The War on Our Shore

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Science, Natural Sciences, History, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 43.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Foreign enemies have seldom brought war to U.S. soil… right? In this episode from 2017, we tell you strange stories of foreign enemies landing on our shore.

From bombs floating across the country without a sound (or even a discussion), to Nazi prisoners of war leading placid lives in towns nationwide, listen to how war quietly wormed its way into the heartland of the United States.

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0:00.0	Hey, flew a Miller. I am just popping on here real quick before today's show to say,
0:06.8	OYEMG! O-M-G, OYEMG! A little show called More Perfect is coming back. More perfect, of course,
0:18.6	is the podcast that OG Radio Lab host, Chad Abumrod co-created with Kelsey Patchett and Susie
0:24.8	Lectonberg, and it's a show that takes on stories about the Supreme Court, in surprisingly fresh and
0:31.5	human and sound-rich ways. And now it is coming back with a brand new season and a brand new team.
0:39.0	The old team has passed the torch to host Julia Lengoria, who you may know from being the host of
0:45.8	the experiment, and she was also a producer on the original More Perfect team. She doesn't just
0:51.4	understand the show. She is part of the DNA of the show, and stories about the law and court
0:56.6	have long been her passion, and she is joined by a whole new team to tell stories about this moment,
1:02.8	which, you know, maybe just maybe the Supreme Court feels even more relevant and a part of our
1:08.6	lives than it did when the show launched seven years ago. So anyway, brand new season coming,
1:14.1	all kinds of stories. It's just popping off starting this week. We highly recommend you go check
1:19.2	it out if you subscribed to More Perfect, but you've forgotten it's way down at the bottom. Go see
1:23.7	what's going on there. If you never did, that's more perfect. I'm really excited. I will be listening,
1:29.8	and I hope you do too. All right. Now on with our show, today we actually have another look back.
1:36.6	As you may notice, we do this every other week. We're head, we're diving headfirst into the war. You've
1:41.4	probably heard the most about World War II. To hear two stories, you've likely never heard.
1:48.7	Unless you heard them here, because again, this is a rerun. It's a great one. We hope you
1:53.0	enjoy. It's called a war on our shore. Yeah, wait, wait, you're listening. Okay. All right. Okay.
2:02.2	You're listening to Radio Lab radio from W and Y.
2:07.9	Hey, I'm Chad. I'm Ron. I'm Robert Kroich. This is Radio Lab. And today we're going to travel back
2:18.5	in time to World War II, which is a war that has been chronicled and re-kronnicled and reimagined and
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