General John J. Pershing: Episode #70

Highlights

May 1918 Preview Roundtable - Ed Lengel, Katherine Akey, Theo Mayer | 02:50

General Rumblings - Mike Shuster | 18:00

War In The Sky - Eddie Rickenbacker | 21:45

Documentary: “Blackjack Pershing: Love and War” - Prof. Barney McCoy | 25:55

The big influenza pandemic - Kenneth C. Davis | 32:15

WW1 War Tech - Fed billions, killed millions: The tragic story of Fritz Haber | 39:25

100 Cities / 100 Memorials from Brownwood, Texas - Dr. Steve Kelly | 44:15

Speaking WW1: Binge | 50:00

Articles and Posts: Highlights from the Weekly Dispatch | 51:50

The Commemoration in Social Media - Katherine Akey | 54:15----more----

Opening

Welcome to World War 1 centennial News - episode #70 - It’s about WW1 THEN - what was happening 100 years ago this week  - and it’s about WW1 NOW - news and updates about the centennial and the commemoration.

This week:

Dr. Edward Lengel, Katherine Akey and I sit down for our May 1918 preview roundtable

Mike Schuster, from the great war project blog with a story of conflict within the Allied forces.

Author Kenneth C. Davis shares the story of influenza in 1918

Professor Barney McCoy gives us insight into the upcoming documentary, Blackjack Pershing: Love and War

Dr. Steve Kelly with the 100 Cities / 100 Memorial project from Brownwood, Texas.

Katherine Akey with the commemoration of world war one in social media

And lots more... on WW1 Centennial News -- a weekly podcast brought to you by the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission, the Pritzker Military Museum and Library and the Starr foundation.

I’m Theo Mayer - the Chief Technologist for the Commission and your host. Welcome to the show.

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Preface

Before we get going today, I wanted to tell you about some great new features for the WW1 Centennial News Podcast.

First of all, you can now listen to the latest episodes of WW1 Centennial News on YouTube -  if you happen to prefer listening that way!

And something I think is really exciting and useful when you go to our podcast web site at ww1cc.org/CN (Charlie Nancy). When you click the “read more” of the episode, just below the highlights you will find the full and accurate transcript of the show - interactively linked to an audio player. With it, you can scan OR search --- the text of the transcript and wherever you double click - the audio will play. Or if you are listening and want to copy and paste a segment of the transcript for you newsletter, school report or blog, just pause and scan down the scranscript, The section you were hearing is highlighted in blue.

This very cool, new interactive transcript technology has been provided by a great little startup called Jotengine… and we have added it to make our podcast even more useful for students, teachers and everyone who wants to share the story of the war the changed the world.

World War One THEN

100 Year Ago This Week

Roundtable with Katherine, Theo and Ed

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Alright... The first week of every month, we invite you to our preview roundtable where Dr. Ed lengel, Katherine Akey and I had talk about the coming month and the key events that happened 100 years ago.  The question on the table as we sat down was, “ what WERE the big stories and themes in May 1918… What follows is our conversation.

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Great War Project

So that is an overview for the coming month - but now let’s join Mike Shuster - Former NPR corresponded and curator for the Great War Project blog as he explored another key battle that plays out on the Western Front… The battle between the Allied Generals and American General John J. Pershing.

They did not see eye-to-eye at all… and Black-Jack Pershing was not going to waver from his belief about how the US army needed to engage.

It sound like it was more than just a little contentious Mike!

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Mike Shuster from the Great War Project blog. The links to Mike Shuster’s Great War Project blog and the post -- are in the podcast notes.

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