253: Bill Whittle—"They Get to Shoot Nazis... That's Fun!"

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 39.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2022

⏱️ 81 minutes

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After reading a short Memorial Day mystery called Visiting Hours Mike speaks with Bill Whittle about the protocols of Arlington National Cemetery, the price of freedom, and the need for gratitude.

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0:00.0	Hey, guys, it's the way I heard it.
0:05.2	Episode number 253.
0:07.2	This one's called They Get to Shoot Nazis.
0:10.3	That's fun with an explanation point where it's an exclamation.
0:15.5	Did I get it wrong again?
0:16.6	You got it wrong again.
0:17.6	It's exclamation.
0:19.1	You're exclaiming, not explaining. I know, but I'm just, I'm horrified by how many times I've said it wrong again. It's exclamation. You're exclaiming, not explaining.
0:21.2	I know, but I'm just, I'm horrified by how many times I've said it wrong in my life.
0:25.6	I pride myself on using the right word, usually.
0:30.2	Usually. Yeah, usually you're real good at this kind of stuff, but explanation. Yeah.
0:35.0	They get to shoot Nazis. That's fun. Explanation point. No. You just said it again.
0:41.6	I did it again. You said explanation. It's my fatal flaw. They get to shoot Nazis. That's fun.
0:48.5	Exclamation point. It's hard to say, but yeah, you got it. You got it. I've been talking for a minute,
0:53.8	and all I've managed to tell you is the title of this episode.
0:56.7	Let me add to that by saying it's a terrific conversation, if I don't say so myself, with our old friend Bill Whittle.
1:02.9	We invited Bill in because we are in real time right now approaching Memorial Day.
1:08.1	And, of course, D-Day.
1:10.2	And I just wanted to have a conversation about gratitude
1:14.3	in general. There's so much going on in our country. There's so much going on with our military
1:19.8	a couple of years ago. Right around this same time, I wrote a very short story that I would
1:24.8	like to share with you first. Some of you may have heard it. If you have, feel free to skip ahead six minutes.
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