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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

WWII warfare history book – “Ghost Riders” (Da Capo Press, 2018) – Mark Felton interview

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Mark Felton is an author and historian who has written extensively on World War II. He also produces short films on various subjects. We spoke about his latest WWII history book Ghost Riders.

0:57 – Mark talks about how he got into writing on this subject.

2:44 – Mark talks about how he tells the story in the book.

5:00 – Mark talks about Patton and the individuals who were important to this story.

7:20 – Mark talks about how he treats the Soviets in the book.

9:37 – Mark talks about the SS in this story.

13:10 – Mark talks about plans for an Aryan warhorse.

18:20 – Mark talks about how General Patton launched this operation.

24:00 – Mark talks about the Cossacks in the book.

26:00 – Mark talks about how he collected his information for the book.

36:00 – Mark discusses the Disney film “Miracle of the White Stallions” which is a ficitonalized version of this story.

57:58 – Mark can be found at markfelton.co.uk and he has a youtube channel with lots of films at Mark Felton Productions.

Links of interest

https://www.dacapopress.com/titles/mark-felton/ghost-riders/9780306825606/

http://markfelton.co.uk/

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Guests: Mark Felton

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, D-Day, Ardennes, Germany, Riding horses, Patton, WWII, world war II, Lipizzaner, Lipizzan, Soviets, German SS, Aryan, tanks, cavalry, Task Force Baum, Cossacks, Hostau, Americans, disney film, san diego zoo, spanish riding school, vienna