Tim Lambert
Pittsburgh sportswriter and editor (formerly with public radio) who discusses local teams and fan culture, featured in the episode's opening segment about the Pirates and baseball season.
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Mar 26, 2026 • 50min
Today’s Echoes of Jackie Robinson’s America
Tim Lambert, Pittsburgh sportswriter who covers local teams and fan culture, opens with hopeful baseball season talk. Howard Bryant, award-winning sports journalist and historian of race and sports, explores Jackie Robinson, Paul Robeson, and HUAC. They discuss baseball’s seasonal optimism, the 1949 HUAC hearing’s echoes in today’s loyalty debates, and the long arc of athlete activism.
