The On The Bookshelf Podcast

Tribute to Dr. Joe Wheeler, "the Keeper of the Stories"

For 26 years, Joe Wheeler tallied to me at Christmas about his latest anthology of lost Christmas stories.  In May of 2018, Joe took a terrible fall that left him with catastrophic brain injuries, and so volume 27 would be the last. Unfortunately, Joe was unable to talk with me about it, so I pout together a show featuring some of our discussions from the 26 shows that preceded it. I will eventually put all the other on this podcast, too.

A recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor visits the studios of On The Bookshelf

Master Sergeant Bennie Adkins, US Special Forces (ret.), tells an incredible story called "A Tiger Among Us" that took place during one of his three tours in Vietnam. He drove to Troy from Auburn, Ala.for the interview. A great honor for me to meet him, and I am proud to carry his Challenge Coin in my backpack still, along from two from LtCol. Tom Bracewell, USSF (ret.)

Review--COVID-19: The Pandemic that never should have happened and how to stop the next one

Did we have to face a pandemic? An experienced science reporter, Debora Mackenzie, says, "No!"

Review--Meet the worst Nazi you never heard of

companion to the interview--three researchers follow the shady trail of a master Nazi who apparently bought an escape route by turning over top Nazi rocket and nuclear scientists and materials to the US Army at the end of WWII.

review--cool new LEGO-DC animated movie starring SHAZAM!

Fun for children (my grands loved it!) The deluxe edition even includes a SHAZAM! LEGO action figure!