Podcast Episodes

War Music

Season 1 Episode 710

Recorded at We Have Ways Fest 2023, Al Murray sits down with music journalist David Hepworth for a chat about 1940s pop music, the spirit of the nati…

2 years, 4 months ago

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A Philosopher Goes To War

Season 1 Episode 710

Al Murray chats to Dr Waitman Wade Beorn about one of the most fascinating ruminations on fighting during the Second World War - Warriors by J. Glenn…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Italy's Morale Crisis

Season 1 Episode 708

Italy proved a nightmare place to fight, no matter what side you were on: the endless mountains, the innumerable rivers, the narrowness of roads, the…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Landing Craft, Sappers and the Tyranny of Overlord

Season 1 Episode 707

In another wide ranging discussion, Al Murray tells James Holland about his evening at the Royal Engineers Museum alongside Jools Holland and Sir Tom…

2 years, 4 months ago

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The Great Escaper

Season 1 Episode 706

Al Murray and James Holland speak to the writer and director of 'The Great Escaper', a new film starring Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson about the h…

2 years, 4 months ago

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USA: We Have Ways - Vinegar Joe's China

Season 1 Episode 706

Al Murray, James Holland and John McManus discuss the life of Joseph Stilwell - the United States Army general best known for his service in the Chin…

2 years, 5 months ago

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Operation Frankton

In December 1942, Herbert 'Blondie' Hasler's men were aiming for the occupied port of Bordeaux - with just canoes, mines and grenades. Operation FRAN…

2 years, 5 months ago

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Surviving The Bloody 100th: Lucky Luckadoo

Season 1 Episode 703

John 'Lucky' Luckadoo was born in 1922, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He is the last surviving pilot of the US Eighth Air Force 100th Bomb Group - nickn…

2 years, 5 months ago

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USA : We Have Ways - Eisenhower & the Influence of the American Civil War

Season 1 Episode 702

What did the US Army and West Point learn from the Civil War, and how did this impact leadership throughout the Second World War?

James Holland and Jo…

2 years, 5 months ago

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Black Thursday 1943 and Crossing The Volturno

Season 1 Episode 701

Al Murray and James Holland turn back the clocks to investigate two seismic events of the Second World War that happened 80 years ago this week.

They …

2 years, 5 months ago

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