Through Fire: The Human Good Around War and the Stories That Survive It is a father explaining war, courage, sacrifice, mercy, brotherhood, memory, and civic duty to his youngest daughter one section at a time.

Built from epic literature, military memoirs, Catholic thought, oral history, film, and lived experience, this podcast walks through Hector before the walls of Troy, Arjuna trembling before battle, Achilles grieving Patroclus, Desmond Doss rescuing the wounded, Richard Winters leading Easy Company, and the families waiting at home while history moves through ordinary lives.

Every episode includes an “Angela’s Explainer” — a funny, emotional translation for kids using Disney, Pixar, superheroes, and modern storytelling to make difficult ideas understandable without flattening them.

This is not a podcast about worshipping war.

It is about the human beings who carried each other through it.

War passes.

The stories remain.