World War II Episodes

Join Robert Child for a conversation with author Thomas McKenna. Tom is an anthropologist who has lived and worked for years in Moro communities in the Philippines and has spent decades writing and conducting research on thei...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with author Jared Frederick. Jared is a history instructor at Penn State Altoona. He’s also a former Park Ranger at the Gettysburg National Military Park and hosts the popular Youtube Chan...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with author Chris Kolakowski. Chris spent his career interpreting and preserving American military history with the National Park Service, New York State government, the Rensselaer County ...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with New York Times Bestselling author Alex Kershaw. Alex is a journalist, public speaker and New York Times best-selling author of over ten books, including The Liberator - the basis for ...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with Angus Wallace. Angus is a Post Graduate Researcher at the University of Leeds. He spent many years working in film and television He’s co-founder of the History Network in the UK and ...

Join Robert Child for a special National Medal of Honor Day episode - an interview with recipient Vernon Baker. Vernon served as a Lieutenant in the all-black 370th Infantry Regiment which became the Point of the Spear for th...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with author Carole Engle Avriett about her book Marine Raiders: The True Story of the Legendary WWII Battalions . Carole grew up in a military family. She graduated from the University of ...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with Paul Woodadge about his book Angels of Mercy. Paul is an author, filmmaker and battlefield guide. He launched the popular YouTube channel WW2TV, where he interviews esteemed historian...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with Linda Hervieux about her book Forgotten: The Untold Story of D-Day’s Black Heroes . Linda is an journalist and photographer whose work has appeared in publications including The New Y...

Join Robert Child for part-two of his conversation with author Allene Carter. Allene is a self-taught researcher and union activist who has been featured in a number of media outlets, including U.S. News & World Report, the W...

Join Robert Child for the first of a two-part conversation with author Allene Carter. Allene is a self-taught researcher and union activist who has been featured in a number of media outlets, including U.S. News & World Repor...

Join Robert Child kicking off season two of Point of the Spear for a conversation with author Solace Wales. The author's interest in WWII era Italy was sparked at age 19 when she was a Smith College Junior Year Abroad …

Join Robert Child for a conversation with author Frank van Lunteren. Frank was born and raised in Arnhem, the Netherlands. His interest in military history dates to the 1980’s, when as a child he first visited the Airborne Mu...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with retired National Park Service historian and author Robert Sutton about his book, Nazis on the Potomac: The Top-Secret Intelligence Operation that Helped Win WWII. Sutton guest spent ...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with retired Air Force Colonel and author Mark Vlahos about his book, Men Will Come. Vlahos spent 29 years in the Air Force. His freelance writing career started in 1994 when he was a …