Hey, Did I Ever Tell You About?

Dave and Karen Hager
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Retired newsman Dave Hager shares memories and adventures from more than fifty years on the beat in Michigan and Indiana. New episodes every Friday.

  1. 02/11/2022

    The Apple Cider Gang

    Dave and a college accomplice try to smuggle hard cider into a dry Illinois town.

    10 min

  2. 10/08/2021

    Locked In

    Dave was working at WIRE Radio one Sunday in downtown Indianapolis when he decided to make a quick run to the post office ... and found he couldn't escape.

    17 min

  3. 08/13/2021

    Jimmy Moreno (and the Easter Egg)

    Dave reminisces about his childhood friend Jimmy Moreno and shares a perilous journey he made to deliver an Easter egg.

    13 min

  4. 07/23/2021

    The Jazz Scene

    Every Friday evening for 26 years, Dave and his friend Garrard sat down in the studio to record a jazz radio show called The Jazz Scene for the local NPR affiliate. In this episode, Dave remembers how his love of jazz and the connections he made through the show changed his life and, in one case, helped a grieving son reconnect with his jazz clarinetist father's lost interview.

    15 min

  5. 07/16/2021

    Roller Girl and the Bouncer

    Love blooms at the Silver Star Skating Rink when a farm girl goes on a blind date and meets a wonderful man. Dave remembers Dick and Dottie and shares the story of their 56-year marriage.

    15 min

  6. 07/02/2021

    Mad Enough to Spit

    Dave's work didn't always make people happy. In this episode you'll hear about cranky, furious, and homicidal readers ... and even a whole town that got a bit irritated.

    14 min

  7. 06/18/2021

    Sister Lakes

    Dave discovers a vanishing island ... and a monster to go with it.

    11 min

  8. 06/11/2021

    I've Been Thrown Out of Better Places Than This

    Dave recalls how getting kicked out of a high-school math class led to a radio wonderland, and reflects on how reporters are sometimes excluded from things just when it's getting interesting.

    14 min
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Retired newsman Dave Hager shares memories and adventures from more than fifty years on the beat in Michigan and Indiana. New episodes every Friday.

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