In the early Twentieth Century Billy Sunday was America's foremost evangelist, whose admirers included young men, ex-presidents, and titans of industry. Today we're asking the hard questions about Billy -- like, was he any good at baseball? Transcript, sources, links and more at https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/a-month-of-billys/ Key sources for this episode include Robert Bruns' Preacher: Billy Sunday & Big-Time American Evangelism; William G. McLoughlin Jr.'s Billy Sunday Was His Real Name; and baseball-reference.com. Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network. https://thatsnotcanon.com/ This week we're co-promoting with fellow TNC podcast Broadway and Other Kiwi Dreams, a podcast hosted by James Shera exploring the lives and minds of theatre practitioners in and around the New Zealand performing arts industry. https://play.acast.com/s/broadway-and-other-kiwi-dreams/  Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB Twitter: https://twitter.com/orderjackalope Tumblr: https://orderjackalope.tumblr.com Email: [email protected]

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