Podcasts about beyond glory

From 2004- Larry Smith, author of "Beyond Glory: Medal of Honor Heroes in their own words."

Pastor Aaron shares vision for 2023 and Beyond - Glory to God and Hope to the North East

Today's sportspersons are rarely in the game because of choice. Winning medals will remain a matter of luck if India doesn't create a sporting culture beyond cricket.----more----Read article here: https://theprint.in/opinion/india-must-think-beyond-glory-of-medal-winners-many-things-still-holding-us-back-in-sports/717104/

In deze aflevering bespreek ik 10 van de beste, mooiste en meest onthullende boeken over de bokssport. Van A Fight van Norman Mailer tot Four Kings van George Kimball. En van de biografie van Jack Johnson tot Beyond Glory, het schitterende relaas van de strijd tussen Joe Frazier en max Schmeling.

Content advisory: this episode contains language and themes that may not be appropriate for younger listeners.    "One of the richest, most complex pieces of acting I've seen in my theater going life." - The Wall Street Journal, on Stephen Lang's Beyond Glory    A special release for Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, BEYOND GLORY: JOHN WILLIAM FINN is part of the longer work Beyond Glory, by Stephen Lang. On the morning of December 7, 1941, when the attack on Pearl Harbor began, Medal of Honor recipient John William Finn was in bed with his wife. This is the sailor's own account of that day  - and the life that came before and after - as adapted and performed across the world by Lang (Avatar, "Salem"). This installment also features Jeremy Davidson (Netflix's "Seven Seconds," "Army Wives"). 

Ansly's Army; Almanac: Yosemite Valley Grant Act; Museum of the American Revolution; Custard in Miwaukee; Beyond Glory; Kindergarten Sign Language; Rock legend Tina Turner on her voice, finding serenity and losing a son; and more.

BEYOND GLORY  "allows the voices of servicemen to be heard without the filter of the conventions of drama or the prerogatives of deadline-driven journalism" (NY Times). Since 2004, Tony-nominated actor Stephen Lang (The Speed of Darkness, Avatar) has traveled the nation - and the world - performing BEYOND GLORY, a gripping look into the lives of Medal of Honor-decorated veterans, both on and off the battlefield. A candid, vivid, and unsparing journey behind the front lines, CLARENCE SASSER tells the true story of a young Texan medic on a tour of duty in South Vietnam.  After the play, Lang discusses his adaptation of BEYOND GLORY from Larry Smith's book of the same title, as well as his experiences performing the show for service members and veterans. 

For Veterans Day, Memorial Day or any day, NICK BACON is a powerful tribute to military valor, written and performed by stage and screen star Stephen Lang (Colonel Quaritch in Avatar). In this excerpt from his full-length play Beyond Glory, Stephen portrays Nick Bacon, a Vietnam veteran and recipient of the Medal Of Honor. Listen as the soldier recounts, in his own words, the incident that earned him America’s highest military honor for valor beyond the call of duty. Based on Larry Smith’s book of the same title, the segment is followed by conversation between Mr. Lang and Playing on Air's host, Claudia Catania.   Playing on Air is a public radio show and podcast featuring great American short plays with great American actors. We distribute audio productions of contemporary short plays, translating stage works into enduring modern radio theater. We aim to redefine radio drama for today's digital, mobile audience.

"As starkly moving as taps at dusk" says the Washington Post about Beyond Glory, a powerful tribute to military valor written and performed by stage and screen star Stephen Lang (Colonel Quaritch in Avatar). This piece features Stephen Lang portraying Private First Class, 1st Marine Division, Hector Cafferata, Korea, based on his own words. It is a portrait from Stephen Lang's one-man show, Beyond Glory, based on the book by Larry Smith of the same title. Stay tuned for a conversation between Mr. Lang and Playing on Air's producer and host, Claudia Catania.  Playing on Air is a public radio show and podcast featuring great American short plays with great American actors. We distribute audio productions of contemporary short plays, translating stage works into enduring modern radio theater. We aim to redefine radio drama for today's digital, mobile audience.

For over a decade, actor Stephen Lang has performed a one-man show based on the real-life stories of eight Medal of Honor recipients. The play has taken him to U.S. military bases and ships around the world performing for the troops and even before the people he portrays. Recently, footage from his performances was stitched together for the film "Beyond Glory." For this episode of the Mandatory Fun Podcast we invited Lang to discuss "Beyond Glory" and three Medal of Honor stories from the film.

Don't hate him just because he plays an awesome bad guy. Stephen Lang of "Avatar" fame stops by to update Josh on the sequels, reminisce about his theater roots, and discuss his new films, "Don't Breathe" and "Beyond Glory". Oh and about him playing Cable... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conversation #16, recorded on January 17th, 2013. Rebecca Reynolds is a writer, producer and co-founded of 8180 Films. She’s has worked with writing partner Robert Wuhl on a number of projects including his one-man show ASSUME THE POSITION, his HBO series ARLI$$ and his first stage play HIT-LIT. She’s also produced a number of features including THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, THE COEXIST COMEDY TOUR and BEYOND GLORY. Rebecca appeared here to promote her new play, HIT LIT by Robert Wuhl. Hail Satire! is hosted and produced by Vic Shuttee.

The classical worlds of Greece and Rome provide examples of both extraordinarily dispersed state power and a single, dominant superpower. This discussion uses lessons from their histories to envision possibilities for our future. (January 24, 2009)

Our modern way of life is hugely indebted to innovations pioneered over 2,000 years ago: indoor plumbing, complex road systems and public spectacles in the arena were all developed by the Romans. (November 12, 2008)

Actor Stephen Lang describes his process developing the book "Beyond Glory" for the stage, why he was drawn to portray eight recipients of the Medal of Honor, and how his tribute is perceived amidst present-day war politics; considers why, with no military background of his own, many of his major roles have been playing military men of varying stripes; reviews his performances in varying roles in multiple productions of "Hamlet", and why he's learned more about the title role in the fifteen years since he's played it himself than in all the years leading up to it; and declares playwright Aaron Sorkin to be today's George Bernard Shaw. Original air date – July 27, 2007.

Actor Stephen Lang describes his process developing the book "Beyond Glory" for the stage, why he was drawn to portray eight recipients of the Medal of Honor, and how his tribute is perceived amidst present-day war politics; considers why, with no military background of his own, many of his major roles have been playing military men of varying stripes; reviews his performances in varying roles in multiple productions of "Hamlet", and why he's learned more about the title role in the fifteen years since he's played it himself than in all the years leading up to it; and declares playwright Aaron Sorkin to be today's George Bernard Shaw. Original air date – July 27, 2007.