#159 - The Amazing Life of Walter Bingham (Walter Bingham)

Two Nice Jewish Boys

Eytan and Naor

Society & Culture

1.7 • 804 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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(We apologise for the technical issues you might hear during the recording) Today’s guest is no less than extraordinary. There is no way we can do justice to his life history in this short intro, in this single episode, or even if we dedicated this entire podcast to it, for that matter. No joke. But just to give you an idea: After witnessing the Nazi book burnings and Kristallnacht, he escaped Germany in the nick of time in 1939 only to be on the front lines during the invasion of Normandy as part of the British Royal Army Service Corps. After the war, he interrogated the Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop as part of Counter Intelligence, was awarded the Military Medal by King George VI as well as France’s highest honor, the Legion of Honor, and now holds the Guiness World Record for being the eldest Radio Talkshow Host. But not too old to have skydived just last year at the age of 94. Oh yeah, and he acted in a couple of Harry Potter movies. Without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, I am extremely thrilled and tremendously honored to be joined today by host of the radio show Walter’s World, Walter Bingham.

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0:00.0	I'm Aiton Weinstein. And I'm Naor Menninger. And you're listening to Two Nice Jewish Boys.
0:10.8	This podcast is made in collaboration with the Jewish Journal.
0:18.7	Before we get to the episode today, guys, I want to tell you about our collaboration with
0:22.9	Israel Story. Israel Story is a podcast that brings you long-form storytelling from in and around
0:28.6	Israel. There's extraordinary true stories about regular people living in Israel. It's the kind of
0:34.9	stories that you won't see or read on the news. And they show it
0:38.7	in a quirky, unpredictable, interesting, really moving way. And it's just a great podcast about
0:45.1	this place that we think we know a lot about, but we really don't. So, for example, they just
0:49.9	kicked off their fourth season with an episode called The Wall, which is about a Jewish Arab baby born at the Western Wall during the Six Day War. Incredible story. So check it out,
0:59.6	guys. Israel Story. You can subscribe to Israel Story today on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher at
1:05.9	IsraelStory.org, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Today's guest is no less than extraordinary.
1:14.0	There is no way we can do justice to his life history in this short intro,
1:18.9	in this single episode, or even if we dedicated this entire podcast to it, for that matter.
1:24.5	No joke.
1:25.5	But just to give you an idea, after witnessing the Nazi book
1:28.9	burnings in Christenacht, he escaped Germany in the nick of time in 1939, only to be on the
1:34.9	front lines during the invasion of Normandy as part of the British Royal Army Service Corps.
1:40.4	After the war, he interrogated the Nazi foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop as part of counterintelligence,
1:48.0	was awarded the military medal by King George the Sixth, as well as France's highest honor, the Legion of Honor,
1:55.0	and now holds the Guinness World Record for being the eldest radio talk show host, but not too old to have skydive
2:03.8	just last year at the age of 94. Oh yeah, and he acted in a couple of movies as well. Without
2:10.0	further ado, ladies and gentlemen, I am extremely thrilled and tremendously honored to be
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