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Behind the Lines

Behind the Lines

Auteur(s): Barbara Harrison & Andrew Carroll
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A bi-monthly podcast that features readings by prominent figures of the greatest war letters ever written. The podcast is hosted by Emmy-winning journalist Barbara Harrison who explores centuries of fascinating letters with New York Times bestselling author Andrew Carroll, who has made tracking down and tracing the history of our nation’s war letters his life’s work. Learn more about Behind the Lines at http://behindthelines.us/. Copyright © 2021 Barbara Harrison Media© 2023 Behind the Lines Monde Sciences sociales
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  • Episode 6: Iraq and Afghanistan
    Aug 19 2021

    In this episode we hear the letters and emails written by the next Greatest Generation, the men and women serving in  Iraq and Afghanistan and on the home front. Voiced by actors like Army Veteran Donn Nemchick, Frederick Weller and Many Siegfried, this powerful collection of first hand person experiences covers the Gulf War on Terror with gripping immediacy and intimate expressions of hope, fear, loneliness and resolve. This episode, which includes correspondences by U.S. troops who served in Afghanistan, was recorded before Taliban forces seized Kabul on 8/16/2021.

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    44 min
  • Episode 5: Women in Service
    Jul 31 2021

    From the American Revolution to present day women have fought for our democracy from the battlefields to the home front. Women in Service tells their story through letters voiced by actresses such as Julianna Margulies, Martha Plimpton and Joan Allen. Interviews with Sandy Mitten the "Granny Gunner" in the Gulf War and Major General Donna Barbisch, one of America's first female Major Generals add fascinating personal detail to this episode.

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    56 min
  • Episode 4: 77 Letters - Vietnam
    42 min

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