Podcasts.

[Devildoc]

I like some of the podcasts because of the historical value. I like to know what happened in Gothic Serpent, Urgent Fury, SOG in Vietnam, whatever. But sometimes you do have to figure out the shit from the shinola and discern who has an axe to grind or an agenda to push.

 

[AWP]

But sometimes you do have to figure out the shit from the shinola and discern who has an axe to grind or an agenda to push.

Unfortunately that's a thing in history. The amount of nonsense and outright lies that made it into our common understanding is staggering. One of my current favorites is how the West trusted Mitsuo Fuchida's "memory" of key events in WWII. Most of Fuchida's WWII narrative was proven to be false thanks to scholarship in the last few decades. He and the German generals had reason to ingratiate themselves with the Allies, so their versions are proving to be false over time.

They say victors write the history, but I disagree.

 

[Devildoc]

Unfortunately that's a thing in history. The amount of nonsense and outright lies that made it into our common understanding is staggering. One of my current favorites is how the West trusted Mitsuo Fuchida's "memory" of key events in WWII. Most of Fuchida's WWII narrative was proven to be false thanks to scholarship in the last few decades. He and the German generals had reason to ingratiate themselves with the Allies, so their versions are proving to be false over time.

They say victors write the history, but I disagree.

Yes, it is (a thing with history). We saw that with Ambrose and band of Brothers.

The other thing podcasts and books are good at is the variety of eyewitness accounts. Seeing the same event through a bunch of lenses is fascinating and adds depth and texture to an event.

 

[Blizzard]

Yes, it is (a thing with history). We saw that with Ambrose and band of Brothers.

The other thing podcasts and books are good at is the variety of eyewitness accounts. Seeing the same event through a bunch of lenses is fascinating and adds depth and texture to an event.

This is key.

There are always multiple views of a story/event, but these may occur through different lenses -- none of which has a complete picture of events and all of which can be true through the lens in which they were viewed.

 

[amlove21]

 

[Box]

That was a great video.
I have to admit, at the 38:35 mark on that video, you earned the number one all time spot as my favorite PJ ever...

Seriously though - that was a good watch.