Alex tells the story of the Siege of Bala Hissar, and the fort’s defenders – who were faithful even unto death.

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Fan favorite guest Willard Foxton rejoins the guys for the second episode of Season Two of the Hidden History Happy Hour for an inspirational and rollicking tale of the first female African-American prosecutor who incidentally brought down “Dutch” Schultz and Lucky Luciano and ushered in the wiretapping era of law enforcement.

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0979432/

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwi8ta7W8OSBAxVSLkQIHRnFBt0QFnoECBYQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftv.apple.com%2Fca%2Fshow%2Ffighter-pilot-the-real-top-gun%2Fumc.cmc.6xucmyp0op7245gwr051qw8u2&usg=AOvVaw3-W5TIjNWF_MekDbaOtL2e&opi=89978449

The Hidden History Happy Hour launches Season Two with the heroic tale of RAF Pilot Ron Hockey and the guys discuss the legal, moral, and ethical issues around the agonizing decision to carry out a targeted killing – even of one the most evil Nazis of them all. Check out our new look and welcome to our many new fans and a heartfelt thanks to fhos of you who have been with us since the beginning.

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https://www.hiddenhistoryhappyhour.com/2022/05/22/island-of-misfit-dictators-what-the-spanish-civil-war-can-teach-us-about-the-russo-ukraine-war/

https://www.hiddenhistoryhappyhour.com/2022/05/22/island-of-misfit-dictators-what-the-spanish-civil-war-can-teach-us-about-the-russo-ukraine-war/

Conspiracy: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266425/

Anthropoid:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4190530/  (starring Cillian Murphy of Oppenheimer)

Alex recounts the harrowing heroism of the US Marine Pilot who rode the thunder and the boys return to one of their favorite subjects: UFOs. Testimony in US Congress: US Government is hiding alien biomass. Whaaaat?

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8132700/

A Must WATCH. Listening alone will not give the full experience for this one. How I learned to stop worrying and love the honey. The boys cover the weapons spectrum from micro (bees) to extinction-threatening (nuclear weapons). And watch Bryan faithfully recreate a bespoke cocktail –“The Oppi” — as mixed by the father of the atomic bomb Robert Oppenheimer himself. A genius on many levels.

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A new Alex yarn you CANNOT FIND ANYWHERE BUT HERE (including Twitter (X)) and the guys wax not-so-eloquent about the pros and cons of temperance.

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Alex and Bryan hear an (almost) unbelievable tale of derring-do under the Arctic Ice from Alex’s friend – and former British Navy Submarine Officer Andrew Storey, who also settles a long-running dispute between the guys. A long episode but well worth it.

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In the last of four live episodes recorded in the Summer of 2022 at NYC’s fabulous Von Bar, the guys chat up the team from the award-winning new film Ramona at Midlife and Alex has an original take on Punk Royal (and inspirational Mom) Patti Smith. Don’t Miss This One!

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https://www.ramonaatmidlife.com

Berlin Women Cinema Fest Award.

Ramona at Midlife Instagram

Alex tells “The Day of the Tiles” from his first book and his latest story about Napoleon and the Prussians. The guys give their take on mutiny in Russia and perhaps the beginning of the end of a mad reign there. And Bryan contends that his summer location s the inspiration for the town in It’s a Wonderful Life.

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The Real Bedford Falls

The guys tell Alex’s newest story, about Archduke Ferdinand, Lady Victoria, and an anonymous gun loader who might have prevented World War One. And the OG of the OG (Alex’s first Twitter story): How Sweden’s King to this day started with a Frenchman’s errand of mercy.

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https://veteransdefenseproject.org