This episode is an interview with Catherine Musemeche who wrote a fascinating biogrpahy on Mary Sears, titled: Lethal Tides: Mary Sears and the Marine Scientists Who Helped Win World War II. It tells the story of how the U.S. Navy was unprepared to enact its island-hopping strategy to reach Japan when World...

This episode is a departure from my regular format – and will be an interview with 2 other podcasters and myself. We’ll talk about why we do podcasts and especially why we do history themed podcasts. I was fortunate to talk with the producer of Civics and Coffee and also...

The inspiration for the episode came about on a visit to the UNH Durham campus last summer. Hadn’t been back to my alma mater for years, and many memories came flooding back. Walking by James Hall – made me think of my most memorable professor, Cecil Schneer. He was admired...

Maxfield Parrish is one of the most iconic artist of the Golden Age of Illustration. He was most well known for his calendar covers in the 1920’s and 1930’s. These would been seen across America’s homes at the time, and often the calendar artwork would be saved and framed, after...

This is the 1st episode about the Terezin concentration camp. (2nd episode below, Women of Terezin). This episode is an in depth story of Viktor Ullman, a composer and music critic, at Terezin (1941-1945). You will learn about Ullman and some of the other accomplished artists – who lived under...

Otto Antoine – was a German Impressionist painter and a distant relative of mine.  Antoine’s life intersected with many key parts of artistic and political history – having connections with Kaiser Wilhelm II – prior to WWI, as a court painter. And later having some interactions with 3rd Reich in...

This is a wonderful story – detailing many aspects of a Navy WAVES* (of course from WW2) as told by her granddaughter (Larisa) and also some details from her own diary during that era. You’ll hear about her life before enlisting,  much about her life as a WAVES and nurse...

This is the 2nd episode on Amalia Kussner, the famed miniature portrait artist of the Gilded Age. We will discuss her professional and personal life after 1900. Very little is published about this time, however we’ll detail that she was still quite active and continued to be “the” sought after...

Gen. Laurence Kuter, was instrumental in the founding of the Air Force. Though not your typical “ace flyer”, his organizational abilities and expert handling of crises – placed him at critical junctures in our 20th century military history. You’ll hear how he was a key participant in many historical events,...

This politician was  one of the more well-known governors of Indiana but also was a politician who had close ties with Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)  over a 12-year period, inclusive of the Depression years and WWII. He had a complicated relationship with FDR, which likely hindered his political advancements. His...