SHOW NOTES
0:55 - Contextual introduction for this episode’s unique features
3:20 – Sample DJ clips
4:15 – Guest introduction
5:05 – Cancer, voice change, a long stint behind the high school football stadium game night microphone
6:00 – Rick starts his three-decades of announcing Friday night home games
7:55 – Son Rowdy follows Dad Rick at the football field
8:45 – Family members want to hear the players’ names
10:30 – Daughter Grace, a performance from the (very) early years
12:00 – David (Reynolds) stands in for Brad Pitt
13:25 – Wife Margaret makes a huge difference in the community
15:55 – The story behind Be Nice to Grace Day
21:05 – Jeanne Burr (and Walter Hooper) as a catalyst for Rick on the air for the first time (at age 17)
24:45 – Listening to Chicago’s AM station WLS
27:00 – John Records Landecker
30:00 – A lesson learned about making others feel important
32:24 – Interviewing Garth Brooks
33:40 – The first time cancer rears its head
39:30 – Focused radiation, bolted to the table, and a special mask
43:10 – Jimmy Buffet embedded in a family tradition
44:40 – Cancer reappears – in a new location
46:00 – Friend Amy’s powerful question
46:40 – God’s gameplan for Rick
49:45 – Lydia, a face from the past, and a new connection for the future
52:35 – High school reunion delays
54:10 – Living in a small town, great friends, great community
58:00 – Sharing one’s story to give others hope
59:40 – A lesson Rick wants us to hear
1:04:40 – One of many similar stories of good fortune – Running out of gas on I-75 North
1:07:00 – A mini-facelift’s role in the past twenty years of Rick’s life
1:07:50 – The most recent doctor’s visit and current prognosis
1:09:40 – The unexpected result of Rick losing his voice
LINKS:
Instagram: @therickontheradio
John Records Landecker
Emory Proton Center
Rowdy Zeisig, the new Dalton High School football announcer
Jeanne Burr
Dunaway Drug Store
Beaulieu’s beginning
Jimmy Buffet’s ’Twas the Night Before Christmas
Music for Lead. Learn. Change. is Sweet Adrenaline by Delicate Beats
Podcast cover art is a view from Brunnkogel (mountaintop) over the mountains of the Salzkammergut in Austria, courtesy of photographer Simon Berger, published on www.unsplash.com.
Professional Association of Georgia Educators
David’s LinkedIn page
