The Packaged Tourist Show

Tonight’s guest is author Rich Shmelter. Rich lives in Ohio and for the past 25 years he has written books dealing with sports history, Hollywood History, and True Crime (dealing with the Prohibition era). In 1999 he published his first book a history on the Cleveland Browns. He has written books dealing with the Los Angeles Lakers and the Raiders NFL franchise and USC Trojans

Tonight’s guest is author and historian David Sears. David lives in Northern New Jersey. He served in the U.S. Navy with extensive overseas experience which included serving as an adviser to the South Vietnamese Navy during the Vietnam War. David earned degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and, later, from the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

Tonight’s guest is author Paul Houle. Paul hales from Chesnee, South Carolina. He presently works as a safety assistant for Service Transport, Inc and for a time he was a traffic accident investigator for the U.S. Army but for the past 12 years he has published two books. In 2016 his first book “The Crash of Piedmont Airlines Flight 22: Completing the Record of the 1967 Midai

Tonight’s guest is author Bob Wirz. Bob has been a media specialist in the world of sports for over 60 years. A lifelong baseball fan Bob worked as a publicity director for the Kansas City Royals and, later, in newspaper, radio, and television work. For 11 years he ran the media office for Major League Baseball when Bowie Kuhn was commissioner of baseball. During the 2000s and ea

Tonight’s guest is author and podcaster Gabriel Garcia. Gabriel is a San Francisco State University graduate with a Master’s Degree in history. He is a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and was recognized for conspicuous attainment and scholarship in the field of history by Phi Alpha Theta. Last year Gabriel unleashed upon the world four books: “Beyond the

Tonight’s guest is sports author David Finoli. David has written over 34 books dealing with his lifelong love affair for Pittsburgh sports. His books discuss the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Steelers, the Penguins, college powerhouses such as Pitt and Duquesne University. Tonight, we will be discussing his last release which came out last October titled “Perfection: The 1910 Pittsbu

Tonight’s guest is Randi Druzin is an author and journalist in Toronto, Canada. She has worked at several major media outlets including the National Post and the CBC, and has written for dozens of publications including The New York Times, Time magazine, ESPN The Magazine and The Globe and Mail. Based first in Europe then in North America, Randi has covered events as diverse as f

Today marks the centennial of the birth Brooklyn Dodgers legend and Baseball Hall-of-Famer Gil Hodges who was born on this day in 1924. And to help us celebrate the life and times of Gil Hodges is tonight’s guest Ms. Irene Hodges, the daughter of Gil Hodges. When her father was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame last year it was Irene who gave the speech.

Tonight’s guest is author Jeff Kisseloff. Jeff lives today in Arizona but was born and raised in East Meadow, NY. For decades Jeff has blessed the literary world with three stunning oral histories dealing with Manhattan from the 1890s to World War Two; the creation and rise of television from 1929 to 1961; and an oral history of the protest movements of the 1960s. Tonight, we wil

Tonight’s guest is author Rich Shmelter. Rich lives in Ohio and for the past 23 years he has written books dealing with sports history, Hollywood History, and True Crime (dealing with the Prohibition era). In 1999 he published his first book a history on the Cleveland Browns. He has written books dealing with the Los Angeles Lakers and the Raiders NFL franchise and USC Trojans fo