Ted Turner

There are some celebrities and businesspeople that make where they are from part of their identity.  Jay-Z and New York, Mark Wahlberg and Boston, and who can forget Abe Froman the Sausage King of Chicago.  But as we embark on our 5th year of doing our show, we are going to pay homage to one of the icons of our city.  Ted Turner and Atlanta.  Ted followed loosely in his father’s footsteps but built a cable empire that changed the way we watched television.  While Ted was a pioneer in the television world, he went on to do even more in his conservation efforts.  But there has to be some skeletons in that massive, walk-in closet after all these years, right?  Ever wonder why so many people are Braves fans in Pocatello, Idaho?  And what would you do if your wife turned into a religious fanatic mid-marriage?  We’ll dive into all this and more in this episode of AHC Podcast.

 

 

 

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Citations:

Turner, T., & Burke, B. (2008). Call Me Ted. Grand Central Publishing.

Napoli, L. (2020). Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN, and the Birth of 24-Hour News. Abrams Press.

Turner, T. (1998). The Turner Foundation: Conservation & Philanthropy.