Podcast Episodes

209. Tom Lacey

Season 1 Episode 209

Al and James interview Battle of the Bulge veteran Tom Lacey as part of We Have Ways' Thanksgiving Specials.

Tom Lacey was fascinated with aeronautics as a young boy, so naturally, he wanted to be tra…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

208. Marty Morgan

Season 1 Episode 208

In the first of our Thanksgiving Specials, Al and James are joined by historian and weapons expert Marty Morgan. Marty talks about his experiences leading tours in Normandy and working with hit video…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

207. Harrier

Season 1 Episode 207

In this rare foray away from the Second World War Al Murray and James Holland are joined by aviation writer Rowland White to discuss the role of the Harrier 809 in the Falklands War.

How challenging w…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

206. Dermot O'Leary

Season 1 Episode 206

TV presenter and radio host Dermot O’Leary joins Al and James to discuss his passion for Second World War history. The Battle of Britain and the Battle of the Atlantic are two of Dermot’s particular …

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

205. A Message from the Cook Islands

Season 1 Episode 205

We Have Ways of Making You Talk receives a fabulous array of messages via email, Twitter and on our members’ site. None more extraordinary than the missive that arrived this week from the Cook Island…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

204. From El Alamein to the Heroes of Telemark

Season 1 Episode 204

How great a contribution did Monty make in North Africa? And were the actions of the Heroes of Telemark vital to the effort to deny Hitler the atomic bomb? Al Murray and James Holland meander wildly …

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

203. Remembrance

Season 1 Episode 203

Small cemeteries in faraway lands, individual stories of heartbreaking tenderness, parents paying for inscriptions on graves they will never see. Al Murray and James Holland are joined by Glyn Prysor…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

202. Matt Mackinnon-Pattison - Part 3

Season 1 Episode 202

After growing up in a Scottish orphanage Matt Mackinnon-Pattison volunteered for the army at the first opportunity and found himself fighting with a Highland regiment in Italy.

In this third and final…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

201. Resistance

Season 1 Episode 201

Al Murray and James Holland discuss Patrick Marnham’s book on the French Resistance. Plus, how influential was signals intelligence? Other subjects up for discussion include the Chindits’ actions beh…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

200. The Last 100 Years (Give or Take) And All That

Season 1 Episode 200

An awful lot has happened in the last 100 years or so. In fact, when you look at how much went on in the 20th century, it's amazing it didn't take longer than that. In this extract from his new book …

Published on 5 years, 2 months ago