This episode is all about American World War Two propaganda posters: what they were, who created them, and how America was fighting the war via words and pictures. It wasn’t all about manpower and military might: the U.S. fought with art, too. LEARN MORE: Artcuriouspodcast.com SUBSCRIBE and REVIEW: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/artcurious-podcast/id114 ... Show More
Jul 2025
THE CLUB: Have a Listen to This Exclusive Excerpt!
As many of you know, I’m releasing my latest book tomorrow-- July 15, 2025. It’s called The Club: Where American Women Artists Found Refuge in Belle Époque Paris, published by Bloomsbury. And It’s a story that’s close to my heart—a vibrant, true tale of a group of pioneering Amer ... Show More
20m 50s
Oct 2023
The Postwar Lives of WW2 Leaders, Both Axis and Allies
Check out this episode sample from James Early's "Key Battles of American History," In this episode, which wraps up a season devoted to World War 2 in the European Theatre, hosts James Early and Sean McIver follow a long-established Key Battles tradition by giving brief overviews ... Show More
20m 46s
Sep 2012
Codes! Axis Cryptography in World War II
<p>In this special episode co-hosted by TechStuff's Jonathan Strickland, the focus is on the codes, cipher machines, and cryptologists of World War II. Tune in to learn more about the Enigma Machine, Alan Turing, Code Talkers and more.</p><p> </p> Learn more about your ad-choices ... Show More
45m 47s
May 2022
In honor of Memorial Day: 'When Books Went to War'
During World War II, as American publishers sought ways to support the troops abroad, they began printing small, pocket-sized books that soldiers could fit anywhere. In When Books Went to War, Molly Guptill Manning tells the story of these little printed editions and how they ser ... Show More
7m 55s
Mar 2024
Navigating Cheesiness, Kitsch, and the Quest for Authenticity: Episode 24 of The Painting Podcast
This episode delves into the fine line between cheesiness, kitsch, and high art. From the pastoral scenes of Gainsborough to the consumer culture critiques of Warhol and the polling experiments of Komar and Melamid, we examine how artists challenge and redefine our notions of tas ... Show More
29m 25s