{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"377: Baseball's Historical Concentricities - With Curt Smith","description":"  Renowned Presidential speechwriter-turned-sports-historian Curt Smith joins the podcast this week for an erudite look at the not-so-obvious concentricity between the story of baseball in America with both the growth of broadcasting and the evolution of electoral politics. &amp;nbsp;  Drawing from some of his most seminal works on baseball history - most notably 1987's iconic Voices of the Game, the anthological Memories from the Microphone, and the newly updated-in-paperback The Presidents and the Pastime - Smith helps put the game into richer cultural perspective, with astute observations of its unmistakable intertwinement with media and government.   + + +&amp;nbsp;  SUPPORT THE SHOW:&amp;nbsp;      Buy Us a Coffee:  https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/goodseatsstillavailable    &quot;Good Seats&quot; Merch:  https:\/\/www.teepublic.com\/?ref_id=35106    BUY THE BOOKS (AND SUPPORT THE SHOW!):     Voices of the Game: The Acclaimed Chronicle of Baseball Radio and Television Broadcasting - from 1921 to the Present (1992): https:\/\/amzn.to\/4gYnvV0   Memories from the Microphone: A Century of Baseball Broadcasting (2021): https:\/\/amzn.to\/4h6cVvr   The Presidents and the Pastime: The History of Baseball and the White House (2024): https:\/\/amzn.to\/4gTMQ2E    &amp;nbsp;  SPONSOR THANKS (AND SUPPORT THE SHOW!):     Royal Retros (10% off promo code: SEATS):  https:\/\/www.503-sports.com?aff=2    Old School Shirts.com (10% off promo code: GOODSEATS)&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/oldschoolshirts.com\/goodseats    Yinzylvania (20% off promo code: GOODSEATSSTILLAVAILABLE):  https:\/\/yinzylvania.com\/GOODSEATSSTILLAVAILABLE       &amp;nbsp;   FIND AND FOLLOW:     Website:  https:\/\/goodseatsstillavailable.com\/   Blue Sky:  https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/goodseatsstillavailable.com   Threads:  https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@goodseatsstillavailable   X\/Twitter:  https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoodSeatsStill   Instagram:  https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/goodseatsstillavailable\/   Facebook:  https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoodSeatsStillAvailable\/   YouTube:   https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@goodseatsstillavailable      ","author_name":"Good Seats Still Available","author_url":"https:\/\/goodseatsstillavailable.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/34726805\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/aa0926\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/183093920"}