Behind the Lines
A bi-monthly podcast that features readings by prominent figures of the greatest war letters ever written. The podcast is hosted by Emmy-winning journalist Barbara Harrison who explores centuries of fascinating letters with New York Times bestselling author Andrew Carroll, who has made tracking down and tracing the history of our nation’s war letters his life’s work. Learn more about Behind the Lines at http://behindthelines.us/. Copyright © 2021 Barbara Harrison Media
Podcasting since 2021 • 7 episodes
Behind the Lines
Latest Episodes
Episode 6: Iraq and Afghanistan
In this episode we hear the letters and emails written by the next Greatest Generation, the men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan and on the home front. Voiced by actors like Army Veteran Donn Nemchick, Frederick Weller and Many S...
August 19, 2021
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Episode 5: Women in Service
From the American Revolution to present day women have fought for our democracy from the battlefields to the home front. Women in Service tells their story through letters voiced by actresses such as Julianna Margulies, Martha Plimpton...
July 31, 2021
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Episode 5
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Behind the Lines Teaser
BEHIND THE LINES (BTL) is a 30-minute monthly podcast that features readings (by famous actors and other prominent people) of the greatest war letters ever written.The podcast is hosted by Emmy-winning journalist Barbara Harrison who ex...
February 13, 2021
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Episode 2: Pandemic
This episode features letters written during and about the Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918 and 1919, especially as it affected World War I. (More American troops were killed in WWI by the disease than in combat.) The podcast ends with a powerful l...
February 13, 2021
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Episode 2
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