Now I've Heard Everything

Now I've Heard Everything

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  • 'The Birds' Made Her Famous. Rescuing Wildlife Is Now Tippi Hedren's Life

    Tippi Hedren starred in Alfred Hitchcok's “The Birds” in 1963 and “Marnie" in 1964.

    A few years later she realized her true passion: wildlife rescue./

    In this 1985 interview Hedren recalls her work with Hitrchcock, and tells the story of her own wildlife preserve.


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    #wildlife #lions #tigers #Hitchcock

    20 min
  • The Champ's :Life Lesspms: George Foreman's Guide to Life

    Sooner or later life will knock you to the canvas. The key is knowing how to get back up and keep fighting . So maybe it pays to listen to somebody who has been knocked down and has gotten back up many times in his life.

    In this 2003 interview former heavyweight boxing champ George Foreman talks about being knocked down and getting back up.


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    #boxing #family #marriage #Muhammad Ali

    17 min
  • Are Alien Abductions Real? Expert David Jacobs Reveals Findings

    Recent congressional testimony appeared to confirm the exietsnvce of alien beings visotomg Earth. And while the question of alien abductions did not come up, that subject has been around for decades.

    In this 1992 interview, David Jacobs, a distinguished professor at Temple University, discusses his findings after years of research and interviews with dozens of people who said they had been abducted by aliens.


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    #aliens #UFOs #Area 51 #extraterrestrials

    20 min
  • An Admiring Look at Ronald Reagan by His Top Speechwriter Peggy Noonan

    There are those who revere our 40th president as not just a great president but as a rare and exceptional leader of great principle and virtue.

    Into that category falls Peggy Noonan, Ronald Reagan’s top speechwriter, who crafted some of Reagan[‘s most memorable orations.

    In this 2001 interview Noonan talks about her book When Character Was King.


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    #RonaldReagan #Republican #1980s #ColdWar

    20 min
  • Margarethe Cammermeyer, And How She Fought Anti-Gay Discrimination in the Military

    During an otherwise routine security clearance interview in 1989 Army officer Margarethe Cammermeyer disclosed her status as a lesbian. She was then disharged from the service.

    But she filed a lawsuit in 1994 challenging her separation – and she won. She returned to the military until her retirement in 1997.

    In this 1994 interview Cammermeyer talks about her life, military career, and court victory.


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    #LGBTQ #military #Bill Clinton #1990s

    20 min
  • Former NFL Team Doctor Robert Huizenga -- Bruises, Concussions, and Steroids

    The National Football League is no place for guys who don't want to get hurt No NFL veteran comes away unscathed

    And that means there is always plenty of work for team physicians. From 1983 to 1990, Dr. Robert Huizenga was team internist for the Los Angeles Raiders.

    As he recounts in this 1994 interview, Huizenga saw everything from bruises and pulled muscle to dislocated fingers, concussions and compound fractures.


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    #NFL #Raiders #football #steroids

    20 min
  • Just Call Him Mike: "M*A*S*H" Star amd Activist Mike Farrell

    After years of small or supporting acting roles here and there,m Farrell hit the jackpot when he joined the cast of the hit CBS show “M*A*S*H” in 1975.

    Not only did he become one of the most popular cast members, it also afforded him a new public visibility for his activism.

    In this 2007 interview Farrell talks about his life, career, and activism.


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    #M*A*S*H #television #1970s #actors

    15 min
  • A Pioneer of Standup Comedy: Phyllis Diller

    Phyllis Diller was one of America's first female stand up comedians,rising to fame with iconic TV performances in the 1960s.

    In this 2005 interview Diller looks back on her career, and how she came up with her most memorable character: long-suffering husband “Fang.”


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    #comedians #standupcomedy #hunor #Fang

    18 min
  • Zig Ziglar, The Once-Broke Man Who Motivated Millions to Success

    A baby boy born into a large and poor family in Alabama in 1926 would grow up to become one of the world’s most popular and effective motivational speakers.

    His name was Hilary Hinton Ziglar – but more widely known simply as Zig Ziglar.

    In this 1994 interview Ziglar explains how lessons he learned as a Depression-era child shaped his motivational philosphy.


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    #motivation #success #happiness #inspiration

    19 min
  • No One Has Ever Turned 50 Better Than Dave Barry

    Reaching the age of 50 is one of those life milestones that makes a lot of people uncomfortable and unsettled. And perhaps no generation was more traumatized by turning 50 than the forever-young Baby Boomers.

    One Boomer faced the half-century mark with the same wry humor that made him one of America's favorite humor columnists.

    In this 1998 interview Dave reveals the secret to reaching the big 5-0 without going crazy,


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    #aging #BabyBoomers #middleage #humor

    19 min

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Now I’ve Heard Everything brings you conversations about the turning points that shape extraordinary lives. Hosted by veteran interviewer Bill Thompson, the show features memoirists, biographers,…