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...

The inspiration for this episode was from researching my husband’s relatives from Massachusetts (especially his distant cousin – Annie Thurston) which then leads to many interesting historical connections in the mid-19th century. Early in this episode to illustrate some of this history – we’ll have an interview with Dr. Robert...

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...

William Shirer was quite unique as a print journalist then later a radio correspondent, in that he was an “on the ground” witness to many of the key historical events, especially in Europe, starting in the 1920s through World War II.  For example – he reported on the 1938 Anschluss,...

This podcast will be the incredible story of Eva Mozes Kor, who was a Holocaust survivor. She and her twin sister, Miriam, were also part of a medical experimentation program at Auschwitz, run by Dr. Josef Mengele. As an adult, and to deal with her trauma and grief, Eva started...

General Lew Wallace is certainly most famously known for being the author of the novel – Ben Hur.  This novel was made into the “old-time Hollywood” classic of 1959 – with Charlton Heston and the chariot race. But there is so much more to Lew Wallace, with his Civil War...

Amalia Kussner was a miniature portrait artist and a “darling” of the Gilded Age – the age when the American Industrialists and their families where effectively the royalty of America. She painted many of those families and as part of their extended social circles – was introduced to the crowned...