Limpert Tech on iHeartRadio: Ashley Brown, Author of ‘Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson’

Rick talks with University of Wisconsin professor and author, Ashley Brown this week.

She’s the author of Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson.

The most comprehensive biography of Althea Gibson, set against the major historical developments of the twentieth century
Based on previously unpublished archival sources, news media accounts, and oral histories
A nuanced examination of a woman’s experience as an elite athlete
Places a woman at the center of sports integration

From her start playing paddle tennis on the streets of Harlem as a young teenager to her eleven Grand Slam tennis wins to her professional golf career, Althea Gibson became the most famous black sportswoman of the mid-twentieth century. In her unprecedented athletic career, she was the first African American to win titles at the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open.

In this comprehensive biography, Ashley Brown narrates the public career and private struggles of Althea Gibson (1927-2003). Based on extensive archival work and oral histories, Serving Herself sets Gibson’s life and choices against the backdrop of the Great Migration, Jim Crow racism, the integration of American sports, the civil rights movement, the Cold War, and second wave feminism. Throughout her life Gibson continuously negotiated the expectations of her supporters and adversaries, including her patrons in the black-led American Tennis Association, the white-led United States Lawn Tennis Association, and the media, particularly the Black press and community’s expectations that she selflessly serve as a representative of her race. An incredibly talented, ultra-competitive, and not always likeable athlete, Gibson wanted to be treated as an individual first and foremost, not as a member of a specific race or gender. She was reluctant to speak openly about the indignities and prejudices she navigated as an African American woman, though she faced numerous institutional and societal barriers in achieving her goals. She frequently bucked conventional norms of femininity and put her career ahead of romantic relationships, making her personal life the subject of constant scrutiny and rumors. Despite her major wins and international recognition, including a ticker tape parade in New York City and the covers of Sports Illustrated and Time, Gibson endeavored to find commercial sponsorship and permanent economic stability. Committed to self-sufficiency, she pivoted from the elite amateur tennis circuit to State Department-sponsored goodwill tours, attempts to find success as a singer and Hollywood actress, the professional golf circuit, a tour with the Harlem Globetrotters and her own professional tennis tour, coaching, teaching children at tennis clinics, and a stint as New Jersey Athletics Commissioner. As she struggled to support herself in old age, she was left with disappointment, recounting her past achievements decades before female tennis players were able to garner substantial earnings.

A compelling life and times portrait, Serving Herself offers a revealing look at the rise and fall of a fiercely independent trailblazer who satisfied her own needs and simultaneously set a pathbreaking course for Black athletes.

Limpert Tech on iHeartRadio 1/1/22 - Dr. Judson Brandeis, Author, 'The 21st Century Man'

Rick is joined by Dr. Judson Brandeis this week.

Every man over 35 needs to own and read this comprehensive health guide for men. 60 board-certified doctors and men’s health experts offer advice and insider secrets that men over 35 need to recover and maintain their physical, mental, and sexual health to feel great, look good, and have better intimacy. Emphasizing prevention and early intervention, The 21st Century Man has sections on the most common causes of mortality, nutrition, exercise, aesthetics, addiction, mental health, relationships, lifestyle and health insurance. There is an extensive section on sexual health and sexual medicine written by an all-star cast of physicians.

Have a listen:

The 21st Century Man

Lead author, Dr. Judson Brandeis, voted best urologist in the SF Bay Area for a decade, is a researcher, physician educator, and a caring clinician and surgeon. A graduate of Brown University, Vanderbilt Medical School, UCLA Urology residency, and Harvard for research, he specializes in the emergent field of men’s sexual health and rejuvenative medicine.

If you an adult male, get this book!

Limpert Tech "SullyCast" on ALT 105.7 and iHeartRadio 5/1/21 - 'Flavour With Benefits: France' and Champagne, Cathy Connally

A big welcome to food innovator Cathy Connally and her book, “Flavour With Benefits: France” — the first in a series. The eBook launches in March 2021, and the hardcover edition will be released in April.

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“Flavour With Benefits” is a new book series by Cathy Connally and coauthor Charley Best. Each book takes the reader on a journey to a different country or region and shares the stories of strong women, breathtaking sights, and food and flavours that reimagine “I’ll Have What She’s Having.”

“With this series of books,” says Cathy, “we are offering women an escape to visit exciting places, draw inspiration from women who changed the world, and enjoy food that doesn’t compromise on taste and health.”

They talk Cathy's passion for travel, the book and some of the history of Champagne.

Limpert Tech "SullyCast" on ALT 105.7 and iHeartRadio 6/13/20 - Gary Revel, Author, Musician and a New Book

To Live or Maybe Not is an entertaining walk down memory lane with musician Gary Revel. From his less-than-orthodox upbringing to his Special Intelligence Operations during the Vietnam War, and eventually his cross-country travels where we meet colorful characters from the music industry, Revel immerses readers in his adventurous world and promises more to come.

Rick talks to Gary about many topics this week!

Musician and historian Gary Revel fully expects readers to say, “No way this could be true,” as they peruse the pages of his colorful memoir, To Live or Maybe Not.

“Don’t worry, I feel the same way when I remember some things I have done in my life,” he quips in the book’s prologue.

 
Part coming-of-age and part adventurous road trip, To Live or Maybe Not begins in Florala, Alabama, near the Florida state line in 1949. Readers who experienced the nomadic, hippie culture of the ’60s and ’70s will be overcome with nostalgia, as Revel takes a long, winding stroll down a memory lane paved with colorful characters and unforgettable situations. We follow Revel through his unusual upbringing, his high school days and his US Navy service during Vietnam.

Most people associate Revel with his accomplishments in the music industry, and it was after his honorable discharge from the Navy that he found himself in Hollywood, California, where his music career blossomed. He eventually traveled back across the country to New York City, Memphis and Nashville. Revel includes entertaining anecdotes from his music career and his pivot toward family life before his life took yet another turn and he began his investigation into the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.  

To Live or Maybe Not leaves off with Revel and his family back in Hollywood. It’s the end of the book but the beginning of more adventures and books to come.

Author Gary Revel was born in Florala, Alabama. After his parents divorced when he was just 5, music became a trusted companion, and he formed his first band when he was 15. After a long career in music, Revel found himself investigating the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in association with the US Government's House Select Committee on Assassinations. Revel continues to release and distribute music via his Jongleur Music company as well as develop motion pictures via his Jongleur Pictures company. He is also the author of My Angel from Heaven, Milestones, Grempk and Don’t Stop Dancing: Stranger Than Fiction, his investigation into the life of Michael Jackson.

Also, check out Gary's new book Don't Stop Dancing: Stranger Than Fiction.

It is the story of my investigation of the life, music and career of Michael Jackson.

Thanks to Gary for stopping by!

Limpert Tech "SullyCast" on ALT 105.7 and iHeartRadio 4/18/20 - Ed Miller, Author, 'A Trucker’s Tale'

Rick talks with veteran truck driver, Ed Miller, this week. Ed is a new author and a former truck driver with stories to tell.

During this time of self-isolation, there’s one occupation that comes to mind of a person who can reveal ways for us to overcome loneliness, self-containment and social distancing while still maintaining a great sense of humor … a trucker! Sixty-year veteran truck driver Ed Miller tells just what it’s like to live on the isolated, cringeworthy, belly-laugh funny, crazy roads of America in his new memoir, A Trucker’s Tale: Wit, Wisdom, and True Stories from 60 Years on the Road.

A Trucker’s Tale: Wit, Wisdom, and True Stories from 60 Years on the Road (Apollo Publishers), Miller gives an inside look at the allure of the work and the colorful characters who haul our goods on the open road. In the book, he shares what it's like to:

•    Grow up in a trucking family;
•    Drive trucks for 60 years under extreme circumstances;    
•    Work as a petty officer in Vietnam; and
•    Morph from a trucker to a granddad turned school bus driver.

Author Ed Miller was born into a family of truckers in North Carolina and began driving tractor-trailers at age thirteen. He has more than 40 years of management and ownership experience in many aspects of the motor carrier industry, including flatbed, van, refrigerated, specialized and transportation brokerage. From 2003 to 2010, he worked in the Office of Freight Logistics at Maryland's Department of Transportation, where he served on numerous county, state and national transportation and research advisory committees. Today he is a part-time school bus driver, working as a substitute/trip driver transporting students or taking school teams to sports events. Ed grew up in western North Carolina and attended East Carolina University before serving in the US Navy Seabees. He is a father of three and a grandfather of two and lives with his wife in Rising Sun, Maryland, near Baltimore.

A Trucker’s Tale: Wit, Wisdom, and True Stories from 60 Years on the Road
Apollo Publishers
Release Date: April 28, 2020
Hardcover
ISBN # 9781948062381

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