Hooks & Runs
Hooks & Runs is a podcast about baseball, music and culture. Our podcast includes interviews with news makers in the sports and music world plus commentary from the co-hosts on interesting current and historical events. Hooks & Runs releases a new episodes every Thursday (more or less).
Podcasting since 2020 • 229 episodes
Hooks & Runs
Latest Episodes
277 - Buried by History: the 1941 Philadelphia Phillies w/ Justin Klugh
Justin Klugh is author of the new book, "Summer of the Cheap Wieners: What the 1941 Phillies Were Up To While Joe DiMaggio Was Making History," (Brookline Books, 2026). There are not too many books about teams that lose 111 out of 1...
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Season 7
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Episode 277
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40:21
276 - Long Hours, Low Pay and Legendary Music w/ Rob Miller, co-founder of Bloodshot Records
In this episode, we talk with Rob Miller, co-founder of Bloodshot Records and author of The Hours Were Long, but the Pay Was Low (3 Fields Books, 2025). Rob shares stories from the early days of building...
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Season 7
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Episode 276
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42:01
275 - Wolverines, Free Agents and the Hooks & Runs Best Albums of 2025
What's going on with Michigan football? Craig and Rex look at random baseball news. Also, the Hooks & Runs year-end music review, featuring our favorite albums of 2025.Please consider supporting Hooks & Runs by purchasing books, ...
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Season 6
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Episode 275
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47:14
274 - "I Thought I'd Given Up the Circus:" Baseball Promotions w/ Joseph Natalicchio
Joseph Natalicchio is the author of "Baseball's Most Outrageous Promotions: From Wedlock and Headlock Day to Disco Demolition Night" (McFarland 2025), releas...
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Season 6
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Episode 274
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46:19
273 - Podcast News, Baseball Moves, Guns & Roses
Big news about the podcast, a look at some early baseball moves and Guns & Roses is going on tour. Errata: The Houston Astros missed the playoffs twice since 2015 - in 2016 and in 2025 - not once. Nacagdoches is a town in East T...
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Season 6
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Episode 273
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33:30