Episodios

  • HERO OF TWO WORLDS: THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE IN THE AGE OF REVOLUTION W/MIKE DUNCAN
    Mar 9 2025

    Our interview with 'HERO OF TWO WORLDS' author Mike Duncan

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    49 m
  • THE FORTY YEARS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
    Mar 2 2025

    Best-selling author Patrick Wyman shares his new book "The Verge"- the story of the 40 years that changed the world as we know it- 1490-1530- and introduces some of the characters good and bad who brought the change, turning a backwater Europe into a thriving financial power. Discussing: the scale of change~exploration~crafty Queen Isabella~Columbus the pitchman and navigator~Martin Luther's printing press leading the reformation in languages everyone could read~Alduus Minutias and his presses and publishing~Suleimann the Magnificent~ and more.

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    1 h y 5 m
  • REBELS AT SEA-PRIVATEERING IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
    Feb 23 2025

    At the outset of the American Revolution we had practically no navy- and we had to rely on American seamen who would allow their boats to be turned into ships of war. This fascinating story is brought to us by author Jay Dolin in this interview- what a story!

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    1 h y 2 m
  • THE LAST OF THE 357TH INFANTRY W MARK HAGER
    Feb 9 2025

    BAR man Harold Frank's story of faith and courage as told by author/interviewer Mark Hager

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    59 m
  • DEVIL DOGS : K COMPANY 3RD BATTALION 5TH MARINES: FROM GUADALCANAL TO THE SHORES OF JAPAN
    Feb 2 2025

    Award winning author Saul David discusses his new best seller Devil Dogs- the story of K Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines as they lived, fought, and died during the four major Pacific campaigns leading to Japan's final surrender. His book uses numerous written accounts from marines who were there and experienced the brutal jungle fighting first-hand. Discussed here: New Britain~Cape Gloucester~Bloody Ridge~Pelileu~ Eugene Sledge~ John Baslilone~Chesty Puller~Pavavu~Melbourne~Pavavu-Okinawa, and much more.

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    1 h y 9 m
  • THE NAZI CONSPIRACY: THE SECRET PLOT TO KILL FDR, STALIN, AND CHURCHILL
    Jan 19 2025

    The little-known true story of the Nazi plot to kill Winston Churchil, US president Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin at the height of WWII and how it was foiled.

    Our interview with Josh Mentz and Brad Meltzer

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    41 m
  • THE VIOLENT YEARS: THE STORY OF WILLIAM "BILL" BONSALL- THE WWII VET WHO BROUGHT WRESTLING TO WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOLS
    Jan 12 2025

    We interview legendary Bill Bonsall's daughter , author of 'The Violent Years"- the biography telling the story of the WWII vet who returned to bring wrestling to West Virginia schools and colleges in the 50's. He also coached Mary Lou Retton to a gold medal in the Olympics.

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    46 m
  • BOMBING HITLER'S HOMETOWN W/ MIKE CROISSANT
    Jan 5 2025

    With 'Bombing Hitler's Hometown' author Mike Croissant we discuss the untold true story of the 5,000 Americans who flew from bases across Southern Italy in the waning days of WWII to bomb Hitler's hometown of Linz, Austria, one of Germany's last remaining communications centers. Mike, a retired CIA agent, spent more than ten years gathering interviews and researching this book, relying also upon upon the memoirs of his uncle, who flew in that fateful raid on April 25th, 1945. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    36 m