Podcast Episodes

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, 6 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, 6 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, 7 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, 7 months ago

140: WWI Aviators: From the Lafayette Escadrille to the Red Baron and More

“Something has happened to one of the boys.”

This is the story of the Great War’s flyboys – particularly, Americans taking to the skies to fight for F…

2 years, 7 months ago

139: From Yeomen (F) to “Hello Girls:” American Women in World War I

“Is there any regulation which specifies that a Navy yeoman be a man?” 

This is the story of the United States in the Great War and the role of women …

2 years, 8 months ago

138: The 15th New York/369th or The Harlem Hellfighters

“My men never retire. They go forward, or they die!”

This is the story of the 15th New York, a.k.a, the 369th, or the Harlem Hellfighters.

James “Big J…

2 years, 8 months ago

137: The First Battle of the First American Army: St. Mihiel

 “Marshal Foch, you have no authority as Allied Commander-in-Chief to call upon me to yield up my command of the American Army and have it scattered …

2 years, 9 months ago

136: The German Spring Offensive’s End, or The Second Battle of the Marne

“Every time I have felt annoyed since then at France, this picture comes to mind and my anger softens.”

This is the story of the Great War’s turning p…

2 years, 9 months ago

135: Belleau Wood – A Cut Deeper with Captain Mac Caldwell

The impact of the 1918 Battle of Belleau Wood on the US Marine Corps is hard to overstate. Though in existence since 1775, the Corps was reborn in th…

2 years, 10 months ago