HODGEPOD with Rob Fredette

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: CLAYTON TRUTOR AUTHOR OF THE BOOK "BOSTONBALL" JOINED HODGEPOD TO TALK ABOUT RICK PITINO, JIM CALHOUN AND GARY WILLIAMS-EPISODE 81

Author Clayton Trutor returned to HODGEPOD about his book "BOSTON BALL" RICK PITINO, JIM CALHOUN, GARY WILLIAMS, AND THE FORGOTTEN CRADLE OF BASKETBALL COACHES (2023) published by University of Nebraska Press.
Clayton and Rob talked in detail about all three coaches in Boston at the same time in the early 1980's.
  Pitino
-Rick Pitino's years at BU and how he had to sell the program in Boston, a pro sports dominated  
  city.
-Building the team in an image that was infectious, his BU players special bond to this day.
 Calhoun
-Jim Calhoun building the Northeastern program from 1972 to 1986
-The BU and Northeastern rivalry
-Northeastern being disrespected by the media.
Williams
-His Boston College team that played in the brutal Big East in the early 1980's against the like of
 Georgetown, Syracuse , St. Johns and Villanova.
-BC players that who maximized their talent 
-BC, BU, Northeastern players playing the Boston Celtics in pickup games. Larry Bird , Robert 
  Parish, Kevin McHale, Danny Ainge and Dennis Johnson were mixing it up with college players.
-Rob and Clayton also talked the Flutie Effect for BC and the final play against Miami in 1984.
-The Celtics winning the NBA Championship and Bill Walton.
RECORDED JUNE 19, 2024
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GLOBAL RACE FOR SUSTAINABILITY ENDS JULY 20TH WITH CYNTHIA BURELSON. LEARN ABOUT THE RACE IN EPISODE 80

The Global Race for Sustainability is in midstream and ends July 20, 2024. Cynthia Burleson joined HODGEPOD to talk about these keys areas for this initiative.
The link is below to register to run or walk. Cynthia explains all the important points and discusses some of the 17 initiatives.
www.issnow.earth
https://raceroster.com/events/2024/89269/global-race-for-sustainability
RECORDED JULY 11, 2024
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JFK (1991) ZO RICHARDSON OF "LOOK BACK CINEMA-THE PODCAST" JOINED HODGEPOD TO TALK OF THIS MOVIE DIRECTED BY OLIVER STONE-EPISODE 79

Zo Richardson of Look Back Cinema-The Podcast joined HODGEPOD to talk the movie JFK directed by Oliver Stone and starring Kevin Costner as the lead actor. This movie had an all star lineup of actors.
Kevin Costner (Jim Garrison), Tommy Lee Jones( Clay Shaw) , Joe Pesci (David Ferrie), Kevin Bacon( Willie O'Keefe), John Candy(Dean Anderson), Jack Lemmon(Jack Martin), Walter Matthau ( Senator Long), Vincent D'nofrio( Bill Newman) , Sissy Spacek(Liz Garrison) , Michael Rooker (Bill Broussard) Wayne Knight (Numa Bertel), Gary Oldham ( Lee Harvey Oswald), Donald Sutherland(Mr. X) ,Jay O Sanders ( Lou Ivon). Some of these actors were in roles we were ands are not accustomed to seeing and this made the movie extraodinary.
Rob and Zo covered:
-The reaction to the movie in 1991
-Tremendous scenes explaining Jim Garrison's struggles
-How this movie still resonates today.
-The cast and some of the characters. Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones and Joe Pesci.
-Oliver Stone's different look at the JFK assassination off the Warren Commission.
RECORDED JUNE 19, 2024.
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The Beatles and British Invasion-Gene Popa Author of the book " British Invasion '64 The Year That Changed Rock & Roll Forever joined HODGEPOD-EPISODE 78

Author Gene Popa joined HODGEPOD to talk about his book "British Invasion '64 THE YEAR THAT CHANGED ROCK & ROLL FOREVER. Published by BearManor Media and can be purchased on Amazon, www.bearmanormedia.com , www.boulderbookstore.com
If you love The Beatles, British Invasion and music from the 1960's this episode is for you.
Gene and Rob discussed:
-The actual start of the British Invasion.
-The Beatles hitting the United States by storm.
-Other British rock and roll bands that like The Dave Clark Five who you could say     gave The Beatles a run for the money.
-Was there a rivalry between The Beatles and The Rolling Stones?
-Other recording artists and groups in the U.S. in 1964
-Why 1964 is the pivotal year for Rock and Roll.
-Other great tidbits about The Beatles, British groups.
-Meeting Elvis Presley for the first time.
RECORDED JUNE 19 , 2024
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MOVIES: Filmmaker Luis Garcia joined HODGEPOD to talk about his career in the movie industry and his short film he is directing "Marina" EPISODE 77

Filmmaker Luis Garcia joined HODGEPOD to talk about his career in the movie industry and his short film "Marina" that he conceived, will be casting actors and directing. If you love movies your will learn some new fun facts. 
Luis and Rob discussed:
-His start in the movie industry, getting that foot in the door. Great story!!!
-His work in the casting department for such movies as "Rent", "Colossal", "Friends with Money"    
  and "The Good Shepherd"
-How important background actors are for movies and filling those roles.
-A few interesting facets of acting.
-A few behind the scenes tidbits of the movie industry. Pretty cool.
-His short film "Marina" which is due out for release in 2025.
RECORED JUNE 12, 2024
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THE USUAL SUSPECTS (1995) WITH MARC DIETTE OF "THE DOUBLE TAKE" PODCAST. WHAT A GREAT MOVIE WITH TWISTS AND TURNS

Marc Diette of the podcast " The Double Take" joined me to talk about "THE USUAL SUSPECTS" a suspenseful movie of all bad guys released in 1995. This movie had great character's , twist and turns , and just pure action that really to this day stands out as a great movie from the 1990's.
-Marc  provided tremendous insight with really cool facts.
-Marc  talked about his Double Take podcast
-Rob and Marc talked about our favorite characters and how they really made the movie so great.
    Verbal Kent, Dean Keaton, Fred Fenster, Michael McManus, Todd Hockney, Dave Kujan and
     Kobayashi
-SPOILER ALERT- The ending which stunned movie-goers in 1995.
THANK YOU MARC DIETTE!!
If you love movies, this episode is for you.
Recorded June 11th, 2024
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Patti McCracken Author of the Book" The Angel Makers" Arsenic , A Midwife, and Modern History's Most Astonishing Murder Ring. EPISODE 75

Patti McCracken Author of the Book" The Angel Makers" Arsenic , A Midwife, and Modern History's Most Astonishing Murder Ring joined HODGEPOD to talk about this unbelievable case of a murder ring of 160 people who were killed starting 1916.
This could be considered True Crime even though these murders happened over a 100 years ago in a small village in Hungary.
Patti and I discussed:
-How this story pointed her to write "The Angel Makers"
-The time and village starting in 1916
-Who was Auntie Suzie. You will find out who she was in terrific detail.
-Her work and research some of it really hard to imagine.
-Why it happened.
-What life was like at that time
-Some shocking items she discovered.
Recorded June 1 , 2024
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1990 Movies-Scott Ryan Author of the book "The Last Decade of Cinema" discussed 25 movies from the decade that he compiled for the book. EPISODE 74

Author Scott Ryan joined HODGEPOD to talk about his new book "The Last Decade of Cinema" where he picked 25 movies of hundreds of movies he watched. 
Rob and Scott discussed:
-How Scott conceived of the book and watching 160 movies with storylines, character 
  development and how they were different from movies of the 1970's and 1980's.
-Pulp Fiction and how it in Scott's view is (BP) Before Pulp and AP (After)Pulp
-Other movies discussed- Goodfellas, Terminator 2, Menace II Society, Pleasantville and so many more.
-Difference between 1980's and 1990's movies.
-His criteria for the Top 25.
If you love movies, this episode is for you.
Recorded May 21, 2024
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NBA Hall of Famer Bill Walton passes away at 71 and a 10 minute window of my life interacting with him. EPISODE 73

NBA Hall of Famer Bill Walton passed away at the  age of 71. Walton was a 3 time National Player of the Year and won 2 NCAA Championships with UCLA.
Walton was drafted as the Number 1 overall pick in 1974 by the Portland Trailblazers winning an NBA Championship in 1977.
He played for the Boston Celtics for 2 seasons and you could say he was the key piece in the Celtics winning the NBA Championship in 1986 coming off the bench to back up Robert Parish.
And my little 10 minute interaction with the NBA Hall of Famer in December 1985.
He could not have been any nicer. I will never forget that memory, even though I cannot remember what questions I asked as I was so in awe.
Recorded May 27, 2024
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Duke, Maryland and ACC Basketball talk in the 80's, 90's and early 2000's with Matt Miller of the podcast "YOU'RE STILL DOIN' THAT" EPISODE 72

Matt Miller of the podcast "You Still Doin' That" joined me as talked about The Duke Blue Devils and The University of Maryland Terrapins during the 1980's and 1990's.
Matt is a Duke fan and Rob is Maryland graduate and they talk about:
- The great Duke teams in the early 90's with Christian Laettner and Bobby Hurley
- The intense rivalry of Duke and Maryland in the early 2000's.
- Matt's All Time Top 5 Duke players plus a couple of extra
- Rob's all time Top 5 Maryland players plus a couple of extra 
- Coach K's Mike Krzyzewski record and career.
- And a few other cool stories
RECORDED APRIL 20, 2024
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