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Eyewitness History Parthenon
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4.7 • 54 Ratings
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What was it like to hear about the JFK assassination? Or America’s triumph over Hitler? Or seeing Queen at Live-Aid? Our past is a collection of stories that bring us to now. Welcome to the Eyewitness History podcast, where we view history through the eyes of the people that watched the events that shaped our world.
If you have a story from history that you would like to share, I would love to hear it! Please reach out to me using my Contact form at https://www.jeremystalnecker.com
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A View From Ground Zero: One 9/11 First Responder's Vivid Memories of The World Trade Center After September 11
What was it like to be a first responder at the World Trade Center following the events of 9/11? Most of us remember where we were when we first heard about the planes crashing into those buildings, but we may not know the stories of the men and women who rushed in to help. My guest today is one of the men who responded to rescue the survivors trapped under those collapsed buildings. Dusty Shellhammer is a lifelong first responder and was a member of the National Crisis Response team called into action on 9/11. This incredible story reminds us of the courage, dedication, and unity of all who stepped up to help during one of our nations greatest tragedies.
Hear More 9/11 Stories:
World Trade Center Survivor Brian Branco: Apple Podcasts / Spotify
Survivor & Activist Anne-Marie Principe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify
Firefighter Michael O'Connell: Apple Podcasts / Spotify
Police Officer Tom Wilson: Apple Podcasts / Spotify
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An Exciting Announcement You Can't Miss!
Today's episode is a new beginning of sorts. Don't worry, we will still be interviewing men and women who experienced the events that have changed our lives. The "new" part is the host! For those that have listened to the show in the past, Josh Cohen has moved on and I will be guiding our conversations. My name is Jeremy Stalnecker and I am looking forward to getting to know you as we as we bring these incredible stories to light.
This episode will give you some of my background as well as a preview into coming episodes. Thank you for listening and I look forward to sharing "Eyewitness History" with you.
Learn About Me: www.jeremystalnecker.com
Subscribe to My Second Podcast About Self-Improvement, March or Die, on Apple Podcasts & Spotify!
Learn About My Military Experience By Hearing My Interview with Josh Cohen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!
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How Did Reading Books Shape War?
This episode we examine the intersection of books and war as we sit down with esteemed historian Andrew Pettegree. We discuss his groundbreaking work, 'THE BOOK AT WAR: How Reading Shaped Conflict and Conflict Shaped Reading,'
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Author Describes Olympic Hero Imprisoned By The Nazis
William Bonsall was captured and imprisoned by the Germans three months after landing in the second wave at Normandy during World War II. Bonsall later escaped to Poland and ultimately competed on the 1948 U.S. Men’s Gymnastics Olympic Team. Forty...
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The Septuagint – It Really is Greek to Me - History Of The Papacy
The Septuagint is the most important translations you’ve never heard of. In this episode of the 10th Anniversary of the History of the Papacy series, Steve Guerra and his special guest Garry Stevens lay out the basics of the Septuagint translation of...
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MIT Blackjack Team Member Talks Card Counting, Lavish Living, and Having A Movie Made About Him
Mike Aponte, also known as MIT Mike, is a professional blackjack player and a former member of the MIT Blackjack Team. Aponte was part of a team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) students that legally won millions playing blackjack at...
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This show is awesome. Love learning about history and hearing what his guests have to say! Keep it coming, man!
AFTER THE 11/7/23 BILL AYERS PODCAST, I’M OUT!!!
Josh, I found your podcast around 6 months or so ago and began listening from the beginning and working my way forward. My plan was to wait to review your podcast until after I had caught up to present but your November 7, 2023 interview with Bill Ayers so alarmed me that I am compelled to comment now.
History does not regard Ayers as some sort of social justice warrior, but rather as a counter-culture radical who was intimately involved in domestic terrorism in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In your interview of him he boasted of the only deaths associated with SDS / Weather Underground being the three conspirators who planned to detonate a bomb containing nails at Fort Dix. (He even acquiesced to the fact that innocent people not being killed during any of the many instances of Weather Underground / SDS domestic terrorism as more or less because of luck.) YOU THEN PROCEEDED TO EXPRESS YOUR CONDOLENCES TO HIM FOR THE DEATHS OF THOSE THREE DOMESTIC TERRORISTS! Nails in bombs are intended to injure / kill people - how pathetic and disgustingly shameful for you to express your condolences to a co-conspirator of those three dead domestic terrorists!
Finally, you allowed him to disparage a true American hero and patriot (with no pushback or rebuttal from you whatsoever), John McCain, who was mercilessly tortured by his evil North Vietnamese communist captors. The Vietnam War was a lawful military operation that was undertaken by the government of the United States of America at the behest of the government of South Vietnam, and John McCain was undertaking his lawful duties as a combat pilot of the United States Navy. How dare you not speak a few words in McCain’s defense but instead you let a domestic terrorist like Ayers denigrate him and then reinvent and/or recast history at the expense of a true American hero!
I can’t bear to listen to any more of this pathetic patronizing drivel, Josh - I’m out!!!
Check this one out.
Compelling interviews with people who are unsung who were at moments. Covers new ground. Columbine principal, while a sad story, is also uplifting and worth a listen.
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