91. A Land Fit for Heroes

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger Podcasts

Society & Culture, History, Education

4.8 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

James and Al are again joined by Professor Dan Todman, author of Britain’s War. The lads discuss the economic war effort, including Britain’s attempts to manipulate the price of tungsten in order to hinder the German armaments industry. Also debated is the role of parliament during the war and the political plans for post-war Britain.

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Produced by Joey McCarthy & Harry Lineker

Exec Producer: Tony Pastor

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0:00.0	Music
0:08.0	Danger, danger! You are listening to Thursday we have Ways Special.
0:13.0	Second, I mean to be honest we can do a month of these, a month of Thursdays.
0:18.0	We're talking to Professor Daniel Todman, author of Britain at War.
0:24.0	Britain's War, Britain's War.
0:26.0	Sorry, sorry, sorry James.
0:28.0	Britain's War.
0:30.0	Britain's War.
0:31.0	1937 and 1947.
0:32.0	Is it going to be, is there eventually going to be a great big fat single volume?
0:36.0	Lord of the Rings style.
0:37.0	No, I think volume two tests the limits of what a book can do.
0:42.0	No, no, you're wrong, you're wrong.
0:44.0	What testing is a what a book can do is any by my friend Peter Cattagatton's.
0:49.0	But there comes a point where they say we're going to have to print this on thinner paper
0:54.0	and use a special small font.
0:56.0	Microfeet.
0:57.0	So it comes at you and it comes.
0:59.0	It comes with magnifying glass.
1:01.0	Yeah, we put them together.
1:02.0	I mean a case to a case edition.
1:04.0	You're going to be nice.
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