Fat Man and Little Boy
In 1942, the United States government launched the Manhattan Project, a top-secret effort to build an atomic bomb for use against the Axis powers. In this episode, James and Sean discuss the 1989 film...
13 Jul 20221h 53min
Empire of the Sun
By the late 1930s, Shanghai had a large international settlement that included a significant British community. During the city’s capture by Japanese forces in 1937, many British civilians became pris...
6 Jul 20221h 14min
Bonus Episode - VTH York Podcast Segment
Many people learn about history as a collection of names, dates, and places. History is so much more interesting than that. It is the stories of the men and women who made those places and events matt...
3 Jul 202226min
The Bridge on the River Kwai
One of the most critically acclaimed films of all time, The Bridge on the River Kwai tells a fictionalized account of the building of part of the Burma-Siam railroad by Allied prisoners of war. Join S...
29 Jun 20221h 16min
Hacksaw Ridge
Born in Virginia, Desmond Doss was a devout Christian and a pacifist who wanted to serve in the war as a combat medic but refused to touch a weapon. After suffering much shame and ill-treatment from h...
22 Jun 20221h 24min
Parthenon Round Table - What Event Do You Eliminate from History
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18 Jun 20221h 4min
Letters From Iwo Jima
The companion film to Flags of Our Fathers, Clint Eastwood’s Letters from Iwo Jima narrates the story of the Battle of Iwo Jima from the Japanese perspective. In this episode, you will join James and ...
15 Jun 20221h 15min
Flags of Our Fathers
One of the most iconic photographs of all time is the famous Joe Rosenthal photo of the raising of the American flag on Mount Suribachi in the southwest corner of Iwo Jima. In Flags of Our Fathers, di...
8 Jun 20221h 30min
