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Tora! Tora! Tora!
Season 3
In the late 1960s, a Japanese film production team joined forces with an American team in an effort to produce a balanced and accurate retelling of t…
4 years ago
Introduction to Season 3: The Pacific War on Film
Season 2
In this episode, James kicks off a new season of Key Battles of American History: “The Pacific War on Film.” In this season, James and returning co-h…
4 years ago
Bonus Episode - Gung Ho! (with Steve Guerra)
Season 2
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 form…
4 years ago
Bonus Episode - Truman and the Atomic Bomb (with Richard Lim)
Season 2
Was President Harry Truman’s decision to use atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki necessary and justified? In this episode, James is joined by Rich…
4 years ago
Bonus Episode - CVE Carriers
Season 2
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…
4 years, 1 month ago
Bonus Episode - Who Would You Save?
Season 2
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 Li…
4 years, 1 month ago
Bonus Episode - Nathan Gorenstein-John Moses Browning
Season 2
In this episode James interviews Nathan Gorenstein, author of The Guns of John Moses Browning: The Remarkable Story of the Inventor Whose Firearms Ch…
4 years, 1 month ago
Bonus Episode - Col. Cleland Early on Tarawa
Season 2
In this episode (James’ favorite), James and fellow podcaster Steve Guerra recreate an interview given in 1989 by James’ father Col. Cleland Early ab…
4 years, 1 month ago
Bonus Episode - Beyond the Big Screen
Season 2
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4 years, 1 month ago
Bonus Episode - Geography and the Battle of Okinawa
Season 2
In this episode, James again interviews Air Force historian Evan Muxen. This time, we discuss how the geography of Okinawa influenced the battle that…
4 years, 1 month ago