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Back to Search181 - "It's Kinda Emo:" The 2023 Hooks & Runs Year-End Music Review
Season 4 Episode 181
We are closing the books on 2023 and that means it is time for the eagerly anticipated Hooks & Runs Best of 2023. This year we do not disappoint - he…
2 years, 4 months ago
180 - When Your Cosplay Turns Into the Truth
Season 4 Episode 180
In this episode, Carolina Panther attendance woes; the Houston Oilers are back, baby; what are the Kansas City Royals up to; Shohei Ohtani's most unu…
2 years, 4 months ago
179 - Ohtani is a Dodger and Astros are at the Crossroads
Season 4 Episode 179
This week Rex and Craig discuss Shohei Ohtani's record contract to play for the Los Angeles Dodgers and decision time for Houston in the wake of an …
2 years, 4 months ago
178 - Called Up to the Major Leagues w/ Zak Ford
Season 4 Episode 178
Zak Ford released a fascinating book this fall, "Called Up: Ballplayers Remember Becoming Major Leaguers" (McFarland Press 2023). Ford's book is an o…
2 years, 5 months ago
177 - Who is the Baseball Equivalent to Percy Sledge or Journey?
Season 4 Episode 177
Craig and Rex riff on New Mexico State beating Auburn, Texas A&M is really proud of beating Abilene Christian and Sam Houston, the 2024 Hall of Fame …
2 years, 5 months ago
176 - Chopped and Screwed: Houston's Hip Hop Heritage w/ Langston Collin Wilkins
Season 4 Episode 176
Professor Langston Collin Wilkins (Wisconsin-Madison) joined us this week to talk about his newly released book "Welcome 2 Houston: Hip Hop Heritage …
2 years, 5 months ago
175 - Classic Rock and the Pros & Cons of Nostalgia w/ Bob Ruggiero
Season 4 Episode 175
Rock journalist Bob Ruggiero (Houston Press) joins the show this week to talk about his latest book, "The Classic Rock Bob Reader," released earlier …
2 years, 6 months ago
174 - Todd Haynes, Bob Dylan and "I'm Not There" w/ Noah Tsika
Season 4 Episode 174
Film historian and critic Noah Tsika, Professor of Media Studies at Queens College, City University of New York has a new book, "I'm Not There," bein…
2 years, 6 months ago
173 - You Can't Make the World Series Playing Like the Mets at Home Apparently
Season 4 Episode 173
The Houston Astros 2023 season came to a close this week with Houston once again losing 4 home games in a 7 game series. Houston! We have a problem a…
2 years, 6 months ago
172 - They Were Two People Desperate to Stay in the Game w/ Bob LeMoine
Season 4 Episode 172
Bob LeMoine is the author of "When the Babe Went Back to Boston: Babe Ruth, Judge Fuchs and the Hapless Braves of 1935." The book recounts the story …
2 years, 6 months ago