by John U. Bacon | Mar 8, 2022 | Season 1
Episode Summary: Casey Cowell Casey Cowell, son of a Detroit plumber, played goalie with the sons of Gordie Howe, and won a national title. He took that confidence with him to the University of Chicago, and at 24, turned $200 into a $2.5 billion company called U.S....
by John U. Bacon | Mar 1, 2022 | Season 1
Episode Summary: Ken Fischer Longtime president of Michigan’s famed University Musical Society, Ken Fischer explains how this small town attracts world-class talent like Leonard Bernstein, Yo-Yo Ma, Wynton Marsalis, and the Royal Shakespeare Company. But the best...
by John U. Bacon | Feb 23, 2022 | Season 1
Episode Summary: Tom Miller Tom Miller turned down Penn’s prestigious Wharton School of Business to join his high school girlfriend at the University of Michigan. His father objected, but he’s been married to Bonnie for 52 years, and has a record-tying five degrees...
by John U. Bacon | Feb 16, 2022 | Season 1
Episode Summary: Jordan Wertlieb Hearst Television named Jordan Wertlieb president in 2013, leading 33 stations in 26 U.S. markets, plus digital properties, 2 radio stations, and more than 70 programming streams with multicast channels. He caught the TV bug in high...
by John U. Bacon | Feb 8, 2022 | Season 1
Episode Summary: Jim Barahal Jim Barahal’s first career would have been enough. After graduating from medical school he moved to Hawaii, started making house calls – unheard of in 1982 – and built a thriving practice, “Doctors on Call,” with 19 clinics and 60,000...
