[The most significant part of my work this fall was the launch of my first public scholarly podcast, The Celestials’ Last Game: Baseball, Bigotry, and the Battle for America. A lot of factors helped make that work possible, so for my annual Thanksgiving series I wanted to express my gratitude to a handful of them!]
As
attentive readers of this blog will remember, for many years The Celestials’
Last Game was a book manuscript and proposal. The transformation into a
public scholarly podcast didn’t happen in any one moment, but the idea for it actually
did: while taking part in retirement celebrations for my PhD advisor, Professor
Miles Orvell, I happened to have a conversation with one of his recent
undergrad students at Temple University. She was kind enough to ask about what
I was working on, and when I described both the project and my struggles to
land it with a publisher, she (an avid podcast listener herself) mentioned that
it sounded like a great idea for a podcast. Despite having appeared on many
podcasts as a guest, I have to admit I had never thought about creating one of
my own, so this serendipitous conversation was really important in presenting
me with that possibility and lighting the initial spark that would end up with
my first podcast.
Next
thanks tomorrow,
Ben
PS. I’d be
thankful if you’d check out the podcast and let me know your thoughts!
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