Now I've Heard Everything
Episodes
Bob Guccione
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the world of men's magazines, Hugh Hefner was king of the hill for years, as publisher of Playboy magazine. But in 1965, a then-35-year-old laundro...
Anita Roddick
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 1976 a British business woman started a small business to sell skin and hair care products. But she also wanted it to reflect her ethics and ...
Marva Collins
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
America's schools are in crisis right now. After COVID took its toll, and forced remote learning on millions of kids, school boards all over the...
Colin Powell
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The United States marks Veterans Day tomorrow. And very recently, we lost one of the most revered veterans of modern times. The son of Jamaican ...
Mike Krzyzewski
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The men's NCAA college basketball season opens tomorrow. And it will be the final season for one of the game's winningest and most successful coaches ...
Yakov Smirnoff
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Who knew Russians had such a great sense of humor? Well, few Americans thought so, until the 1980s, when the young Russian-born Yakov Smirnoff b...
Beverly Sills
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Any list of the greatest operatic singers of modern times will include, somewhere near the top, the name Beverly Sills. The statuesque soprano was an ...
Linda Greenlaw
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thirty years ago today, November 1, 1991, off the New England coast the six-man crew of the sword fishing boat the Andrea Gail were fighting, and losi...
William Peter Blatty
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Back in the 1960s, he had a very successful career writing screenplays for comedies. William Peter Blatty's credits include movies like A Shot In The ...
Laura Walker
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How would it make you feel if you woke up one day and realized your father was a traitor to his country? Unfortunately that was more than just a rheto...
Bill Kinison
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It was an HBO Young Comedians special in late summer 1985 that launched a young comedian to national fame. Sam Kinison became wildly popular almost ov...
Gennifer Flowers
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In recent years it's Donald Trump's extramarital Affairs that have captured all the media attention. But thirty years ago, there was someone else who ...
Sen. Robert Byrd
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For over half a century Robert Byrd served the people of West Virginia in Congress, first in the House of Representatives, then in the United States S...
Walt Frazier
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the 1960s Drew to a close, New York had a unique Trifecta of sports victories. In January of 1969, the New York Jets won Super Bowl 3. After an inc...
Tony Robbins
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After a childhood he once described as "chaotiz" and "abusive," and a pituitary tumor that made him grow 10 inches in high school. Tony Robbins moved ...
Alice Walker
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
She may be best known by most people for her novel The Color Purple, which won the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and which later became a hugely po...
Donovan
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The people of Scotland and Ireland have a centuries-old tradition of song, poem, and story. In the early 1960s a young poet, Storyteller, and songwrit...
Al Franken
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Al Franken has had several careers. He was one of the original writers and cast members of Saturday Night Live in the mid-1970s. In fact, he was with ...
Jehan Sadat
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is a somber anniversary in the Middle East. 40 years ago today, October 6th, 1981, the long time president of Egypt, Anwar Sadat, was assas...
Chuck Jones
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Just about everyone recognizes that music. It means for the next few minutes, you're going to be entertained by longtime favorites Like Bugs Bunny, Da...
Audrey Meadows
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It was on this date 66 years ago that one of the most popular, most durable, and most iconic situation comedies in television history was born. Taking...
Willie Mays
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's September 29th. And on September 29th, 1954, a young baseball player made a name for himself with a defensive play that to this day remains one o...
Ralph Cooper
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 1935, a young actor, screenwriter, and dancer had an idea. He started a weekly amateur night competition at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, in New Yo...
Penn Jillette
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Remember those ads in the back of magazines and comic books back in the day, promising to show you how to do tricks that will Amaze your family and fr...
Bill and Susan Hayes
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you were a regular viewer of NBC's popular soap opera Days of Our Lives in the 1970s and 80s, you know instantly who I'm talking about when I simpl...
Peggy Noonan
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the mid-1980s one of President Ronald Reagan's favorite speechwriters was the talented wordsmith Peggy Noonan. She crafted some of Reagan's most im...
Jim Bakker
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1970s and 1980s, perhaps no one was more popular on Christian television than Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker. Founders of the PTL club, and later th...
Mary Tillman
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Recently the 20-year war in Afghanistan came to an end. Have his given all of us time to reflect on those two decades. We also remember the 23 hundred...
Micky Dolenz
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fifty years ago this week, NBC TV introduced America to four young men who would change the way music and television interact. Looking to capitalize o...
Lisa Beamer
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On that terrible day 20 years ago, September 11th, 2001, countless Heroes emerged. Some wore police, fire, or military uniforms. Some will be forever ...
Tom Landry
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The NFL regular season kicks off tomorrow night, September 9th, at the Dallas Cowboys take on the Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Now, for 2...
Robert Reich
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hope you had a happy Labor Day Weekend 2021. Labor Day, of course, is the day set aside to honor the contributions of America's labor force. Mos...
Emeril Lagasse
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Got plans for Labor Day weekend? There's a good chance you will be taking part in a cookout, to end the summer. In fact, you may be the one in charge ...
James Patterson
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There's a pretty fair chance that even if you only own a few books, one of them is probably a James Patterson novel. He's written 28 books in the popu...
Jennifer Granholm
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Granholm was elected Michigan's first female governor in 2002, and re-elected, to a second term, four years later. Her work to re-establish M...
Roy Firestone
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When he was still in his teens in the 1960s, Roy Firestone got an up-close look at Major League Baseball, as a spring training bat boy for the Baltimo...
Nien Cheng
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nien Cheng was born into a well-to-do Chinese family in 1915. Her family was able to give her a college education, including post-graduate work ...
Goldie Hawn
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most bankable female movie stars of the last 50 years is also one of the most influential figures in Hollywood. And she got her big break w...
Garrison Keillor
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, August 20th, is National radio day. Every year on this day, we recognize the contribution that this hundred-year-old medium has provided four g...
Andrew Cuomo
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
New York governor, or more precisely, soon-to-be ex governor, Andrew Cuomo has certainly had a rough few weeks. In the face of a scathing report accus...
Benjamin Spock
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Perhaps no one has ever had a bigger impact on an entire generation of children than Dr. Benjamin Spock. His book Baby and Child Care was published in...
Maxene Andrews
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This weekend marks the 76th anniversary V-J Day, the day that the Japanese surrendered to the United States to end World War II. And the interview you...
Alex Haley
11 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's a rare privilege for an author to see, in their lifetime, the broad and deep social and cultural impact the one of their books has. One of ...
Charlotte Church
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of people say that is the voice of an It's actually the voice of young Welsh soprano Charlotte Church. And when I say young, I mean Young. Charl...
Polly Nelson
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Name a famous serial killer. There's a good chance that one of the first names that came to your mind was Ted Bundy. Over a period of years, mos...
Tom Boswell
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 1969, shortly after he graduated from college, Thomas Boswell joined the staff of the Washington Post. Over the next 15 years he honed his craft as...
Robert Evans
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As a Young Man, Robert Evans wasn't even in Show Business. Then one day, just like something out of a storybook, actress Norma Sherer spot of him and ...
Martha Reeves
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When you think of the best of Motown in the late 1950s and early ‘60s, one of the names that has to be near the top of the list it Martha and the Be...
Cesar Millan
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A dog may be man's best friend, but many of us unconsciously do things that can undermine that relationship, says Cesar Millan, otherwise known as The...
John Sculley
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Doing a 13-year career at PepsiCo, including six years as its president, John Scully prove to be something of a marketing genius. If you’ve ever see...
Carl Lewis
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The covid-delayed Tokyo Olympics get underway today. We'll seen enougbh know who the next athletic heroes will be. Throughout the 1980s and into the ‘...
Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In November 1980, after serving just one term as President, Jimmy Carter was voted out of office. The following January he and First Lady Rosaly...
Michael Collins
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fifty-two years ago this week the world watched in fascination, as Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first human beings t...
Ginger Rogers
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ginger Rogers is one of those Hollywood figures who transcended mere stardom, and became a cultural icon. In the 1930s she and her dance partner Fred ...
R. Lee Ermey
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It takes a certain kind of man to be a successful u.s. Marine drill instructor. It seems to come naturally to some men. And one of them turned i...
David Brinkley
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Young journalist David Brinkley first came to Washington, D.C. in 1943, just as World War II was transforming the nation's capital. The sleepy S...
Charles Grodin
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
His first big break in the movies came with a film called The Heartbreak Kid. But that was just the beginning for Charles Grodin. Then came Midnight R...
Caroline Kennedy
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From a very early age, Caroline Kennedy was taught to appreciate the beauty and power of poetry. No surprise, really. Her parents were both very well ...
Bob Gibson
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1960s and into the early 70s, one of the most dominant pitchers in the National League was St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Bob Gibson. During ...
Dave Barry
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If he had wanted to, Dave Berry probably could have been a successful stand-up comedian. Instead, he wrote a humor column. And wrote books. Lots and l...
Terri Irwin
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the '90s and early 2000s, one of the most popular TV personalities in the world was Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin. He happily and enthusiastically i...
Bobby Seale
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
55 years ago African Americans were making historic gains in civil rights. But much work was still to be done. That year, 1966, Bobby Seale and ...
Terry Bradshaw
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Most people consider Terry Bradshaw, formerly of the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers, to be among the greatest quarterbacks ever. His list of accompli...
Chris Costner Sizemore
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today doctors call it "dissociative identity disorder" but when Chris Costner Sizemore was diagnosed and treated for it over 60 years ago, it was simp...
Tab Hunter
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
He was one of the hottest young movie stars in the 1950s... Tab Hunter -- who grew up as Artt Gelien -- was a figure skater as a teenager. As a ...
Rock Brynner
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1950s, few actors dominated Broadway the way Yul Brynner did. Playing the lead in the Rodgers and Hammerstein's play “The King and I,” Bryn...
Naomi Judd
16 Jun 2021
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Naomi Judd was born "Diana Judd" not long after World War II ended. Her dad ran a gas station in Ashland, Kentucky, By the time she was in her mid 30s...
Carl T. Rowan
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As a young journalist in the 1950s, Carl T. Rowan covered the emerging civil rights movement, and its leaders, including people like Martin Luther Kin...
Candace Gingrich
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's not always easy to babysit money of a very famous politician. But, perhaps, especially if you're a lesbian and your brother is one of the nation'...
PD James
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For decades, going back to the 1970s, one of the most popular contemporary British mystery writers was PD James. In a style sometimes reminiscent of A...
Bob Denver
07 Jun 2021
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Robert Osbourne Denver graduated from college with a degree in political science, then caoched physical education and even taught math and histo...
Julia Child
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Julia Child is probably the reason many people became professional chefs. She's also the reason many many millions of us have attempted things in the ...
Al Neuharth
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you have to be kind of an SOB to be a success? What kind of connotation does that term even have anymore? Those were two of the key questions that ...
Winnie Smith
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Memorial Day is an occasion to pause and honor those who have given their lives in military service. But we can also remember those who went to war to...
Betty DeGeneres
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We learned recently that daytime TV's Ellen DeGeneres Show is coming to an end next year after 19 seasons. Her show made its debut just a couple of ye...
Steve Allen
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Long before Jimmy Fallon, way before Jay Leno, before Johnny Carson, or Jack Paar .. NBC's Tonight Show was hosted by its co-creator Steve Allen. ...
Dan Bongino
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A new nationally syndicated radio talk show is debuting this week. Its host is conservative commentator Dan Bongino, who was, for several years, a Sec...
Charles Schulz
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Is there any man, woman, or child in America -- or anywhere around the world, for that matter -- who does not know Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, and Sno...
George Shultz
19 May 2021
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George Shulz served in various positions under three U.S. presidents -- in fact Shultz held four different cabinet-level posts over the years. An econ...
Howard Schultz
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When three guys from San Francisco started Starbucks 50 years ago, in 1971, they probably had little idea of what the future would bring for their lit...
La Toya Jackson
15 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
She was born into what would become one of America's most famous music families. La Toya Jackson is the fifth, and middle, child in the Jackson ...
Chuck Yeager
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
He was a farm boy from Hamlin, West Virginia. Chuck Yeager join the Army at the outset of World War II, Have it wasn't long before he became a f...
Ron Luciano
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
They say baseball is a funny game. No, really, it's a funny game full of funny characters. In the 1980s, one of the best chroniclers of those characte...
Betty Mahmoody
07 May 2021
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Happy Mothers Day weekend to all the moms listening right now. Today, the story of one exceptionally courageous mom. Her name is Betty Mah...
Michelle & Jim Bob Duggar
05 May 2021
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For seven years, the Duggar family captivated American TV viewers, with their reality show “17 Kids and Counting” -- which was later renamed “18...
Lewis Black
03 May 2021
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Lewis Black makes us laugh by being the angry man. The perpetually irritated Lewis Black wrote a book in 2005, a semi-autobiographical account but he ...
Peter Funt
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When I was a kid one of the TV shows I most look forward to every week was the Sunday night episode of “Candid Camera.” With hidden cameras set up...
Gloria Allred
28 Apr 2021
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She is one of America's most high-profile lawyers. In a career that began in the 1970s, Gloria Allred has become especially known for taking on...
Gene Klein
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the early 1960s, the San Diego Chargers were a powerhouse in the American Football League. In 1966, the franchise was purchased by a very successfu...
Martha Stewart
23 Apr 2021
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Well, in most of the U.S. warm spring weather is here. And for many of us, that's an inspiration to get outside work in the garden. And it remin...
Glen Campbell
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
He was the kid from a small town in Arkansas who grew up to become a country and western superstar. Born in 1936, Glen Campbell first took up the guit...
Lionel Hampton
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When you begin to list the greatest American Jazz percussionists of all time, near the top of that list has to be the great Vibe the harpist and drumm...
Ruth Handler
16 Apr 2021
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Raise your hand if you had a Barbie Doll, or Hot Wheels, when you were a kid. Or how about a Chatty Cathy, or a See-and-Say? Bu perhaps no toy o...
Patty Duke
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Well before her 20th birthday, Patty Duke had already won an Oscar and was star of her own TV series. Patty Duke won the Oscar for best supporting act...
James Watson
12 Apr 2021
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In 1953, an earnest and ambitious 25-year-old scientist nmaed James Watson made a groundbreaking discovery that helped revolutionize science, medicine...
G. Gordon Liddy
09 Apr 2021
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A third-rate burglary” at Washington's Watergate hotel and office complex in the summer of 1972 launched a scandal that ultimately brought down the ...
Barbara Bush
07 Apr 2021
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Sometimes when I interview celebrities, they are exactly the way I thought they would be. And sometimes, a celebrity would surprise me a l...
Dick Vitale
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You would probably be hard-pressed to find a person with more natural energy and enthusiasm than Dick Vitale -- former high school, college, and NBA b...
Jim Lovell
02 Apr 2021
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Jim Lovell was the commander of the three-man crew, whose mission was to land on the Moon. But just two days into the mission, something went terribly...
Bob Feller
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tomorrow is Major League Baseball's opening day. So today, a conversation from a few years ago with one of the greatest major league pitchers of all t...