Season 2

Join Robert Child for the conclusion of his conversation with author and retired U.S. Marine Major Fred Galvin. Fred served twenty-seven years in the U.S. Marine Corps, beginning as a seventeen-year-old who rose from the enli...

We’ve got some great guests coming in August as we kick off Season Three of Point of the Spear . Our guests include NY Times bestselling author and former Apache helicopter pilot Don Bentley. Author Samuel Mitchum will also b...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with author and retired U.S. Marine Major Fred Galvin. Fred served twenty-seven years in the U.S. Marine Corps, beginning as a seventeen-year-old who rose from the enlisted ranks to become...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with author Benjamin Sledge. Ben is a wounded Special Operations combat veteran with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is the recipient of the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and two Army Comme...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with returning guest author Mark Greaney. Mark has written or co-written seven Tom Clancy novels and is the author of the best-selling Gray Man series. The film version of the first book i...

Join Robert Child for the conclusion of our two-part narrative special, Gettysburg Voices from the Front. Today’s program is another in our series of story-telling specials. First person accounts are the living link we have t...

Join Robert Child for a part one of a two-part narrative special, Gettysburg Voices from the Front. Today’s two-part program is another in our series of story-telling specials. First person accounts are the living link we hav...

Join Robert Child for a special interview with director Ron Maxwell. Ron is an award-winning Hollywood filmmaker best known for his successful films on the American Civil War and he had several box office hits before those tw...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with author Walt Larimore. Walt is a prolific author and has written or co-written forty books, thirty medical textbook chapters, and over 1,000 articles. His books have garnered a number...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with author Lindsay Powell. Lindsay writes for Ancient History and Ancient Warfare magazine. His articles have also appeared in Military Heritage and Strategy and Tactics . His appearance...

We’ve got some great guests coming up in July as summer sizzles on Point of the Spear. We kick off the month on the first with film director, Ron Maxwell his interview leads us into our 4th of July Gettysburg …

Join Robert Child for a conversation with author Fearghal McGarry . Fearghal is a Professor of Irish History at Queen’s University Belfast. He has authored and edited many books, including The Rising―Ireland: Easter 1916 . Hi...

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 Mark Hager. Mark is is a historian and award-winning documentary filmmaker based in North Carolina. He coproduced the Tele award-winning The Border States of America , a docum...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with author Toby Harnden. Toby is a recipient of the Orwell Prize for Books and a former foreign correspondent for the Sunday Times of London and the Daily Telegraph reporting from more th...

We’ve got some great guests coming up in June as we kick off summer on Point of the Spear. On the first author Mark Hager speaks about WWII faith and courage in the 357th Infantry. Then, Fearghal McGarry from Belfast …

Join Robert Child for a conversation with author Tom Clavin. Clavin, who returns to Point of the Spear, has received awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, and the National News...

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 Martin Dugard. Martin Is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and co-author of the Mega-million selling “Killing” series. He’s also launched a solo series the “Taking” series...

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 ...

We’ve got some great guests coming up in May. Kicking off the month author Martin Dugard returns to Point of the Spear to talk about his new book with Bill O’Reilly, Killing the Killers. Next a conversation with Tom Clavin …

Join Robert Child for a conversation with Author and retired Marine Lt. Col. David Kelly. David served as an infantry officer with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion 4th Marines with an Amphibious Readiness Group off the coast of Vi...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with New York Times Bestselling author J.D. Dickey. J.D. has been writing books for 20 years, first as an author for Penguin/Rough Guides, now as a writer of narrative nonfiction about Ame...

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 writing duo of Bruns and Olson and their new military thriller series Command and Control. David Bruns and J.R. Olson are both graduates of the Naval Academy and have been creating th...

We’ve got some great guests coming to Point of the Spear in April. Kicking off the month on April 6th New York Times bestselling author Alex Kershaw is here to talk about his brand new book Against All Odds about …

Explore Bonus Video Content and More on the Point of the Spear Youtube Channel. Jump on the mailing list. Twice monthly receive our Insider email Newsletter. Join Robert Child for a conversation with author R.J. Patterson abo...

Explore Bonus Video Content and More on the Point of the Spear Youtube Channel. Join Robert Child for a conversation with authors Andrews and Wilson about their W.E.B. Griffin novel, Rogue Asset . About Brian Andrews: Brian i...

Explore Bonus Video Content and More on the Point of the Spear Youtube Channel. Join Robert Child for a conversation with author Marc Liebman about his book Failure to Fire . Marc is a retired U.S. Navy Captain and Naval …

Explore Bonus Video Content and More on the Point of the Spear Youtube Channel. Join Robert Child for a conversation with author Brad Taylor about his book End of Days . Brad was born in Okinawa Japan but grew up …

Explore Bonus Video Content and More on the Point of the Spear Youtube Channel. Join Robert Child for a conversation with author Steve Berry about his book The Kaiser’s Web . Steve is the New York Times and #1 internationally...

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 in March on Point of the Spear when he welcomes many outstanding guests including authors Brad Taylor, End of Days , and RJ Patterson speaking on his Cold War thriller series. We’ll also focus on writing duo...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with Mark Greaney about his book Sierra Six . Mark is a #1 NYT best selling author of over 16 thrillers He has written or cowritten seven Tom Clancy novels and the Audible Original …

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 a conversation with author Katherine Pangonis about her new book Queens of Jerusalem. Pangonis specializes in the medieval world of the Mediterranean and the middle east. She holds master's degrees in li...

Join Robert Child for a narrative special. Weather and Warfare dramatically retraces the meteorological forces during battlefield engagements that doomed or saved civilizations. In 1588 more than half of the Spanish Armada, o...

Join Robert Child in February on Point of the Spear when he welcomes many outstanding guests including authors Katherine Pangonis, Queens of Jerusalem , and Paul Woodadge, Angels of Mercy . In addition and #1, NYT Bestselling...

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 …

January kicks off Season Two of Point of the Spear and the focus is on the black Medal of Honor recipients of WWII to celebrate my book Immortal Valor, which comes out this month. We have authors coming to the …