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Houston in StoryA Houston Football Story: The Gamblers (Bonus)In the early 1980s, as the oil bust plunged Houston into a quiet depression and the Oilers played boring, lifeless football, a new team exploded into the Astrodome. They were the Houston Gamblers of the upstart USFL, and for two glorious seasons, they were the greatest show in town. This is the story of a team that was a generation ahead of its time, unleashing a revolutionary "Run and Shoot" offense that pundits called "basketball on grass." Led by a brash owner, a coaching mad scientist named Mouse Davis, and a young, gunslinging quarterback named Jim Kelly, the Gamblers...
2025-10-2122 minHouston in StoryA Houston Football Story: Houston Rises Again (4/4)For the first time in forty years, Sundays in Houston were quiet. The Oilers were gone, having taken the team, the colors, and even the city's history with them to Tennessee. But a quiet, determined, self-made billionaire named Bob McNair refused to let that betrayal be the final word. This is the story of Houston's comeback. Learn how McNair, the polar opposite of Bud Adams, built a powerful coalition and healed the wounds of the past to launch an underdog bid for the NFL's 32nd and final franchise. It was a battle of "Houston vs. Hollywood," pitting a city's...
2025-10-1412 minHouston in StoryA Houston Football Story: Betrayal (3/4)The party was over. The shocking firing of beloved coach Bum Phillips ripped the soul out of the Houston Oilers, just as the oil bust of the 1980s ripped the economic heart out of the city. But just as the city began to find its footing, a new star rose in the Astrodome: Warren Moon. A legend in Canada, Moon came to Houston to prove the NFL wrong for its prejudice against Black quarterbacks. He became the master of a thrilling, futuristic offense called the "Run and Shoot," leading the Oilers to seven straight playoff appearances. This is the...
2025-10-0915 minHouston in StoryA Houston Football Story: Luv Ya Blue (2/4)By the mid-1970s, the Oilers' championship glory was a faded memory. The Astrodome was quiet, the team was mediocre, and Houston had lost its football soul. Then, a cowboy walked into town. This is the story of coach Bum Phillips, a sheepskin-clad folk hero who gave the team an identity, and Earl Campbell, "The Tyler Rose," a running back who was more a force of nature than a football player. Together, they ignited a city-wide love affair known as "Luv Ya Blue." The Astrodome became the "House of Pain," an anthem swept the city, and a belief was...
2025-10-0716 minHouston in StoryA Houston Football Story: The AFL Years (1/4)In the late 1950s, Houston was a boomtown of unapologetic new money, but to the old guard of the NFL, it was a backwater. This is the story of how a stinging rejection from that private club pushed a young, swaggering Texas oilman named Bud Adams to do the unthinkable. Fueled by pure revenge and a bottomless bank account, he and another spurned Texan, Lamar Hunt, didn't just knock on the NFL's door. They built their own league next door, the AFL. Out of that defiance, the Houston Oilers were born. From scavenging for misfit players like the legendary...
2025-10-0718 min
Do This - Advice from Top AgentsGrant Rothberg - Alien Army, Activated: How Real Estate Agents Can Use AI to 10Explore the transformative potential of AI in real estate as Chad Hyams and Bob Stewart engage with expert Grant Rothberg. Discover how AI tools, like ChatGPT and Gabby, can revolutionize productivity for agents, reduce manual tasks, and personalize customer interactions. Delve into strategic approaches, such as customizing AI personalities to enhance business workflows and harnessing demographic insights for real estate markets. Listen as Rothberg provides examples and guidance on setting up AI systems to boost efficiency and capital in the competitive world of real estate, while preparing for the technological advancements shaping the industry's future. Connect with...
2025-08-1531 min
Road Trip Stories: The HistoryDodge City: Queen of the CowtownsIn today's episode, the legendary Dodge City.Everyone knows the phrase “gettin’ outta Dodge.” But how did this small Kansas town become a global symbol for frontier violence? This story separates myth from reality, revealing how the “Wickedest Little City in America” was less a hotbed of daily gunfights and more a masterclass in managing chaos for profit. We’ll uncover the truth about Wyatt Earp , the political standoff known as the “Dodge City War,” and how newspapers and Hollywood built a legend more powerful than the truth.Road Trip Stories are made possible by the generous sup...
2025-08-0135 minRoad Trip Stories: The HistoryFort Larned National Historic SiteIn today's episode: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve.On the vast Kansas prairie, Fort Larned stood as a monument to America's conflicted soul. It was a fortress built to project military power and conquer the Plains tribes , yet it was also tasked with keeping peace by distributing food and supplies to them. This episode explores the fort's paradoxical role as both a war machine and a diplomatic outpost , a flashpoint on the Santa Fe Trail where cultures clashed with tragic consequences.Road Trip Stories are made possible by the generous support of our partners. Let the...
2025-08-0130 minRoad Trip Stories: The HistoryTallgrass Prairie National PreserveIn today's episode: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve.Once, a sea of grass covered 170 million acres of North America, only to be nearly erased in a single generation. Today, less than 4% remains. We journey to the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, a landscape saved not by wisdom, but by a geological accident that defeated the plow. Here, we uncover stories of First Peoples, ambitious cattle barons, and the 70-year political war fought to protect this last stand, culminating in the triumphant return of the American bison.Road Trip Stories are made possible by the generous support of...
2025-08-0134 minRoad Trip Stories: The HistoryNational World War One Memorial (1/6)Part One of our six-part series on the history that led to the National World War One Memorial.In nineteen-fourteen, the great powers of Europe believed they were at the height of civilization. Yet a web of alliances, a relentless arms race, and simmering nationalism created a powder keg. We explore how the assassination of a single archduke in Sarajevo could act as the spark that ignited a global inferno, shattering the illusion of a short, glorious war and creating the brutal stalemate of the Western Front.Visionaries can see potential where others only see...
2025-07-3127 minRoad Trip Stories: The HistoryGeorge Washington Carver National Historic SiteFrom a boy born into slavery and kidnapped by raiders , George Washington Carver rose to become a world-famous scientist. This single episode chronicles his entire journey: his youth as the "Plant Doctor," his revolutionary work at Tuskegee helping farmers escape the debt of the sharecropping system, and the painful paradox of his fame in a segregated America. Finally, we explore the creation of his National Monument—a political act forged in World War II and the Cold War —and confront the complex legacy of a man far more revolutionary than the simple myths suggest. This episode is made...
2025-07-3110 minRoad Trip Stories: The HistoryPea Ridge: The Unraveling (3/3)Part three of our series on Pea Ridge National Military Park.As dawn breaks on the second day, the tide turns. While the victorious Confederates at Elkhorn Tavern find themselves starving and out of ammunition, the Union army, consolidated and resupplied, unleashes the war's largest artillery bombardment. We witness how a gambler's desperate plan comes due, leading to a crushing Union victory that would permanently secure Missouri and alter the course of the Civil War in the West. This is the story of the battle's brutal and decisive conclusion.This episode is made possible by...
2025-07-3014 minRoad Trip Stories: The HistoryPea Ridge: A Tale of Two Fields (2/3)Part two of our series on Pea Ridge National Military Park.The battle for Pea Ridge erupts in chaos. With the Confederate army split by a mountain, two separate battles rage simultaneously. On one front, a shocking series of battlefield deaths decapitates the Confederate command, turning victory into a rout. Just miles away at Elkhorn Tavern, the other Confederate wing wins a bloody, hard-fought victory, seizing the vital crossroads as darkness falls. The first day ends with both armies having tasted triumph and disaster, setting up a final, dramatic showdown.This episode is made possible...
2025-07-3017 minRoad Trip Stories: The HistoryPea Ridge: The Gamble (1/3)Part one of our series on Pea Ridge National Military Park.In the winter of eighteen sixty-two, the fate of Missouri hangs in the balance. The Union sends a methodical engineer, Samuel Curtis, to crush the rebellion. He faces a fractured Confederate command led by the flamboyant Earl Van Dorn, who launches an audacious gamble: a forced march through a blizzard to strike the Union rear, abandoning his food and ammunition to gain speed. This episode explores the men and the desperate gambit that set the stage for one of the most decisive battles of the Civil...
2025-07-3019 minRoad Trip Stories: The HistoryFort Smith: Lawmen and Legends (3/3)Part three of our series on Fort Smith National Historic Site.This episode opens the case files of Judge Parker's court, where the line between history and myth was often blurred. We explore how the press transformed a convicted horse thief like Belle Starr into the romantic "Bandit Queen," and contrast her manufactured fame with the brutal reality of remorseless killers like Cherokee Bill. The series concludes with the closing of the frontier, as the court’s success ultimately makes it obsolete.This episode is made possible by Rothberg Realty Group, one of the nation's mo...
2025-07-3014 minRoad Trip Stories: The HistoryFort Smith: The Judge and the Gallows (2/3)Part two of our series on Fort Smith National Historic Site.After the military departs, Fort Smith becomes home to a federal court with an impossible mission: bring law to the 74,000 square miles of "Hell on the Border" known as Indian Territory. This episode introduces the relentless Judge Isaac C. Parker, the man sent to tame the chaos , and legendary deputy marshals like Bass Reeves, the long arm of the law in a dangerous and unforgiving wilderness.This episode is made possible by Rothberg Realty Group, one of the nation's most trusted real estate teams.
2025-07-3016 minRoad Trip Stories: The HistoryFort Smith: A Double-Edged Sword (1/3)Part one of our series on Fort Smith National Historic Site.This episode explores the birth of Fort Smith, an outpost built on the American frontier to manage a violent conflict the U.S. government itself created. The story follows the fort from its origins as a lonely stockade to its role as a tragic witness to the Trail of Tears, and finally, as a contested prize during the Civil War. It is a story of how a tool of federal policy became entangled in the nation's greatest tragedies.This episode is made possible by...
2025-07-3019 min2025-07-2826 minHouston in StorySpindletop: The Oil Strike that Fueled HoustonIn 1900, as the city of Galveston was being washed from the earth by a monster hurricane, a one-armed prophet named Pattillo Higgins was chasing a fool's dream on a stinking mound of dirt near Beaumont. While the undisputed queen of Texas saw its future end, Higgins promised a new world would erupt from beneath his feet. This is the incredible story of how one of the deadliest natural disasters in American history created a power vacuum, and how a wildcat oil strike, larger than anything the world had ever seen, filled it with a roar.Join us...
2025-07-2826 minHouston in StoryGalveston: The Queen and the Great Storm (4/4)The sun rose on Sunday, September 9th, to a clear sky and a city that was gone. In its place was a graveyard, a three-mile-long mountain of debris, and the sickening smell of death that hung over the island for weeks. The survivors faced an unthinkable task: disposing of thousands of victims, a horror compounded when the sea rejected the dead, washing them back ashore.In the final part of our series, we witness the birth of a new Galveston from the ruins of the old. Faced with total annihilation, the people of Galveston made a defiant...
2025-07-2512 minHouston in StoryGalveston: The Queen and the Great Storm (3/4)On Saturday, September 8, 1900, the show began. What started as a "grand sight" for curious onlookers quickly turned into a fight for survival as the bridges to the mainland were destroyed, trapping nearly 40,000 souls on the island. As darkness fell, the city was assaulted by winds so powerful they ripped the Weather Bureau's measuring instruments from the roof after clocking a gust at 100 miles per hour.In Part 3, we plunge into the terrifying heart of the storm. At approximately 7:30 P.M., the true monster arrived: a 15.7-foot storm surge that rose four feet in just four seconds, erasing...
2025-07-2511 minHouston in StoryGalveston: The Queen and the Great Storm (2/4)In a city that had dismantled its own natural defenses for the sake of progress, there was one man whose words sealed its fate. Isaac Monroe Cline, the chief of the local U.S. Weather Bureau, declared the idea of a catastrophic hurricane hitting Galveston "an absurd delusion". His scientific certainty provided the ultimate justification for the city's elite to dismiss the need for a protective seawall.In Part 2 of our series, we uncover the chilling story of pride and miscalculation that left Galveston vulnerable. Learn about the haunting tale of Indianola, a rival port city wiped...
2025-07-2514 minHouston in StoryGalveston: The Queen and the Great Storm (1/4)Before the storm, there was the Queen. In the final years of the 19th century, Galveston wasn't just a city; it was the "Wall Street of the Southwest," a beacon of wealth, culture, and unstoppable progress. From its bustling, magnificent commercial district known as The Strand to its grand Victorian mansions lit by the state's first electric lights, Galveston was the most sophisticated and important city in Texas. It was a cultural and economic powerhouse, a city of firsts, and a gateway to America for hundreds of thousands of immigrants.In Part 1 of our series, we journey...
2025-07-2520 minHouston in StoryHouston's Smoke Ring - The Feud, the Fire, and the Birth of the World's Biggest Barbecue ContestIt was February 1974 in Houston, a city on a rocket ride of oil-fueled ambition. Inside the Astrodome, Elvis Presley was commanding the stage of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, creating a cultural earthquake. But the real story wasn't under the spotlights. It was outside, in a cold, muddy parking lot.There, on a rusty flatbed trailer, an Oscar-winning movie star and a feared food critic sat poised to judge the first-ever World's Championship Bar-B-Que Contest. What began as a small, volunteer-led party—a grassroots cook-off between established pitmasters and a cocky crew of amateurs who claimed "Yo...
2025-07-2120 minHouston in StoryThe Skin of a King: How a Patch of Stone in the Montana Dirt Sparked a Revolution in a Houston MuseumThe chance discovery of a Tyrannosaurus rex with its skin miraculously preserved, unearthed not by a paleontologist but by a Montana rancher, ignites a Houston museum president's audacious dream. This launches a high-stakes, multi-million-dollar quest for money and scientific innovation, culminating in a revolutionary exhibit at the Houston Museum of Natural Science that would forever change how we see the most terrifying predator to ever walk the Earth.Today's story is made possible by the generous support of Rothberg Realty Group.
2025-07-1423 minHouston in StoryBe Someone: The Rise of a Bayou City IconYou’re one of millions, a single drop in a river of steel and glass, heading into the heart of the city. You look up at the familiar, grimy railroad bridge you pass under every single day. But this time, something is different. Two words, painted in giant letters, simple and clean, seem to speak directly to you: BE SOMEONE. The story of those letters, today in Houston: In Story.
2025-07-1020 minHouston in StoryThe Final Straw: The Unlikely Birth of the Houston RodeoA dismissive glance across a dusty arena that told a group of proud Houston area cattlemen everything they needed to know: they weren't welcome. And that insult ignited a flame that grew into the largest livestock show and rodeo mankind has ever seen, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
2025-07-0918 minHouston in StoryThe Texas City Disaster: The Reckoning (part 3)How did a cargo of peace become a weapon of mass destruction? The search for that answer would pit a group of grieving citizens against the full power of the United States government. Join us for the final installment of our special three part series on the Texas City Disaster.
2025-07-0813 minHouston in StoryThe Texas City Disaster: The Day the Sky Fell (part 2)They stood on the deck of a burning ship, heroes facing a fire. They had no way of knowing their fight was already lost...that beneath their feet, 2,300 tons of fertilizer were turning into a bomb. Their world, and the world of Texas City would vanish in a flash of light and a roar that would echo through history. Part two of our special three part series on the Texas City Disaster.
2025-07-0819 minHouston in StoryThe Texas City Disaster: The Gathering Storm (part 1)The story of how a ship on a mission of peace, carrying a cargo meant to heal the scars of war, became the instrument of the deadliest industrial disaster in American history...this is part one of our special three part series on the Texas City Disaster of 1947.
2025-07-0815 minHouston in StoryThe Paper City: How a Swampy Dream and a Will of Iron Forged a MetropolisBefore the skyscrapers, before the traffic, before the very idea of Houston existed, there was a lie. In today's episode, how the Allen Brothers and the unsung "Mother of Houston" birthed a city.
2025-07-0718 minHouston in StoryThe Gun that Won the Game: How the Colt .45s Brought the Big Leagues to HoustonIn business, science, and industry, Houston was already playing in the major leagues. But in the one arena that often defined a great American city, the world of professional sports, Houston was still stuck in the minors. Today, how Houston gained a Major League Baseball franchise that became the beloved Houston Astros.
2025-07-0719 minHouston in StoryThe Field of Dreams: How a Patch of Prairie Became Houston's Gateway to the WorldBefore the roar of jet engines, there was just the lowing of cattle and the whisper of prairie grass. The story of Hobby Airport begins not with a grand design, but with a muddy field, a handful of believers, and a city so desperate for a future in the clouds, it was willing to bet its very name on a living legend.
2025-07-0716 min
archiwum edukacjiArchiwum Edukacji #41 - Potential History Symposium. Monika BobakoWeekend international symposium with participation of artists, curators and invited speakers who have been engaged for years in both theoretical and practical fields (artistic, curatorial, academic, activist) of potential history. They all have worked at the complex and creative intersections of topographies, methodologies, heritages, languages and politics. Drawing on this experience, they will share their research and engagement and will discuss possible scenarios of collaboration and solidarity, refusal and resistance to dominant narratives, affects and aesthetics in the face of violent forms of feeling and representation.Monika Bobako, on her research on the genealogies of peripheral whiteness...
2025-02-131h 06
Built HOWGrant Rothberg - The Power of Building a Strong Network in Real EstateGrant Rothberg, a successful real estate agent and team leader, shares his journey in the industry and offers valuable insights into building a thriving real estate business. He emphasizes the importance of communication skills and the need to consistently prospect and follow up with clients. Grant also discusses the benefits of hiring a team and the value of modeling desired behaviors for team members. He encourages agents to embrace the current market challenges and focus on maintaining and growing their business. Additionally, he highlights the significance of database turnover rate and the potential for business growth through recruiting.
2024-03-1929 min
Win Make Give with Ben KinneyStep by Step: A Look Into Grant Rothberg's Walking Adventure Grant Rothberg walked across the state of Texas. Yes, you read that correctly. Join Bob and Chad as they talk with Grant about the reasons and the lessons behind his 900+ mile journey. ---------- Connect with the hosts: Ben Kinney: https://www.BenKinney.com/ Bob Stewart: https://www.linkedin.com/in/activebob Chad Hyams: https://ChadHyams.com/ Book one of our co-hosts for your next event: https://WinMakeGive.com/speakers/ More ways to connect: Sign up for our weekly newsletter: https://WinMakeGive.c...
2024-01-2937 min
Endocrine News PodcastENP81: Obesity Fellows ProgramAccording to the National Institutes of Health, more than two in five adults have obesity in the United States, and nearly one in three is overweight. To equip health care practitioners with the resources they need to treat patients with obesity, the Endocrine Society recently held its innaugual obesity fellows program, an exclusive, application-based, educational activity for current fellows. The program covered a wealth of information, and host Aaron Lohr talks with Amy Rothberg, MD, DABOM, program chair and a clinical professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health. If you weren’t able to a...
2023-12-2012 min
IndyMattersRewind episode: Trees and grapes
Threats to old trees and new opportunities for Nevada’s wine industry
This week we are rewinding to share some of our favorite podcast stories from the past, starting with a piece on Bristlecone pines, some of the oldest living things on the planet. Host Joey Lovato talks with experts about threats to the tree and what makes them so special. Afterward, we re-air a piece on grape growing and winemaking in the Nevada desert. What does the industry look like, and does it have a future in one of the most arid states?
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2022-09-2028 min
No B.S. Job Search Advice Radio10 Mistaken Ideas College Grads Have About Job Hunting | No BS Job Search Advice Radio2381 There's a lot you've learned in school and one thing most of you think you know that you don't is how the job market works. My guest, Steven Rothberg of CollegeRecruiter.com and I discuss a veritable Top 10 List of them to keep you from shooting yourself in the foot.SUPPORTERS: Use the weekend to get ready for interviews. Visit www.TheBigGameHunter.us/courses and order one of the great video courses I have available about interviewing or starting a new job.ABOUT JEFF ALTMAN, THE BIG GAME HUNTERJeff Altman, The Big G...
2022-05-1338 min
We Can Be podcast - The Heinz EndowmentsFacing America‘s crisis of connection w/ Jenn Hoos Rothberg, Einhorn Collaborative Exec. Dir. (We Can Be S04EP10)“The circle of concern has to be wide enough for all of us to fit inside,” Jenn Hoos Rothberg tells host Grant Oliphant on this episode of “We Can Be.”
Jenn is executive director of the Einhorn Collaborative, a nonprofit foundation dedicated to addressing America’s crisis of connection by increasing opportunities for empathy and civility.
Her work is especially needed in these times. This past summer, a U.S. News and World Report piece reported that out of 17 countries surveyed, the U.S. had the highest percentage – 88 percent – of respondents say that they fe...
2021-10-1335 min
Faith of Our HeroesUS Army Captain Grant RothbergBobby and fellow HBU Alum, Grant, talk about his time in the Army, Judaism, the importance of telling our stories and much more. https://rothbergrealtygroup.kw.com/ For questions, comments, concerns, email faithofourheroes@gmail.com For prayer, email hfdprayer@gmail.com Check out our devotional https://thefirefighterdevotional.blogspot.com/
2020-12-141h 09
Swan DiveYashua Klos - Finding Family - Breakout Artist Finds Father's Family at 42Imagine knowing virtually nothing of a father who disappeared, then getting a text at 42 from an unknown cousin saying, "We might be related." Immediately, the generous warmth of a large, loving family replaces the cold emptiness of a son abandoned. For over a decade, visual artist Yashua Klos has employed a unique process of paper construction and woodblock printing to engage ideas about blackness and maleness from his cultural perspective as a native Chicagoan. Now, his practice and life are in fabulous flux, as he surrenders to a sea of love and appreciation engulfing him and aims to mark th...
2020-10-2039 min
Swan DiveJump!We start this edition of Swan Dive on the rooftop of an epic college party. We read letters from our past selves, get messy and grant ourselves the liberty to read a book and take a nap in the middle of the afternoon. Do something different already! This conversation was recorded at the beginning of the year; you're gonna love the bit about the pause. So much more true today than in January. Ready, set, JUMP! This is Swan Dive, a pivot to your vision.Have a Swan Dive to share? Text us!We are alw...
2020-04-2846 min
Coastal Community ChurchMoses (Part 2): A Better Passover Lamb How is Jesus the true and better Passover Lamb? Join guest speaker, Grant Rothberg, as he unpacks the Jewish tradition of the Passover and how it points to a greater reality.
2018-03-2836 min