Join Martin and Craig Sandler, and I on The Creative Spark as we talk about their new book Baseball’s Shining Season: America’s Pastime on the Brink of War. Both of these gentleman are prolific and talented writers and historians, and the discussion we shared regarding their new book and their process of coming together as father and son to create it is something you don't want to miss! What an interesting, fun and inspiring chat!
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Side note/correction: During the discussion Martin incorrectly stated, that the speech the president made on the loudspeakers during the ball game was not to say baseball would continue. It was to announce a state of national emergency as the world war raged and spread.
-That perfectly encapsulated the combination of dread the nation felt and the relief that baseball offered.
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Martin W. Sandler is the National Book Award-winning author of more than sixty books, including 1919: The Year That Changed America, Imprisoned, Lincoln Through the Lens, The Dust Bowl Through the Lens, and Kennedy Through the Lens. Sandler has taught American history and American Studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and at Smith College, and lives in Massachusetts

Craig Sandler is a journalist with 35 years' experience writing about Massachusetts politics. He owns and runs the State House News Service in Boston and the News Service of Florida in Tallahassee. He's trained and edited dozens of young reporters over the years, and authors the annual Massachusetts Political Almanac.

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Baseball’s Shining Season: America’s Pastime on the Brink of War, a non-fiction book for young readers at the intersection of baseball and society in America on the eve of World War II. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/baseballs-shining-season-9781547614189/

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Join Jeff Borschowa and I as we talk about thinking outside of the box, AI, authentic collaboration and living in a rapidly moving technological age. Jeff is a visionary with a heart of gold. You don't want to miss any of today's interesting and inspiring chat!

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Jeff Borschowa is an author, host of the Lighthouse Sessions podcast, and a general non-linear thinker who obsesses over the miracle that is humanity.

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Jamie Wyman’s music is both personal and expansive, weaving raw emotion with a sense of hope. Her voice—ethereal, transcendent, and powerful—carries songs that rise from the ashes, turning pain into light. Rooted in deep truth, her music balances vulnerability and strength, offering a space where listeners can feel seen and uplifted.

As a former social worker and lover of all things metaphysical, Jamie spends her time pursuing the life purpose she spelled out for a class assignment in college: to illuminate possibilities for human development in individuals and society.

After pursuing a law degree and working in broken systems, Jamie realized music was her greatest tool for making positive change in the world.

Jamie’s third studio album, “Return to the Mothership,” is a 22-track folk rock
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Join Jamie Wyman and I as we talk about her journey of overcoming work burnout in broken social systems and finding her path as a musician playing psychedelic rock and diving into the metaphysical to lift hearts and implement the positive change she wants to see in the world. You don't want to miss any of today's interesting and inspiring chat!

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