Where Have You Gone?

Where Have You Gone, Mark Harris? ft. Jon Surgal

The series of novels written by Mark Harris, featuring Henry Wiggen, has been called "the greatest achievement in the canon of baseball fiction." His masterpiece, Bang the Drum Slowly, has been adapted for television, film, stage, and audio theater. The baseball writings of Mark Harris are but one aspect of a varied career as a decidedly liberal, literary voice. Henry Wiggen is immortal, but where has the rest of the work of Mark Harris gone?

Where Have You Gone, Charles Einstein? ft. Wallace Stroby

In 1956, Simon & Schuster published The Fireside Book of Baseball, edited by Charles Einstein. With subsequent volumes published in 1958 and 1968, the "Fireside" books became among the most indispensable of any baseball library, long before the fourth volume was published in 1987. Between the third and fourth volumes, Einstein wrote Willie's Time, a memoir far more than a baseball book and a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He wrote for radio, TV, and film. His novel, The Bloody Spur, is the source for the film noir classic While the City Sleeps. Son of a vaudeville comedian, and half-brother of Albert Brooks & Bob Einstein (aka Super Dave Osborne, Charles Einstein is gone, but not forgotten.

Featuring Wallace Stroby, author of the crime novel Some Die Nameless

Where Have You Gone, Rod Serling? ft. Nick Parisi

Rod Serling is gone, but not forgotten by anyone who watches The Twilight Zone on television, DVD, or streaming media. But The Twilight Zone is just one aspect of his brilliant career. Less well known is Serling's work in the Golden Age of Television and his notable work after The Twilight Zone. Learn about these aspects of Serling's career and how they can be enjoyed today.

Featuring Nick Parisi, author of Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination

Where Have You Gone, Carl Sandburg? ft. Paul Bonsteel

Featuring Paul Bonesteel, writer and director of The Day Carl Sandburg Died

When Carl Sandburg died in 1967, Norman Corwin said Sandburg had as much chance of being forgotten as Lincoln. In fact, his legacy suffered and he has been far too much forgotten. But, Sandburg and his words are still used in the 21st Century, from the World Series to the Wall Street Journal. Learn why Sandburg is still important and how his work can be enjoyed today.

Where Have You Gone, Norman Corwin?

Norman Corwin was the poet-laureate of radio. He has been called the singular radio dramatist of his era, a national treasure, and one of the most important, yet understudied, media authors of all time. Learn about this American legend on the first episode of Where Have You Gone?

 

Featuring Neil Verma, author of Theater of the Mind: Imagination, Aesthetics, and American Radio Drama

Premiering May 4: Where Have You Gone?

Where Have You Gone Premieres on May 4, 2021! Subscribe now and hear a bit of what is in store for our first season.

Teaser: Where Have You Gone, Morris Eckhouse?

Morris Eckhouse, host of the new podcast, Where Have You Gone?, reviews how he is moving from a career looking at baseball from the inside-out to the outside-in. After decades in the sports industry, including his time as Executive Director of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), he is shifting his focus to the Mid-Twentieth Century and notable writers & entertainers of that period with connections large or small to our national pastime.

 

Logo by Jeff Suntala

Music by Harry Richardson

Teaser: Where Have You Gone?

Take a listen to the genesis of Where Have You Gone?, with host Morris Eckhouse.