Streamed live on August 8, 2024 This World War II Open Conversation led by historians Todd DePastino and Glenn Flickinger starts with a discussion of the connections between World War I and World War II. Should they be considered one continuous conflict, a "Thirty Years' War"? Both wars are deeply interconnected in their causes

Streamed live on August 5, 2024 VBC Scuttlebutt takes on the controversial and sensitive issue of redefining what it means to be a "Gold Star Family." A Pentagon working group investigating whether the official definition should be broadened has shelved its report. Currently, Gold Star status is awarded to families of those who die

Streamed live on August 1, 2024 Glenn Flickinger leads a conversation with military historians and Pacific War experts Jeff Ballard and Dave Holland on the US Army’s role in the Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II. Dave, a seasoned veteran with a 28-year career in the US Marine Corps, is host of the

Streamed live on July 29, 2024 Brian Morra joins us again to talk about his followup to his successful thriller The Able Archers. Brian’s new book, The Righteous Arrows, takes the story to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, an event that previewed the wars following the attacks of September 11, 2001. Brian is a

Streamed live on July 22, 2024 Combat veterans may not tell their children about their experiences, but they transmit them invisibly, almost imperceptibly, through deep channels of influence in the mind, body, and psyche. Author, artist, and son of Vietnam veteran Carl Sciacchitano joins us to talk about his family story as captured in

Streamed live on July 18, 2024 In preparation for our September VBC trip to England for a tour of English air fields and WWII sites, Glenn Flickinger gives us a presentation on the Air War Over Europe, and how the Allies almost lost it. World War II in Europe saw the pinnacle of air