The On The Bookshelf Podcast

Historian Stephen Taafe on Washington's Revolutionary War Generals

Some were talented, most were not, some were loyal to GW, a few were not (especially one), but their stories are part of the tapestry of America. 

Anti-Semitism was rampant in California in the 1930s and 40s

Researcher Steve Ross reveals the terrible truth of rampant anti-Semitism and pro-Nazi groups in America, particularly in California, durning the 1930s and early 1940a. On courageous Jewish attorney organized a counterspy network to produce proof for the US Congress and the FBI would act before it was too late.

A violent Klansman becomes a Christian and a pastor working for racial reconciliation

The true story of Thomas Tarrants, once considered the most dangerous racist in Mississippi, who found God in prison and through a series of incredible events, came to pastor a multi-racial church in Washington DC, and to work for racial reconciliation. A story of the power of God to change people's hearts.

Book review--The Hour of Fate

We look at the book that inspired the interview: how did President Theodore Roosevelt and Financier J. P. Morgan handle their different strongly-held opinions on the role of government in a capitalist society, in order to work together for the good of the nation and its people?

Book Review-Bloody Okinawa

The book that inspired the interview for Memorial Day weekend, 2020.