World War Two

Note: This is an encore edition of Reader's Corner. The episode originally aired in November 2022. An interview with Ben Macintyre, author of the new book, Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis’ Fortress Prison. In the book, Macintyre looks at one of history’s most notorious prisons, and the remarkable cast of POWs who tried relentlessly to escape their captors.

Since the atomic bomb program began during WWII, countless Americans have been exposed to radiation—either from mining uranium or from the tests themselves.

An interview with Paul Hendrickson, author of the new book, Fighting the Night. The book is a moving story of his father’s wartime service as a night fighter pilot, and the prices he and his fellow soldiers paid for their selfless acts of service.

We’ve heard many stories of what happened after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. However, one story you may not have heard is how many of the men sent to Minidoka were later drafted to serve in World War II, and refused to fight for the country that put them and their families behind barbed wire.

“It's pretty emotional. Long after the effects of the bomb are gone … it's just a very hard thing to get your mind around.”

Note: This is an encore edition of Reader's Corner. The episode first aired in January 2021. Few people have made decisions as momentous as Dwight "Ike"…

Note: This is an encore edition of Reader's Corner. The episode originally aired in January 2021. Few people have made decisions as momentous as Dwight…

The Idaho Center for the Book sat down to talk about a book about World War II and Japanese Americans.

For more than 20 years, Shane Sato has been taking pictures of Japanese American veterans from World War II, capturing images of men who were fighting a war both abroad and at home as they strove to prove their loyalty to the country.

An interview with S. Kirk Walsh author of the bestselling novel, The Elephant of Belfast. Inspire by true events, the book is a moving account of a young zookeeper and the elephant she's compelled to protect during the German blitz of Belfast during WWII.