grillo
197 - Bill Veeck, The Second Act w/ Dan Helpingstine
196 - If You're Going to Let Foreigner in You Might as Well Let Them All In
195 - Looking Back at Houston's 1963 All-Rookie Lineup
194 - West Texas Baseball: The Alpine Cowboys and the Pecos League w/ Kristin Cavness
193 - The Hooks & Runs American League Preview w/ Bayleigh Von Schneider
192 - The Hooks & Runs National League Preview w/ Sara Sanchez
191 - Hound Dog: The Song that Changed Popular Music and America w/ Ben Wynne
190 - The Jason Lane Phenomenon: Every Pitcher Tells a Story
189 - Baseball, Chemical Warfare and The Great War w/ Jim Leeke
82 - Rube Waddell Would Make A Hell of a Movie w/ Prof. Alan H. Levy (Jan. 2022)
188 - Fast Car, the Super Bowl, and Tik Tok Stories
187 - There's Something Special About Baseball w/ Harris Cooper, Ph.D.
186 - "I've Got Babe Ruth" The Old Ballparks Project, Part 3
185 - Finding Our Voices on College Radio w/ Katherine Rye Jewell
184 - Class Warfare in Detroit!: The Old Ballparks Project, Part 2
183 - Len Koenecke's Sad and Tragic Trip Home w/ Bill Lamb
182 - Mr. Johnson's Blues: The Inconvenient Lonnie Johnson w/ Julia Simon
181 - "It's Kinda Emo:" The 2023 Hooks & Runs Year-End Music Review
180 - When Your Cosplay Turns Into the Truth
179 - Ohtani is a Dodger and Astros are at the Crossroads
178 - Called Up to the Major Leagues w/ Zak Ford
177 - Who is the Baseball Equivalent to Percy Sledge or Journey?
176 - Chopped and Screwed: Houston's Hip Hop Heritage w/ Langston Collin Wilkins
175 - Classic Rock and the Pros & Cons of Nostalgia w/ Bob Ruggiero
174 - Todd Haynes, Bob Dylan and "I'm Not There" w/ Noah Tsika
173 - You Can't Make the World Series Playing Like the Mets at Home Apparently
172 - They Were Two People Desperate to Stay in the Game w/ Bob LeMoine
171 - In Baseball, Anything Can Happen w/ Mike Felder
170 - How the West Was Won
169 - John Glenn, Ted Williams and the Power of Friendship w/ Adam Lazarus
168 - Moe Berg: Good Field, No Hit, All American w/ Katie Sanders
167 - College Football Preview: It's All an Arms Race w/ Gabey Lucas
166 - From Rural Texas to Aggieland to Dodger Stadium w/ Doug Rau
165 -Suds Series Stories w/ J. Daniel
164 - You're Playing to Win, You're Rebuilding, or You're the Cubs
163 - A Journey Through Mallparks w/ Prof. Michael T. Friedman
162 - Would You Trade Shohei Ohtani?
161 - A Summer Spectacular w/ Bill Rogan & Erik McLaren
160 - Astro Fans May be a Little Spoiled
159 - Hidden Histories: Baseball's Deadball Era Photographs w/ Jim Chapman
158 - Too Many Injured Pitchers for Comfort
157 - Steely Dan, Quantum Criminals & the Reality of What Is w/ Joan LeMay
156 - Baseball, Literature and "The Body Scout" w/ Lincoln Michel
155 - The Oakland A's vs the Mendoza Line
154 - Fernandomania Revisited w/ Erik Sherman
153 - Jose Altuve Returns!
152 - R.E.M.'s Murmur at 40 w/ Tony Fletcher
151 - You Can't Get Revenge for November by Winning the Next April
150 - The RRHoF Episode: We Can't Have Too Many Rock Bands
149 - You Gotta Be Smart to Play This Game w/ Bill Bonham
148 - Baseball Is the Story of America w/ Derick McDuff
147 - Looking Back: The Top Ten Astro Prospects of 2013
146 - The Game Is Designed to Beat You Up w/ Lee Lowenfish
145 - The Automotive Industry is Not Coming Back to Detroit and Neither is Baseball
144 - Bill Virdon's Baseball Life w/ David Jerome & Shirley Virdon
143 - The Rays Are Getting Their New Stadium w/ Dr. Elizabeth Strom
142 - The 1919 Black Sox w/ Jacob Pomrenke
141 - Checking in on MLB's Top Ten Off-Season Stories
140 - Hey, That's Not Fleetwood Mac! w/ Rich Engler
139 - Free Agency Watch, Waters' Dark Side and Rihanna's 15 Minutes
138 - Béisbol, Fiestas y Monster Dogs w/ Jesús Granados
137 - Silver Springs Forever
136 - The 1969 Seattle Pilots & the Early Expansion Era w/ Andy McCue
135 - You Can Either Be A Sports Writer or You Can Be An Expert
134 - An Inside Look at College Radio w/ Ana Cubas
133 - We Weren't Rained Out, We Were Rained In w/ Roger Metzger
132 - The Hooks & Runs Best of 2022 Year-End Music Review
131 - Bowl Preview & Predictions w/ Amy Weinland Daughters
130 - Don't Pay for Past Performance w/ Alex Boyajian
129 - Frostbite in August and other Bizarre Baseball Injuries
128 - On Anonymous Club, the Film w/ Danny Cohen
127 - The Old Ballparks Project, Part I
126 - Culture Turns Out to Win in the Long Run w/ Matt Harlan
125 - The Astros Won the World Series Title This Weekend
124 - Philadelphia Rain and Taylor Swift's Midnights
123 - World Series Preview Plus Who Needs Elton John Anyway?
122 - The Ones Complaining Are the Ones That Lost w/ Alex Boyajian
121 - About That Yordan Alvarez Home Run!
120 - We Are Not Meteorologists
119 - Dylan's "Time Out of Mind" at 25 w/ Prof. Quentin Miller
Ep 118 - They Hadn't All Been Shot
Ep 117 - Who is Aaron Judge Really Chasing?
Ep. 116 - You Didn't Tell Me There Would Be Snakes
Ep. 115 - On College Football's Changing Landscape w/ Grant McGalliard (Purple Theory)
Ep. 114 - The Dog Days Find 14 Teams Chasing 7 Playoff Bids
Ep. 113 - The Ringworm vs The 340 Million Dollar Man
Ep 112 - In the Cold Grey Light of Dawn
Ep. 111 - Juan Soto (Age 23) is a Padre and Other Trade Deadline Adventures
Ep. 110 - Does Houston Really Need to Trade for Josh Bell - or Anyone?