RW2: The Shot Heard Round the World: Lexington and Concord
In this episode, James and Audrey follow the mounting crisis in Massachusetts as General Thomas Gage attempts to crush growing colonial resi...
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War has played a key role in the history of the United States from the nation’s founding right down to the present. Wars made the U. S. independent, kept it together, increased its size, and...
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RW1: The Roots of the Revolutionary War
In this premiere episode of The Revolutionary War , James Early and cohost Audrey Rogers explore the roots of the American Revolution, from...
Southern Unionists in the Civil War
During the American Civil War, around 100,000 southern Unionists served in the Union Army, with every southern state except South Carolina r...
Been There, Done That with Greg Jackson
In this episode, James interviews noted author, podcaster, and history professor Greg Jackson about his recently released book Been There, D...
Decisions, Discord and Diplomacy with Admiral William Fallon
In this episode, James interviews retired U. S. Navy Admiral William Fallon, former commander of U. S. Central Command (CENTCOM), about his...
Guadalcanal's Longest Fight with Dave Holland
In this episode, James welcomes back Dave Holland, a U. S. Marine veteran and independent scholar who has spent much of his life studying th...
Soldier of the South with Edward Hagerty
In this episode, James interviews historian Edward Hagerty about his new book Soldier of the South: Lieutenant General Richard H. Anderson a...
Japanese War Atrocities with Jenny Chan
In this episode of Key Battles of American History, James speaks with Jenny Chan, director of Pacific Atrocities Education, about the often-...
GW24: Epilogue to the Great War
In this episode, Sean and James tell about the postwar lives and careers of the major political and military leaders on all sides of the Gre...
GW23: The Legacy of the Great War
In this episode, Sean and James examine the far-reaching legacy of the First World War, from its devastating human cost and psychological im...
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
In this episode, Sean and James discuss the 2022 film adaptation of the classic novel All Quiet on the Western Front. The film depicts the G...
GW22: The Paris Peace Settlement
In this episode, Sean and James discuss the Paris Peace Settlement and the series of treaties that formally ended the First World War. They...
The Lost Battalion (ENCORE)
James and Sean discuss the 2001 made-for-television movie The Lost Battalion, in which an American battalion becomes isolated and surrounded...
GW21: The Hundred Days’ Offensives and the End of the War
In this episode, Sean and James return to the Western Front to examine the Hundred Days' Offensives—the relentless Allied campaign tha...
Lawrence of Arabia (ENCORE)
James and Sean discuss the epic, multi award-winning 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia, based on British Colonel T. E. Lawrence's autobiographica...
GW20: The 1918 Middle Eastern Campaigns
In this episode, Sean and James examine the dramatic final campaigns of World War I in the Caucasus, the Balkans, and Italy before turning t...
Journey’s End
In this episode, Sean and James review the 2017 film Journey's End, a claustrophobic World War I drama set in a British dugout on the Wester...
GW19: The German Spring Offenses of 1918
This episode examines Germany's final bid for victory in 1918: the massive Spring Offensives that aimed to break the Allied line before Amer...
GW18: The Battle of Cambrai
In this episode, Sean and James discuss the final events of 1917 in Europe. They begin with the Eastern Front's collapse before the Bolshevi...
Sergeant York (ENCORE)
James and Sean discuss the classic 1941 film Sergeant York, which tells the fascinating story of Alvin York, one of the most decorated Ameri...