Summary: <h1>Highlights</h1><br> <ul> <li>Wilson vs William | @ 01:25</li> <br> <li>Stars and stripes launches | @ 07:30</li> <br> <li>War in the sky - AirMail | @ 08:50</li> <br> <li>America Emerges - 32nd Red Arrow Division - Dr. Edward Lengel | @ 10:45</li> <br> <li>Great War Project - German Homefront - Mike Shuster | @ 15:40</li> <br> <li>Commission News - Service Medals NOW | @ 20:15</li> <br> <li>Remembering Veterans - 371st Regiment - Sonya Grantham | @ 22:05</li> <br> <li>Speaking WWI - Doughboy Dictionary | @ 29:50</li> <br> <li>International Report - Brazil in WWI - Matheus Lacerda | @ 31:35</li> <br> <li>WW1 War Tech - Synthetic Rubber | @ 38:15</li> <br> <li>Articles & Posts - Freddie Stowers and Pyjamas | @ 39:55</li> <br> <li>Valentine’s Special - letters, stories and music | @ 42:25</li> <br> <li>The Buzz - Katherine Akey | @ 47:30<a id="more-8991322"></a> </li> <br> </ul><h1><span style="font-weight: 400;">Opening</span></h1><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Welcome to World War 1 centennial News - episode #59 - It’s about WW1 THEN - what was happening 100 years ago this week - and it’s about WW1 NOW - news and updates about the centennial and the commemoration.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today is February 16th, 2018 and our guests for this week include:</span></p><br> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Edward Lengel, with a story about the 32nd Red Arrow Division</span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mike Shuster, from the great war project blog with the eroding situation on the German homefront</span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sonya Hodges Grantham sharing the story of the 371st regiment and her recent cemetery restoration efforts</span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Matheus Lacerda with the history of Brazil in WW1</span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Katherine Akey, with some selections from the centennial of WWI in social media </span></li> <br> </ul><p> </p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">All this and more -- on WW1 Centennial News -- a weekly podcast brought to you by the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission, the Pritzker Military Museum and Library and the Starr foundation. </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’m Theo Mayer - the Chief Technologist for the Commission and your host. Welcome to the show.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[MUSIC]</span></p><br> <h1><span style="font-weight: 400;">Preface</span></h1><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A few weeks ago, in Episode #56, we brought in Woodrow Wilson expert, John Milton Cooper Jr, an American historian, author, educator, and Former Senior Scholar at the Wilson Center. At the end of the interview I asked him what is the most important thing we should keep in mind about Wilson as we follow his actions: </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[FOR LIVE AUDIENCE“Insert audio : clip” - “As we hear the ongoing story of WWI on this podcast, what else should be understand about Wilson to help us keep it all --- and him in context?” answer about Wilson being a Phd, and one of history’s great political scientists - with ideas about how national politics work.]</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So 100 years ago this week - one of the big stories on the domestic front is Wilson’s address to a joint session of congress further laying out the path to a negotiated peace. </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With that as a setup, let’s jump into our centennial time machine and slide back 100 years to mid February 1918</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">in the war that changed the world!</span></p><br> <h1><span style="font-weight: 400;">World War O</span></h1>
