Pete Peterson

WSIU Radio contributor Pete Peterson remembers his eastern European ethnic heritage as the world watches Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The name Reuben Berman probably doesn’t mean much to most baseball fans.But, as Pete Peterson explains in his latest edition of Reading Baseball, if…

A recent Public Television documentary on Ernest Hemingway explores the life and work of the legendary American writer.In his latest edition of Reading…

May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month.In this edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson has the story of the first Japanese-American to play…

If moments are fleeting, memories are permanent.In this edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson put his memory to the test trying to remember details…

Many Major League Baseball commentators believe the Pittsburgh Pirates – managed by former SIU Saluki Derek Shelton – are in for a long season.In this…

The Major League Baseball season is scheduled to start April 1.When the pandemic forced baseball to delay the start of its 2020 season until July, fans…

After COVID-19 shut down Major League Baseball’s spring training in 2020, teams are back at it again with the pandemic still impacting our lives.In this…

As Black History Month winds to a close, WSIU contributor Pete Peterson takes a personal look at the black and white racial dividing line in America.

2020 was a year that many people want to forget – in large part thanks to a deadly pandemic – which killed hundreds of thousands of Americans.In this…