WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

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From Normandy to the Scheldt Jan 13, 2022

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We take a new look at the fighting post D-Day with Canadian expert Marc Milner. Why has the Canadian contribution in north west Europe been downplayed?

A Goalhanger Films production

Produced by Vasco Andrade

Exec Producer: Tony Pastor

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Jungle Training Jan 11, 2022

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Al Murray and James Holland examine training methods for Allied forces faced with fighting the Japanese in Burma.

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Produced by Harry Linker

Exec Producer: Tony Pastor

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Family Stories Series 2: Episode 6 Jan 09, 2022

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This week’s stories take us from the skies with Bomber Command in the company of a Mad Dane, through defying the Nazis from within and suffering the terrible consequences, to the life of children under German occupation and seeing one of Hitler’s right-hand men behind bars.

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25-pounders and the Garrison Artillery Volunteers Jan 06, 2022

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Are you having We Have Ways Festival withdrawal symptoms? You're in luck!

Today's episode is a live recording from the 2021 event. The boys talk field guns, howitzers, quads, and much much more. Come for the conversation with the Garrison Artillery Volunteers' Keith Brigstock, stay for the firing of a 25-pounder live on the pod!

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12 Days of Christmas - The Camomile Lawn Jan 05, 2022

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Willow Murray reads a chapter from The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley. The book tells the story of a family reliving their memories of the Second World War at a funeral, 50 years later.

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Produced by Joey McCarthy

Exec Producer: Tony Pastor

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12 Days of Christmas - A Midnight Clear Jan 04, 2022

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Al Murray read a chapter from A Midnight Clear written by William Wharton. The book follows six American soldiers who are sent to keep watch at a German outpost in the Ardennes.

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Produced by Joey McCarthy

Exec Producer: Tony Pastor

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12 Days of Christmas - The Thin Red Line Jan 03, 2022

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James Holland reads a chapter from one of his favourite books, The Thin Red Line. Written by James Jones, the book draws upon his own experience at the Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse during World War II's Guadalcanal campaign.

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Produced by Vasco Andrade

Exec Producer: Tony Pastor

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12 Days of Christmas - Warriors for the Working Day Jan 02, 2022

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Al reads a chapter from Warriors for the Working Day. The novel is based on events from June 1944, during the Battle of Normandy, to the invasion of Germany in the Spring of 1945. The book describes fighting by the men of a small unit of British tanks during this period, with the focus on one tank crew.

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12 Days of Christmas - The Narrow Road to the Deep North Jan 01, 2022

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James Holland reads from Richard Flannagan's "The Narrow Road to the Deep North", a novel that tells the story of a far east prisoner of war during the construction of the Burma Railway.

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12 Days of Christmas - Life and Fate Dec 31, 2021

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Al Murray reads chapters 1 through 6 from Life and Fate written by Vasily Grossman, an epic tale of a country told through the fate of a single family, the Shaposhnikovs

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Produced by Vasco Andrade

Exec Producer: Tony Pastor

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