Podcast Episodes

150: The Great War’s Aftermath: Coming Home, The Spanish Flu, & The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

“I keep wondering if the Unknown Soldier is one of my men.”

This is the story of the United States coping with and facing the aftermath of World War I…

2 years, 3 months ago

149: WWI Epilogue

The Episode to end all … World War I episodes. Professor Jackson sits down with Kelsi Dynes to talk through all the things that didn’t make it into t…

2 years, 4 months ago

148: Tales of Christmas from World War I (A Truce, Plum Pudding, and Love)

“The circumstances under which we are spending this particular Christmas are unusual.”

This is the story of the Christmases of World War I.

Germans and…

2 years, 5 months ago

147: Peacemaking in Paris: The Treaty of Versailles

“A Peace which cannot be defended in the name of justice before the whole world would continually call forth fresh resistance”

This is the story of pe…

2 years, 6 months ago

146: The Armistice of November 11, 1918

 “The German delegation has come to receive the proposals of the Allied Powers looking to an armistice.”

This is the story of guns falling silent acro…

2 years, 6 months ago

145: Halloween Special III: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

“If I can but reach that bridge,” thought Ichabod, “I am safe.”

This is the story of schoolmaster Ichabod Crane and his ride home after an evening spe…

2 years, 7 months ago

144: A Conversation with Ken Burns - Storytelling and the American Buffalo

Professor Greg Jackson sits down with legendary documentary filmmaker Ken Burns about his latest film The American Buffalo which has a two-part premi…

2 years, 7 months ago

143: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive (pt.2) – Breaking the Kriemhilde Line

“All right, General. We’ll take it, or my name will head the list.”

This is the story of Meuse-Argonne and the Americans’ continued struggles to take …

2 years, 8 months ago

142: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive (pt.1) – “The Lost Battalion”

“Our own artillery is dropping a barrage directly on us. For heaven’s sake, stop it.”

This is the story of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive’s beginnings.

“T…

2 years, 8 months ago

141: Wartime Interlude

Time to review! Greg and Kelsi talk through the main takeaways of the American story in World War I to date, from causes to new inventions and social…

2 years, 9 months ago