Recorded November 8, 2025We took Someone Talked! on the road to the Richmond, Virginia area for the 6th annual World War II Conference by America’s History, LLC – capturing a series of interviews with authors, historians, and enthusiasts.In this episode, hear conversations with Craig Symonds and Jam

Media Squatch, 01/21/2026

Recorded November 8, 2025We took Someone Talked! on the road to the Richmond, Virginia area for the 6th annual World War II Conference by America’s History, LLC – capturing a series of interviews with authors, historians, and enthusiasts.In this episode, hear conversations with Jonathan Parshall and

Media Squatch, 01/07/2026

In this bonus episode, Dr. John C. McManus presents "Alamo in the Ardennes: The Untold Story of the American Soldiers Who Made the Defense of Bastogne Possible." This presentation was recorded live at the 6th annual World War II Conference in the Richmond, Virginia area on November 8, 2025.Special t

Media Squatch, 12/22/2025

Call them "ugly and unorthodox," but Allied landing craft were there to win a war, not a beauty pageant. We explore their design, production, and use on all five D-Day beaches with curator and author Andrew Whitmarsh.Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memo

Media Squatch, 12/17/2025

A look at Robert Capa's D-Day photos through the critical eye of historian and photographic analyst Chuck Herrick. Watch this episode. Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org.

Media Squatch, 12/03/2025

Our co-hosts attempt to "stump the chumps," as host John C. McManus and guest Kevin Hymel discuss their new interactive podcast.Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org.

Media Squatch, 11/19/2025

We pack Four Hours of Fury into one with James Fenelon. The paratrooper turned author shares the untold story of World War II's largest airborne invasion, one that dropped 17,000 Allied paratroopers deep into Nazi Germany.Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day

Media Squatch, 11/05/2025

This episosde is even better with video! Check it out on our YouTube channel @NationalDDayMemorialhttps://www.dday.org/digital-library/burden-of-command-with-luke-hughes/It's game on as we continue our conversation with Luke Hughes, creator of Burden of Command, the role-playing game inspired by hos

Media Squatch, 10/15/2025

This episosde is even better with video! Check it out on our YouTube channel @NationalDDayMemorialhttps://www.dday.org/digital-library/burden-of-command-with-luke-hughes/Do you have what it takes to lead? You're a company Captain in the tactical leadership role-playing game Burden of Command, based

Media Squatch, 10/01/2025

During WWII, the U.S. government declared, “final disposition of our soldiers’ remains, in accordance with the wishes of their loved ones, is an inherent obligation of the Government as the final gesture of a grateful country to those who paid the supreme sacrifice.” In this episode, our hosts discu

Media Squatch, 09/17/2025

With 80 years now passed since Japan signed the formal surrender documents aboard the USS Missouri, our hosts explore the end of WWII in the Pacific and AsiaEmail the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dd

Media Squatch, 09/03/2025

We continue our discussion of the 24 deadliest hours for U.S. service members during World War II with Rona Simmons, author of No Average Day.Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org.

Media Squatch, 08/20/2025

October 24, 1944, is not a day of national remembrance. Yet, more Americans serving in World War II perished on that day than on December 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, on June 6, 1944, when the Allies stormed the beaches of Normandy, or on any other single day of the war. In No A

Media Squatch, 08/06/2025

"James Holland is now our foremost authority on the Italian campaign."Find out why our host, John C. McManus, says that as Holland returns to Someone Talked! with part 2 of our discussion of Cassino '44. Holland follows a rich cast of characters from both sides to create this compelling and often he

Media Squatch, 07/23/2025

There is no such thing as an easy victory in war but after triumph in Tunisia, the sweeping success of the Sicilian invasion, and with the Italian surrender, the Allies were confident that they would be in Rome before Christmas 1943. And yet it didn't happen. Hitler ordered his forces to dig in and

Media Squatch, 07/09/2025

Hailed as the most important book ever written about the conduct of the Catholic Church in WWII, we have more of The Pope at War with author David Kertzer.Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday

Media Squatch, 06/25/2025

With Pius XII's archives finally opened, David Kertzer paints a new, dramatic portrait of what the pope did and did not do as war enveloped Europe from 1939 to 1945.Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming even

Media Squatch, 06/04/2025

With his book tour underway for Remember Us, we continue our conversation with #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert M. Edsel.Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org.

Media Squatch, 05/21/2025

This episode begins with a look back at The Monuments Men, Robert M. Edsel's bestseller—which served as the basis for Academy Award recipient George Clooney’s 2014 film. Then our hosts delve into Edsel's highly anticipated, newly released book, Remember Us: American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and a F

Media Squatch, 05/07/2025

Podcast regular Chris Kolakowski returns with more from the mind of General Simon Buckner in his latest work Tenth Army Commander.Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org.

Media Squatch, 04/16/2025

General Simon Buckner's chief of staff thought his daily notes were the makings of a post-war memoir, but the papers ended up scattered after the general's death. Buckner's diary is now fully published in the book Tenth Army Commander, edited by Chris Kolakowski.Email the Someone Talked! team at pod

Media Squatch, 04/02/2025

Kara Dixon Vuic, a leading scholar on gender in the military, is back with more on the female experience on the front lines. Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org.

Media Squatch, 03/19/2025

They brought the home front to the front lines entertaining American servicemen overseas from World War I to Iraq and Afghanistan. Now author Kara Dixon Vuic brings The Girls Next Door to the podcast. Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your

Media Squatch, 03/05/2025

More students join the conversation with their questions for Linda Hervieux about the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion. Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org.

Media Squatch, 02/19/2025