Summary: <h1>Highlights</h1><br> <ul> <li>April 1918 Preview Roundtable - Dr. Edward Lengel & Katherine Akey | @ 02:50</li> <br> <li>Spring Offensive on Easter - Mike Shuster | @ 14:50</li> <br> <li>War in The Sky - Pilots and PTSD - Mark Wilkins | @ 18:30</li> <br> <li>Basketball in WWI - Dr. Lindsay Krasnoff | @ 27:05</li> <br> <li>100 Cities / 100 Memorials - Round#2 awardees announced | @ 32:50</li> <br> <li>Speaking WWI - “over the top” | @ 36:05</li> <br> <li>WWI War Tech - The Paris Guns | @ 37:15</li> <br> <li>Dispatch 4/3/18 highlights | @ 39:20</li> <br> <li>Centennial Social Media - Katherine Akey | @ 41:00<a id="more-9357007"></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 #66 - 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 April 6th, 2018.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">101 years ago on April 6th 1917, the United States declares war on Germany which starts us on a path that will change our nation, our people our industry, and our position in the world forever. </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[clip from April 6th Event]</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On this one year anniversary:</span></p><br> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <span style="font-weight: 400;"> Dr. Edward Lengel, Katherine Akey and I sit down for our </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">April 1918 preview roundtable</span> </li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mike Shuster, from the great war project blog updates us on the German Spring Offensive </span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mark Wilkins introduces us to WW1 pilots and PTSD</span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Lindsay Krasnoff tells us about basketball in WW1</span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Katherine Akey brings a story from the WW1 commemoration in social media</span></li> <br> </ul><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Plus a lot 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;">Several months ago during a podcast editorial planning session for an upcoming month, it occurred to us that our planning roundtable might be something our audience would enjoy listening to… We tried it - you liked it - and now we do it! So here is the conversation Dr. Ed lengel, Katherine Akey and I had earlier this week… The question on the table was: “so what are the big stories and themes in April 1918… in the War the Changed the World?</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[MUSIC TRANSITION]</span></p><br> <h1><span style="font-weight: 400;">World War One THEN</span></h1><br> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Preview Roundtable: April 1918</span></h2><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Edward Lengel, Katherine Akey, Theo Mayer</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[Closing Sting]</span></p><br> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Great War Project </span></h2><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Next, we are going to go to Mike Shuster former NPR correspondent and curator for the Great War project Blog….</span></p><br> <p><span style=""></span></p>
