I am trying my hand at producing videos for YouTube to promote my podcast, Beyond Barbarossa. For an upcoming episode, I recorded a Zoom interview with Roger Moorhouse, author of seven books on the Second World War. We talked about one of them, The Devils’ Alliance: Hitler’s Pact with Stalin, 1939–1941, and about its subject, […]
Another book edited by the Written Word is now on retail shelves “Show me your papers,” the Gestapo officer said to Haugland in perfect Norwegian. He frowned as the group passed. Haugland complied, taking his time to study the man. He was a tall man and athletic. Dark blonde hair cut short around his ears, […]
As I write this, on 22 June 2023, it’s the first anniversary of my podcast, Beyond Barbarossa—the first English-language podcast in the world that focuses on the Eastern Front of World War II. To mark the occasion, I changed the podcast date from every second Monday to coincide with other anniversaries: the 82nd anniversary of […]
It’s live! In the latest episode of my podcast, Beyond Barbarossa, I’m joined by the man with the most famous Italian accent in the entire podiverse. He’s a writer, a university professor and a martial artist. That’s right, I’m talking about the one and only Daniele Bolelli, host of the History on Fire podcast—one of […]
Episode 6 of Beyond Barbarossa, the first English-language podcast to focus on the Eastern Front of World War II, looks at Germany approaching the zenith of its hold on Europe, having conquered Ukraine already. Having captured most of Ukraine and with a choke-hold on Leningrad, Germany appears to be winning as it advances on Moscow. […]
In the summer of 1941, the invading German Wehrmacht scored victory after victory in its invasion of the USSR. They besieged Leningrad and captured Kyiv, and occupied an incredible amount of territory. They defeated the Allies in North Africa and the Mediterranean. Did this portend Nazi victory? Episode 5 of the ONLY English-language podcast in […]
That’s right. My venture into the world of podcasting is not a one-time leap. The second episode is now live on all the major podcasting platforms: Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher and more. Soon, I’ll write a post about my learning curve. But first, I have to get past the maximum point (to stretch a mathematical […]