How the NIH developed US scientists like Anthony Fauci and Nobel Prize winners during the Vietnam War – Interview with Raymond Greenberg

How the NIH developed US scientists like Anthony Fauci and Nobel prize winners during the Vietnam War – Interview with Raymond Greenberg

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Interview Timeline

Raymond Greenberg has spent decades in the field of medicine. He recently wrote a book on Nobel prize winners who worked at the National Institutes of Health during the Vietnam War. We spoke about the book, military medicine, WWII, the Vietnam War, and the process of getting the book published. Medal Winners (University of Texas Health Press, 2020)

0:52 – Ray talks about his interest in the history of Nobel laureates.

2:26 – Ray talks about the term “Yellow Beret”

6:30 – Ray talks about the research that these scientists worked on at NIH.

7:29 – Ray talks about the Naval Medical Hospital.

8:07 – Ray talks about Dr. Anthony Fauci’s connection to these programs.

8:44 – Ray talks about tropical diseases and war.

9:52 – Ray talks about the obligations these doctors had when drafted.

12:09 – Ray talks about the “golden age” of physicians doing research.

15:39 – Ray talks about the unintended effects of the draft in developing new scientists and medicine.

18:11 – Ray talks about Dr. Fauci’s involvement with anthrax issues after 9/11.

19:46 – Ray talks about alternatives the military created to the doctors’ draft including the Uniformed Services Medical School.

22:00 – Ray talks about how the book is divided into pre-NIH years, the time the scientists spent at the NIH, and then their Nobel prizes.

24:44 – Ray talks about medical advances made during the Vietnam War including rapid evacuation.

26:00 – Ray talks about how he researched the book including interviews with the Nobel prize winners.

27:52 – Ray talks about when people understood the nexus between NIH and the Nobel prize winners.

31:24 – Ray talks about how the end of the Vietnam War negatively affected the NIH.

34:20 – Ray talks about applications to the Uniformed Health Services.

36:20 – Ray talks about foreign doctors at NIH.

37:30 – Ray talks about Vietnamese scientists during the Vietnam War.

38:18 – Ray talks about the interviewing process.

38:56 – Ray talks about the winners’ feelings about having been in the program.

42:29 – Ray talks about the cultural benefits of working at the NIH during the Vietnam War.

45:26 – Ray talks about the purpose of the NIH and how it was expanded during WWII to develop combat advantages. One concern was German biomedical advances to create better fighters.

49:09 – Ray talks about how WWII was a major turning point in the development of smart warfare.

53:03 – Ray differentiates between doctors and scientist-doctors.

57:28 – More information on Ray’s can be found on the University of Texas Press website.

Links of interest

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https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/greenberg-medal-winners

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Guests: Raymond Greenberg

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, National Institutes of Health, Nobel laureates, Yellow Beret, Korean War, doctors’ draft, Naval Medical Hospital, Walter Reed, wounded warriors, Dr. Anthony Fauci, WWII, malaria, genetic code, anthrax, 9/11, Uniformed Services medical School, field evacuation, protests, MLK assassination, military, Jewish scientists, world war two, Cold War, coronavirus, biomedicine, applied research, basic research, medicine, home front

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Maritime and naval history – “Whaling Captains of Color” (Naval Institute Press, 2020) – Skip Finley interview

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Skip Finley spent many years in the radio broadcasting business. He developed a passion for the study of whaling captains and wrote a book on whaling captains of color. This is his first non-fiction book and we spoke about the book and the writing process.

1:06 – Skip talks about how he got into writing on whaling captains.

2:49 – Skip talks about whaling.

5:55 – Skip talks about whaling and the American Revolution.

8:34 – Skip talks about whaling captains impacted by the Revolution.

9:46 – Skip talks about where the British kept prisoners during the American Revolution.

12:10 – Skip talks about the US Civil War how easy it was for the South to destroy whalers.

14:22 – Skip talks about what Confederates did with black whalers they caught.

14:54 – Skip talks about an encounter between a whaler and a German submarine in WWI.

18:38 – Skip talks about whaling between the American Revolution and the US Civil War.

22:34 – Skip talks about where the whaling industry was centered.

25:04 – Skip talks about doing the research for the book.

35:33 – Skip talks about the connection between Navy duty and whaling duty.

38:12 – Skip talks about John Mashall and the types of ships he designed.

39:39 – Skip goes into more detail about the books he used for his research.

43:40 – Skip talks about how one became a whaling captain.

45:24 – Skip talks about how important Nantucket and whaling was to black freedom.

58:33- Skip can be found at skipfinley.com

 

Links of interest

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https://www.usni.org/press/books/whaling-captains-color

https://www.skipfinley.com/

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Host: Cris Alvarez

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Ancient Warfare – “Ancient Rome: Facts and Fictions” (ABC-CLIO, 2020) – Monica Bontty interview

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Dr. Monica Bontty is a professor of archaeological studies and ancient history. She teaches at the University of Louisiana-Monroe and she wrote a book on misconceptions about Ancient Rome. We spoke about the ancient Roman military from the Republic to the Empire and the research she did for the book. (The audio player is at the bottom of the post.)

1:11 – Monica talks about why she wrote a book on misconceptions about Ancient Rome.

2:26 – Monica talks about how the Roman Army changed over time.

5:15 – Monica talks about phalanx style fighting.

6:26 – Monica talks about the maniple system.

7:45 – Monica talks about the reforms of Marius.

10:45 – Monica talks about Julius Caesar and the establishment of the empire.

12:04 – Monica talks about Octavian, Anthony, and Lepidus.

17:00 – Monica talks about military life and benefits.

28:00 – Monica talks about military pride but also the trouble that soldiers got into and abuse of power.

30:22 – Monica talks about military courts.

32:34 – Monica talks about soldier complaints about centurions.

33:10 – Monica talks about where the money came from Rome to hire so many more soldiers during the time of Marius.

34:34 – Monica talks about the abruptness of the reforms of Marius.

35:10 – Monica talks about Hannibal and the Punic Wars.

38:43 – Monica talks about the Praetorian Guard auctioning off the imperial office.

40:56 – Monica talks about where the term barbarian came from.

41:52 – Monica talks about how she researched the book. Livius.org and Penelope are useful resources.

45:21 – Monica talks about the myth of the vomitoria.

48:38 – Monica talks about learning surprising things about Augustus.

50:09 – Monica talks about Nero’s popularity.

51:02 – Monica talks about Roman hygiene.

54:06 – Monica talks about the hygiene standards of the Roman Army and “bad air”.

57:25 – Monica can be found on ulm.edu.

 

Links of interest

https://amzn.to/2B0MNTC

https://products.abc-clio.com/abc-cliocorporate/product.aspx?pc=A5404C

https://webservices.ulm.edu/facultyactivities/profile/bontty

https://www.livius.org/

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/home.html

 

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Guests: Monica Bontty

Host: Cris Alvarez

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