The On The Bookshelf Podcast

interview-Suzanne Gordon reports on the status of veterans since 9/11

She explores why privatization of veterans health care is misguided, analyzes the increasing need for mental health care and therapy due to "forever wars" and "friendly fire" of poor decisions by military leaders indifferent to dangerous situations for military personnel such as burn pits and sexual harassment.

interview--The true story of NickolaTesla, extraordinary inventor!

Marko Perko, a Serbian, brings a unique perspective on the life, work and unique mental state of the incredible inventor, Nickola Tesla. His genius and his wildly creative abilities, with his proper Serbian upbringing and faith, combine to give Tesla the opportunity to change the word. Indeed, he ushered in modernity with his inventions, including the Alternating Current Electric system (AC), radio electromagnetic transmissions, and many more! An electrifying lecturer (pun intended), Tesla was a quiet and reserved man who eschewed personal relationships in order to stay focused on the task of inventing things to make life better for all people.

interview--Anthony Tucker-Jones on The Battle of the Bulge from German view

Was Hitler insane to launch his last great offensive, the one we know as "The Battle of Bulge", or did he have a viable and critical strategy? It could have slowed down the rapid movement of the Allies toward Germany considerably, but while most offensives in WWII took months to plan and outfit, this one was relatively thrown together. Did it have a chance to succeed? Renowned British historian and author Anthony Tucker-Jones joins us from his home to tell the story of "Hitler's Winter".

interview-Gavin Mortimer on Australian Special Ops in WWII

Their story has not been told until now: after the fall of Singapore and the rapid spread of the Japanese military across Southeast Asia, a handful of tough, resolute and daring men were determined to strike back. Led by Ivan Lyon (who had a tiger tattoo across his chest) and organized along the lines of the SOE of Great Britain, Z Special Force deigned a brilliant clandestine operation to blow up Japanese shipping in Singapore harbor!

It took months for the Japanese to figure out how the seven ships were sunk without airplanes, navies or armies. It was a handful of men determined to show the Japanese no one was quitting. It had the psychological affect of the Doolittle Raid: showing the Japanese that the Allies could and would strike back! Their next mission was not as well designed and it ended in the deaths of almost the entire team. Their bravery and sacrifice deserves to be remembered.

interview--Naomi Wolf exposes the truth of the Pandemic

One of the world's pre-eminent feminist writers, professors and thinkers takes a hard look at the Neo-Marxist bent of the measures insisted on by Big Pharma, Big Tech, and Big Government to deal with the Pandemic. What happened to Western Democracy was more like Communist China. What can we learn from the unprecedented and ultimately wrongful shuttering of businesses and houses of worship?