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WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

189. AC/DC’s Brian Johnson

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger Podcasts

Education, History, Society & Culture

4.85.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The legendary lead singer of AC/DC Brian Johnson is fascinated by the Second World War. His dad fought in North Africa and Italy with the Durham Light Infantry and Brian himself joined the Territorial Army and did full parachute training. WARNING: This brilliantly entertaining, often hilarious episode, features strong language. To enjoy the weekly We Have Ways livestream join our members club for £6 a month using the link below. Members get free audiobooks, discounts from Waterstones, first chance to book live events, battleground visits and the increasingly infamous Thursday evening live show: Patreon.com/wehaveways A Goalhanger Films production Produced by Harry Lineker  Exec Producer Tony Pastor Twitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPod Email: wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Music

0:12.0

Achtung, Achtung, welcome to We Have Ways At Make You Talk for a very very special edition.

0:17.5

We're not in Salisbury, we're not in Chiswick, we're not in the Eagles Nest.

0:23.4

No, we've come to Chelsea, haven't we James?

0:25.6

We certainly have.

0:26.6

What a treat we have for you now as we are joined by Rock and Roll royalty.

0:31.6

Legend.

0:32.6

Legend, really?

0:33.6

Yes, a living, a living legend.

0:35.6

When did you come in?

0:37.6

For some of you, I'm sure familiar with his work with ACTC, we are joined by Brian Johnson.

0:44.6

Brian Johnson, isn't that right?

0:47.6

That's it tonight, I'll be, being listening to you guys for a while and it's my favourite

0:53.6

most passionate thing as the military history and you guys have been late in May on a lot of things.

0:59.6

Well, first of all, you got Mark Clark off the hook a few months back.

1:03.6

Yeah, well, I mean, I reckon Mark Clark was a bit of a bastard, really.

1:07.6

I don't think I'd have liked him.

1:09.6

But you can't say that just because someone's a bit distasteful and you don't like them and they're a bit of an arrogant S.I.B.

1:14.6

That's not a reason for me accusing them of being a bad general.

1:17.6

And actually, what got me started was that walking across that ground from, from, um,

1:22.6

Sisterna all the way across, down the knee, the Auburn Hills.

1:26.6

And I, I remember thinking, God, if I'd been Mark Clark, I wouldn't really want to have no German fortify me looking over me either.

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