7 Podcast Episodes
Exploring History with Author Jim Leeke
Exploring History with Author Jim Leeke
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21 Feb 2023
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23mins
Jim Leeke: Navy veteran and Storyteller
Jim Leeke: Navy veteran and Storyteller
Jim Leeke was born and grew up in the Midwest. He studied journalism at Ohio State University after serving in the U.S. ... Read more
15 Jun 2021
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38mins
Jim Leeke – The Best Team Over There: The Untold Story of Grover Cleveland Alexander and the Great War
Jim Leeke – The Best Team Over There: The Untold Story of Grover Cleveland Alexander and the Great War
April 19, 2021 - How did the trauma of the First World War follow a baseball legend home, sending both his game and his ... Read more
19 Apr 2021
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54mins
Jim Leeke – Howell’s Storm: New York City’s Official Rainmaker and the 1950 Drought
Jim Leeke – Howell’s Storm: New York City’s Official Rainmaker and the 1950 Drought
April 22, 2019 - We welcome a familiar face back into our time machine, and travel back to a parched New York City, suff... Read more
22 Apr 2019
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52mins
Jim Leeke – From the Dugouts to the Trenches
Jim Leeke – From the Dugouts to the Trenches
October 2, 2017 - Today, our time machine follows professional baseball players, onto the battlefields of Europe in Worl... Read more
2 Oct 2017
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51mins
Jim Leeke – Nine Innings for the King: The Day Wartime London Stopped for Baseball – July 4, 1918
Jim Leeke – Nine Innings for the King: The Day Wartime London Stopped for Baseball – July 4, 1918
July 4, 2016 - On this Independence Day, our time machine takes us out to the ball game, on a July 4th neither side of t... Read more
4 Jul 2016
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38mins