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its subject, another winner. It 
provides the fundamental facts 
about Greenberg’s life for a 
solid history of the person, but 
the audio clips are the major 
reward for listening to this 
23-minute podcast. Listeners 
will hear contemporary sports 
announcers call a Greenberg 
home run during a game, and 
comment on his character and 
accomplishments in baseball. 
Moreover, hear Greenberg 
himself speak about his feel-
ings for and loyalty toward the 
Detroit Tigers Baseball Club 
and the city from a CBS radio 
broadcast in 1947. 
As a bonus, you will be 
treated to Groucho Marx 
and Bing Crosby singing 
“Goodbye, Mr. Baseball, 
Goodbye,” a song to celebrate 
and anticipate all the home 
runs Greenberg would hit for 
the Pittsburgh Pirates after he 

was traded from the Tigers in 
1947, and hear John Sinclair 
read the Edgar E. Guest poem 
“Speaking of Greenberg.” In 
addition, local sportscaster Eli 
Zaret and Detroit writer Bill 
Dow share their Greenberg 
insights.
Why do a podcast on 
Greenberg? Kiska tells his 
story: “I initially thought 
about doing the 1945 Tigers. 
The more I looked at the 1945 
Tigers, the more I realized 
that the real story was Hank 
Greenberg. It really hit me 
how this guy came up in such 
an era of antisemitism in the 
1930s, from Charles Coughlin 
to Hitler’s rise in Germany. 
And the more I found out 
about Greenberg, the more I 
felt that he deserved recog-
nition. I also figured there 
may be a number of younger 
folks — who are the biggest 

consumers of podcasts — who 
would wonder who this guy is.”
Several other episodes 
of Detroit History Podcasts 
feature Jewish Detroit his-
tory. One is about Ossip 
Gabrilowitsch, who built the 
Detroit Symphony Orchestra. 

There are others about Henry 
Ford and antisemitism, Jonas 
Salk and the polio vaccine, and 
Harry Houdini. 
The Detroit History Podcasts 
are a real multimedia treat for 
history lovers. I highly recom-
mend them. 

Hank 
Greenberg

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