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A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire By Geoffrey Wawro chats with Dr. Alvin

Geoffrey Wawro Click Here To Listen The Austro-Hungarian army that marched east and south to confront the Russians and Serbs in the opening campaigns of World War I had a glorious past but a pitiful present. Speaking a mystifying array of languages and lugging outdated weapons, the Austrian troops were hopelessly unprepared for the industrialized warfare that would shortly consume Europe. As prizewinning historian Geoffrey Wawro explains in A Mad Catastrophe, the doomed Austrian conscripts were an unfortunate microcosm of the Austro-Hungarian Empire itself—both equally ripe for destruction. After the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June 1914, Germany goaded the Empire into a war with Russia and Serbia. With the Germans massing [...]

By |June 12th, 2014|History, Military, War|Comments Off on A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire By Geoffrey Wawro chats with Dr. Alvin
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Travel Channel’s History Explorer Don Wildman Kicks Off Monumental Mysteries chats with Dr. Alvin

Don Wildman-Monumental Mysteries Click Here To Listen   Travel Channel’s resident history explorer Don Wildman is back with an all-new season of “Monumental Mysteries” on a new night beginning Friday, June 13 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. Season two will feature 13 hour-long episodes with more intriguing stories from one end of the U.S. to the other. They include the odd story of Seattle’s colossal bronze of Communist Vladimir Lenin to the tale of the twisted sculpture of a headless chicken in Colorado. Wildman now stakes his ground on Fridays as he offers viewers historical travel trivia perfect for any social gathering. Every Friday night, Wildman searches the United States to investigate our nation’s structures, statues [...]

By |June 12th, 2014|History, Travel|Comments Off on Travel Channel’s History Explorer Don Wildman Kicks Off Monumental Mysteries chats with Dr. Alvin
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The Great And Holy War: How World War I Became A Religious Crusade By Philip Jenkins chats with Dr. Alvin

Philip Jenkins Click Here To Listen The Great and Holy War offers the first look at how religion created and prolonged the First World War. At the one-hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of the war, historian Philip Jenkins reveals the powerful religious dimensions of this modern-day crusade, a period that marked a traumatic crisis for Western civilization, with effects that echoed throughout the rest of the twentieth century. The war was fought by the world's leading Christian nations, who presented the conflict as a holy war. Thanks to the emergence of modern media, a steady stream of patriotic and militaristic rhetoric was given to an unprecedented audience, using language that spoke of holy war and [...]

By |June 12th, 2014|Gospel, History, Jewish, Military, Movies, Spirituality, War|Comments Off on The Great And Holy War: How World War I Became A Religious Crusade By Philip Jenkins chats with Dr. Alvin
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Scotch 101: How To Find The Perfect Gift For Your Dad By Balvenie Ambassador David Laird chats with Dr. Alvin

David Laird Click Here To Listen David Laird - The Balvenie Ambassador - Born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland – an area steeped in whisky trading and blending – The Balvenie Brand Ambassador and academic David Laird brings years of experience with whisky on both sides of the bar, having managed and owned bars in Tennessee and Oregon. David is both a science fanatic and an avid soccer player, boasting two science degrees and a soccer scholarship that eventually brought him to the United States. His next journey led him to Portland, Oregon where he served as general manager of Whiskey House, leading the promotion and tastings for more than 250 whiskies, thus fueling his [...]

By |June 11th, 2014|Cooking / Food, History, Travel|Comments Off on Scotch 101: How To Find The Perfect Gift For Your Dad By Balvenie Ambassador David Laird chats with Dr. Alvin
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Denali’s Howl By Andy Hall chats with Dr. Alvin

Andy Hall Click Here To Listen In 1967, twelve young men attempted to climb Alaska’s Mount McKinley—known to the locals as Denali—one of the most popular and deadly mountaineering destinations in the world. Only five survived. Journalist Andy Hall, son of the park superintendent at the time, investigates the tragedy. He spent years tracking down survivors, lost documents, and recordings of radio communications. In Denali’s Howl, Hall reveals the full story of an expedition facing conditions conclusively established here for the first time: At an elevation of nearly 20,000 feet, these young men endured an “arctic super blizzard,” with howling winds of up to 300 miles an hour and wind chill that freezes flesh solid [...]

By |June 10th, 2014|History, Sports|Comments Off on Denali’s Howl By Andy Hall chats with Dr. Alvin
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The Yankee Way: Playing, Coaching And My Life In Baseball By Willie Randolph chats with Dr. Alvin

Willie Randolph Click Here To Listen From a dusty diamond in Brooklyn to the hallowed grounds of Yankee Stadium, Willie Randolph has always loved the game of baseball, and over the course of his storied career, he has amassed a remarkable list of accomplishments—All-Star second baseman, World Series champion, manager—but, above all, he has been a Yankee. For almost thirty years, Randolph was a part of Yankee lore and mythology, whether playing with the legends Thurman Munson and Reggie Jackson and witnessing the infamous Bronx Zoo at its rowdiest, or coaching as the Core Four of Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte, and Jorge Posada rose to fame and ushered in a new era of [...]

By |June 10th, 2014|African Americans, Biography, History, Sports|Comments Off on The Yankee Way: Playing, Coaching And My Life In Baseball By Willie Randolph chats with Dr. Alvin
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Businessman First By Maurice W. Dorsey chats with Dr. Alvin

Maurice Dorsey Click Here To Listen   A biography remembering Henry G. Park, Jr. 1916-1989 capturing the life of a businessman who was African American. His Park Sausage firm was the first African American business owner to issue stock on Wall Street.

By |June 9th, 2014|African Americans, Biography, History, Leadership|Comments Off on Businessman First By Maurice W. Dorsey chats with Dr. Alvin
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Train: Riding The Rails That Created The Modern World–From The Trans-Siberian To The Southwest Chief By Tom Zoellner chats with Dr. Alvin

Tom Zoellner Click Here To Listen Tom Zoellner loves trains with a ferocious passion. In his new book he chronicles the innovation and sociological impact of the railway technology that changed the world, and could very well change it again. From the frigid trans-Siberian railroad to the antiquated Indian Railways to the futuristic MagLev trains, Zoellner offers a stirring story of man’s relationship with trains. Zoellner examines both the mechanics of the rails and their engines and how they helped societies evolve. Not only do trains transport people and goods in an efficient manner, but they also reduce pollution and dependency upon oil. Zoellner also considers America’s culture of ambivalence to mass transit, using the [...]

By |June 6th, 2014|Business, History, Transportation|Comments Off on Train: Riding The Rails That Created The Modern World–From The Trans-Siberian To The Southwest Chief By Tom Zoellner chats with Dr. Alvin
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America: Imagine A World Without Her By Dinesh D’Souza chats with Dr. Alvin

Dinesh DSouza-America Click Here To Listen Live From The Nation's Capitol   Is America a source of pride, as Americans have long held, or shame, as Progressives allege? Beneath an innocent exterior, are our lives complicit in a national project of theft, expropriation, oppression, and murder, or is America still the hope of the world? New York Times bestselling author Dinesh D'Souza says these questions are no mere academic exercise. It is the Progressive view that is taught in our schools, that is preached by Hollywood, and that shapes the policies of the Obama administration. If America is a force for inequality and injustice in the world, its power deserves to be diminished; if traditional [...]

By |June 5th, 2014|History, Politics|Comments Off on America: Imagine A World Without Her By Dinesh D’Souza chats with Dr. Alvin
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Sons Of Wichita: How The Koch Brothers Became America’s Most Powerful And Private Dynasty By Daniel Schulman chats with Dr. Alvin

Daniel Schulman Click Here To Listen Like the Rockefellers and the Kennedys, the Kochs are one of the most influential dynasties of the modern age, but they have never been the subject of a major biography... until now. Not long after the death of his father, Charles Koch, then in his early 30s, discovered a letter the family patriarch had written to his sons. "You will receive what now seems to be a large sum of money," Fred Koch cautioned. "It may either be a blessing or a curse." Fred's legacy would become a blessing and a curse to his four sons-Frederick, Charles, and fraternal twins David and Bill-who in the ensuing decades fought bitterly [...]

By |June 4th, 2014|Biography, History, Politics|Comments Off on Sons Of Wichita: How The Koch Brothers Became America’s Most Powerful And Private Dynasty By Daniel Schulman chats with Dr. Alvin
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