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,...