Podcasts about Winston Churchill

Charles Spicer describes how, following the May 1940 retreat at Dunkirk, Winston Churchill became Prime Minister, finally acting on the intelligence Christie had provided for years. The polemic Guilty Men was published, simplifying the blame for the war onto appeasers like Chamberlain and Baldwin. Meanwhile, Lord Lothian, serving as ambassador to the US, successfully mobilized the "arsenal of democracy" by persuading Roosevelt and the American public to support Britain. The segment also notes the Rudolf Hess mystery, as the deputy Führer flew to Scotland in 1941, mistakenly believing his Fellowship connections could facilitate a peace treaty with the British elite. (14)1939

In september 1940 verlegt Duitsland de aanval naar Londen. De Luftwaffe probeert niet langer alleen de RAF uit te schakelen, maar ook de Britse industrie, bevoorrading en moraal te raken.In deze derde en laatste aflevering volgen we het begin van de Blitz. We kijken waarom Hitler en Göring hun strategie aanpassen, wat dat betekent voor de RAF en waarom Operatie Sealion uiteindelijk niet doorgaat.Stel ons een vraag of vertel ons iets leuks! We kunnen reageren :)Nationaal Monument OranjehotelBezoek het Nationaal Monument Oranjehotel in Scheveningen en ontdek de verhalen van de duizenden Nederlanders die hier tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog gevangen zaten. Een indrukwekkende historische plek die laat zien wat vrijheid werkelijk betekent.  Support the showRondleiding GrebbebergHierbij de link naar de rondleiding op de Grebbeberg van 27 juni!Klik hier!Word Historicus lid van De Geschiedenisreis!Heb je genoten van deze aflevering? Als Historicus lid krijg je nog veel meer! Ontvang exclusieve toegang tot extra afleveringen, diepgaande analyses en verhalen die je nergens anders hoort. Tegenwoordig via Petje.Af en daarmee is iDeal betaling mogelijk.Klik hier om naar onze Petje Af website te gaan!Social MediaFacebookgroep: Groep van geschiedenis enthousiastelingenSubstack: Nieuwsbrief met kaarten, foto's en artikelen als ondersteuning bij iedere aflevering.Instagram: Blijf op de hoogte van alle nieuwtjesAdverteren in onze podcast? Mail naar leethijsgeschiedenisreis@gmail.com

Durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial o Raj Britânico, atualmente correspondendo a basicamente à Índia, viveu uma das maiores catástrofes de sua história com milhões morrendo de fome. Pra muitos, a responsabilidade não só foi do Reino Unido, mas também pessoalmente de Winston Churchill. Separe trinta minutos do seu dia e aprenda com o professor Vítor Soares (@profvitorsoares) sobre o que foi a Fome de 1943 em Bengala-Se você quiser ter acesso a episódios exclusivos e quiser ajudar o História em Meia Hora a continuar de pé, clique no link: www.apoia.se/historiaemmeiahoraConheça o meu canal!https://www.youtube.com/@profvitorsoaresConheça meu outro canal: História e Cinema!https://www.youtube.com/@canalhistoriaecinemaViaje comigo, com o Vogalizando a História e com o Operação Barbarussa pra Grécia e Roma!https://partiu.vip/historiaecinema2026Ouça "Reinaldo Jaqueline", meu podcast de humor sobre cinema e TV:https://open.spotify.com/show/2MsTGRXkgN5k0gBBRDV4okAssista meu outro podcast, o História pros brother!https://open.spotify.com/show/04a8C8gXTLj68lmZiQD8vmCompre o livro "História em Meia Hora - Grandes Civilizações"!https://a.co/d/47ogz6QCompre meu primeiro livro-jogo de história do Brasil "O Porão":https://amzn.to/4a4HCO8Compre a camisa do História em Meia Hora: https://www.blablalogia.com/blablalojinha/akiralampiaoh30PIX e contato: historiaemmeiahora@gmail.comApresentação: Prof. Vítor Soares.Roteiro: Prof. Vítor Soares e Prof. Victor Alexandre (@profvictoralexandre)REFERÊNCIAS USADAS:- SEN, Amartya. Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1981.- MUKERJEE, Madhusree. Churchill's Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India during World War II. New York: Basic Books, 2010.- DAVIS, Mike. Holocaustos Coloniais: Clima, Fome e Imperialismo na Formação do Terceiro Mundo. Tradução de Alda Porto. Rio de Janeiro: Record, 2002.- TAUGER, Mark B. 'Entitlement, Shortage and the 1943 Bengal Famine: Another Look.' The Journal of Peasant Studies, v. 31, n. 1, 2003, p. 45-72. 

In this episode of the Avro Heritage Museum podcast, we take you on a fascinating journey through the latest developments at the museum, focusing on the new exhibits dedicated to the iconic Lancaster aircraft. Join us as we speak with Malcolm Sergeant, who shares insights about the Lancaster's history, its significant missions during the Second World War, and the innovative display that brings these stories to life. Discover the engineering marvels behind the Lancaster's design and the crucial role it played in military operations, including the daring Dambusters raid. Don't miss this opportunity to learn about the remarkable contributions of women pilots and the legacy of Winston Churchill's Avro York transport aircraft, Ascalon.

In this episode of Meandering Musings, Neil Peterson shares an unexpected travel story that combines two of his passions: Winston Churchill and rubber ducks. After purchasing a Churchill-themed duck in London and believing it was lost forever, Neil is touched by the kindness and humor of a hotel staff that not only returned it but sent along a new duck companion and a handwritten note. It's a reflection on how small, thoughtful gestures can leave a lasting impact. Find Meandering Musings online at meanderingmusings.net Learn more about The Edge Foundation here edgefoundation.org

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Running for about 177 miles along the Welsh-English border is the remains of an earthwork, a fortification over a hundred miles longer than Hadrian's Wall. Built sometime in the eighth century, it is known as Offa's Dyke, one of the few surviving reminder of one of the most formidable kings in English history.“As a man,” writes my guest Roy Naismith, “Offa is effectively lost.” Winston Churchill framed the issue thus: “In studying Offa we are like geologists who instead of finding a fossil find only the hollow shape in which a creature of unusual strength and size undoubtedly resided.” Or as the historian Kenneth Sisam observed, Offa “seems to have had all the attributes of a great ruler except a contemporary historian.”But if he is effectively lost, then how can Naismith have written a new book titled Offa: King of the Mercians? Because he has, to paraphrase modern terminology, historyed it. This is a conversation about a great English king; but it's really a master class in the careful and demanding work of historical inference.

Det medeltida slottet Colditz utanför Leipzig blev under andra världskriget ett krigsfångeläger för allierade officerare som var flyktbenägna eller ”tyskfientliga”. På Colditz blev flyktförsök en avancerad sport där de olika nationerna tävlade mot varandra. Flykt och flyktplaner upprätthöll moralen hos de uttråkade officerarna. Fångarna gjorde allt för att driva med sina tyska fångvaktare, men med tiden växte en ömsesidig respekt fram mellan dem.Läger Oflag IV-C, ett mikrokosmos av samhällena som officerarna kom ifrån. Det brittiska klassystemet präglade tillvaron hos de brittiska officerarna och fransmännen var uttalat antisemitiska.I detta avsnitta av podden Historia Nu samtalar programledaren Urban Lindstedt med författaren Ben Macintyre om krigsfångelägret Colditz. Han är aktuell med boken Colditz - Flykten från nazisternas fängelse. Samtalet är på engelska.I Colditz hamnade allierade officerare som försökt fly från vanliga krigsfångeläger eller som uppfattades som ”tyskfientlige”. Eftersom fångarna var officerare hade de särskilda privilegier i enlighet med Genevekonventionen. De kunde skriva hem och mottaga paket hemifrån – något som utnyttjades för att skicka hem kodade meddelanden och motta dold flyktutrustning. Om det var svårt att fly, var det nästan omöjligt att ta sig hela vägen till det neutrala Schweitz.Flyktförsöken var många men bara ett mindre antal officerare lyckades ta sig hela vägen hem. Åren i Colditz upplevde allt från ganska spontana flyktförsök till mycket avancerade tunnelbyggen lyckades eller avslöjades. Den tyska säkerhetschefen Eggers, en skollärare som hade bott i Storbritannien före kriget, var en respektingivande motståndare, men också en motståndare som respekterade de allierade officerarna.För de brittiska officerarna från överklassen blev Colditz som en förlängning av deras internatskoletid. Här förekom också rasistisk färgad mobbing mot den indiske läkaren Birendranath Mazumdar. Andra i persongalleriet var USA:s äldste fallskärmsjägare och minst framgångsrike agent Florimond Duke. Pat Reid kom att skriva mycket populära memoarer om sin tid i lägret och han utvecklade till och med ett brädspel om Colditz. Han satte bilden av ett hurtiga gentlemen som gjorde allt för att fly. Men många mådde psykiskt dåligt i lägret och några återhämtade sig aldrig från sina erfarenheter.Även särskilt prominenta krigsfångar som tillhörde brittiska kungafamiljen, högadeln eller var avlägsna släktningar till den brittiske premiärministern Winston Churchill fick en särskild avdelning. De behandlades bättre, men var i någon mån en gisslan utifall tredje riket skulle falla.Bild: Colditz slott i april 1945; foto taget av en soldat från den amerikanska armén.Omslagsbild: Fångade franska officerare på gården till Oflag IV. Den ursprungliga uppladdningsanvändaren var Alkivar på engelska WikipediaMusik: Minneapolis Bump av Humans Win, Storyblock AudioLyssna också på Främmande soldater i Sverige under andra världskriget. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Documental que analiza el papel fundamental del primer ministro británico Winston Churchill durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, así como los acontecimientos que lo convirtieron en un líder y un personaje clave en la liberación del mundo del fascismo.

Documental que analiza el papel fundamental del primer ministro británico Winston Churchill durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, así como los acontecimientos que lo convirtieron en un líder y un personaje clave en la liberación del mundo del fascismo.

What made Sir Ken Adam a movie design genius? We sit down with Sir Christopher Frayling, the world's leading Ken Adam expert. Frayling knew Adam for over 30 years to decode this question.  Frayling has written three books about Ken Adam, including the massive Taschen archive. He also curated the first British art gallery show ever given to a production designer. Together, they decode the mind behind some of cinema's most iconic sets. We dig into Adam's incredible life story. Adam fled Nazi Germany as a Jewish teenager in 1934. He later flew fighter planes for the Royal Air Force during World War II. That daring past shaped the bold, oversized worlds he built for the screen. We decode his complex, secretive bond with director Stanley Kubrick. We also unpack how his childhood in Berlin echoes through his most famous sets. This episode reveals the man behind Dr. No, Goldfinger, and Barry Lyndon. Christopher tells us stories that never made it into any book. He shares memories from decades of friendship with Adam. He explains how real wartime secrets inspired fictional villain lairs. He also reveals small details that grew into iconic movie moments. Whether you love Bond movies, classic design, or wartime history, this conversation decodes something new for every listener. Ken Adam did not just build sets. He built the visual language of modern spy movies. His influence still shapes architecture and design today. Real architects credit him with inspiring famous modern buildings. Discover how one designer shaped decades of pop culture, one unforgettable set at a time. Press play and decode the genius behind cinema's most unforgettable rooms. Some of the things you'll learn in this episode: ·       How a wartime fighter pilot became movie design's greatest legend ·       The real secret behind Ken Adam's tense friendship with Stanley Kubrick ·       Why one famous villain set almost broke his sense of humor ·       How his childhood home shaped decades of iconic movie design ·       The surprising true story behind a legendary underground missile lair ·       Winston Churchill's favorite movie ·       How the War Room in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ·       What music was played during Ken Adam's memorial service Tell us what you think about this interview decoding Ken Adam We know there were things you didn't know before listening to this interview. What were some of the things you learned?  Have you read any of Christopher Frayling's books about Ken? Let us know your thoughts, ideas for future episodes, and what you think of this episode. Just drop us a note at info@spymovienavigator.com.  The more we hear from you, the better the show will surely be!  We'll give you a shout-out in a future episode!   You can check out all our CRACKING THE CODE OF SPY MOVIES podcast episodes on your favorite podcast app or our website. In addition, you can check out our YouTube channel as well.   Episode Webpage:  https://spymovienavigator.com/episode/the-genius-of-ken-adam

In this episode, I talk with Arvind Ethan David about his historical mystery thriller The Great Game! Listen to hear all about: How Arvind Ethan David reimagined classic literary icons by pairing Sherlock Holmes with gentleman thief A.J. Raffles and Balvinder Singh, an Indian veteran whose perspective reshapes Edwardian-era mysteries.  The real history that shaped the thriller, including the Boer War, the British Empire, and the often-overlooked presence of Indian soldiers and immigrants in early 1900s London. How historical fiction can be propulsive, as Arvind blends grisly serial murders, conspiracy, humor, and literary Easter eggs into a fast-paced mystery. The surprising process of writing a first novel after years in television and theater, including what he had to unlearn about dialogue, pacing, and building scenes on the page. How Arvind wove real historical figures with fictional legends, from J.M. Barrie and Winston Churchill to Sherlock Holmes, while staying faithful to the historical timeline. Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba

Steve Richards welcomes award-winning historian Richard Vinen to discuss The Last Titans, a compelling new look at Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle, two extraordinary leaders whose influence continues to shape the world.Watch and Listen now on Spotify.#RichardVinen #TheLastTitans #SpeakingOfWriters #HistoryPodcast #Churchill #CharlesDeGaulle #WorldHistory #Biography #MilitaryHistory #Leadership #Books #AuthorInterview

Cosa nascondeva davvero l'Agenda Rossa di Paolo Borsellino? E quale legame potrebbe esistere con il misterioso carteggio tra Winston Churchill e Benito Mussolini? Due vicende apparentemente lontane che continuano ad alimentare uno dei più grandi misteri della storia italiana.In questa terza e ultima parte analizziamo la scomparsa dell'Agenda Rossa di Paolo Borsellino dopo la strage di via D'Amelio del 19 luglio 1992 e il presunto carteggio segreto Churchill-Mussolini, da decenni al centro di ipotesi, testimonianze e ricerche storiche. Un viaggio tra documenti scomparsi, depistaggi e interrogativi ancora aperti.Cosa troverai in questo video:✔ La scomparsa dell'Agenda Rossa di Paolo Borsellino✔ I depistaggi e le testimonianze legate alla strage di via D'Amelio✔ Il mistero del carteggio segreto tra Churchill e Mussolini✔ Le trattative riservate durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale✔ I documenti scomparsi dagli archivi di Stato✔ Le ipotesi sul possibile ricatto politico legato ai documenti► Playlist completa della serie:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=INSERISCI_PLAYLIST► Iscriviti al canale:https://www.youtube.com/@italiamistero► Diventa membro di Italia Mistero:https://www.youtube.com/@italiamistero/joinCon l'abbonamento potrai accedere a:• Archivio documentale esclusivo• Mappe investigative dei principali casi italiani• Documentari del lunedì senza pubblicità

Juan Nápoli se refirió al video en el que aparece junto a Martín Insaurralde y explicó: “Fui al cumpleaños de la mujer de un amigo, que también es amiga mía. Había abuelos, había menores, era una fiesta familiar”. Y aclaró: “No lo conozco a Insaurralde, no soy amigo de él. Estábamos cerca de la pantalla donde se pasaba el partido y nada más”.Carlos Rinzelli advirtió sobre la situación de Flybondi y afirmó: “La empresa tuvo una degradación operacional en el último año gigantesca. Pensaba que tenía más de veinte aviones y hoy tiene uno solo”. Y concluyó: “Cuando vos comprás el billete y no viajás, es el billete más caro del planeta”.Hebe Casado negó que su publicación sobre la Selección francesa tuviera contenido racista y afirmó: “El posteo no tiene ninguna connotación del tipo racista. La verdad es que pongo en valor a la gente que tiene ascendencia africana”. Y agregó: “Si ellos lo toman como algo racista, yo no me puedo hacer cargo del pensamiento o de la opinión de otra persona”.Claudia Villafañe mostró la camiseta que Diego Maradona utilizó contra Inglaterra en México 86 y contó: “Argentina no tenía camiseta azul, camiseta suplente. Fueron a buscar a Ciudad de México y lo que encontraron fue esta, que tiene dos colores diferentes”. Además, explicó: “Los escudos no eran bordados. Le sacaron a las otras camisetas y le cosieron, como pudieron, el escudo a todas las camisetas”.En un archivo de 1986, Diego Maradona explicó cómo enfrentar a Inglaterra: “Se le juega con pelota, con pelota al piso, se le juega con pelota dominada, como siempre jugamos los argentinos”. Y concluyó: “No tenemos por qué cambiar la manera de jugar porque sea Inglaterra”.En una conferencia de 2008, Maradona afirmó: “Inglaterra le ganó una final a Alemania con un gol que no fue, que lo vimos todos en el mundo y nadie dijo nada. La historia no se cambió”. Y agregó: “Entonces, Butcher a mí no me puede juzgar de ninguna manera”.Gerardo González, excombatiente de Malvinas, afirmó: “Para nosotros es un sentimiento muy grande el tema Malvinas. Se lleva en la sangre”. Y agregó: “Si bien deberíamos perdonar, es muy difícil. Esa es la causa que no podemos olvidar y no tenemos que desmalvinizar Argentina”.En un archivo de 2024, Javier Milei sostuvo sobre la guerra de Malvinas: “Hubo una guerra y a nosotros nos tocó perder. Eso no quiere decir que uno no pueda considerar que quienes estaban enfrente hacen bien su trabajo”. Y agregó: “No solo admiro a Margaret Thatcher, admiro también a Ronald Reagan y admiro profundamente a Winston Churchill. ¿Cuál es el problema?”.Lamine Yamal se refirió al partido entre España y Francia y afirmó: “Vamos a jugar uno de los partidos más bonitos que se puede en un Mundial”. Y agregó: “El fútbol, si sirve para algo, es para integrar a la sociedad y no hay mejor ejemplo que Francia y nosotros, que somos ejemplo de integración”.

Many entrepreneurs feel overwhelmed by today's noisy, polarized media landscape, and unsure how to stand out without becoming controversial or “salesy.” Our guest, Bryan Mattimore, innovation expert and author of Trump's Playbook: His 50 Brand and Influence Strategies and How to Use Them Ethically, has helped companies generate over $3 billion in new revenue by turning bold influence tactics into practical, ethical branding strategies. In this episode of Marketer of the Day, Bryan unpack what makes figures like Donald Trump, Taylor Swift, Steve Jobs, Winston Churchill, and Muhammad Ali so unforgettable from a marketing perspective. Bryan explains how Trump's rise is a masterclass in branding, attention, and message simplicity, and how business owners can apply those same principles without the divisiveness. You'll hear how concepts like binary messaging, narrative shortcuts, symbols, memes, and manufactured villains work psychologically, and how they translate into powerful, memorable brand positioning. Bryan also dives into the idea of the attention economy, why simple, repeatable messages win over complex explanations, and how letting your audience “fill in the blanks” can make your brand feel more personally relevant. From “Make America Great Again” to “Just Do It,” he breaks down why the best slogans and stories stick, and how small businesses can create their own clear, consistent, and emotionally charged messaging that cuts through the clutter. In the second half, the conversation shifts to ideation and AI as a practical toolkit for entrepreneurs. Bryan reveals how he used his 50 influence principles with AI to generate hundreds of strategic ideas for brands and institutions like Harvard, NPR, Disney, Planned Parenthood, and Oreo, and how you can do the same for your business, nonprofit, or career. Instead of using AI just to “polish emails,” he shows you how to use it as a brainstorming partner to spark new campaigns, positioning angles, and growth strategies, even when you feel stuck or resource-constrained. https://youtu.be/RSOO3-lOuJ0?si=u7aN_zQXFqC6n9g- If you've ever felt frustrated that your brand isn't getting noticed, or you're uncomfortable with the way some high-profile figures gain attention, this episode offers a blueprint for ethical influence. You'll walk away with a new understanding of how bold ideas, clear messages, and AI-powered ideation can help you differentiate your brand, attract the right audience, and generate fresh opportunities, without compromising your values. Quotes: “From a marketing standpoint, you've got to start by building the brand; otherwise nobody's ever heard of you, nobody knows who you are and what you stand for.” “Trump has taken narrative shortcuts; five or six word phrases where the entire story is implicit. He doesn't even have to tell the story; you kind of get it.” “We live in an attention economy: the more information we get as consumers, the more important it is to stand out and gain attention, and attention now is the power.“ Contact Details: Get Started with Growth Engine Today Follow Bryan Mattimore on Facebook and Unlock your Team's Creative Potential Connect with Bryan Mattimore on LinkedIn Join Bryan Mattimore on X Grab a Copy of Trump's Playbook on Amazon

En 1940, mientras Hitler avanzaba sobre Europa, Winston Churchill le habló al pueblo de Gran Bretaña con palabras tan cargadas de autoridad que despertaron a una nación entera. "Esta puede ser su hora más gloriosa." Y la historia cambió.  ¿Por qué te cuento esto? Porque en Génesis 45, Jacob lleva 20 años con el corazón congelado, creyendo la mentira de que su hijo José está muerto. Su familia lo había consolado por dos décadas… sin resultado. Pero cuando le llegan las palabras correctas — las palabras de José, soñador hablándole a otro soñador — algo se reactiva. Y Jacob hace la declaración que cambia todo: "Iré y veré antes que muera."  En este quinto mensaje de la serie IMPULSO, el Pastor Otoniel Font predica:

David Seymour's been left in awe of the Indian Prime Minister's x-factor. Narendra Modi stopped by Auckland on Saturday, attending a series of business, political and community events. He and Chris Luxon agreed to attempt to double two-way trade by 2030. Acting Prime Minister David Seymour told Mike Hosking that he heard Modi speak at a rally, which he attended out of political nerd-ism. He says Modi's a cross between a charismatic Baptist preacher, Winston Churchill, and a new world leader. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Someone said, oh, you look like Steve Bannon, and I love you for that… No, I just shaved my hair and lost some pounds.” — Kaya Genç on Trumpism's global fanbase The NATO circus rumbled into the Turkish capital of Ankara this week resembling more of a gun show than an alliance summit. Ringmaster Donald J. Trump promised Recep Tayyip Erdoğan the F-35s and lifted the very sanctions that Trump himself had imposed. Erdogan handed out pistols to the assembled leaders — with poor old Keir Starmer (no Winston Churchill) leaving his at the airport. And observing all these clowns from Istanbul was the Turkish novelist and essayist Kaya Genç. As a contributor to the anthology How We See It: The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump, Genç is a keen America watcher. He first set foot in the United States in January 2017, stumbling into New York City's protests against Trump 1.0's Muslim-ban. What seemed temporary — Trump as a bizarre historical aberration — looked to Erdogan-literate Kaya Genç like an operating manual for 21st century populist authoritarianism. Turkey, Genç argues, has spent a century Americanizing itself. First with the 20th century Marshall Plan, the highways, the Hilton hotels, and finally an American-style executive presidency operating on the politics of referendum. Now, he says, the whole world — from Turkey to France and Britain — is living with the consequences of 21st century Americanization. Like a more functional NATO, right-wing populists operate like an international alliance. Erdogan, Trump, Meloni, Le Pen and Farage are like a club in which projecting strength at summits buys impunity at home. And this club has a house style. Turkish right-wing columnists, Genç reports, deploy Michael Corleone on their X banners — exactly David Thomson's warning earlier this week about Hollywood's glorification of on-screen violence. So, in a way, America observers like Kaya Genç got a sneak preview of Trump's America in movies like The Godfather. First as cinema, then as life. From both Turkey and Russia with love. Five Takeaways •       NATO: The Club of the Mighty. The night before the summit, activists were rounded up in Ankara — LGBTQ rights defenders, labor unionists, journalists — as threats to NATO security. In Turkish civil society, Genç explains, NATO doesn't represent the liberal world order; it represents the mighty, and has since the writers of the 1960s. The summit itself was a military passion show: jets overhead, revolvers gifted among the attendees, and a host country whose ruling politicians no longer hide that arms exports — including the drones Ukraine used so effectively — are now the mission of the Turkish economy. •       Trump: A Star Among Right-Wing Voters Everywhere. In India, a chubbier, longer-haired Genç was once told: you look like Steve Bannon, and I love you for that. The Turkish media savaged Biden but forgives Trump everything — Netanyahu is the villain of the Turkish press, while Trump speaks the language. Not Turkish (though he tried a phrase): the language of the presidential system. The Turkish right's America has always been selective — yes to the death penalty and gun ownership, no to labor rights, free expression, and the trans movement — an instinct as old as the poet Mehmet Akif Ersoy's advice to copy Germany's industriousness and leave out the decadence. •       Living the Consequences of Americanization. Turkey began its republic in the 1920s on the European model — parliament, proportional voices for an ethnically diverse country. After the Marshall Plan, it re-forged itself on the American one: highways, Hilton hotels, burger joints, and eventually an American-style executive presidency, approved by referendum over the objections of people like Genç. That's why Trump 1.0 read so differently in the two countries: in New York it looked like an exception to be fought off; in Ankara it looked like how American politics works — and something to imitate. •       Populists Learn Like Large Language Models. Did Erdogan create the model, or is Trump teaching Erdogan? Neither, says Genç: it's a dialogue — right-wing populism learning from itself the way AI learns from language models. The AKP ran a Gramscian culture war through the institutions; Meloni, Le Pen, and Farage apply the cosmetic soft brush that makes fascist-rooted politics presentable. Join the club, project strength at the summit, and whatever you do domestically stops mattering. Putin, notably, is not in the curriculum: Turkey is returning its S-400s to get the F-35s, and Russia is becoming a footnote. •       The Hologram and the Pushback. Ekrem Imamoglu — the Istanbul mayor Genç profiles in The Dial as the hologram candidate — won the city with socialist municipalism, and the skeptics who warned it would alienate the pious were simply wrong. Soft liberalism, the faith Genç himself held since the nineties, is disappearing; the pushback is finding its heroes in dead poets — Rosa Luxemburg, and Sevgi Soysal, whose novel Walking is out in English from New York Review Books. From Istanbul to Middle America, Mamdani to AOC, Genç's advice to the left is the same: don't fragment — conquer the big parties. About the Guest Kaya Genç is a novelist and essayist from Istanbul. He is the author of Under the Shadow: Rage and Revolution in Modern Turkey and The Lion and the Nightingale, and his writing appears in The Dial, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, Index on Censorship, and Jewish Quarterly. He is a contributor to How We See It: The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump (The New Press, June 2026), edited by The Dial's Madeleine Schwartz. References: •       How We See It: The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump, edited by Madeleine Schwartz (The New Press, June 2026). Publishers Weekly: “A much-needed reality check.” •       Madeleine Schwartz — founder and editor-in-chief of The Dial, editor of the anthology, and a recent guest on the show. •       Under the Shadow: Rage and Revolution in Modern Turkey — Genç's account of Turkey's political generation, published just after the 2016 coup attempt. •       Ece Temelkuran — the Turkish writer and recent guest whose How to Lose a Country globalized the Turkish case as a warning to democracies everywhere. •       Sevgi Soysal — the Turkish novelist who died at 40, whose Walking — a portrait of Ankara slowly killing itself for profit — is out in English from New York Review Books, reviewed by Genç. •       David Thomson — the film critic and recent guest whose argument that Trumpism grew from Hollywood's lov...

We'd love to hear from you! Please send us a Text Message!This 50th Celebrative Podcast Episode features not only songs pertinent to the subject matter, but also whistle-stop visits in a round table discussion with many of the world's great minds, experts on the subject of War & Peace. Come sit at the table with us as we discuss this pertinent subject regarding our world today. Cognoscenti like Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Ernest Hemingway, Herbert Hoover, Bertrand Russell, Martin Luther King, Sir Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein and more. With songs by Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Peter Link.Theater of the Imagination is presented by Watchfire Music:  watchfiremusic.com

In this episode of the Anglotopia Podcast, Jonathan Thomas sits down with Jonathan W. Jordan — New York Times bestselling military historian, Wall Street Journal book critic, and now federal judge — to discuss his richly researched new book Ike and Winston: World War, Cold War, and an Extraordinary Friendship. Spanning a quarter century from their first meeting on Christmas Eve 1941 — when Eisenhower was a little-known brigadier, and Churchill was the most famous man in the world — to Churchill's death in January 1965, Jordan traces one of the most consequential personal relationships of the 20th century. Their friendship forged through the pressure cooker of war helped launch D-Day, navigate the terrifying logic of nuclear weapons, and manage the fraught transition from British imperial power to American superpower. Jordan and Jonathan cover the early dynamic between the aristocrat and the Kansan, the strategic clashes over Anvil and Berlin, Churchill's habit of misrepresenting what Eisenhower had told him when he really wanted his way, the moral weight of decisions that killed tens of thousands, their shared love of painting, the goat on parade in Bermuda, and what these two remarkable men can still teach us about friendship, leadership, and bridging difference. Links Ike and Winston by Jonathan W. Jordan Brothers, Rivals, Victors by Jonathan W. Jordan American Warlords by Jonathan W. Jordan Churchill Papers at Hillsdale College Eisenhower Presidential Library Winston Churchill the Painter at the Wallace Collection, London (open until November 29, 2026) Pressure (2024 film on the D-Day weather decision) Friends of Anglotopia Club Takeaways Churchill and Eisenhower first met on Christmas Eve 1941, three weeks after Pearl Harbor — but Churchill promptly forgot the encounter. In his memoirs, he incorrectly stated he first met Ike in June 1942. Churchill had also famously forgotten meeting a young assistant secretary of the Navy named Franklin Roosevelt years earlier. Jonathan Jordan argues that Churchill's friendship with Eisenhower was ultimately more pivotal to world history than his famous friendship with FDR. Without Churchill's patronage, there is no Supreme Commander of D-Day, no NATO commander, and quite possibly no President Eisenhower. Eisenhower had never heard a shot fired in anger when he was appointed Supreme Allied Commander of the Mediterranean theater in 1943 — and every officer in the room, including Foreign Minister Anthony Eden, had more combat experience than he did. But Patton's observation captures what made Ike perfect for the job: no officer above the rank of colonel should know too much about tactics, or they'll interfere with the people who do. Churchill and Eisenhower lunched together at least weekly during the run-up to D-Day, and met several other times during the week — sometimes for overnight visits at Chequers. Many of their interactions were not grand strategy but practical problem-solving: American drivers going too fast on English roads, landlords overcharging American officers for flats. The biggest strategic clashes were over Anvil (the Allied landing in southern France, which Churchill wanted canceled to preserve British strength in Italy) and Berlin (which Churchill wanted to capture to deny it to the Soviets, and which Eisenhower refused to spend lives on because he knew the political leaders would give it back after the war anyway). In both cases, Churchill was overruled. During the Anvil dispute, Churchill went so far as to misrepresent to Roosevelt and to Montgomery what Eisenhower had told him — attributing to Ike support for a plan Ike had never endorsed — in order to start a ball rolling toward canceling the invasion. The British Chiefs of Staff had to go back to their American counterparts and acknowledge that the Prime Minister had misrepresented the situation. The two men were fundamentally different in their inner lives: Eisenhower was the pragmatist — the card-playing bridge player who assessed odds and would spend lives when the mathematics demanded it — while Churchill was the romantic, the novelist and painter who felt the human cost viscerally and argued passionately against bombing French railways that might kill 40,000 civilians. Both men were painters — a shared passion that became a genuine bond. After the Suez Crisis ruptured Anglo-American relations in 1956, Eisenhower leveraged America's love of Churchill by personally promoting the world tour of Churchill's paintings across US galleries and writing the foreword for the program. The painting Ike was proudest of was his own portrait of Churchill, copied from another work. The rupture of their later years was over Churchill's desperate desire for a summit with the Soviet Union after the hydrogen bomb — and Eisenhower's refusal to engage. Churchill, who had coined the phrase "meeting at the summit," believed great men could move history in direct conversation; Eisenhower, the organization man, believed the Soviet machine would behave the same regardless of who sat across the table. Despite every disagreement, the bond never broke at a personal level. When Churchill's greatest political enemy Clement Attlee served as one of his pallbearers in 1965, it was with Churchill's prior approval — a final demonstration of the principle both men lived by: never let differences over politics or policy destroy a personal friendship. Soundbites "Without Winston Churchill's backing, there is no Eisenhower. There's Eisenhower the brigadier who works in the Pentagon and is respected as a planner. But there's no Supreme Commander of D-Day, there's no NATO commander, there's no President Eisenhower. He is not a household name without Winston Churchill." — Jonathan Jordan on Churchill's role in making Eisenhower. "Being a litigator is not all that different from being a historian. You sift through old documents, you interview witnesses — which is basically a deposition — and you package it in a way that's hopefully accessible and if possible engaging and entertaining for a lay audience, whether that's twelve jurors or thousands of history buffs." — Jonathan Jordan on why law and history are the same skill. "Churchill liked to expound on strategy, but most of what they worked on together were practical problems — shipping backlogs in the English ports, Americans' drivers having a habit of driving too fast on those small English roads, British landlords overcharging American officers for flats. Sometimes Ike and Winston had to interact like they were city councilmen." — Jonathan Jordan on the day-to-day reality of their wartime relationship. "Churchill would do whatever it took. He would use humor, he would argue, he would threaten to resign, he would cry. He would misrepresent what Eisenhower had told him. When he really dug his heels in, anything was on the table." — Jonathan Jordan on Churchill's tactics when he wanted his own way on strategy. "Churchill had to think about whether bombing French railways — which he was told might kill as many as forty thousand French civilians — was too brutal a cost just to slow down Hitler's reinforcements coming to the Normandy beaches. Churchill was a creative writer, a painter, a bricklayer. He loved animals, he had a very soft spot for children. He didn't look at things in the purely military lens that Ike did." — Jonathan Jordan on the chapter titled "Are We Beasts." "In explanation of the goat's refusal to accept the cigarette you offered him this morning, I think I ought to point out that he was aware that smoking on parade is strictly forbidden. Eisenhower wrote back: The goat's soldierly deportment puts me to shame. You would suppose that after some forty years in the army I would not have embarrassed him so sadly." — Jonathan Jordan reading the Bermuda goat exchange between Churchill and Eisenhower. "We are now as far from the age of the atomic bomb as the atomic bomb was from the bow and arrow. Churchill had a vivid imagination — as a painter, a historian, a novelist. He could see big trends into the future. And demons seemed to whisper to him that mankind could incinerate itself with these new thermonuclear weapons." — Jonathan Jordan on how the hydrogen bomb transformed Churchill. "Eisenhower was 50% kindly grandfather and 50% cold-blooded calculator. His own son John thought about it and said: we'll make that 75% cold-blooded calculator. He would never let his personal indebtedness affect how he conducted foreign policy. If he had to step on a friend, whether that was Patton or the remnants of the British Empire in the Suez Crisis, he did it." — Jonathan Jordan on Eisenhower's inner character. "Churchill subscribed to the great man theory of history — great men make history, and he had done it himself in talks with Stalin in Moscow, Tehran, Yalta, Potsdam. Eisenhower was an organization man. He felt the machine did what the machine did. It's like a car engine — you replace the carburetor, it'll still run as a car. It won't turn into an airplane." — Jonathan Jordan on the fundamental philosophical difference between the two men. "Don't let differences over politics or policy get in the way of what could be a good personal friendship. Neither of those two men held grudges if they could avoid it. When Churchill died, Clement Attlee — who had inflicted the very worst political humiliation of Churchill's life — was one of his pallbearers, and Churchill had approved that." — Jonathan Jordan on the lasting lesson of the Ike and Winston friendship. Chapters 00:21 Introduction — Jonathan Thomas introduces the book and Jonathan W. Jordan 01:53 Two Jonathans, Two Americans, One Half-American Subject — The pleasures of the setup 02:46 How a Federal Judge Became a Military Historian — Litigation, jury trials, and the same skills 03:39 Growing Up on Air Force Bases — Aberdeen Proving Grounds, tanks, and the collision of politics and military history 04:29 Why This Book Now — The natural progression from Brothers, Rivals, Victors and American Warlords 05:44 The Sources — 23 volumes of Churchill Papers, 21 volumes of Eisenhower Papers, memoirs, transcripts, and the lawyer's eye for credibility 07:23 Meet the Protagonists — Aristocrat from Blenheim Palace vs. modest middle American from Kansas 10:10 Churchill and FDR vs. Churchill and Ike — Why the Ike friendship was ultimately more pivotal 11:27 The Age Gap and the Fame Gap — How Ike worked with the famous and powerful without being overawed 13:07 The World They Were Walking Into — Hitler from Moscow to the Pyrenees, Japan swallowing Southeast Asia, and no blueprint for any of it 14:21 Eisenhower's Military Background — Never heard a shot fired in anger, missed WWI, the Philippines, and Patton's observation about generals and tactics 17:48 First Impressions and Early Friction — American distrust of Churchill's Mediterranean strategy and a warming that took time 19:37 The Command Relationship — Weekly lunches, overnight visits at Chequers, and city-councilman problem-solving 21:57 Managing Churchill — The Kay Summersby method: never call an idea stupid, commission a thorough study, show your working 23:43 The Biggest Strategic Clashes — Anvil, Berlin, and Churchill's misrepresentation of Eisenhower's position 28:38 Are We Beasts? — The moral weight of forty thousand dead Frenchmen and what it did to each of them 30:34 The Pressure Digression — Jonathan recommends the D-Day weather film; Jonathan Jordan hasn't seen it yet 32:18 What the War Built — The unbreakable bond of June 1945, forged in shared sacrifice 33:42 After the War — Churchill voted out before final victory, Ike's ascent from Chief of Staff to NATO to the presidency 35:43 The Role Reversal — The most powerful man in the world faces the leader of a Britain still on rationing 38:41 Waterloo Sunset — Both men presiding over the handover from British imperial power to American superpower 40:53 The Nuclear Age — The Soviet atomic bomb, the American hydrogen bomb, and a Churchill transformed into the great peace advocate 44:16 The Nearest Point of Rupture — The Soviet summit dispute, the great man theory vs. the organization man, and Churchill's declining opinion of Ike 46:59 Small Human Moments — John Eisenhower welcomed in London, a villa at Lake Como, the Bermuda goat, and the repartee that never died 50:20 Two Painters — How Churchill introduced Eisenhower to painting, the traveling exhibition after Suez, and the portrait Ike was proudest of 52:24 The Wallace Collection Churchill Exhibition — Jonathan's August visit and Jonathan Jordan's hope to get there 54:14 What the Friendship Teaches Us — Policy differences vs. personal friendship, Attlee as pallbearer, and the dying art of bridging difference 55:41 Who Were They Really? — 75% cold-blooded calculator vs. the romantic who felt history in his bones 57:50 Wrap-Up — Ike and Winston details, Jordan's other books, and an invitation to share which wartime friendship listeners want explored next Video Version

Champagne! | Korean Pop! | Winston Churchill!Remember the Winston Churchill quote about locations where fights will be fought? That might help you win a couple of points today!How many countries begin with the letter U? But not the word United? Find out in this episode!Looking for some fun for the office? Why not consider booking a virtual event for your team? Or, an in-person one if you're in England or Canada.Missed a past episode? We have over 130 on the feed. Perfect for your summer road trip!We'll be back next month...---Created and Presented by James at Quiz Coconut.Music and Editing by Jules at Abstract Source.Design by Ben at Ich Bin Ben.Quiz CoconutUK: www.quizcoconut.co.ukCanada: www.quizcoconut.caWorldwide: www.quizcoconut.com

Beauty is often dismissed as a luxury—something secondary to the urgent work of repair. But what if beauty is not peripheral, but essential to healing what is broken?Trinity Forum Senior Fellow Makoto Fujimura and Haejin Shim Fujimura will be our guides on this question, discussing their new book, Beauty and Justice: Creating a Life of Abundance and Courage. Drawing on their work in the arts and global advocacy, they will consider how cultivating beauty can help us to sustain courage, foster resilience, and contribute to the pursuit of justice.This episode is drawn from an Online Conversation in 2026. You can view the transcript and other resources here.Go deeper into the issues discussed in yesterday's Online Conversation with these Trinity Forum Readings:Babette's Feast; Isak Dinesen  (Introduction by Makoto Fujimura)Four Quartets; T.S. Eliot (Also introduced by Makoto Fujimura)Letters of Vincent Van GoghRevelations of Divine Love; Julian of NorwichPainting as a Pasttime; Winston Churchill

In this episode, Kurt puts Jon on the hot seat with a simple game: Was this famous person a Stoic...or not? Winston Churchill. Queen Elizabeth II. Napoleon Bonaparte. Amelia Earhart. Marcus Aurelius is too easy, so don't expect any freebies. Along the way, they separate Stoicism from simply "having a stiff upper lip," talk about why this 2,000-year-old philosophy has suddenly become fashionable again, and discover that being calm under pressure isn't the same thing as being a Stoic. It's a history quiz, a philosophy lesson, and round after round of Kurt asking, "Are you sure?" until Jon isn't.

Winston Churchill was born in a palace and was given a funeral worthy of a king. His family had enjoyed an intimate association with the British monarchy stretching back centuries. As King Edward VIII said of him, 'I have never met anyone of royal blood who exemplified in such high degree the ideal of the 'good king.' Churchill and the Crown (Oxford University Press, 2026) tells the story of Churchill's relationship with the various kings and queens he served during his long political career, from young journalist under Edward VII, through his dramatic fall from grace in the First World War under George V, the frustrations of appeasement during the interwar period and his relationship with Edward VIII during the abdication crisis of 1936, culminating in his Finest Hour in the Second World War under George VI and the coda of Churchill's public service to his final monarch: Queen Elizabeth II. Ted Powell analyses Churchill's writings on monarchy and his role in preserving and establishing monarchies outside Britain. At the core of the book is a series of studies of Churchill's relationships with the monarchs he served. These studies offer a two-way perspective, examining both Churchill's view of individual monarchs and their attitudes towards him. They shed light not only on Churchill's career but also on the changing role of the monarchy in 20th century Britain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Winston Churchill was born in a palace and was given a funeral worthy of a king. His family had enjoyed an intimate association with the British monarchy stretching back centuries. As King Edward VIII said of him, 'I have never met anyone of royal blood who exemplified in such high degree the ideal of the 'good king.' Churchill and the Crown (Oxford University Press, 2026) tells the story of Churchill's relationship with the various kings and queens he served during his long political career, from young journalist under Edward VII, through his dramatic fall from grace in the First World War under George V, the frustrations of appeasement during the interwar period and his relationship with Edward VIII during the abdication crisis of 1936, culminating in his Finest Hour in the Second World War under George VI and the coda of Churchill's public service to his final monarch: Queen Elizabeth II. Ted Powell analyses Churchill's writings on monarchy and his role in preserving and establishing monarchies outside Britain. At the core of the book is a series of studies of Churchill's relationships with the monarchs he served. These studies offer a two-way perspective, examining both Churchill's view of individual monarchs and their attitudes towards him. They shed light not only on Churchill's career but also on the changing role of the monarchy in 20th century Britain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Winston Churchill was born in a palace and was given a funeral worthy of a king. His family had enjoyed an intimate association with the British monarchy stretching back centuries. As King Edward VIII said of him, 'I have never met anyone of royal blood who exemplified in such high degree the ideal of the 'good king.' Churchill and the Crown (Oxford University Press, 2026) tells the story of Churchill's relationship with the various kings and queens he served during his long political career, from young journalist under Edward VII, through his dramatic fall from grace in the First World War under George V, the frustrations of appeasement during the interwar period and his relationship with Edward VIII during the abdication crisis of 1936, culminating in his Finest Hour in the Second World War under George VI and the coda of Churchill's public service to his final monarch: Queen Elizabeth II. Ted Powell analyses Churchill's writings on monarchy and his role in preserving and establishing monarchies outside Britain. At the core of the book is a series of studies of Churchill's relationships with the monarchs he served. These studies offer a two-way perspective, examining both Churchill's view of individual monarchs and their attitudes towards him. They shed light not only on Churchill's career but also on the changing role of the monarchy in 20th century Britain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography

Winston Churchill was born in a palace and was given a funeral worthy of a king. His family had enjoyed an intimate association with the British monarchy stretching back centuries. As King Edward VIII said of him, 'I have never met anyone of royal blood who exemplified in such high degree the ideal of the 'good king.' Churchill and the Crown (Oxford University Press, 2026) tells the story of Churchill's relationship with the various kings and queens he served during his long political career, from young journalist under Edward VII, through his dramatic fall from grace in the First World War under George V, the frustrations of appeasement during the interwar period and his relationship with Edward VIII during the abdication crisis of 1936, culminating in his Finest Hour in the Second World War under George VI and the coda of Churchill's public service to his final monarch: Queen Elizabeth II. Ted Powell analyses Churchill's writings on monarchy and his role in preserving and establishing monarchies outside Britain. At the core of the book is a series of studies of Churchill's relationships with the monarchs he served. These studies offer a two-way perspective, examining both Churchill's view of individual monarchs and their attitudes towards him. They shed light not only on Churchill's career but also on the changing role of the monarchy in 20th century Britain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/british-studies

Send us Fan MailSend us Fan MailIn this captivating episode of Living the Dream with Curveball, we welcome Steve Vesce, an accomplished author and historian, who takes us on a journey through the life of Harry L. Hopkins, an unsung hero of the 20th century. Steve's award-winning book, *Ordinary Man*, delves into the remarkable story of Hopkins, who evolved from a modest social worker in Iowa to Franklin D. Roosevelt's closest confidant and a key architect of the New Deal and World War II strategy.Steve shares his passion for history and reveals the sparks that ignited his desire to tell Hopkins' story, including the profound challenges and triumphs that shaped this extraordinary figure. As listeners will learn, Hopkins played a crucial role in navigating America through the Great Depression and the tumult of World War II, showcasing incredible emotional intelligence and grit despite facing personal trials.Throughout the episode, Steve discusses the lesser-known aspects of Hopkins' life, including his pivotal interactions with Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin, and how his vision and leadership helped forge alliances that changed the course of history. He reflects on the significance of duty and moral integrity, emphasizing how these qualities defined the Greatest Generation and continue to resonate today.Join us for an enlightening conversation that not only highlights the impact of one ordinary man but also serves as a reminder of the power of individual action in the face of adversity.What You'll Learn in This Episode:- The life and legacy of Harry L. Hopkins- Insights into the Great Depression and World War II- The importance of emotional intelligence in leadership- How Hopkins influenced key global relationships- The enduring lessons from the Greatest GenerationFor more information on Steve Vesce and his work, visit www.stevevesce.com and explore his award-winning book, *Ordinary Man*, available now.Support the show

When the supernatural seeps into our world, it doesn't just leave behind fear—it can also leave sickness. From shadowy visitors to ominous dreams, some eerie paranormal encounters suggest that the price of witnessing the unknown may be paid in flesh and blood.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/SupernaturalSicknessREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/hp3ua63cFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: When the supernatural intrudes into our lives, it's not just our minds that are affected. We'll delve into a few bizarre cases where individuals fell gravely ill after brushes with the paranormal. Is it coincidence? Or something more sinister? And could these illnesses be due to the paranormal literally draining us of life? (Supernaturally Sick, Paranormally Poisoned) *** Helen Duncan made a living from conducting séances—until her uncanny knowledge of classified World War II tragedies spooked British authorities. (Britain's Last Witch) *** Jeremy Bentham was a philosopher whose ideas about mortality and utility extended beyond death. Bentham's wish for his body to be preserved and displayed as an "auto-icon" – so it could be seen publicly by all. And while his wishes were granted, it came with a few hiccups along the way… mostly with his poor head. (The Strange Story of Mr. Bentham's Corpse) *** Annie Dorman was discovered lifeless with a gunshot wound, sending shockwaves through her tight-knit community. Suicide seemed improbable, leaving detectives baffled and family perplexed. Was it a crime of passion, an accident, murder… or truly suicide? In a similar case, just a few years later, in the serene countryside of Greenwich, New York, the lifeless form of Maggie Hourigan is found, floating in a tranquil pool, speculation runs rampant. Were these cases suicide, as hastily concluded, horrible accidents… or sinister murders? (The Mysterious Deaths of Annie Dorman and Maggie Hourigan) *** AND MORE!CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding00:02:11.442 = Show Open00:04:40.830 = Supernaturally Sick, Paranormally Poisoned00:21:39.741 = The Mysterious Deaths of Annie Dorman and Maggie Hourigan ***00:34:55.265 = Britain's Last Witch ***00:43:19.651 = The Strange Story of Mr. Bentham's Corpse00:54:21.727 = Eccentric Habits of History's Elite ***01:04:25.454 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakLISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*SOURCES and RESOURCES:“Supernaturally Sick, Paranormally Poisoned” by Nick Redfern for Mysterious Universe:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/6bu93dju“The Mysterious Deaths of Annie Dorman and Maggie Hourigan” by Robert Wilhelm for Murder By Gaslight:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/meu37k4m; https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4y9mn9a4“The Strange Story of Mr. Bentham's Corpse” by Melissa Sartore for Weird History: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yt6uetju“Britain's Last Witch” by Parissa Djangi for National Geographic: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8by87t“Eccentric Habits of History's Elite” by John Munoz for ListVerse: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/bdh2dw3x(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: April 17, 2024Weird Darkness gathers five accounts in this episode: people who fell gravely ill within days of a paranormal encounter, two unsolved deaths of young women in the late nineteenth century, a wartime medium jailed for witchcraft, a philosopher who arranged to have his own corpse put on permanent display, and the private oddities of history's most famous figures.It opens with the argument that anemia and anorexia-like wasting can follow a paranormal encounter within hours or days. The Franciscan monk Joseph McCabe, who died in 1955, catalogued dozens of people who developed anemia soon after nighttime visits he blamed on the Mesopotamian demons Lilu and Lilitu. Albert Bender, the Bridgeport, Connecticut man who launched the Men in Black mystery in the early 1950s, endured migraines, stomach pain, memory lapses, and sharp weight loss after three phantom figures ordered him to drop his UFO research, then recovered, married, and lived to 94. In 1982, a fourteen-year-old named Robbie watched a flat black shadow crawl across his bedroom ceiling in Beckenham, Kent, was hospitalized with meningitis, and months later collapsed from acute anemia. Jim Harpur opened his door to two black-eyed children outside Orlando, Florida in March 2008 and was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes three weeks afterward. In Nova Scotia, Michelle came down with severe ulcerative colitis two days after a vivid Slenderman dream in January 2017. The longest case belongs to Alison, a seventeen-year-old in Texas who shed roughly twenty pounds in six weeks in 1998 while a tall, pale Woman in Black appeared at her bedside each night, starting days after she and two friends used a Ouija board; sea salt and sage spread through the house ended the visits, and she recovered.From there, the episode turns to two deaths that juries could not explain. Maggie Hourigan, a 19-year-old servant in Greenwich, New York, was found floating face-down in a roadside pool on October 20, 1889; a first autopsy by Dr. S. Walter Scott ruled drowning and suicide, but a second team found a head wound inflicted before she entered the water, and Dr. Scott later sued the New York Sun for libel over its coverage and won a $6,000 settlement. Eight years later and a state away, 18-year-old Annie Dorman was found shot dead in her half-brother John Dorman's farmhouse near Cobb's Creek, Philadelphia, on September 1, 1897; the rusty pistol that killed her sat unused on a high shelf the five-foot-tall victim could not reach without standing on furniture that had not been moved, it had been fired five times, and the coroner ruled she was shot by a person unknown.Next comes Helen Duncan, the Scottish medium nicknamed Hellish Nell, who produced ectoplasm and channeled spirit guides named Peggy and Albert at séances across wartime Britain. In May 1941 she announced the loss of the H.M.S. Hood before the public knew, and that November she described the sinking of the H.M.S. Barham, which the government withheld until January 1942. Authorities arrested her at a Portsmouth sitting and tried her at London's Old Bailey beginning March 23, 1944 under the 1735 Witchcraft Act; a jury convicted her on April 3, and she became the last person imprisoned under that law, serving her sentence at Holloway Prison while Winston Churchill dismissed the case as obsolete tomfoolery.After that, the episode examines Jeremy Bentham, the English philosopher born in 1748 who asked that his body be dissected, preserved, and displayed as what he called an auto-icon. Dr. Thomas Southwood Smith carried out the dissection three days after Bentham died on June 6, 1832, but his attempt to preserve the head with sulfuric acid and an air pump left it leathery and discolored, so a wax replacement by the French artist Jacques Talrich was fitted to the seated skeleton. The figure went on display at University College London, where students stole the real, shriveled head in 1975 and returned it after the university paid £10 against their £100 charity demand; the head later served as a soccer ball before being moved to a climate-controlled storeroom in 2002.The episode closes with ten eccentric routines of the wealthy and famous. Howard Hughes wore tissue boxes over his feet and wrote a manual instructing employees how to prepare and serve a can of peaches; Nikola Tesla fed pigeons in New York parks and called one white pigeon his muse; Salvador Dalí napped in a chair holding a key over a metal plate so its clatter would wake him; Marlon Brando dropped ice into hot coffee to drink it at once; Queen Elizabeth I whitened her skin with a mix of white lead and vinegar; Andy Warhol ate McDonald's nearly every day for two decades; Benjamin Franklin sat naked by open windows for what he called air baths; Michael Jackson traveled with a pet elephant named Gypsy on his Bad tour; Charles Dickens walked miles through London at night to feed his writing; and Albert Einstein gave up socks because his shoes already covered his feet.

Would you welcome a loving rebuke?In this reflection on Psalm 141, John Ortberg explores one of the most surprising prayers in Scripture:"Let a righteous person strike me—that is a kindness."Why would anyone ask to be corrected?Through stories from the life of Winston Churchill, personal reflections, and the wisdom of the Psalms, John shows how humility and honest feedback can become powerful tools for spiritual growth.This episode explores:- Psalm 141 and guarding our words- Why rebuke can be a gift- The importance of trusted friends- Winston and Clementine Churchill- Defensiveness versus teachability- Learning to welcome correction with gratitudeScriptures:- Psalm 141#Psalm141 #JohnOrtberg #Prayer #Humility #SpiritualFormation #ChristianFaith #BibleStudy #Psalms #Growth #Wisdom

Marcus discusses the SSPX consecrations and Michael Lucchese looks at the patriotic thought of Winston Churchill.

When the Nazis invade Yugoslavia Tito takes to the mountains. Winston Churchill dispatches a crack team of paratroopers, led by a man rumoured to inspire the character of James Bond. Sneaking their way through the countryside, they will seek to rendezvous with the mysterious Partisan leader and take the fight to the German war machine… A Noiser podcast production. Narrated by Paul McGann. Featuring Neil Barnett, Branko Brkic, Christopher Catherwood, Richard Mills, Nicholas O'Shaughnessy, Geoffrey Swain, Susan L Woodward. This is Part 3 of 5. Written by Jeff Dawson | Assistant Producer: Luke Lonergan | Exec produced by Joel Duddell | Sound supervisor: Tom Pink | Sound design & audio editing by George Tapp | Assembly editing by Dorry Macaulay, Rob Plummer, Jacob Booth | Compositions by Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink | Mix & mastering: Cian Ryan-Morgan | Recording engineer: Joseph McGann. You can listen to the final two episodes of the Tito story straight away, without waiting and without ads, by joining Noiser+. Just click the subscription banner at the top of the feed or go to noiser.com/subscriptions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"in league with the thief" [REIG]     Arvind Ethan David is a versatile writer and producer whose career spans theater, television, film, graphic novels, audio, and now his debut novel, The Great Game, a historical thriller set in 1905 London. Blending mystery and suspense, the book marks the return of A. J. Raffles — the famous gentleman thief created by Conan Doyle's brother-in-law, E.W. Hornung.   Born in Malaysia and educated in England, Arvind's perspective on imperial rivalry, colonialism, and cultural identity is expressed through the eyes of his narrator Balvinder dev Singh, a law student and military veteran who is funding his education in partnership with Raffles. When a brutal Mayfair murder tangles Bunny and Raffles in a widening conspiracy, it attracts the attention of Holmes, Watson, and even Winston Churchill.   Arvind's career began when he was still a student, adapting Douglas Adams's novel Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency as a play. When Adams came to see it, he became a mentor. He has written and produced extensively in television, including Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency for Netflix, Anansi Boys for Amazon, and The Garden of Evening Mists for HBO. He has also written seven graphic novels, including an adaptation of Raymond Chandler's Trouble Is My Business. Join us as he reflects on his experiences in these different artistic worlds, and on the unique challenges of bringing honored characters to life.   Our "Learned Societies" segment kicks off with Sherlockian society activities coming up in the latter half of August. Then, it's a new edition of "Examining the Pictures," with the film critic, journalist, and author Christian Monggaard, BSI, as he reviews the first Enola Holmes film. Finally, the Canonical Couplet quiz will test your Sherlock Holmes knowledge, with a copy of The Great Game for the winner. Send your answer to comment @ihearofsherlock.com by July 14, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. DST. All listeners are eligible to play.   As a reminder, our supporters can listen to the show ad-free and have access to occasional bonus material. Join us on the platform of your choice (Patreon | Substack).   And if you need some show swag or gift ideas, or if you want to show off your good taste to other Sherlockians, check out our Merch Store, with mugs, notepads and more.     Leave I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts and Spotify; listen to us wherever you listen to podcasts.   Links The Great Game (Amazon | Bookshop.org) Arvind Ethan David's website Other episodes mentioned on the show: Episode 200: Holmes in the Heartland I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere / Trifles Merch Store     Explore more here. Find all of our relevant links and social accounts at linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock.   And would you consider leaving us a rating and or a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or the player of your choice? It would help other Sherlockians find us. Your thoughts on the show? Leave a comment below, send us an email (comment AT ihearofsherlock DOT com), call us at 5-1895-221B-5. That's (518) 952-2125.  

May 1940 is one of the critical months in British history. As the Nazis tore across Europe and Winston Churchill became Prime Minister, our guest Sinclair McKay explains that this was also the month in which the Home Guard was founded. Originally known as the Local Defence Volunteers (LDV) and affectionately recalled in the BBC sitcom as 'Dad's Army', the Home Guard was a colourful military force that was compounded by individuals from the local community. In this episode McKay takes us back to the first year of this colourful organisation's existence. He describes how Churchill was involved in the development of the Home Guard's identity and how an inspiring woman, Edith Summerskill, sought to shape it. Find out more about Sinclair McKay's Dad's Army: The Glorious True Story of the Home Guard.  Show Notes Scene One: May 1940 – Anthony Eden's radio announcement calling for Local Defence Volunteers, as across the Channel, France falls. Scene Two: July 1940 Churchill renames it the Home Guard as – on the south downs – JB Priestley espies the true poetry of the moment. Scene Three: November 1940 Dr Edith Summerskill (MP for Fulham) begins her long campaign to have women join the Home Guard. Memento: A dummy grenade. People/Social Presenter: Peter Moore  Guest: Sinclair McKay Producer: Maria Nolan Theme music: Firelight by Minka Partner: ACE Cultural Tours.

In this episode Rabbi Spiro and Ellie discuss the recent elections in NY and the DSA candidates who won, and what the history of communism, socialism and democracy can help us understand about America today as it approaches it's 250th birthday. Want the full story? Start from episode one.As Winston Churchill said, "The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see." That's exactly what we're doing — going all the way back, so we can understand the present and shape what comes next.

A letter from Churchill demonstrates the value of courtesy, even—or perhaps especially—at moments of highest battle. Connect with Us: Email: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Website: gretchenrubin.com Instagram: @gretchenrubin | @lizcraft Learn more about Gretchen's Four Tendencies personality framework and take the free quiz. Enjoyed this episode? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or rate us on Spotify—it helps other listeners find the show! Find the transcript for this episode on the episode details page in the Apple Podcasts app.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Jason Whiton is back with Spyvibe, new music from The Manakooras, we have a deep thought on golf, lounge life magazine …a Winston Churchill story along with the best lounge and exotica from across the globe   Voodoo Organist - Dry Martinis and Wet Bikinis Daniel Pemberton - The Investigator Voodoo 5 - I Just Don't Understand Lushy - French 75 Mark Riddle - Eye of the Idol Tiki Delights - Nani Wahine Barry Morgan - Big Bossa Janet Seidel - Charade Piero Piccioni - Ballade The Manakooras - Tropical Call Pink Martini - No Hay Problema Serge Gainsbourg - L'Eau à la Bouche Martini Kings - Music to Watch Girls Go By Tom Gaebel - The Cat Joshua Cipolla-Tuxedos By the Beach  

Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. ~Winston Churchill Check out John Lee Dumas' award winning Podcast Entrepreneurs on Fire on your favorite podcast directory. For world class free courses and resources to help you on your Entrepreneurial journey visit EOFire.com

Captain Martin went old school on Brother Andre and Robert but with the twist of providing some quotes to pick from for the episode, all from 20th century hero Winston Churchill.

Gretchen Rubin joins guest host and Infinite Books CEO Jimmy Soni to discuss her journey from Supreme Court clerk to bestselling author, the creative obsessions that shaped her career, and the daily habits that fuel her work. They cover her transition from law to writing Power Money Fame Sex, why she often ends up writing the book before the proposal, the art of editing until the final hour (even during pass pages), her 5:30 AM writing routine, and why "know thyself" remains the foundation of all her books - from 40 Ways to Look at Winston Churchill to Life in Five Senses. Important Links: Learn more about Gretchen: https://gretchenrubin.com/ Read more of Gretchen's work: https://gretchenrubin.com/books Listen to Gretchen's podcast: https://gretchenrubin.com/happier/

Winston Churchill's insights into the Second World War's outbreak are a fascinating combination of prediction and justification. He knew Germany was a threat, but his postwar memoirs also include knowledge learned during and after the conflict that make it difficult for historians to judge how much he knew as Hitler rose to power. In this episode, Joe asks about how the war could have been prevented and what Churchill knew, and when he knew it.Join us every Thursday this summer for pop quizzes, and on Mondays for rebroadcast episodes!

   A couple months ago when UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer wouldn't allow the United States to access England's military bases while attacking Iran, President Trump said Starmer is "not exactly Winston Churchill," and the trap was set.  Fast forward a couple months and Trump gets yet another win as Starmer has announced he's resigning after his Labour Party is just getting crushed at the polls.   JD Vance is leading the negotiations with Iran and it's off to a shaky start.  Shocker.    Dems are traveling to DC just for the purpose of having a chance to ruin the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool that Trump fixed... .including an Olympic athlete that has been arrested.    The World Cup has been a smashing success for Team USA so far even as a former US Goalkeeper says we have zero chance to win the Cup.    Iran fans are now carrying in so many flags and signs against the regime that not even FIFA can keep up with confiscating it all.    And an American at the US Open Golf Championship, a former winner, is treated like total garbage by New York golf fans... they are just the worst.     Royals slugger Jac Caglianone is on quite a heater this month.    And our Final Final is the ultimate "The Honeymoon's Over" story for a sports reporter in Pittsburgh.

Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm - Winston Churchill Check out John Lee Dumas' award winning Podcast Entrepreneurs on Fire on your favorite podcast directory. For world class free courses and resources to help you on your Entrepreneurial journey visit EOFire.com

**Unlock the entire First British Indians series ad-free by joining the Empire Club at empirepoduk.com** Sophia Duleep Singh: heiress to the Sikh Empire, ward of Queen Victoria, suffragette and revolutionary. How did this Indian princess end up fighting alongside Emmeline Pankhurst and infuriating Winston Churchill?  In Episode 1 of this mini-series exploring the extraordinary daughters of the last Maharaja of the Punjab, William and Anita discuss the incredible, forgotten life of Princess Sophia Duleep Singh. They explore her family's tragic fall from grace, her political awakening after experiencing racism in colonial India and her fierce fight for women's right to vote. Join the Empire Club: Unlock the full Empire experience – with bonus episodes, ad-free listening, early access to miniseries and live show tickets, exclusive book discounts, a members-only newsletter, and access to our private Discord chatroom. Sign up directly at empirepoduk.com. For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com. Email: empire@goalhanger.com Instagram: @empirepoduk Blue Sky: @empirepoduk X: @empirepoduk Assistant Producer: Imogen Marriott Editor:  Imogen Marriott Social Producer: Charlie Johnson Producer: Anouska Lewis Executive Producer: Dom Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Big Bad Iran may be tamed by the Peace Deal, but we're killing ourselves by suicidal empathy towards terrorists.Suicidal empathy, or sympathy for those who want to kill us, may seem like a virtuous quality, but it is really madness and will bring about our demise. This episode, hosted by Carole Lieberman, M.D., The Terrorist Therapist®, features examples of suicidal empathy from the U.S. to the U.K. and shows how we've been bullied into submission since 9/11 by others calling us Islamophobes.In Arizona, a school board member, had the gall to suggest that Islam would take over America. Though she accurately stated terrorists' intentions, the more ignorant of those in hercommunity are calling for her resignation. In North Carolina, the Muslim high school valedictorian tossed the speech that had been vetted by her school to go into a rant about Israel, America and ICE. In New Jersey, Hisham ‘Adam' Hamaway celebrated his Democrat primary victory by having Muslim supporters shout "Allahu Akbar!”In the U.K., Radical Islamist migrants have reached the tipping point, even influencing the Bank of England to drop Winston Churchill from banknotes. There is barbarism in Belfast, where these migrants, following the Quran, decapitate the Irish in broad daylight. No woman is safe, as men from Pakistan to Palestine claim it's legal under Sharia Law to rape young non-Muslim girls.  Yet when a noted authority in terrorism testified before Congress about the danger of Sharia Law seeping into America, only some of the Congressmen took the threat seriously enough. Others reflected the general tendency of Americans to remain in denial.

H.W. Brands explains how, following the massacre in Poland, Roosevelt sought to modify the Neutrality Acts—laws passed in the mid-1930s specifically to prevent the types of economic and travel entanglements that had drawn the U.S.into World War I. Roosevelt argued that providing weapons to Britain and France would allow them to defend themselves, thereby keeping American troops out of the conflict. Lindbergh and anti-interventionist Senators like Burton Wheeler and Robert Borah remained deeply skeptical, believing Roosevelt was being "transactional" and dishonest about his true intent to lead the U.S. into a new European order. Roosevelt countered by attacking his critics early, using the word "isolation" like a "plague" and characterizing their views as well-meaning but ignorant. While some suggested Lindbergh as a potential 1940 Republican presidential candidate, he refused to enter politics, preferring to challenge the president through the airwaves. Roosevelt carefully shaped public opinion, fearing the type of backlash Woodrow Wilson faced for getting too far ahead of the populace. When France fell in just six weeks to the German Blitzkrieg in 1940, Lindbergh felt vindicated, arguing that American troops would have merely been trapped on the beaches. Meanwhile, Winston Churchill manipulated Roosevelt with warnings that a falling British government might surrender its fleet to Germany, successfully pressuring the president to send American destroyers to Britain. (3)1927

June 6, 2026Senate Republicans passed a measure providing additional funding to ICE and CBP, without any of the reforms Democrats had demanded, ICE and CBP will be funded through the end of Trump's term no matter the outcome of the midterm elections, There has been no public accounting of how the funds for ICE and CBP are being spent, Democratic amendments caused an 18 hour debate that forced Republicans to vote against measures that are popular, making their stands clear, A whistleblower says that DOGE planned to make immigrants self deport by declaring 2.7 million of them dead, The number of deaths of immigrants in detention is rising, Sen Andy Kim of New Jersey is keeping attention on what is happening at Delaney Hall detention center, but ICE is impeding oversight, Secretary of Defense Hegseth was in France for the anniversary of D-Day, where he perverted the commemoration in a speech which advanced the ideas on which fascism was based, We remember Winston Churchill, who promised that those who care about freedom and self determination would never stop fighting the Nazis.Watch today's recording here: https://www.youtube.com/live/g9TUa1Rwd6U?si=T8_KKcHQZElhpnZ-Get full, free access to Letters from an American here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeYou can also find me:Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hcrichardson.bsky.socialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercoxrichardson/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heathercoxrichardson Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe

On this special D-Day edition of Hayden's History Hour, Federalist Staff Editor Hayden Daniel shares everything you should know about the largest amphibious operation in history and explains how Hollywood's portrayal of the operation fails to capture the size and intensity of the Allied powers' beginning strategy to end World War II. The Federalist Foundation is a nonprofit, and we depend entirely on our listeners and readers — not corporations. If you value fearless, independent journalism, please consider a tax-deductible gift today at TheFederalist.com/donate. Your support keeps us going.

Rob and David both hiked Machu Picchu! The “Arrested Development” star and comedian David Cross joins Rob Lowe to discuss his experience in Peru with Bob Odenkirk, whether the best decade was the '80s or '90s, a quote from Winston Churchill, his new stand-up special, and much more. Make sure to subscribe to the show on YouTube at YouTube.com/@LiterallyWithRobLowe! Got a question for Rob? Call our voicemail at 323-570-4551. Your question could get featured on the show! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.