Latest Worldwari Podcast Episodes
Grandpa's War Story Goes Viral
From The Front To The Films: A World War II Podcast - August 07, 2023 18:45 - 58 minutes ★★★★ - 25 ratingsNarrated by Liev Schreiber. Social Media is an essential tool in telling the real-life stories of World War II’s Greatest Generation. For Alaskan teenager Henry De Hoop, social platforms such as Facebook have proven to be an incredible resource in sharing his grandfather, James Schmidt’s sto...
The Seabees on Iwo Jima
From The Front To The Films: A World War II Podcast - August 07, 2023 18:41 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 25 ratingsNarrated by Jim Nantz. Their motto in World War II was "We Build. We Fight." This is the story of the United States Navy Construction Battalions in World War II, especially in the Pacific, where these hardened and, many times older men, made up construction teams helped win the war against the...
Maggie's War
From The Front To The Films: A World War II Podcast - August 07, 2023 18:38 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 25 ratingsWe follow 82nd Airborne veteran James “Maggie” Megellas from Wisconsin to Europe, where he fought in some of the most savage battles of World War II. “Maggie” is the most decorated officer in the history of the famed 82nd Airborne Division. Narrated by Tom Kane.
Jack Taylor: The Enterprise
From The Front To The Films: A World War II Podcast - August 07, 2023 18:36 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 25 ratingsNarrated by Gary Sinise. Jack Taylor was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1922. Jack heeded his country’s call after the attack on Pearl Harbor drew the United States into World War II. In 1942, he enlisted and served as a decorated Navy Hellcat pilot in the skies over the South Pacific. Then, ...
Her War, Her Story: World War II
From The Front To The Films: A World War II Podcast - August 07, 2023 18:33 - 58 minutes ★★★★ - 25 ratingsNarrated by actress Jane Lynch. The individual stories of more than two dozen women caught up in World War II, from the American Home Front to Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland. Included in this hour-long film are also the personal stories of the incredible women who served in uniform in th...
Dick Winters: Hang Tough
From The Front To The Films: A World War II Podcast - August 07, 2023 18:27 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 25 ratingsNarrated by actor Damian Lewis ("Dick Winters" in Band of Brothers). In 2012, a statue was dedicated in Normandy, France recognizing American Junior Officer leadership on D-Day. Thanks to the HBO series Band of Brothers, the figure depicts one of the war's most famous officers, Richard "Dick" Wi...
A Company of Heroes
From The Front To The Films: A World War II Podcast - August 07, 2023 18:23 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 25 ratingsThey comprised World War II's famous Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. They were the "Band of Brothers." However, not all who fought were featured in the favorite HBO series. This is the story of the other men of "Easy" who fought alongside their more famous "brothers."
Elvis and the USS Arizona
From The Front To The Films: A World War II Podcast - August 07, 2023 18:18 - 58 minutes ★★★★ - 25 ratingsNattared by Jim Nantz with Kyle Chandler. Elvis Presley had a crucial role in helping to get the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor completed. It's a little-known story you should know about if you're a fan of the "King of Rock and Roll."
Episode 128: The Mexican Dirty War Part II-Spectres of Revolution
Reflecting History - August 07, 2023 09:30 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 75 ratingsHow does the broader context of history affect our personal lives on a daily basis? How does historical memory and narrative storytelling change the way we view the past and the present? This episode asks these questions in the context of the Mexican Dirty War by analyzing the conflict through t...
OPPENHEIMER spoiler-free review
World War II Movie Night - July 23, 2023 22:01 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 41 ratingsThe whole country's got Oppenheimer fever (and heatstroke)! Yes as Christopher Nolan's biopic enters theaters with surprising fanfare, World War II Movie Night offers a short review - without spoilers! You can absolutely listen to this episode before going to see "Oppenheimer" and not have the e...
Episode 127: The Mexican Dirty War Part I-The Politics of Memory
Reflecting History - July 17, 2023 09:30 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 75 ratingsThe Mexican Dirty War was fought from the 1960's into the 1980's between the Mexican government and geurrilla insurgents. Geurrilla warfare and government counter-insurgency would be a reality of life in many parts of Mexico for years-thousands would lose their lives, families and communities wo...
77. "Schindler's List" (1993)
World War II Movie Night - June 30, 2023 00:41 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 41 ratingsWorld War II Movie Night returns with what's considered one of the greatest, best, and most revered movies ever made, Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List." The master director was already having a good 1993 with summer blockbuster "Jurassic Park," but before the year was out he snuck this 3+hou...
Episode 126: Reconstructing Emotion in History
Reflecting History - June 26, 2023 09:30 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 75 ratings"History is a dialogue between the past and the present." So how do we know anything about history? To what extent is our knowledge of history merely modern day historians projecting their own thoughts and interpretations on the past? How do we know that ancient peoples felt the same emotions we...
Episode 125: Burning
Reflecting History - June 05, 2023 09:59 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 75 ratings"Sometimes I burn barns." Things aren't always what they seem in Haruki Murakami's surreal and incredible short story "Barn Burning." What could be read on the surface as the tale of a love triangle and a little arson actually offers insight into the banality of evil, the ambiguity of responsi...
76. "The Colditz Story" (1955)
World War II Movie Night - May 26, 2023 01:45 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 41 ratingsWorld War II Movie Night returns to old-school, black-and-white British WWII movies with 1955's "The Colditz Story." Officer prisoners from different European countries compete (?) to escape from Colditz, the infamous Nazi fortress prison. Can the British break their unlucky streak and get some ...
BONUS: Staying Behind
Reflecting History - May 15, 2023 09:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 75 ratingsIn a dystopian future, humanity is faced with a choice: upload your consciousness into a machine and live forever in paradise, or stay behind and continue being human as we've come to know it. In his short story "Staying Behind," Ken Liu explores a possible future that feels all too real. In the...
75. "Grave of the Fireflies" (1988)
World War II Movie Night - May 05, 2023 01:05 - 48 minutes ★★★★ - 41 ratingsTonight we have not only a Japanese production but also our first animated movie. Since "Grave of the Fireflies" appeared in the late '80s, it has steadily garnered a following in the West, notably led by its biggest advocate, Roger Ebert. Seita, 14, must care for his 4-year-old sister Setsuko, ...
Episode 124: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Wounded World with Chad Williams
Reflecting History - April 24, 2023 09:30 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 75 ratingsIn this episode I spoke with historian Chad Williams about his latest book-"The Wounded World: W.E.B. Du Bois and the First World War" We discussed the legacy of Du Bois; his views on identity and double consciousness; World War I and it's causes; the role of black americans and black soldiers i...
74. "Halls of Montezuma" (1951)
World War II Movie Night - April 07, 2023 00:59 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 41 ratingsTonight World War II Movie Night covers the 1951 Marines-tribute, "Halls of Montezuma." The men have to take an unnamed Pacific island from the Japanese. Progress is going well until they're hit with rockets from an unknown location. With only hours to discover the source of the rockets, our guy...
Episode 123: Piranesi
Reflecting History - April 03, 2023 09:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 75 ratings“The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; it’s kindness infinite.” Piranesi lives in an infinite house, with no long-term memory and only a loose sense of identity. As the secrets of the House deepen and the mystery of his life becomes more sinister, Piranesi must discover who he is and how this...
73. "Black Book" (2006)
World War II Movie Night - March 17, 2023 01:18 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 41 ratingsWhat happens when the guy who made "Robocop," "Basic Instinct" and "Showgirls" makes a World War II movie in his native Netherlands? Tonight we find out with the 2006 Dutch film, "Black Book." There's quite a bit of sex and violence (again, the guy) as Rachel/Ellis joins the Resistance Undergrou...
Episode 122: Story of Your Life
Reflecting History - March 13, 2023 21:30 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 75 ratingsWhat if it was possible to "remember" the future? What if our typical conceptions of cause and effect didn't tell the whole story? If the story of your life was laid out in front of you, how would that change you as a person and your relationship with the people around you? All of these question...
Episode 121: Ikiru
Reflecting History - February 20, 2023 21:30 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 75 ratingsWhat is the meaning of life? What does it mean to really live? What is the nature of bureaucracy and how does this seep into our everyday lives and relationships? These questions and more are analyzed in Akira Kurosawa's 1952 masterpiece "Ikiru." Life is brief... -Consider Supporting the Podca...
72. "Twelve O'Clock High" (1949)
World War II Movie Night - February 17, 2023 02:14 - 43 minutes ★★★★ - 41 ratingsWorld War II Movie Night goes up and away yet again with 1949's "Twelve O'Clock High." Regarded as a darker take on the war, compared to more optimistic fare such as "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo," "Twelve O'Clock High" follows the 918, an American bomber group flying missions out of England. Thing...
Episode 120: The Memory Police
Reflecting History - January 30, 2023 21:30 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 75 ratingsYoko Ogawa's 1994 masterpiece "The Memory Police" is much more than a dystopian novel. It delves into the ways that memory connects with everything-from our deepest sense of self, to our friendships and relationships, to our daily routines. What can memory tell us about grief, loss, and resitanc...
71. "Biloxi Blues" (1988)
World War II Movie Night - January 27, 2023 02:12 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 41 ratingsWorld War II Movie Night goes back to the comedy well with Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues" a 1988 movie based on his play of the same name. Matthew Broderick is Jerome, a young Jewish man from Brooklyn who couldn't be more out of his element at boot camp in Mississippi. Will he fulfill his wish to l...
Episode 119: The Buried Giant
Reflecting History - January 09, 2023 21:30 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 75 ratingsIt's been said that you are what you remember. What is the role and function of memory on a personal level and how does this connect to collective memory and history? Does collective memory fuel cycles of violence? What would happen if we suddenly all forgot our shared past? Would the world be m...
70. "Tora Tora Tora" (1970)
World War II Movie Night - January 06, 2023 02:09 - 48 minutes ★★★★ - 41 ratingsTonight we conclude our Pearl Harbor series with 1970's "Tora Tora Tora," a perennial favorite of World War II-movie sticklers. The producer of "The Longest Day" wanted to do for Pearl Harbor what that movie did for D-Day. The result was Tora(3), a movie that incorporates twin productions about ...
BONUS: Dreams and the Supersensorium
Reflecting History - December 19, 2022 21:30 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 75 ratingsWhy do we dream? What is the difference between dreaming and being awake? Is the modern world around us merely an "artificial dream"-with it's constant barrage of sensory input, screens to look at, and narratives to dive into? This episode is an examination of Erik Hoel's excellent article "Ente...
69. "Pearl Harbor" (2001)
World War II Movie Night - December 07, 2022 02:11 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 41 ratingsHappy (?) Dec. 7! To mark the anniversary World War II Movie Night finally gets to the only movie to bear the event's name, 2001's "Pearl Harbor." A red-hot Michael Bay used his clout to make this Disney summer blockbuster (in a darkly ironic twist, released just a few months before Sept. 11). T...
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