Episodes

  • S2 Ep99: Having A Ball: Author Sarah Royal (AKA LUCY: The Dynamic and Determined Life of Lucille Ball
    Oct 16 2023
    This week, we had the pleasure of chatting with Sarah Royal about her beautifully written biography of Lucille Ball: ‘AKA Lucy: The Dynamic and Determined Life of Lucille Ball’.
    Sarah truly captures Lucy’s life, character and grit in this colorful coffeetable book.
    There are images and easy to follow chapters to keep up with the aforementioned determined life of Lucy - the woman behind the successful redheaded character we’ve come to cherish and love all these years later.

    She tells us of how she came to love Lucy, how long it took to put it all together and how she was able to get Amy Poehler to write the forward! Such a great conversation.

    Sarah’s Book:
    A.K.A. Lucy: The Dynamic and Determined Life of Lucille Ball https://a.co/d/i4c68eV


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    Email: havingaballpod@gmail.com

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    Photos: Sarah Royal/ Running Press Hachette Book Group

    Produced by: Erika Murrietta

    Music provided by:

    Feather Duster via SilvermanSound

    https://www.silvermansound.com/free-music/feather-dust
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    47 mins
  • S2 Ep98: Having A Ball: We're Back! Podcast and Life Updates!
    Sep 25 2023
    We are back! In this week’s episode, we chat about what we’ve been up to this summer!
    Erika tells us about all the newfound adventures in cake making and starting a business that has surprisingly taken off in 2023 and Luci has some big news to share!

    We have missed chatting all things Lucy but will be resuming episodes every other week!

    Thank you for sticking with us and let us know what you’d love to hear from us!

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    Erika on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erikamurrietta/

    Erika on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/erika.murrietta.3

    Erika on Twitter: https://twitter.com/erikamurrietta

    Luci on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/luciana.ehrlinger

    Luci on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ziv
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    19 mins
  • S2 Ep97: Having A Ball: Liz Changes Her Mind (My Favorite Husband)
    Jul 10 2023
    Hey, Lucy fans! We are back this week with another I Love Lucy inspiration episode of 'My Favorite Husband", Liz Changes Her Mind"... and if this sounds familiar, it is! 
    This script is what inspired the 'Lucy Changes Her Mind' episode from Season 2 (our next recap). 
    Luci explains what this episode is about and we get to travel back in time and listen to the original broadcast from June 24, 1949.

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    Luci on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/luciana.ehrlinger

    Luci on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ziv
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    36 mins
  • S2 Ep96: Having A Ball: The Black Eye
    Jun 6 2023
    She went one "I dare you" too far
    This week, we chat about’The Black Eye”- the infamous black eye that everyone seems to get in this episode!
    We discuss all the misunderstandings and underlying serious issues surrounding them.
    We have some trivia, too!
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    YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDXuCxbfhUNJzJ_8wMfMD_w/featured

    Having A Ball Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Having-a-Ball-Podcast-103319291812682

    Having A Ball Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/havingaballpod/

    Erika on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erikamurrietta/

    Erika on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/erika.murrietta.3

    Erika on Twitter: https://twitter.com/erikamurrietta

    Luci on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/luciana.ehrlinger

    Luci on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ziva_e/

    Email: havingaballpod@gmail.com

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    Photos: CBS/ Desilu/ Paramount/Getty

    Produced by: Erika Murrietta

    Music provided by:

    Feather Duster via SilvermanSound

    https://www.silvermansound.com/free-music/feather-dust
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    53 mins
  • S2 Ep95: Having A Ball: The Misunderstanding of the Black Eye
    May 22 2023

    Hello, Having a Ball listeners! This week, Luci discusses an episode of ‘My Favorite Husband’ - chatting about some interesting facts about the show and cast members.
    You will then hear the episode as it was played in 1951. 
    Next week we will compare this episode and ‘The Black Eye’ on I Love Lucy!

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    Erika on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erikamurrietta/

    Erika on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/erika.murrietta.3

    Erika on Twitter: https://twitter.com/erikamurrietta

    Luci on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/luciana.ehrlinger

    Luci on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ziva_e/

    Email: havingaballpod@gmail.com

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    Photos: CBS/ Desilu/ Paramount/Getty

    Produced by: Erika Murrietta/ Luci Maples

    Music provided by:

    Feather Duster via SilvermanSound

    https://www.silvermansound.com/free-music/feather-dust
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    33 mins
  • S2 Ep94: Having A Ball: The Club Election
    May 8 2023
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    Erika on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erikamurrietta/

    Erika on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/erika.murrietta.3

    Erika on Twitter: https://twitter.com/erikamurrietta

    Luci on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/luciana.ehrlinger

    Luci on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ziva_e/

    Email: havingaballpod@gmail.com

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    Photos: CBS/ Desilu/ Paramount/Getty

    Produced by: Erika Murrietta/ Luci Maples

    Music provided by:

    Feather Duster via SilvermanSound

    https://www.silvermansound.com/free-music/feather-dust
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    35 mins
  • S2 Ep93: Having A Ball: 'The Big Street' Movie Review
    Apr 24 2023
    Movie Review! This week, we review the 1942 film, ‘The Big Street’ starring Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda.

    • Director
      • Irving Reis
    • Writers
      • Leonard Spigelgass(screenplay)
      • Damon Runyon(from the Collier's Magazine story "Little Pinks"

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    Having A Ball Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Having-a-Ball-Podcast-103319291812682

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    Erika on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erikamurrietta/

    Erika on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/erika.murrietta.3

    Erika on Twitter: https://twitter.com/erikamurrietta

    Luci on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/luciana.ehrlinger

    Luci on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ziva_e/

    Email: havingaballpod@gmail.com

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    Photos: CBS/ Desilu/ Paramount/Getty

    Produced by: Erika Murrietta/ Luci Maples

    Music provided by:

    Feather Duster via SilvermanSound

    https://www.silvermansound.com/free-music/feather-dust
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    42 mins
  • S2 Ep92: Having A Ball: Inferiority Complex
    Apr 3 2023
    This week, we recap Season 2, Episode 18: "Inferiority Complex".
    As Lucy struggles to feel good about herself, her loved ones certainly don't help with criticisms of her.
    We chat about the real life issue of depression, psychiatry, family support and how it was handled in the 1950's.
    Our hearts were with poor Lucy in this episode!
    Let us know what you think of this recap and please rate and review our podcast.

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    YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDXuCxbfhUNJzJ_8wMfMD_w/featured

    Having A Ball Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Having-a-Ball-Podcast-103319291812682

    Having A Ball Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/havingaballpod/

    Erika on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erikamurrietta/

    Erika on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/erika.murrietta.3

    Erika on Twitter: https://twitter.com/erikamurrietta

    Luci on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/luciana.ehrlinger

    Luci on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ziva_e/

    Email: havingaballpod@gmail.com

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    Photos: CBS/ Desilu/ Paramount/Getty

    Produced by: Erika Murrietta/ Luci Maples

    Music provided by:

    Feather Duster via SilvermanSound

    https://www.silvermansound.com/free-music/feather-dust

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    45 mins