Eyewitness History

What was it like to hear about the JFK assassination? Or America’s triumph over Hitler? Or seeing Queen at Live-Aid? Our past is a collection of stories that bring us to now. Welcome to the Eyewitness History podcast, where we view history through the eyes of the people that watched the events that shaped our world.

If you have a story from history that you would like to share, I would love to hear it! Please reach out to me using my Contact form at https://www.jeremystalnecker.com

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Update frequency: every 4 days
Average duration: 41 minutes
Episodes: 192
Years Active: 2022 - 2025

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"For President Bush, It Was Six Days A Week"; A Retired CIA Officer Tells His Story

Mike Croissant is a retired CIA officer, historian, and author. Prior to his retirement from the CIA in 2021 after a nearly 22-year career, Mike served as a political analyst in the Directorate of An…

00:51:39 | Tue 07 Jun 2022

History Unplugged Clip With Christopher Blattman

War Isn’t the Natural State of Human Affairs: It Shouldn’t Happen, and Most of the Time It Doesn't."

War is assumed to be one of the chief features of human history. Plenty of ancient and modern write…

00:19:38 | Wed 01 Jun 2022

"I Sprinted Towards The Gunman"; Former Principal Of Columbine High School Gives His Story

Frank DeAngelis was a staff member at Columbine High School in the Jeffco School District in Littleton Colorado, since 1979, starting as a Social Studies teacher and filling the roles of Head Basebal…

00:40:12 | Tue 31 May 2022

"There's No Such Thing As Unsupervised North Korea"; Podcast Star Jordan Harbinger Gives His North Korea Experience

Jordan Harbinger, once referred to as “The Larry King of podcasting,” is a Wall Street lawyer turned interview talk-show host, and a communications and social dynamics expert. He has hosted a Top 50 …

00:31:41 | Tue 24 May 2022

Part 2: Holocaust Survivor Tells Us What It Was Like Being Liberated From Auschwitz

In this second interview, we discuss what it was like being liberated by the Red Army in 1945, as well as how the Holocaust has affected his faith, and what it was like being reunited with his family…

00:33:56 | Tue 17 May 2022

Part 1: Holocaust Survivor Describes Being Taken To And Life Living In Auschwitz

In the spring of 1944, a teenage Gene Klein and his family were taken from their village in Hungary and thrown into the infamous Nazi extermination camp known as Auschwitz.
His father was taken straig…

00:39:13 | Tue 10 May 2022

“It Felt Like The Building Lunged Forward 20 Feet”; A 9/11 Survivor Tells His Story

This episode we hear from David Paventi.

David Paventi was in a conference room on the 82nd floor of the World Trade Center’s North Tower when the first plane struck the 93rd floor. “After that kind o…

00:46:58 | Tue 03 May 2022

The Only Living WWII Triple Ace Fighter Pilot Talks Dogfight Strategy And Partying With Chuck Yeager

Col Anderson is a WWII Triple Ace fighter pilot and a veteran military experimental test pilot.
During WW II he served two combat tours in Europe in the P-51 Mustang, Nov 1943 through Jan 1945. He fle…

00:56:15 | Tue 26 Apr 2022

What Was It Like In Berlin Immediately After The Wall Fell? An Eyewitness Tells The Story

This episode we hear from Professor Hope Harrison, Professor Harrison was in the air on her way to Berlin when the Berlin Wall fell, and she spent 10 days thereafter in the city, absorbing the experi…

00:21:14 | Tue 19 Apr 2022

Interview With Vietnam War Veteran and Author, Bill Taylor

Today’s guest is Bill Taylor, author of On Full Automatic: Surviving 13 Months in Vietnam.

In the book, eighteen-year-old Marine recruit William V. Taylor Jr. and his brother Marines are assembled int…

00:53:44 | Tue 12 Apr 2022