This is a great biography, Omar Bradley: General at War, full of details about some of the most iconic battles of WW2. Gen. Bradley always played second fiddle to braggards like Macarthur and showmen like Patton. In fact, he was trusted and respected all the way up to Ike and even FDR. One of the […]
Continue reading about Talking to Jim DeFelice’s about his biography Omar Bradley: General at War
Bruce McQuain from Blackfive joined us once again for Someone You Should Know, our weekly tribute to the troops. Bruce spent 28 years in the U.S. Army and he is a veteran of the Vietnam war. He brings a perspective and understanding to these stories that we could never match. This week Bruce told us […]
Continue reading about Someone You Should Know: Staff Sergeant Justin M. Estes
Bruce McQuain from Blackfive joined us once again for Someone You Should Know, our weekly tribute to the troops. Bruce spent 28 years in the U.S. Army and he is a veteran of the Vietnam war. He brings a perspective and understanding to these stories that we could never match. This week Bruce told us […]
Continue reading about Someone You Should Know: Airman 1st Class Elizabeth Nicole Jacobson
When asked to do a 9/11 show on WRKO, my first thought was that I wanted to do something positive. It is such a horrible day to relive, the ceremonies and service had gone on all weekend and I just thought it would be good to hear from regular folks who had their lives forever […]
What an honor to welcome two-time Pulitzer prize winning New York Times investigative journalist Don Van Natta Jr. to WRKO’s Pundit Review Radio. Don is the third New York Times reporter to join us, Andrew Ross Sorkin did for Too Big To Fail and more recently Diana Henriques for her great Madoff book Wizard of […]
Bruce McQuain from Blackfive joined us once again for Someone You Should Know, our weekly tribute to the troops. Bruce spent 28 years in the U.S. Army and he is a veteran of the Vietnam war. He brings a perspective and understanding to these stories that we could never match. This week Bruce told us […]
Continue reading about Someone You Should Know: 1st Lt. Elliot Ackerman
A few weeks back, we did an hour on WRKO talking about exploring local history. We got great recommendations from callers, from Battleship Cove to the USS Constitution (via @BostonMaggie, natch) to my favorite, the Adams National Historic Park. What started the discussion was a failed attempt to get to the Paul Revere House. I […]