June 2, 1941 Lou Gehrig, First baseman for the New York Yankees, died at the age of 37. This special podcast features the August. 22, 1939 interview Lou Gehrig did on a Minnesota radio station. Lou Gehrig at the time was in Minnesota for an extended stay at the Mayo Clinic, where doctors were trying to figure out why his health was failing. Lou granted the interview if his health would not be discussed...the entire interview focuses on baseball.
