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John Benjamin Hickey made his Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning play "Love! Valour! Compassion!," a role he later recreated in the feature film adaptation. Other Broadway credits include: "The Inheritance," “Cabaret,” “The Crucible,” “Mary Stuart.” “Six Degrees of Separation,” and the 2011 revival of Larry Kramer’s “The Normal Heart” for which he received the Tony Award for best supporting actor. His extensive television and film credits include the WGN America series “Manhattan,” "Law & Order," Clint Eastwood's "Flags of Our Fathers," “The Good Wife,” the HBO series "In Treatment," “Modern Family,” and the Showtime series "The Big C," which earned him an 2013 Emmy nomination.

Cocktails at Table 7- Inside New York’s Joe Allen is produced and hosted by Jason Woodruff, Dana Mierlak and Sean Kent, with music by James Rubio and logo and artwork design by Christina D’Angelo. The Producers would like to extend a special thank you to the owners of Joe Allen, Orso and Bar Centrale Restaurants.

Bobby Bass shares his baseball journey with Mark and BaseballBiz on his life with baseball from a 3 year old watching the Cubs on WGN to being drafted to the MLB, Colorado Rockies.

• Baseball Life takes many forms - Talent, Passion, Challenges and Love of the game.
  
  
•  Bobby's passion began by watching Harry Caray call the Chicago Cubs on WGN with his Mom and Grandmother
  
  
• At 15 years old Bobby was throwing 87 MPH ball from the mound and scouts took notice.
  
  
• Later he was drafted by the Colorado Rockies and later worked with the Texas Rangers.
  
  
• Bobby recounts how he sustained injuries to his right arm only to fight back into the game hitting with his left and killing it.
  
  
• Bobby talks about his difficult times with an angry attitude, beer & Jack in the Box
  
  
• Road back with dedication and surrender to The Lord
  
  
• We also talk about youth in baseball
  • Pressure on youngsters with some travel teams and driving time
  • Use wisdom - support the youth
  • Little League, Community baseball, Boys & Girls clubs
  • The Purity of the game.
• Life after leaving the mound
  
  
• Bobby has since built a career in Real Estate and the Restaurant business in Jeffersonville, IN and Louisville, KY including a sports, dining and game venue, Union  Restaurant & Game Yard

Special thanks to XtakeRuX for the music - Rocking Forward

Vegas Film Critic (Jeffrey K Howard) speaks with actor Christian Kane for his series Almost Paradise. 

Happy Max Fun Drive month! To celebrate, we’re changing up our episode schedule in March.

This week, we’ve got a pair of interviews that aired as part of Go Fact Yourself’s shows in Chicago. First, J. Keith and Helen will speak with Larry Potash from WGN TV’s morning show. Then they’ll speak with Bill Leff and Dane Neal from the recently ended "Bill & Wendy Show." Both interviews will feature special mini-versions of our usual trivia games!

Go Fact Yourself will be back with full episodes on March 20th and 27th -- just in time for the Max Fun Drive! Make sure to contribute at maximumfun.org/join

Appearing in this episode:

J. Keith van Straaten

Helen Hong

Larry Potash

Bill Leff

Dane Neal

Go Fact Yourself was devised by Jim Newman and J. Keith van Straaten, and produced in collaboration with Maximum Fun. 

Theme Song by Jonathan Green.

Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher.

The show is edited by Julian Burrell.

Go to gofactyourpod.com for information and tickets to the next recording of Go Fact Yourself!

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The good news is that it's easier than ever to get information. The bad news is that it's easier than ever to spread false information.

Award-winning journalist and XRT Morning Show co-host and news anchor Mary Dixon discusses how people can use a few tried and true journalistic practices to help disseminate information. She also speaks on the evolution of media and what the future looks like for journalists. Additionally, she shares how the famous Twitter saga of "Pru Dude" came about and naturally, Lin Brehmer stories.

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