Sidetrack with Jason Croft
First Saturday of the month at 6 pm
Fun stories, quirky interviews, thought-provoking commentaries, great tunes, and more!
Sidetrack is AM 580's monthly news/features magazine hosted by Jason Croft. Sidetrack's goal is to bring you the stories you might have otherwise missed--the stories that sometimes get overlooked during the busy day-to-day headlines. The stories are sometimes off-beat, sometimes unusual, but never dull. It's a fresh look at the what's going on in our backyard and around the world. Be sure to explore program contents for links to more info and a few surprises.
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October 2009
Program air date: Saturday, October 03, 2009
This month, we talk to the creator of the popular blog Cake Wrecks, which highlights professional cakes that have gone horribly wrong. In our annual chat with a ghost hunter, we chat with Dale Kaczmarek of the Ghost Research Society. And we’ll hear the gruesome story of the Villisca Axe Murder House. Those stories and more, this time on Sidetrack.
Menu:
- Cake Wrecks (web site)
- Essay: "Plummeting Approval" (web site)
- Interview with ghost hunter Dale Kaczmarek, President of the Ghost Research Society (web site)
- Villisca Axe Murder House
Audio:
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September 2009
Program air date: Saturday, September 05, 2009
This month, we talk to the curator of the Hall of Heroes Superhero Museum in Elkhart, Indiana. We also talk to a Gibson City man about his bike trek from San Francisco to Illinois. And we have a special in-studio interview with Phil Clark of the local didjeridu rock band Tree Thump. Those stories and more, this time on Sidetrack!
Menu:
- Bike Trek from San Francisco to Gibson City (web site)
- Recycling Your Ride
- Hall of Heroes Superhero Museum (web site)
- Slacktivism
- Stingrays for dinner
- In-studio interview with Phil Clark of the band Tree Thump (web site)
Audio:
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August 2009
Program air date: Saturday, August 01, 2009
For this program, we follow an annual seven-day bike race across Iowa, we learn the history of the Ferris Wheel, we hear what former music executives are doing now after the collapse of the industry, and we find out what it’s like to take on a bully, for the first time, at age 33.
Menu:
- You Used To Be About The Music
- Ragbrai--bike race across Iowa
- Rare baseball event essay
- High Above Lake Michigan--the history of the Ferris Wheel
- Our Gods Wear Spandex (replay)
- Punching Out A Bully
Audio:
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July 2009
Program air date: Saturday, July 04, 2009
We hear the unusual story of Albert Cashier, a Civil War soldier from Illinois with a surprising secret. We also hear about a horn symposium that was held recently in Macomb; revisit our interview about the World’s Largest Catsup Bottle; and hear about one woman’s efforts to go green by dumpster diving.
Menu:
- International horn symposium in Macomb
- World's Largest Catsup Bottle (replay)
- Andy Kaufman
- In love with a cannibal
- The dumpstering life
- The secret life of civil war soldier Albert Cashier
