{"podcast":{"title":"Good Seats Still Available","slug":"good-seats-still-available-7112953","podcast_index_feed_id":7112953,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/94536/rss","website_url":"https://goodseatsstillavailable.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/b/4/1/6/b41635f05a074b29/GSSA_1400.jpg","author":"Tim Hanlon","episode_count":492,"summary":"\"Good Seats Still Available\" is a curious little podcast devoted to the exploration of what used-to-be in professional sports. Each week, host Tim Hanlon interviews former players, owners, broadcasters, beat reporters, and surprisingly famous \"super fans\" of teams and leagues that have come and gone - in an attempt to unearth some of the most wild and woolly moments in (often forgotten) sports history.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T08:17:26.986283+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-seats-still-available-7112953"},"episode":{"title":"427: \"Baseball in the Roaring Twenties\" - With Thomas Wolf","slug":"427-baseball-in-the-roaring-twenties-with-thomas-wolf","published_at":"2026-01-05T01:58:54+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-seats-still-available-7112953/427-baseball-in-the-roaring-twenties-with-thomas-wolf","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-seats-still-available-7112953","url":"https://goodseatsstillavailable.libsyn.com/placeholder-360","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/goodseatsstillavailable/GSSA_427.mp3?dest-id=480273","summary":"Baseball's 1926 World Series was more than just a championship showdown — it was emblematic of America in a decade defined by financial excess, social rebellion, and societal reinvention. We explore that dramatic showdown through \" Baseball in the Roaring Twenties: The Yankees, the Cardinals, and the Captivating 1926 Season ,\" a riveting new book by historian and author Thomas Wolf . Wolf takes us beyond the box scores of this unforgettable seven-game clash between Babe Ruth 's New York Yankees and Rogers Hornsby 's St. Louis Cardinals . He traces Ruth's improbable resurgence from a disastrous 1925 season — a comeback that reignited the public imagination—and revisits the iconic moments that still echo through baseball history, from Grover Cleveland Alexander 's legendary Game 7 performance to Ruth's controversial, series-ending stolen base attempt. But the story extends well beyond the field. Wolf situates the Series within the broader cultural currents of the Jazz Age: Prohibition-era speakeasies, a rapidly modernizing society, and the parallel world of the Negro Leagues , where Rube Foster 's bold vision flourished even as hopes for integration faced overwhelming resistance. The conversation also uncovers lesser-known (and darker) chapters, including the game-fixing scandal involving Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker that surfaced during the Series, and Commissioner Judge Landis 's unexpectedly lenient response. A historian and lifelong baseball devotee, Wolf has long examined baseball's cultural meaning. \" Baseball in the Roaring Twenties\" is his most ambitious work yet — using one remarkable season to probe the contradictions, triumphs, and tensions at the heart of 1920s America. + + + SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Us a Coffee : https://ko-fi.com/goodseatsstillavailable The \"Good…","meta_description":"Baseball's 1926 World Series was more than just a championship showdown — it was emblematic of America in a decade defined by financial excess, social reb…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4916,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/good-seats-still-available-7112953/episodes/427-baseball-in-the-roaring-twenties-with-thomas-wolf/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-seats-still-available-7112953/427-baseball-in-the-roaring-twenties-with-thomas-wolf.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}