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Amy Rupertas Peacock makes history personal with her grandfather.

Feb 27, 2020

Amy Rupertus Peacock and Stuart share a history from before either was born.

Her grandfather Bill Rupertus was the commanding general in the bloody Battle of Peleliu where Stuart’s biological father was wounded in action.

Now Amy is using original letters and photos to fight for family and honor.

To her, history is...

Sis Kaplan shakes up the "good ole boys" in radio, makes history.

Feb 20, 2020

Sis Kaplan brought Rock N Roll and a fresh, new Big WAYS Radio to a cultural backwater called Charlotte. She faced sexism misogyny and anti-semitism at every step.

Stuart takes as much of Sis’ time as she has to spare to talk about the birth of WBBM radio on her grandmother’s rooftop in Chicago, playing softball...

Leigh Ann Walker turns to the Chicago Cubs to know her father.

Feb 13, 2020

Leigh Ann Walker learned to toddle near the bases at Chicago’s Wrigley Field. Her father coached 3rd base for the Cubs but he died when she was just two years old. She grew up with no memory of him. Now at age 50, Leigh Ann herself is facing down breast cancer with a calm resolve and a clear recognition she has no...

April Dinwoodie on identity and her own transracial adoption.

Feb 6, 2020

Stuart takes the NYC subway to 116th Street in Harlem to meet April Dinwoodie, interrupting her afternoon run in Central Park. Stuart and April are very different people except in one life-defining event: both were separated from their mothers on the day of their birth. Oh yeah. And both of their mothers were...