The Winter Palace Podcast
Odessa Steps Magazine
Categories: Sports & Recreation
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We’re happy to welcome back Al Getz (@AlGetzWrestling) to discuss the latest edition of his Charting the Territories books, this one covering 1971-1973 Gulf Coast Wrestling. We talk about the main players in the territory at this time, including Cowboy Bob Kelly, Bobby Shane, Don Fargo and Rip Tyler, as well as future stars like Kevin Sullivan, Steve Keirn, Ron Bass and Greg Valentine, wrestling as Don’s brother Johnny Fargo. We talk about the towns the promotion ran and some of the interesting ways they crowned champions there (not with belts or trophies). Then, as we did recently with Beau James, we talk about the travails of being a wrestling historian, covering a business that’s built on a lie. How hard is it to get “accurate” data on things like shows, box office and the like? And Al talk us through his methodology, both online and boots on the ground research. We chat about Al being inducted into the Tragos/Thesz Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame in Waterloo, Iowa, getting the James C. Melby Historian Award. The show ends with some quick baseball chat, with the season just a week old and Al’s Atlanta Braves being the only National League East team with a winning record. He also tells us about his first road trip of the year and dealing with weather issues with early spring baseball in the Midwest. And the next episode of the Charting the Territories will look at Dick the Bruiser’s WWA in Indianapolis coming next week.
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150 - Episode 130 - Some Jackets Required Sat, 06 Apr 2024
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149 - Episode 129 - I Am A Rock Sun, 10 Mar 2024 - 0h
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148 - Episode 128 - Hellfire and Brimstone Mon, 05 Feb 2024
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147 - The Plot Podcast - Episode 20 - Oh, Wolfie Tue, 16 Jan 2024
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146 - Episode 127 - Yellow Rose of Texas Wed, 27 Dec 2023
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145 - Episode 126 - Tokyo Giant Sun, 17 Dec 2023 - 0h
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144 - Episode 125 - Sweet F.A. Sat, 11 Nov 2023
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143 - Episode 124 - Just Gone Noon, Half Past Monsoon Sun, 29 Oct 2023
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142 - The Plot Podcast - Episode 19 - Pulse/Kairo (2001) Sun, 22 Oct 2023
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141 - Episode 123 - It's Full of Stars Sat, 30 Sep 2023
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140 - The Plot Podcast - Episode 18 - Whose Line Is It Anyway? Sun, 24 Sep 2023
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139 - Episode 122 - Hotscakes Sun, 27 Aug 2023
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138 - The Plot Podcast - Episode 17 - Enola Gay Sun, 06 Aug 2023 - 0h
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137 - Episode 121 - Boys Don't Cry Sun, 30 Jul 2023
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136 - The Plot Podcast - Holiday Special - The Force of July Tue, 04 Jul 2023
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135 - The Plot Podcast - Episode 15 - Serpentine (RIP Alan Arkin) Sun, 02 Jul 2023
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134 - The Plot Podcast - Episode 14 - Stanley and His Monster Mon, 19 Jun 2023
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133 - The Plot Podcast - Episode 13 - Don't Mess Around With Jim Mon, 22 May 2023
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132 - Episode 120 - May Day Mon, 01 May 2023
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131 - Episode 119 - Why Always-a Me? Sun, 16 Apr 2023
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130 - The Plot Podcast - Episode 12 - Year of the Domino Mon, 27 Mar 2023 - 0h
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129 - Episode 118 - No Man Is An Island Sat, 11 Mar 2023
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128 - The Plot Podcast - Episode 11 - Conquistador Sun, 12 Feb 2023
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127 - Episode 117 - Sunshine Superman Wed, 01 Feb 2023
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126 - Episode 116 - It's a Family Affair # 4 - La Vie en Rose Sun, 08 Jan 2023
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125 - The Plot Podcast - Episode 10 - Singing Cowboy Xmas Movies Sun, 25 Dec 2022
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124 - Episode 115 - The Grandaddy Tue, 22 Nov 2022
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123 - The Plot Podcast - Episode 9 - BTAS Thu, 17 Nov 2022 - 0h
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122 - The Plot Podcast - Episode 8 - Spooky Seventies Saturday Morning TV Sat, 29 Oct 2022
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121 - Episode 114 - Louisiana Hayride Mon, 24 Oct 2022
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120 - The Plot Podcast - Episopde 7 - Ultraviolet (1998) Sat, 15 Oct 2022 - 0h
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119 - Episode 113 - Fat Pigeons Thu, 06 Oct 2022
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118 - The Plot Podcast - Episode 6 - 1960s Spy Shows and ... Creatures? Sun, 02 Oct 2022
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117 - Episode 112 - Wowie Zowie Fri, 30 Sep 2022
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116 - The Plot - Episode 5 - French New Wave Sun, 18 Sep 2022
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115 - The Plot - Episode 4 - Inspector Clouseau / The Inspector Sun, 21 Aug 2022
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114 - The Plot - Episode 3 - Secret Six / Showcase 43 Wed, 27 Jul 2022
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113 - Episode 111 - Let's Go to the Videotape Sun, 24 Jul 2022
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112 - Episode 110 - Million Dollar Bash Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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111 - The Plot - Episode 2 - The Lavender Hill Mob / Card Shark Fri, 24 Jun 2022
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110 - The Plot - Episode One - Mission Impossible 1966 Mon, 06 Jun 2022
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109 - Episode 109 - Stray Cat Strut Tue, 31 May 2022
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108 - Episode 108 - Son of a Gypsy Fri, 06 May 2022
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107 - Episode 107 - Children of the Night Sun, 17 Apr 2022
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106 - Episode 106 - Bad Moon Rising Fri, 01 Apr 2022
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105 - Episode 105 - Tyger, Tyger Wed, 09 Mar 2022
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104 - Episode 104 - He Who Laughs Last Tue, 01 Feb 2022
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103 - Episode 103 - Blood Will Have Blood Thu, 30 Dec 2021
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102 - Episode 102 - My Coffee with Andre Thu, 18 Nov 2021
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101 - Episode 101 - Teenage Kicks Sat, 16 Oct 2021