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Digital & DirtDPAA Global Summit 2024In Episode 10 of this season’s Digital and Dirt podcast, Ian goes behind the scenes with industry leaders at the DPAA Global Summit in NYC, discussing a range of topics and trends impacting the Out of Home advertising including sustainability, the multiverse, influencers, measurement, and attribution. Podcast Breakdown00:00 - 03:12 Jonathan Gudai 03:22 - 12:51 Stephanie Scheller13:00 - 18:58 Leslie Lee19:06 - 27:46 Craig Benner 27:59 - 44:15 Paul Woolmington2024-11-1344 min
Thip Khao TalkS2 EP4 'From War to Reconciliation: A Conversation on DPAA’s Mission with Director Kelly McKeague'Sabaidee and hello! Welcome to another episode of Thip Khao Talk Podcast. Heather Atherton, Legacies of War Board Member Emeritus and Legacies Library committee member, sits down with Director McKeague of the
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) to discuss their mission, current work in Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, and the shared priority of healing the wounds of war.
Mr. Kelly McKeague began service as the Director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) on September 5, 2017. He is responsible for policy, control, and oversight of all aspects of the Department’s program to account for our nation’s miss...2024-11-1034 min
Welcome Home - A Podcast for Veterans, About Veterans, By VeteransBringing Fallen Heroes Home: Sean Everette on DPAA's Mission to Recover and Identify Missing American Service MembersWhat happens when you combine an unwavering commitment to the warrior ethos with cutting-edge forensic science? Join us as we speak with Sean Everette, the Media Relations Chief for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), who shares his unique insights into the agency's tireless mission of locating and identifying over 81,000 missing American service members from World War II and beyond. With a personal touch, I recount the story behind my POW/MIA bracelet, a symbol of hope and remembrance I've worn since 1972, connecting deeply to the agency's profound work.Discover how DPAA's global partnerships, involving more...2024-09-3033 min
New Books in Diplomatic HistoryJames M. Scott, "Black Snow: Curtis Lemay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb" (Norton, 2024)In our interview about Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb (W. W. Norton & Company, 2022), James M. Scott discusses the principles and personalities involved in the most destructive air attack in history.Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a firestorm that reached up to 2,800 degrees, liquefying asphalt and vaporizing thousands; sixteen square miles of the city were flattened and more than 100,000 men, women, and children were killed.Black Snow is the story of...2024-09-0657 min
New Books in East Asian StudiesJames M. Scott, "Black Snow: Curtis Lemay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb" (Norton, 2024)In our interview about Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb (W. W. Norton & Company, 2022), James M. Scott discusses the principles and personalities involved in the most destructive air attack in history.Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a firestorm that reached up to 2,800 degrees, liquefying asphalt and vaporizing thousands; sixteen square miles of the city were flattened and more than 100,000 men, women, and children were killed.Black Snow is the story of...2024-09-0657 min
NBN Book of the DayJames M. Scott, "Black Snow: Curtis Lemay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb" (Norton, 2024)In our interview about Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb (W. W. Norton & Company, 2022), James M. Scott discusses the principles and personalities involved in the most destructive air attack in history.Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a firestorm that reached up to 2,800 degrees, liquefying asphalt and vaporizing thousands; sixteen square miles of the city were flattened and more than 100,000 men, women, and children were killed.Black Snow is the story of...2024-09-0657 min
New Books in BiographyJames M. Scott, "Black Snow: Curtis Lemay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb" (Norton, 2024)In our interview about Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb (W. W. Norton & Company, 2022), James M. Scott discusses the principles and personalities involved in the most destructive air attack in history.Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a firestorm that reached up to 2,800 degrees, liquefying asphalt and vaporizing thousands; sixteen square miles of the city were flattened and more than 100,000 men, women, and children were killed.Black Snow is the story of...2024-09-0657 min
New Books in Military HistoryJames M. Scott, "Black Snow: Curtis Lemay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb" (Norton, 2024)In our interview about Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb (W. W. Norton & Company, 2022), James M. Scott discusses the principles and personalities involved in the most destructive air attack in history.Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a firestorm that reached up to 2,800 degrees, liquefying asphalt and vaporizing thousands; sixteen square miles of the city were flattened and more than 100,000 men, women, and children were killed.Black Snow is the story of...2024-09-0657 min
New Books in Japanese StudiesJames M. Scott, "Black Snow: Curtis Lemay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb" (Norton, 2024)In our interview about Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb (W. W. Norton & Company, 2022), James M. Scott discusses the principles and personalities involved in the most destructive air attack in history.Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a firestorm that reached up to 2,800 degrees, liquefying asphalt and vaporizing thousands; sixteen square miles of the city were flattened and more than 100,000 men, women, and children were killed.Black Snow is the story of...2024-09-0657 minNew Books in Military HistoryEdwin P Rutan II, "High-Bounty Men in the Army of the Potomac: Reclaiming Their Honor" (Kent State UP, 2024)In his recent book, High-Bounty Men in the Army of the Potomac: Reclaiming Their Honor (The Kent State University Press, 2024), Edwin P. Rutan II rehabilitates the motivations and contributions of late-war Union soldiers and reframes our understanding of how the Union won the Civil War.For more than a century, historians have disparaged the men who joined the Union army in the later days of the Civil War –– when higher bounty payments and the conditional draft were in effect –– as unpatriotic mercenaries who made poor soldiers and contributed little to the Union victory. However, as Rutan explains, historians...2024-08-311h 06
New Books in the American SouthEdwin P Rutan II, "High-Bounty Men in the Army of the Potomac: Reclaiming Their Honor" (Kent State UP, 2024)In his recent book, High-Bounty Men in the Army of the Potomac: Reclaiming Their Honor (The Kent State University Press, 2024), Edwin P. Rutan II rehabilitates the motivations and contributions of late-war Union soldiers and reframes our understanding of how the Union won the Civil War.For more than a century, historians have disparaged the men who joined the Union army in the later days of the Civil War –– when higher bounty payments and the conditional draft were in effect –– as unpatriotic mercenaries who made poor soldiers and contributed little to the Union victory. However, as Rutan explains, historians...2024-08-311h 06New Books in Diplomatic HistoryEdwin P Rutan II, "High-Bounty Men in the Army of the Potomac: Reclaiming Their Honor" (Kent State UP, 2024)In his recent book, High-Bounty Men in the Army of the Potomac: Reclaiming Their Honor (The Kent State University Press, 2024), Edwin P. Rutan II rehabilitates the motivations and contributions of late-war Union soldiers and reframes our understanding of how the Union won the Civil War.For more than a century, historians have disparaged the men who joined the Union army in the later days of the Civil War –– when higher bounty payments and the conditional draft were in effect –– as unpatriotic mercenaries who made poor soldiers and contributed little to the Union victory. However, as Rutan explains, historians...2024-08-311h 06
New Books in American StudiesEdwin P Rutan II, "High-Bounty Men in the Army of the Potomac: Reclaiming Their Honor" (Kent State UP, 2024)In his recent book, High-Bounty Men in the Army of the Potomac: Reclaiming Their Honor (The Kent State University Press, 2024), Edwin P. Rutan II rehabilitates the motivations and contributions of late-war Union soldiers and reframes our understanding of how the Union won the Civil War.For more than a century, historians have disparaged the men who joined the Union army in the later days of the Civil War –– when higher bounty payments and the conditional draft were in effect –– as unpatriotic mercenaries who made poor soldiers and contributed little to the Union victory. However, as Rutan explains, historians...2024-08-311h 06New Books in American StudiesEdward Kaplan, "The End of Victory: Prevailing in the Thermonuclear Age" (Cornell UP, 2022)Waging and winning a nuclear war have been called “thinking about the unthinkable” but that’s exactly what Edward Kaplan and I discussed in our interview about his recent book, The End of Victory: Prevailing in the Thermonuclear Age (Cornell UP, 2022).The current Dean of the School of Strategic Landpower at the US Army War College, Kaplan recounts the costs of failure in nuclear war through the work of the most secret deliberative body of the National Security Council, the Net Evaluation Subcommittee (NESC).From 1953 onward, US leaders wanted to know as precisely as possible what wou...2024-08-021h 06New Books in Diplomatic HistoryEdward Kaplan, "The End of Victory: Prevailing in the Thermonuclear Age" (Cornell UP, 2022)Waging and winning a nuclear war have been called “thinking about the unthinkable” but that’s exactly what Edward Kaplan and I discussed in our interview about his recent book, The End of Victory: Prevailing in the Thermonuclear Age (Cornell UP, 2022).The current Dean of the School of Strategic Landpower at the US Army War College, Kaplan recounts the costs of failure in nuclear war through the work of the most secret deliberative body of the National Security Council, the Net Evaluation Subcommittee (NESC).From 1953 onward, US leaders wanted to know as precisely as possible what wou...2024-08-021h 06
New Books in World AffairsEdward Kaplan, "The End of Victory: Prevailing in the Thermonuclear Age" (Cornell UP, 2022)Waging and winning a nuclear war have been called “thinking about the unthinkable” but that’s exactly what Edward Kaplan and I discussed in our interview about his recent book, The End of Victory: Prevailing in the Thermonuclear Age (Cornell UP, 2022).The current Dean of the School of Strategic Landpower at the US Army War College, Kaplan recounts the costs of failure in nuclear war through the work of the most secret deliberative body of the National Security Council, the Net Evaluation Subcommittee (NESC).From 1953 onward, US leaders wanted to know as precisely as possible what wou...2024-08-021h 06New Books in Military HistoryEdward Kaplan, "The End of Victory: Prevailing in the Thermonuclear Age" (Cornell UP, 2022)Waging and winning a nuclear war have been called “thinking about the unthinkable” but that’s exactly what Edward Kaplan and I discussed in our interview about his recent book, The End of Victory: Prevailing in the Thermonuclear Age (Cornell UP, 2022).The current Dean of the School of Strategic Landpower at the US Army War College, Kaplan recounts the costs of failure in nuclear war through the work of the most secret deliberative body of the National Security Council, the Net Evaluation Subcommittee (NESC).From 1953 onward, US leaders wanted to know as precisely as possible what wou...2024-08-021h 06NBN Book of the DayEdward Kaplan, "The End of Victory: Prevailing in the Thermonuclear Age" (Cornell UP, 2022)Waging and winning a nuclear war have been called “thinking about the unthinkable” but that’s exactly what Edward Kaplan and I discussed in our interview about his recent book, The End of Victory: Prevailing in the Thermonuclear Age (Cornell UP, 2022).The current Dean of the School of Strategic Landpower at the US Army War College, Kaplan recounts the costs of failure in nuclear war through the work of the most secret deliberative body of the National Security Council, the Net Evaluation Subcommittee (NESC).From 1953 onward, US leaders wanted to know as precisely as possible what wou...2024-08-021h 06
New Books in Political ScienceEdward Kaplan, "The End of Victory: Prevailing in the Thermonuclear Age" (Cornell UP, 2022)Waging and winning a nuclear war have been called “thinking about the unthinkable” but that’s exactly what Edward Kaplan and I discussed in our interview about his recent book, The End of Victory: Prevailing in the Thermonuclear Age (Cornell UP, 2022).The current Dean of the School of Strategic Landpower at the US Army War College, Kaplan recounts the costs of failure in nuclear war through the work of the most secret deliberative body of the National Security Council, the Net Evaluation Subcommittee (NESC).From 1953 onward, US leaders wanted to know as precisely as possible what wou...2024-08-021h 06
New Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyEdward Kaplan, "The End of Victory: Prevailing in the Thermonuclear Age" (Cornell UP, 2022)Waging and winning a nuclear war have been called “thinking about the unthinkable” but that’s exactly what Edward Kaplan and I discussed in our interview about his recent book, The End of Victory: Prevailing in the Thermonuclear Age (Cornell UP, 2022).The current Dean of the School of Strategic Landpower at the US Army War College, Kaplan recounts the costs of failure in nuclear war through the work of the most secret deliberative body of the National Security Council, the Net Evaluation Subcommittee (NESC).From 1953 onward, US leaders wanted to know as precisely as possible what wou...2024-08-021h 06
New Books in Intellectual HistoryEdward Kaplan, "The End of Victory: Prevailing in the Thermonuclear Age" (Cornell UP, 2022)Waging and winning a nuclear war have been called “thinking about the unthinkable” but that’s exactly what Edward Kaplan and I discussed in our interview about his recent book, The End of Victory: Prevailing in the Thermonuclear Age (Cornell UP, 2022).The current Dean of the School of Strategic Landpower at the US Army War College, Kaplan recounts the costs of failure in nuclear war through the work of the most secret deliberative body of the National Security Council, the Net Evaluation Subcommittee (NESC).From 1953 onward, US leaders wanted to know as precisely as possible what wou...2024-08-021h 06New Books in World AffairsDonald Stoker, "Purpose and Power: US Grand Strategy from the Revolutionary Era to the Present" (Cambridge UP, 2024)In our interview, I spoke with Donald Stoker about the changes in American grand strategy over the past 250 years and the major themes from his new book: Purpose and Power: US Grand Strategy from the Revolutionary Era to the Present (Cambridge UP, 2024).Across the full span of the nation’s history, Stoker challenges our understanding of the purposes and uses of American power. From the struggle for independence to the era of renewed competition with China and Russia, he reveals the grand strategies underpinning the nation’s pursuit of sovereignty, security, expansion, and democracy abroad. He shows how su...2024-06-2546 minNew Books in Military HistoryDonald Stoker, "Purpose and Power: US Grand Strategy from the Revolutionary Era to the Present" (Cambridge UP, 2024)In our interview, I spoke with Donald Stoker about the changes in American grand strategy over the past 250 years and the major themes from his new book: Purpose and Power: US Grand Strategy from the Revolutionary Era to the Present (Cambridge UP, 2024).Across the full span of the nation’s history, Stoker challenges our understanding of the purposes and uses of American power. From the struggle for independence to the era of renewed competition with China and Russia, he reveals the grand strategies underpinning the nation’s pursuit of sovereignty, security, expansion, and democracy abroad. He shows how su...2024-06-2546 min
New Books in National SecurityDonald Stoker, "Purpose and Power: US Grand Strategy from the Revolutionary Era to the Present" (Cambridge UP, 2024)In our interview, I spoke with Donald Stoker about the changes in American grand strategy over the past 250 years and the major themes from his new book: Purpose and Power: US Grand Strategy from the Revolutionary Era to the Present (Cambridge UP, 2024).Across the full span of the nation’s history, Stoker challenges our understanding of the purposes and uses of American power. From the struggle for independence to the era of renewed competition with China and Russia, he reveals the grand strategies underpinning the nation’s pursuit of sovereignty, security, expansion, and democracy abroad. He shows how su...2024-06-2546 minNew Books in Diplomatic HistoryDonald Stoker, "Purpose and Power: US Grand Strategy from the Revolutionary Era to the Present" (Cambridge UP, 2024)In our interview, I spoke with Donald Stoker about the changes in American grand strategy over the past 250 years and the major themes from his new book: Purpose and Power: US Grand Strategy from the Revolutionary Era to the Present (Cambridge UP, 2024).Across the full span of the nation’s history, Stoker challenges our understanding of the purposes and uses of American power. From the struggle for independence to the era of renewed competition with China and Russia, he reveals the grand strategies underpinning the nation’s pursuit of sovereignty, security, expansion, and democracy abroad. He shows how su...2024-06-2546 min
Exchanges: A Cambridge UP PodcastDonald Stoker, "Purpose and Power: US Grand Strategy from the Revolutionary Era to the Present" (Cambridge UP, 2024)In our interview, I spoke with Donald Stoker about the changes in American grand strategy over the past 250 years and the major themes from his new book: Purpose and Power: US Grand Strategy from the Revolutionary Era to the Present (Cambridge UP, 2024).Across the full span of the nation’s history, Stoker challenges our understanding of the purposes and uses of American power. From the struggle for independence to the era of renewed competition with China and Russia, he reveals the grand strategies underpinning the nation’s pursuit of sovereignty, security, expansion, and democracy abroad. He shows how su...2024-06-2546 min
New Books in American PoliticsDonald Stoker, "Purpose and Power: US Grand Strategy from the Revolutionary Era to the Present" (Cambridge UP, 2024)In our interview, I spoke with Donald Stoker about the changes in American grand strategy over the past 250 years and the major themes from his new book: Purpose and Power: US Grand Strategy from the Revolutionary Era to the Present (Cambridge UP, 2024).Across the full span of the nation’s history, Stoker challenges our understanding of the purposes and uses of American power. From the struggle for independence to the era of renewed competition with China and Russia, he reveals the grand strategies underpinning the nation’s pursuit of sovereignty, security, expansion, and democracy abroad. He shows how su...2024-06-2546 minNew Books in Political ScienceDonald Stoker, "Purpose and Power: US Grand Strategy from the Revolutionary Era to the Present" (Cambridge UP, 2024)In our interview, I spoke with Donald Stoker about the changes in American grand strategy over the past 250 years and the major themes from his new book: Purpose and Power: US Grand Strategy from the Revolutionary Era to the Present (Cambridge UP, 2024).Across the full span of the nation’s history, Stoker challenges our understanding of the purposes and uses of American power. From the struggle for independence to the era of renewed competition with China and Russia, he reveals the grand strategies underpinning the nation’s pursuit of sovereignty, security, expansion, and democracy abroad. He shows how su...2024-06-2546 minNBN Book of the DayDonald Stoker, "Purpose and Power: US Grand Strategy from the Revolutionary Era to the Present" (Cambridge UP, 2024)In our interview, I spoke with Donald Stoker about the changes in American grand strategy over the past 250 years and the major themes from his new book: Purpose and Power: US Grand Strategy from the Revolutionary Era to the Present (Cambridge UP, 2024).Across the full span of the nation’s history, Stoker challenges our understanding of the purposes and uses of American power. From the struggle for independence to the era of renewed competition with China and Russia, he reveals the grand strategies underpinning the nation’s pursuit of sovereignty, security, expansion, and democracy abroad. He shows how su...2024-06-2546 minNew Books in American StudiesDonald Stoker, "Purpose and Power: US Grand Strategy from the Revolutionary Era to the Present" (Cambridge UP, 2024)In our interview, I spoke with Donald Stoker about the changes in American grand strategy over the past 250 years and the major themes from his new book: Purpose and Power: US Grand Strategy from the Revolutionary Era to the Present (Cambridge UP, 2024).Across the full span of the nation’s history, Stoker challenges our understanding of the purposes and uses of American power. From the struggle for independence to the era of renewed competition with China and Russia, he reveals the grand strategies underpinning the nation’s pursuit of sovereignty, security, expansion, and democracy abroad. He shows how su...2024-06-2546 minNew Books in Military HistoryM. Girard Dorsey, "Holding Their Breath: How the Allies Confronted the Threat of Chemical Warfare in World War II" (Cornell UP, 2023)In Holding Their Breath: How the Allies Confronted the Threat of Chemical Warfare in World War II (Cornell UP, 2023), M. Girard Dorsey uncovers just how close Britain, the United States, and Canada came to crossing the red line that restrained poison gas during World War II.Unlike in World War I, belligerents did not release poison gas regularly during the Second World War. Yet, the looming threat of chemical warfare significantly affected the actions and attitudes of these three nations as they prepared their populations for war, mediated their diplomatic and military alliances, and attempted to defend the...2024-06-2157 min
New Books in British StudiesM. Girard Dorsey, "Holding Their Breath: How the Allies Confronted the Threat of Chemical Warfare in World War II" (Cornell UP, 2023)In Holding Their Breath: How the Allies Confronted the Threat of Chemical Warfare in World War II (Cornell UP, 2023), M. Girard Dorsey uncovers just how close Britain, the United States, and Canada came to crossing the red line that restrained poison gas during World War II.Unlike in World War I, belligerents did not release poison gas regularly during the Second World War. Yet, the looming threat of chemical warfare significantly affected the actions and attitudes of these three nations as they prepared their populations for war, mediated their diplomatic and military alliances, and attempted to defend the...2024-06-2157 min
New Books in Canadian StudiesM. Girard Dorsey, "Holding Their Breath: How the Allies Confronted the Threat of Chemical Warfare in World War II" (Cornell UP, 2023)In Holding Their Breath: How the Allies Confronted the Threat of Chemical Warfare in World War II (Cornell UP, 2023), M. Girard Dorsey uncovers just how close Britain, the United States, and Canada came to crossing the red line that restrained poison gas during World War II.Unlike in World War I, belligerents did not release poison gas regularly during the Second World War. Yet, the looming threat of chemical warfare significantly affected the actions and attitudes of these three nations as they prepared their populations for war, mediated their diplomatic and military alliances, and attempted to defend the...2024-06-2157 minNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyM. Girard Dorsey, "Holding Their Breath: How the Allies Confronted the Threat of Chemical Warfare in World War II" (Cornell UP, 2023)In Holding Their Breath: How the Allies Confronted the Threat of Chemical Warfare in World War II (Cornell UP, 2023), M. Girard Dorsey uncovers just how close Britain, the United States, and Canada came to crossing the red line that restrained poison gas during World War II.Unlike in World War I, belligerents did not release poison gas regularly during the Second World War. Yet, the looming threat of chemical warfare significantly affected the actions and attitudes of these three nations as they prepared their populations for war, mediated their diplomatic and military alliances, and attempted to defend the...2024-06-2157 minNew Books in Diplomatic HistoryM. Girard Dorsey, "Holding Their Breath: How the Allies Confronted the Threat of Chemical Warfare in World War II" (Cornell UP, 2023)In Holding Their Breath: How the Allies Confronted the Threat of Chemical Warfare in World War II (Cornell UP, 2023), M. Girard Dorsey uncovers just how close Britain, the United States, and Canada came to crossing the red line that restrained poison gas during World War II.Unlike in World War I, belligerents did not release poison gas regularly during the Second World War. Yet, the looming threat of chemical warfare significantly affected the actions and attitudes of these three nations as they prepared their populations for war, mediated their diplomatic and military alliances, and attempted to defend the...2024-06-2157 minNBN Book of the DayM. Girard Dorsey, "Holding Their Breath: How the Allies Confronted the Threat of Chemical Warfare in World War II" (Cornell UP, 2023)In Holding Their Breath: How the Allies Confronted the Threat of Chemical Warfare in World War II (Cornell UP, 2023), M. Girard Dorsey uncovers just how close Britain, the United States, and Canada came to crossing the red line that restrained poison gas during World War II.Unlike in World War I, belligerents did not release poison gas regularly during the Second World War. Yet, the looming threat of chemical warfare significantly affected the actions and attitudes of these three nations as they prepared their populations for war, mediated their diplomatic and military alliances, and attempted to defend the...2024-06-2157 minNew Books in American StudiesM. Girard Dorsey, "Holding Their Breath: How the Allies Confronted the Threat of Chemical Warfare in World War II" (Cornell UP, 2023)In Holding Their Breath: How the Allies Confronted the Threat of Chemical Warfare in World War II (Cornell UP, 2023), M. Girard Dorsey uncovers just how close Britain, the United States, and Canada came to crossing the red line that restrained poison gas during World War II.Unlike in World War I, belligerents did not release poison gas regularly during the Second World War. Yet, the looming threat of chemical warfare significantly affected the actions and attitudes of these three nations as they prepared their populations for war, mediated their diplomatic and military alliances, and attempted to defend the...2024-06-2157 min
Missing And Not ForgottenMissing And Not Forgotten - Episode 1 - What is DPAA?“Missing And Not Forgotten” is the official podcast of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Our mission is to find, recover, and identify American service members still missing from our past wars and conflicts and return them to their families. Our Congressional mandate ranges from our modern conflicts of the past 20 years to the Vietnam and Korean Wars, the Cold War, and back to World War II. In this first episode, host Sean Everette talks to DPAA's Director, Kelly McKeague, about the agency and what they do to fulfill our Nation's promise to never leave a fallen service member behind.2024-06-0522 min
Tango Alpha Lima PodcastTango Alpha Lima: DPAA Director Kelly McKeagueHONOR & REMEMBRANCE
How you can be a part of Poppy Day
THE INTERVIEW
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Director Kelly McKeague talks about DPAA’s mission to provide the fullest possible accounting of our missing personnel to their families and to the nation.
He shares details of the complicated work that can take decades, the dedicated teams who work to recover and identify remains and how they are motivated by the emotional stories of the families of the missing.
SCUTTLEBUTT
POW-MIA servicemembers from the Cold War
The only Coast Gu...2024-05-211h 07New Books in American StudiesStuart A. Reid, "The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination" (Knopf, 2023)Today I talked to Stuart Reid about his new book The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination (Knopf, 2023).It was supposed to be a moment of great optimism, a cause for jubilation. The Congo was at last being set free from Belgium—one of seventeen countries to gain independence in 1960 from ruling European powers. At the helm as prime minister was charismatic nationalist Patrice Lumumba. Just days after the handover, however, the Congo’s new army mutinied, Belgian forces intervened, and Lumumba turned to the United Nations for help in saving...2024-05-1950 minNew Books in Diplomatic HistoryStuart A. Reid, "The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination" (Knopf, 2023)Today I talked to Stuart Reid about his new book The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination (Knopf, 2023).It was supposed to be a moment of great optimism, a cause for jubilation. The Congo was at last being set free from Belgium—one of seventeen countries to gain independence in 1960 from ruling European powers. At the helm as prime minister was charismatic nationalist Patrice Lumumba. Just days after the handover, however, the Congo’s new army mutinied, Belgian forces intervened, and Lumumba turned to the United Nations for help in saving...2024-05-1950 minNew Books in World AffairsStuart A. Reid, "The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination" (Knopf, 2023)Today I talked to Stuart Reid about his new book The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination (Knopf, 2023).It was supposed to be a moment of great optimism, a cause for jubilation. The Congo was at last being set free from Belgium—one of seventeen countries to gain independence in 1960 from ruling European powers. At the helm as prime minister was charismatic nationalist Patrice Lumumba. Just days after the handover, however, the Congo’s new army mutinied, Belgian forces intervened, and Lumumba turned to the United Nations for help in saving...2024-05-1950 min
New Books in African StudiesStuart A. Reid, "The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination" (Knopf, 2023)Today I talked to Stuart Reid about his new book The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination (Knopf, 2023).It was supposed to be a moment of great optimism, a cause for jubilation. The Congo was at last being set free from Belgium—one of seventeen countries to gain independence in 1960 from ruling European powers. At the helm as prime minister was charismatic nationalist Patrice Lumumba. Just days after the handover, however, the Congo’s new army mutinied, Belgian forces intervened, and Lumumba turned to the United Nations for help in saving...2024-05-1950 minNew Books in National SecurityStuart A. Reid, "The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination" (Knopf, 2023)Today I talked to Stuart Reid about his new book The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination (Knopf, 2023).It was supposed to be a moment of great optimism, a cause for jubilation. The Congo was at last being set free from Belgium—one of seventeen countries to gain independence in 1960 from ruling European powers. At the helm as prime minister was charismatic nationalist Patrice Lumumba. Just days after the handover, however, the Congo’s new army mutinied, Belgian forces intervened, and Lumumba turned to the United Nations for help in saving...2024-05-1950 min
American Warrior RadioDPAA – Sean Everette & Clark BaldwinThe Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) has the principle responsibility to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and our nation. It was created in January of 2015 by merging the Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office and the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command along with several functions of the Air Force Life Sciences Equipment Laboratory. DPAA Media Relation Chief for Outreach and Communications Sean Everette joins us to describe the agency’s functions. We are also joined by Clark Baldwin, the nephew of World War II soldier Clifford Strickland, whose remains were just recently identified an...2024-03-2439 min
American Warrior RadioDPAA – Sean Everette & Clark BaldwinThe Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) has the principle responsibility to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and our nation. It was created in January of 2015 by merging the Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office and the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command along with several functions of the Air Force Life Sciences Equipment Laboratory.
DPAA Media Relation Chief for Outreach and Communications Sean Everette joins us to describe the agency’s functions. We are also joined by Clark Baldwin, the nephew of World War II soldier Clifford Strickland, whose remains were ju...2024-03-2439 min
Waterford Theatre Archive AudioSpirit of Waterford Festival Audio - 19912024-02-0718 min
Digital & DirtDPAA Global Summit 2023 RecapIn a special bonus episode of the Digital and Dirt Podcast, host Ian Dallimore spoke with a diverse range of industry experts and thought leaders in the Lamar Green Room backstage at the DPAA Global Summit, held in New York in October. The conference serves as a forum for discussion of the latest trends and innovations in DOOH. Podcast Breakdown00:00 - 5:32 François de Gaspé Beaubien, Chairman & CCO at Zoom Media5:40 - 12:16 Kira Rich, Global Senior Product Marketing Manager at Google12:25 - 19:47 Craig Benner, Founder & CEO at Accretive Media19:55 - 25:09 Stephanie Gutnik, Glo...2023-11-0858 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioMan Of La Mancha - Review2023-05-3006 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioBBB - Man Of La Mancha2023-05-0214 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioMan of La MAncha - Flex2023-05-0212 minDigital & DirtDPAA Global Summit 2022 RecapIn this special bonus episode of Digital and Dirt, Ian Dallimore takes the podcast to the Big Apple for the DPAA Global Summit 2022. From the Lamar Green Room, Ian sat down with a wide range of speakers including Erika Wykes-Sneyd, Kathleen Hall, Paul Woolmington, and others! To learn more about this episode and see behind-the-scenes photos check out Lamar’s blog linked here- Programmatic.lamar.com00:28 - Tim Rowe Chief Strategist at OneScreen.AI | Host of OOH Insider02:26 - Katie Zapata Vice President Brand Marketing at FreshDirect08:00 - Jonathan Gudai CEO of Adomni and Shoutable2022-10-261h 03
Waterford Theatre Archive AudioSylvia Walker - Audio Recording2022-09-2530 min
Scuttlebutt and a Cup o’ JoeRecovering POW and MIA with Admiral Darius BanajiNo one left behind. To the men and women of the Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), this isn’t just a nice phrase. It’s a way of life. The DPAA searches for and recovers missing service members from World War II to today. Admiral Banaji, the the DPAA’s Deputy Director of Operations, explains the process DPAA uses for finding missing service members, recounts the amazing success they had identifying sailors from the USS Oklahoma, and shares the most memorable moments on the job. You don’t want to miss this special Memorial Day episode.2022-05-2441 min
#StillServing: The VFW PodcastCommand Visit — Hawaii and a Discussion with DPAAThis episode of the #StillServing podcast aptly drops on the National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, April 9th. During the podcast, Rob speaks with Tim Borland, VFW Senior Vice Commander-In-Chief, and Duane Sarmiento, VFW Junior Vice Commander-In-Chief, about their informative trip to Hawaii to discover how the VFW can better support troops in the field. During their visit to the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, they see firsthand how the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) works to bring back the remains of POW/MIA service members. To describe the mission of the DPAA in detail and describe how...2022-04-091h 09
AnthroBiology PodcastDr. Sarah Kindschuh - DPAA & ForensicsDr. Sarah Kindschuh of the DPAA discusses what it's like to work for federal government to recover and identify members of the U.S. armed services. We also chatted about advice for undergraduates interested in pursuing work as anthropologists. Find links to articles, books, and pics at AnthroBiology.com. Find the show on Instagram and Twitter @AnthroBiology.2021-09-2357 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioMount Prospect2021-07-2926 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioThe Beautiful Game2021-07-2920 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioSpraoi Special2021-07-2931 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioLittle Shop of Horrors2021-07-2917 min
Waterford Theatre Archive AudioConor Clancy2021-07-2917 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioInside West Side2021-07-2916 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioHairspray2021-07-2923 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioBrian Tuohy - Assassins2021-07-2911 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioTony Corcoran - I Do I Do So I Do2021-07-2923 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioLovesong2021-07-2916 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioBrother Ben Part 22021-07-2925 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioBrother Ben Part 12021-07-2934 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioPodcast - Glenn Murphy2021-07-2931 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioPodcast - Rigor Mortis - Ghosting2021-07-2928 minWaterford Theatre Archive Audio'CAT' with Jamie Beamish and Richard Hardwick2021-07-2936 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioOn the Fringe 2004 2021I joined Geoff Harris on the Arts Show on WLR to talk about the one year anniversary of our Sunday Streams....2021-04-2010 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioDes Manahan Tribute - Keane On People with Matt Keane, recorded in 2015A lovely episode of Matt Keane's 'Keane On People' , recorded in 2015, where he chatted at length to Des.2021-01-2740 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioDes Manahan Tribute - Deise Today - Monday Jan 25thFeaturing Carrie Crowley, Jim Nolan and Brendan Gallagher.2021-01-2626 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioDes Manahan Tribute - Showtime January 25th 202148 minutes of music he loved, extracts from Des talking and performances from Des. First broadcast on WLR on January 25th 2021 at 7pm.2021-01-2548 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioA Tribute to Des Manahan - Saturday Cafe with Maria McCann, Jan 23rd 20212021-01-2321 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioSouth Eastern Theatre Group Win WIFLO2021-01-0616 min
Ethics-Talk: The Greatest Good of Man is Daily to Converse About VirtueThe Duty to Remember: Identifying POW/MIA from the Korean War (Part 2 of an interview with Dr. Jennie Jin of the DPAA)
We continue our series on the Duty to Remember by once again welcoming special guest, Dr. Jennie Jin, a forensic anthropologist who works for the DPAA (Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency). Last week, in Part 1 of this interview, Dr. Jin talked about her work as leader of the Korean War Identification Project of the DPAA. She discussed the circumstances surrounding the recent identification of PFC John Shelemba of Hamtramck, Michigan. In dialogue with PFC Shelemba’s niece, Michele Vance, Dr. Jin explained why the remains known as “X-251 Taejon” were disinterred from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacifi...2020-11-191h 15Ethics-Talk: The Greatest Good of Man is Daily to Converse About VirtueThe Duty to Remember: Identifying POW/MIA from the Korean War - An Interview with Dr. Jennie Jin of the DPAA
In honor of Veterans Day, we continue our series on the Duty to Remember by welcoming special guest, Dr. Jennie Jin, a forensic anthropologist who works for the DPAA (Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency). Dr. Jin leads to the Korean War Identification Project of the DPAA. Under her leadership, hundreds of missing US service members who fought in the Korean War have been identified. In this special episode, Dr. Jin discusses her work, and two recent identifications of Michiganders who fought in the Korean War: PFC John Shelemba of Hamtramck, and SFC Jesse “Johnnie” Hill of Highland Park. Dr...2020-11-121h 19Waterford Theatre Archive AudioTed O'Regan and the Creative Drama Centre, Ferrybank - RTE, March 1975Ted O'Regan and the Creative Dram Centre, Ferrybank - RTE, March 19752020-09-0324 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioStolen Time - LivestreamSome cast and production team of 'Stolen Time' join Maria McCann on Deise Today to discuss how Covid has forced them to reschedule their outdoor performance to a livestream.2020-08-2607 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioAndrew Holden and Brian Juckey Collins discuss some more the current state of Arts in Waterford.Two more local perspectives on the current situation from Andrew Holden - a professional Actor and Director based in Waterford and Brian Juckey Collins who as well as being a renowned stage manager and performer manages the Dungarvan Junior Musical Society Stage School.2020-08-2611 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioJack Cunningham, Edel Quinlan and Michael Joseph give their opinion on the current state of Arts in Waterford and beyond.Jack Cunningham, Edel Quinlan and Michael Joseph give their opinion on the state of arts in Waterford and beyond.2020-08-2425 min
Waterford Theatre Archive Audio1977 Tops Evita Extract - ACEC2020-07-2815 minWaterford Theatre Archive Audio1977 - Tops Of The Town Audio - Full Show2020-07-2852 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioPentimenti Special2020-07-2746 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioTops 25th Special2020-07-2747 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioMick Q - Misterman2020-07-2713 min
Waterford Theatre Archive AudioTony Kelly and Jim Nolan 'On The Fringe' with Mary O'Neill2020-07-2712 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioGar Campion visits Damien Tiernan2020-07-2706 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioRecording of the 1976 Tops Of The Town Final - ACEC2020-07-2754 min
Waterford Theatre Archive AudioOliver - Act 2 - WIFLO 1995Act 2 from Stage Frights production of Oliver! in 1995 in WIFLO2020-07-1059 min
Waterford Theatre Archive AudioOliver - Act 1 - WIFLO 1995Act 1 from Stage Frights production of Oliver! in 1995 in WIFLO2020-07-101h 06
Waterford Theatre Archive AudioThe Heat Is On - The Making Of Miss SaigonA full length documentary based on the making of the South Eastern Theatre Groups production of 'Miss Saigon' in 2013.2020-07-1045 min
Waterford Theatre Archive AudioThe FestivalA documentary looking at 50 years of the Waterford International Festival of Light Opera, sadly no longer with us.2020-07-0245 min
Waterford Theatre Archive AudioThe Tops Part 4 - The 1990sThe final episode looks at the 1990s and finally success for Waterford in 1994, but also sadness as the competition comes to an end.2020-07-0144 minWaterford Theatre Archive AudioThe Tops Part 3 - The 1980sThis Episode looks at the 1980s, 3 national final appearances by Waterford Groups - but no winners2020-07-0143 min