Today we bring you a very special episode of EarBurner, the D Magazine podcast. Longtime CBS newsman Dan Rather stopped by the Old Monk with his grandson Martin to promote a new prize they’re offering for great ideas to improve Texas education.
The Rather Boys proved delightful guests, with Dan holding forth upon his time covering the JFK Assassination, speaking about his professional relationship with Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, and indulging Tim and Zac’s usual brand of tomfoolery.
A few notes to enhance the listening experience:
1. The House of David was a religious society famous in the early 20th century for its barnstorming baseball team:
2. Lee Harvey Oswald’s gravestone was returned to North Texas from a museum in Illinois this week:
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3. The beginning of the end of Dan Rather’s career at CBS News was a 2004 report for 60 Minutes about President George W. Bush’s National Guard service during the Vietnam War:
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4. A movie adaptation of the fallout of that National Guard story, titled Truth, comes out in October.
5. Dan Rather’s drinking game for the GOP primary debates was published on Mashable.
6. Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is known for speaking with reporters while working out on a stair master:
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7. Dan Rather talking to Rascal Flatts:
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8. Dan Rather interviews Jack White:
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9. More information about the Rather Prize.
Now get to the show, via iTunes, Stitcher, your preferred podcatcher, or in the player embedded below:
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