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16th century Spanish New World history book – “A Most Splendid Company” (University of New Mexico Press, 2019) – Richard Flint interview

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Richard Flint is a historian who has been writing on the 16th century Coronado Expedition for many years. His latest book deals with the global context of the expedition and we spoke about it.

0:59 – Richard talks about how he got into studying and writing on the Coronado Expedition.

4:16 – Richard talks about how this book differs from their previous books on the Coronado expedition.

12:15 – Richard addresses how military focused the expedition was.

14:40 – Richard talks about the armor used on the expedition.

19:00 – Richard describes the evidence that the expedition was not looking for gold but rather was looking for trade routes.

21:03 – Richard talks about what the motives of the native Mexican warriors on the expedition were.

25:45 – Richard talks about how they did the research to determine the roster of the expedition.

51:47 – Richard talks about non-Spanish documents that would be helpful for this research.

57:00 – Richard talks about a document he found about a slave sold four times in one day.

1:08:01 – They have a website coronado.unm.edu for more information.

Links of Interest

https://unmpress.com/books/most-splendid-company/9780826360229

https://coronado.unm.edu/

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Guests: Richard Flint

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, conquistadors, spain, mexico, coronado, antonio de mendoza, armor, men-at-arms, helmets, chainmail, slaves, archives, book merchants, italy, china, trade route, glyphs, priests, expedition

NASA history book – “The Space-Age Presidency of John F. Kennedy” (University of New Mexico Press, 2019) – John Bisney interview

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John Bisney has worked as a reporter, on news radio, in public relations and is a NASA enthusiast. We talked about the latest book he has co-authored “The Space Age presidency of John F. Kennedy” which is a photographic history of NASA’s work during JFK’s presidency.

1:03 – John talks about how he got into studying and writing on this subject.

7:35 – John talks briefly about NASA illustration art.

7808 – John talks about how they lay out the book.

11:23 – John talks about doing research at the Kennedy library.

13:34 – John talks about his favorite photos in the collection. He touches on Alan Shepherd in the White House Rose Garden.

15:24 – John talks about how he chose the pictures they used.

18:03 – John talks about the companies that worked on the space program.

22:21 – John talks about other important people found in the photos.

23:43 – John talks about interesting people who also show up in the pictures.

36:54 – John talks about video of JFK’s travels.

43:35 – The other co-author of the book has a website Retrospaceimages.com

Links of interest

https://unmpress.com/books/space-age-presidency-john-f-kennedy/9780826358097

https://retrospaceimages.com/

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Guests: John Bisney

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: science, NASA, gemini, apollo, cape canaveral, jfk, space program, LBJ, congress, john glenn, white house, air force

Cold War history book – “Spy Pilot” (Prometheus Books, 2019) – Francis Gary Powers, Jr. interview

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Francis Gary Powers, Jr. is son of the famed U-2 pilot who was downed during a mission. Gary has spent years researching his father’s life and developing the Cold War Museum. We spoke about his new book that covers his father’s and family’s life and career.

1:06 – Gary explained why he wrote the book on his father.

4:00 – Gary talks about he structured the book. He discusses who he interviewed for the book and FOIA requests.

5:53 – Gary talked about how he got the government to help him with his research.

10:18 – Gary talks about how the US government initially refused to believe that the Soviets had missiles that could have reached his father’s plane.

12:00 – Gary talks about how he got into this research.

15:50 – Gary talks about the various sections of the book.

17:01 – Gary talks about how his book adds to the history of this event.

18:40 – Gary talks about the Soviet pilot who was shot down chasing Gary Powers.

21:25 – Gary talks about how the Russians celebrated their pilots.

25:20 – Gary talks about his involvement with the movie “Bridge of Spies.”

28:56 – Gary talks about the Cold War Museum.

34:51 – Gary talks about some of the interesting spy and other items held at the Cold War Museum.

41:51 – Gary talks about the similarities between early NASA and the military.

44:00 – Gary talks about old audio recordings his father had made [that] years ago.

46:42 – Gary talks about the extensive physical and mental testing U-2 pilots went through.

53:58 – Gary has sites at coldwar.org for the museum. Gary has garypowers.com or spypilotbook.com.

Links of interest

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/576973/spy-pilot-by-francis-gary-powers-jr-and-keith-dunnavant/9781633884687/

http://garypowers.com/

http://coldwar.org/

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Guests: Francis Gary Powers, Jr.

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, U-2, spy missions, cold war museum, Gary Powers, veterans, CIA, Air Force, medals, missiles, eisenhower, krushchev, latvian rugs, vladimir prison, bridge of spies, afghanistan