Chris Lamb’s Interviews (Audio and Video)

• Interview by Rob Neyer, “SABRcast with Rob Neyer,” October 30, 2023 (Audio), https://sabr.org/sabrcast/episode/238
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• Interviewed by Josh Levin, “The Team Nobody Would Play,” Slate, “One Year, 1955,” August 31, 2023 (Audio), https://slate.com/podcasts/one-year/s5/1955/e1/cannon-street-all-stars-1955- little-league-world-series-civil-rights-pioneers
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• Interviewed by Walter Edgar, “Walter Edgar’s Journal,” South Carolina Public Radio, November 14, 2022 (Audio)

• Interviewed by Marty Lurie, KNBR, for San Francisco Giants baseball network, July 17, 2022 (Audio)

• Interviewed by Justin McGuire, Baseball by the Books podcast, June 8, 2022 (Audio)

• Interviewed by Paul Aron, Pandemic Baseball Club, (Video)

• Interviewed by Bob Cudmore, “Historians Podcast,” WVTL-AM, Amsterdam, NY (audio), May 6, 2022 (Audio)

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• Interviewed by Jason Jackson and Kirk Morrison, “Forward Progress,” Sirius XM Satellite Radio, syndicated (Audio), April 7, 2022

• Interviewed by Derek Martin, “Upon Further Review,” KMA-AM, Nebraska, April 7, 2022 (Audio)

• Moderated panel discussion on Jackie Robinson, Religion, and the Long Shadow of Integration,” Center for the Study of Religion and Culture, Indiana University-Indianapolis, March 24, 2022 (Video)

• Interviewed by Bob Kendrick, president, Negro League Baseball Museum, “Black Diamonds: The Road to Integration” (Audio), March 1, 2022

• Interviewed by John Shrader, “Watch the Media,” podcast (Audio), October 19, 2020

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• Chris Lamb, “Rachel Robinson,” audio essay, “Academic Mind Series,” WAMC public radio station (Audio), August 2019

• Interviewed in film documentary, “Long Time Coming,” 2018 (Video)

• “Can Cartoons Start Wars,” Zocalo Public Square, Los Angeles, panelist, March 10, 2015 (Video)

• Interviewed by Neal Conan, “Talk of the Nation,” National Public Radio, July 16, 2008 (Audio)

• Interviewed by Renee Montagne, “Political Comebacks: The Art of the Putdown,” “Morning Edition,” NPR, May 12, 2008 (Audio)

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• Interviewed in documentary, “Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire,” Independent Lens, PBS, November 7, 2006 (Video)

• Interviewed by Lynn Neary, “Cuts Worrying to Editorial Cartoonists,” National Public Radio, December 5, 2005 (Audio)

Chris Lamb’s Articles and Columns

• “Lorne Michaels, the Man Behind the Curtain at Saturday Night Live,” The Conversation, 2/12/24

• “College Students Are in a Mental Health Crisis,” Chicago Tribune, 9/30/22

• “A Journalism Professor Breaks Down What the Racist Implications of ‘Dilbert’ Creator Scott Adams Really Says About Free Speech,” Fortune, 3/3/2023
• “How Emmett Till’s Death Led to Invention of Liberal Media,” The Nation, 8/31/22

• “An All-Black Little League Team Made History Without Playing a Game,” Washington Post, 8/28/22

• “Man’s Inhumanity to Kids,” USA Today, 8/26/22

• “Remembering Little League Baseball’s Civil War,” Inside Sources, 8/25/22.

• “When Integration was Front and Center at Little League World Series,” Andscape, ESPN’s website on race, sports, culture, 8/17/22.

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• “Jackie Robinson was a Republican Until It Became the White Man’s Party,” The Conversation, 4/15/2022.

• “I Am Proud: Jackie Robinson’s Heartfelt Letter of Hope to a Black Child,” USA Today, 4/14/2022.

• “Jackie Robinson’s Influence was Felt All Over, Including Charleston,” Charleston (SC) Post and Courier, 4/3/2022.

• “The Abner Doubleday Myth,” Inside Sources, 4/3/2022.

• “Jerry Harkness’ Legendary Run with Loyola Began with a Pep Talk from Jackie Robinson,” Chicago Tribune, 4/1/2022.

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• “When a Black Team Entered Charleston’s Little League Tournament in 1955, All Hell Broke Loose,” Andscape, ESPN’s website on race, sports, culture, 4/1/22.
  
• “Dixie League Baseball Is Built on Racism and Heartbreak,” The Nation, 3/31/2022.

• “Is This End of Editorial Cartooning?” Chicago Tribune, 10/7/2022.

• “Texas Voting Law Builds on Long Legacy from GOP Leaders,” The Conversation, 9/15/2021. 

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• “When a Black Boxing Champion Beat the ‘Great White Hope, All Hell Broke Loose,” The Conversation, 6/15/2021.
  
  
• “Joe Biden, a Father’s Love and the Legacy of ‘Daddy Issues’ Among Presidents,” The Conversation, 6/15/2021. 

• “From ‘Redlegs’ to ‘Red Scare’ to ‘Twilight Zone’: Strange Trip of the Cincinnati Reds’ Nickname,” USA Today, 4/7/2021. 

• “J.G. Taylor Spink’s Racist Baseball Legacy Lasted Decades, But in the End, Truth Won,” USA Today, 3/13/2021. 

• “America’s First Post-World War II Race Riot to Near Lynching of Thurgood Marshall,” Washington Post, 2/25/2021.

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• “The White Media Missed the Significance of Jackie Robinson,” The Undefeated, 2/22/2021.

• “The Jackie Robinson Story You May Not Know from 75 Years ago,” USA Today, 2/17/2021.

• “Has Donald Trump Had His Joe McCarthy Moment?” The Conversation, 11/6/2020. Also published on websites of Alternet, National Interest, Houston Chronicle, and Salon.

• “What It’s Like to Lose a Presidential Election,” The Conversation, 10/30/202. Also published on websites of National Interest and Houston Chronicle.

• “Lincoln Project’s Anti-Trump Ads Show Biting Power of Satire,” The Conversation, 10/20/2020. Also published on websites of Salon, AlterNet, Houston Chronicle, and National Interest.

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• “How Baseball’s First Commissioner Led a Conspiracy of Silence to Preserve Baseball’s Color Line,” The Conversation, 10/16/2020. Also published on websites of National Interest and Houston Chronicle.

• “Nineteenth-Century Black Baseball Player Fought for Black Suffrage – and Was Killed for it,” Washington Post, 10/9/2020.

• “VP Debates are Often Forgettable – But Dan Quayle Never Recovered from 1988 Mistake,” The Conversation, 10/6/2020. Also republished on websites of National Interest and Houston Chronicle.

• “Don’t Underestimate the Power of a Putdown in a Presidential Debate,” The Conversation, 9/29/2020. Also republished on Salon.com, National Interest, Snopes, etc.

• “Calling Someone a ‘Jackass’ Is a Tradition in Politics,” The Conversation, 2/27/2020. Also published on websites, San Francisco Chronicle, National Interest. 

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• “The Democratic Party Needs Another Fritz Hollings,” Inside Sources.com, 17 February 2020. Published in the Charleston News and Courier, 3/4/2020.

• “How Jackie Robinson’s Wife Rachel Helped Him Break Baseball’s Color Line,” The Conversation, 1/30/2019. Also published on websites of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, History News Network, Stamford (Connecticut) Advocate.

• Ed Henry, Chris Lamb, “Jackie Robinson’s 100th birthday — His Faith in God Was the Secret Ingredient to His Success, Fox News.Com, 1/28/2019. 

• “Happy Midterms: Here’s a Rundown of Best Political Zingers in History,” The Conversation, 9/4/2018. Also published on websites of Alternet, San Francisco Chronicle Houston Chronicle.

• “What The Founding Fathers Taught Me About Democracy — And Why It Matters More Than Ever In the Age Of Trump,” Huffington Post, 3/16/2017. 

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• “President-Elect Trump Calls for Removal of Statue of Liberty Because it Encourages Immigration,” Huffington Post, 11/18/2016. (satire).

• “Pence Says He Believed Trump When He Said He ‘Was Great Christian . . . The Best Christian Ever,’ ”Huffington Post, 10/14/2016. (satire).

• “Psychologist: Trump’s Voice Causes Mania, Belligerence, Impotence in Rats – Yet Rats Still Plan on Voting for Him,” Huffington Post, 10/6/2016 (satire).

• “WikiLeaks Confirms That Donald Trump Is Son of Satan” Huffington Post, 9/19/2016 (satire).

• “Mike Pence Opposes Word ‘Vice’ on Religious Grounds, Doesn’t Want to be Called Vice Presidential Candidate,” Huffington Post, 9/16/2016 (satire).

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• “NC Governor Won’t Release Birth Certificate After Report Says Gender on His Birth Certificate Was Blank,” Huffington Post, 9/2/2016 (satire).

• “GOP Legislators in Texas Drop Requiring Citizenship Tests for Minority Voters After Most Legislators Fail Text,” Huffington Post, 8/11/2016 (satire).

• “How Bigotry Crushed the Dreams of an All-Black Little League Team,” The Conversation, published 8/19/2016. Also appeared on websites of Quartz, Public Radio International, The Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle.

• “Pence Uses Bible To Justify His Bigotry and Not to Help Those Who Need Help or to Comfort The Persecuted,” Huffington Post, 6/15/2016 (satire).

• “Donald Trump Vets Indiana Gov. Mike Pence for VP to Win Over Evangelical Voters,” Huffington Post, 7/7/2016

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• “Indiana Governor Bans Boys from Wearing Clothes with ‘Gay’ Colors,” Huffington Post, 4/28/2016 (satire).

• “Mississippi Legislature OKs Bill to Ban Leavened Bread, Eating Shellfish, Shaving, and Wearing Polyester,” 4/13/2016 (satire).

• “How Politics Played a Major Role in the Signing of Jackie Robinson,” The Conversation, published 4/12/2016. Also published on New Republic.com.

• “In a State Wrought with Racial Tension, Jackie Robinson Suited Up for His First Spring Training Game,” The Conversation, published 3/16/2016. Also published on Public Radio International (PRI) website and Newsweek.com.

• “The Police Beating That Opened America’s Eyes to Jim Crow’s Brutality,” The Conversation, published 2/11/2016. Also published on American Experience/PBS website.

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• “Epidemic of Injuries Hits Young Athletes,” Indianapolis Star, 3/9/2015. 

• Chris Lamb, “Conservative Folly,” Letter to the editor, San Francisco Chronicle, 12/6/2014. 

• “I Went to My First Major League Game 50 Years Ago — And All Hell Broke Loose,”Huffington Post, 9/26/2014. 

• “Humor Brings Light Instead of Darkness to Political Ads, Huffington Post, 9/22/2014. 

• “If I Hadn’t Been Treated for Depression, I Wouldn’t Have the Life I Have,” Huffington Post, 10/9/2013. 

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• “Jackie Robinson’s Heroic Journey Redeemed Us All,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, 4/12/2013.

• “Jackie Robinson: Faith in Himself – and in God,” Wall Street Journal, 4/12/2013. 

• “The Redemption of Clay Hopper,” Montreal Gazette, 4/6/2013. 

• “Catcher’s Tears Were a Likely Inspiration for Rickey,” New York Times, 4/15/2012. 

• “How the Daily News Paved the Way for Jackie Robinson,” New York Daily News, 4/15/2012. 

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• “Jackie Robinson — Crossing the Line,” Los Angeles Times, 2/27/2012. 

• “Boy Who Stuttered Finds His Voice,” Charleston Post and Courier, Monday, 21 February 2011, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2/24/2011. 

• “Kids Should Have Heard Obama,” Charleston Post and Courier, 9/11/2009.

• “A Public Slur in 1938 Bared a Game’s Racism,” New York Times, 7/27/2008. 

• “From Pericles to Obama,” Washington Post, 12/15/2007.  Also appeared also in Chicago Tribune. 

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• “Baseball Drops Ball in Game of Catch with Kids,” Orlando Sentinel, 7/7/2007. 

• “Hypocrisy Should Strike Out: Bonds’ Critics Once Enabled Homer Quest,” Boston Herald, 6/15/2007.  Appeared also in Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2007.

• “Cartoons That Move People,” Newsday, 4/17/2007.  

• “Independent Journalism,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/14/2005.  

• “Like Horace, `Doonesbury’ Wants to Tell the Truth Laughing,’ Miami Herald, 5/6 2004.
  Appeared also in Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 

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• “It’s Serious Business Behind Humor Class Laughter,” St. Petersburg Times, 7/18/1999.

• “Flag-Desecration Amendment is Un-American and Unnecessary,” The State (Columbia, SC) 2/20/1999. Also appeared in Chicago Tribune.

• “Wanted: NFL Team to Support,” Sports Illustrated, 9/30/1996.