Bradley public address announcer Paul Herzog owns a wealth of experiences from his courtside seats at Robertson Field House and Carver Arena. We hear some of the more entertaining ones along with a glimpse of the man behind the mic in this podcast featuring PA Paul.

Chris Marchand is the music pastor at Epiphany Church in Peoria. He discusses the challenges of attracting a small congregation in the era of the megachurch this week on Tarter Source with the Journal Star's Steve Tarter. Marchand also talks about where religion might be going in the years ahead.

Kevin Harlan, the vice president and general manager of WMBD-TV Channel 31, is Steve Tarter's guest this week on Tarter Source. Harlan talks about change in the television industry, digital channels and what lies ahead with the FCC's spectrum auction as well as shedding light on a unique hobby.

Peoria native Teri Montefusco-Greer, 75, competed on the 1960 U.S. Women's Olympic Gymnastics Team in Rome. She attended the first-ever reunion of Olympic gymnasts in June at the Olympic Trials in San Jose. She recounts her experiences, talks about how gymnastics has changed over the years, and offers some advice for modern gymnasts.

Bradley University Associate Professor Seth Katz is an expert on grammar and linguistics. In other words, he knows words. He shares some of his fascinating insights on human language with the Journal Star's Steve Tarter in this week's podcast.

After 12 years in the NBA, Shaun Livingston still loves coming home to family, friends, Avanti's pizza bread and gondolas ... We talk to him about growing up in Peoria, his special feelings for Carver Center and Concordia Lutheran School, and how this place made him the player and the man he is today.

Long before Title IX, Lorene Ramsey and Ann Mullins Tindall made the most of limited opportunities for girls and women in sports and established hall of fame careers in fast-pitch softball, playing with the national powerhouse Caterpillar/Pekin Lettes in front of thousands of fans. Their generation challenged the status quo, shook up the sports establishment and forced the changes that eventually led in 1972 to Title IX of the Education Amendments Act, prohibiting sex discrimination in education and extracurricular activities by institutions receiving government funds. With their personal stories, Ramsey and Tindall talk to us about what it was like in the 1950s and '60s and the revolution that changed the sports landscape forever.

Mark Twain, aka Bob Anton, joins the Journal Star's Steve Tarter for this episode of Tarter Source. A retired Peoria Public Schools teacher and riverboat captain, Bob Anton has been impersonating legendary American author Mark Twain since the 1970s. He is a featured performer for Spirit of Peoria cruises.

Stan Lynall is the director of OSF Healthcare's corporate Venture Investments program. Based in the Jump Trading Simulation Center and Education Center, he is responsible for identifying and investigating new medical technology and managing the investment process.

Manual grad and U.S. Marine Melvin Burch-Bynum loves the Gus Macker 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament and has worked hard to help bring it back to the Peoria area. He joins the Journal Star's Steve Tarter to talk about this weekend's Gus Macker at Northwoods Church, 10700 N. Allen Road in Peoria.