JTalkin'
I tell stories of faith and history, and practical applications for a confusing world.
JTalkin'
Latest Episodes
World War 2 (Part 5--Fall of Japan and Beginning of the Cold War)
The United States dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. Why? What was the reasoning of the US at that time? And what did the US do for its allies, and even its former enemies immediately after World War 2? And how did we get...
World War 2 (Part 4--Retreat and Downfall of the Axis, 1943-1945)
By 1943 it was clear that the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) were not going to win The Second World War. Through numerous brutal campaigns the Allies (Britain, Soviet Union, America) slowly slogged their way across Europe and the...
World War 2 (Part 3--The Holocaust and the Holodomor...What Are the Lessons?)
World War 2 was known not only for the staggering loss of life (some 60 million people perished), but the war saw entire state governments targeting vast groups of people for extermination. What are some of the lessons we can learn from t...
History You Should Know: World War 2 (Part 2--The Turning Point, 1941-42)
You'll hear me say this many times...the way things are now, they won't be forever. In 1941 hope looked pretty bleak for the free world. Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo and their armies looked pretty invincible. But things change....
History You Should Know: World War 2 (Part 1--1939 to 1941)
We Americans are notorious for NOT knowing a lot about history, even the history of the not too distant past that affects us today! We know something about World War 2 battles because of movies ("Saving Private Ryan") or because our great...