Bonus Episode - Gung Ho! (with Steve Guerra)
James and Steve Guerra, host of the Beyond the Big Screen Podcast, discuss the 1943 war propaganda movie Gung Ho!, which is loosely based on the formation and first combat action of the elite World Wa...
9 Mar 20221h 5min
Bonus Episode - Truman and the Atomic Bomb (with Richard Lim)
Was President Harry Truman’s decision to use atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki necessary and justified? In this episode, James is joined by Richard Lim, host of the This American President podcas...
2 Mar 202253min
Bonus Episode - CVE Carriers
In this episode (written by Sean McIver), James tells the story of the small but important CVE (or “Jeep”) aircraft carriers, which played an outside role in the Pacific Theater of World War II. This ...
23 Feb 202219min
Bonus Episode - Who Would You Save?
In this episode, James, Scott Rank (host of History Unplugged), Steve Guerra (host of Beyond the Big Screen and History of the Papacy) and Richard Lim (host of "This American President") discuss the f...
19 Feb 20221h 12min
Bonus Episode - Nathan Gorenstein-John Moses Browning
In this episode James interviews Nathan Gorenstein, author of The Guns of John Moses Browning: The Remarkable Story of the Inventor Whose Firearms Changed the World. Nathan explains how Browning, son ...
16 Feb 202258min
Bonus Episode - Col. Cleland Early on Tarawa
In this episode (James’ favorite), James and fellow podcaster Steve Guerra recreate an interview given in 1989 by James’ father Col. Cleland Early about his experiences as a young Marine who fought in...
9 Feb 20221h 11min
Bonus Episode - Beyond the Big Screen
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8 Feb 202222min
Bonus Episode - Geography and the Battle of Okinawa
In this episode, James again interviews Air Force historian Evan Muxen. This time, we discuss how the geography of Okinawa influenced the battle that occurred there. While on active duty with the US A...
2 Feb 20221h 18min
