Best Benjamin Shepherd Podcasts (2025)

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52 - THE UNION'S "INFANT" HERO WHO WOULDN'T GO HOME | Johnny Clem (9yrs) | Civil War VETERAN'S DAY SPECIAL 13:50

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In April of 1861, the War Between the States broke out. Nine-year-old Johnny Lincoln Clem ran away from home to join the Union Army. But Johnny found the Army not particularly interested in recruiting a boy. The commander of the 3rd Ohio Regiment told him he “wasn't enlisting infants just yet,” and sent him home. Johnny, then headed to the 22nd Mic…

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51 - THE ORPHAN WHO LONGED FOR WEST POINT | Sgt. Francis Currey (Army) | WWII 12:39

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As an orphan in the 1930s, Francis (Frank) Sherman Currey often stared across the Hudson River at the US Military Academy at West Point standing high on the hills overlooking the river. As he watched the men march, he longed to join with them, to be accepted into this prestigious institution. Still, he knew that because of his poor, disadvantaged l…

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50 - THE GREAT ESCAPE FROM LIBBY PRISON | Lt. Jacob Merritt (Union Prisoner) | Civil War 13:19

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Crouched deep underground within the bowels of the massive building, inhaling putrid air without complaint, and in the meager light of a single candle, the Union prisoners worked with a purpose. . Among them was LIEUTENANT JACOB MERRITT, just twenty-three-years-old. . Jacob lay on his belly in the cramped tunnel, chipping at the earthen wall, the o…

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49 - THE SPY CONFEDERATES NEVER SUSPECTED… | Elizabeth “Crazy Bet” Van Lew (Union Spy) | Civil War 12:41

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Elizabeth Van Lew was determined Richmond would fall, the sooner the better. . Beneath her basket of groceries were secret Union dispatches written skillfully in invisible ink, folded innocuously like bookmarks between sheets of household shopping accounts. . Two Confederate soldiers strolled past, rifles slung lazily across their shoulders. . The …

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48 - "WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY... AND HE IS OURS!" | Oliver Hazard Perry (U.S. Navy Commander) | War of 1812 13:03

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Morning of September 10, 1813. The British naval squadron under Commander Robert Harriet Barclay, advanced with the confidence and skill of the world’s most powerful navy. Facing them that day was a young American naval officer just *27-years-old*... Oliver Hazard Perry. As the two fleets closed distance near Put-In-Bay, Ohio, Commander Perry’s men…

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47 - THE CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS WHO SAVED OUR WORLD | Sir Isaac Newton + More | The Enlightenment 14:44

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The Enlightenment is often painted as an age when cold science triumphed over devotion to God. This message of today’s Secular-Progressive World is anything but true. Many of the greatest minds of that age were men whose Christian faith shaped their scientific genius. They did not see their work as dismantling God’s place in the cosmos but where th…

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ON CRISPR Episode 5: The Conversation 59:01

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In the four years since the book’s publication, CRISPR has revolutionized the world of medical treatments and possibilities. But our world has changed drastically, too. As AI’s impact grows, U.S scientists are facing funding cuts like never before. For our final episode, we bring you a live conversation between Walter Isaacson and Jennifer Doudna a…

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46 - THE CHRISTIAN ("MORMON") BOY WHO STOOD AGAINST HITLER | Helmuth Hubener (Anti-Nazi Resistance) | WWII 12:10

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Helmuth Gunther Hubener grew up in Germany during Hitler’s rise to power. Helmuth was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sometimes called “Mormons.” Helmuth could see that his beloved Germany was being destroyed systematically from within. He and his friends felt compelled to tell the people of Germany what was really goin…

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ON CRISPR Episode 4: Franken Monsters 36:47

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As the gene editing field kept growing, so did the dangers. Back in 2018, Jennifer Doudna received an email from a Chinese scientist claiming that he had genetically edited two twin babies. The news reverberated across the world and made Doudna and her colleagues urgently consider the implications of what their discovery could mean for humanity. Wa…

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ON CRISPR Episode 3: Patent Wars 27:19

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Jennifer Doudna thought she had won the race. She thought she had beaten out all scientific competitors when she and her co-author had shocked the world with their groundbreaking technology for gene editing. But turned out, the race had just gotten fiercer. Walter Isaacson sits down with Evan to talk about how one of the most cutthroat scientific c…

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45 - SILENCING OUR MODERN ST. STEPHEN | Charlie Kirk (Political Activist) | 2025 13:25

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We admire Charlie Kirk. He sacrificed himself for his faith. Two thousand years ago, shortly after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, a young disciple by the name of Stephen, also spoke for truth and willingly gave his life for the faith. Both Stephen and Charlie Kirk were young and exceptionally dedicated to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Both spoke tr…

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44 - INSPIRING THE AMERICAN SOUNDTRACK | Stephen Foster (Composer) | Civil War 14:02

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Stephen Collins Foster was the creator and author of what many call the American Soundtrack. We were a young nation at the time, a divided nation, an angry nation. The tunes that escaped his troubled heart offered hope at a time when many thought the United States would fracture and fall. His music captured America’s sorrows, but also its joys and …

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ON CRISPR Episode 2: The Discovery 30:50

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Back in the 1990s, a young microbiologist in Alicante, Spain became obsessed with a strange pattern he observed in the genes of tiny organisms — a series of inexplicable clusters. And he wasn’t alone. All around the world, a network of scientists were growing curious as to what these genetic knots could be and all of their potential functions. Thei…

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43 - CREATING AMERICA'S BATTLE HYMN | Julia Ward Howe (Poet/Abolitionist) | Civil War 12:01

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That night in Washington, D.C., towards dawn, Julia Ward Howe could not sleep, so she arose and sat at a nearby writing desk. She related this pivotal event later: “I awoke in the early morning twilight; and as I lay waiting for the dawn, the long lines of a poem began to twine themselves into my mind. Having thought out all the stanzas, I said to …

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ON CRISPR Episode 1: Beginnings 26:29

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Earlier this year, when the world learned the news of baby KJ successfully undergoing the first personalized genetic treatment, it represented a milestone for researchers and patients. But behind this scientific feat there’s the story of the technology that made it possible, CRISPR, and one of the key pioneers behind it — Jennifer Doudna. Evan sits…

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ON CRISPR: The Story of Jennifer Doudna with Walter Isaacson 3:27

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Walter Isaacson - bestselling biographer behind Musk, Einstein and Steve Jobs - in conversation with Evan Ratliff brings you behind the scenes of The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race. The story of the third great technological revolution in modern times. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio…

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42 - A PRAYER TO SAVE AMERICA | Benjamin Franklin (Founding Father) | Revolutionary War 12:43

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That critical summer of 1787 the delegates to the Constitutional Convention were on the path to failing miserably. For a month the delegates had argued over a forgettable list of ego-driven proposals, accomplishing nothing. Benjamin Franklin spoke addressing the head of the Congress: “I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live the more c…

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41 - AMERICA'S FATHERLESS, ORPHANED HERO | Alexander Hamilton (Founding Father) | Revolutionary War 13:29

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The Battle of Yorktown raged. A battle that would decide if the new, young United States of America would survive. Our hero that day, (October 10, 1781), would lead a desperate assault on the British forward position known as Redoubt #10. In bloody hand-to-hand combat, he and his devoted men turned the tide of battle and won one of the greatest vic…

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40 - 3 MUST-SEE MOVIES FOR SEEKERS OF TRUTH | WWII, Civil War, Vietnam War 14:26

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*MY 3 FAVORITE MOVIES FOR SEEKERS AFTER TRUTH* THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963): What impresses me most about The Great Escape are the many examples of resilience and loyalty shown by these desperate men. The Great Escape is the opportunity for modern, pampered, well-fed American audiences, people like myself, to see what The Greatest Generation accomplishe…

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39 - "THE LITTLE LADY WHO STARTED THIS GREAT WAR" | Harriet Beecher Stowe (Author) | Civil War 13:09

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President Abraham Lincoln, when meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe for the first time was reported to have said to her, with a twinkle in his eyes: “So you’re the little lady who started this great war.” And she did, writing the first million-plus selling American novel—UNCLE TOM'S CABIN—about a kind and Christ-like slave named “Tom,” the novel showing …

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38 - THE ALAMO'S DIVINE SECRET | The Battle of the Alamo | 1836 19:04

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Too often today the Alamo is depicted as a bunch of American white-supremacists who oppressed the local population, hoping to “steal Mexican lands.” This is tiring, simplistic, and woefully unfair. History rewritten. Settlers in Texas were promised freedom and independence by the Mexican Government. In the spring of 1836, those who fortified the Al…

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37 - WASHINGTON'S MIRACLE MAN (Part 3/3) | Col. John Glover (Marblehead Mariners Commander) | Revolutionary War 12:39

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On the Pennsylvanian shore of the Delaware River, Washington conceived a desperate plan—to cross back over the river into New Jersey and attack a Hessian garrison of 1,200 men. The Hessians were German mercenaries fighting for the British. Throughout that frigid night, Glover and his Marbleheaders rowed Washington’s Army across the ice-choked river…

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36 - WASHINGTON'S MIRACLE MAN (Part 2/3) | Col. John Glover (Marblehead Mariners Commander) | Revolutionary War 9:42

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John Glover and his Marblehead Mariners, with seemingly impossible stealth, evacuated Washington’s entire army, all 9,000 men, across the East River onto Manhattan Island in nine hours during a single night! How that happened became known as the Miracle of the Fog, for just as the British were preparing to attack, the river and shoreline were blank…

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35 - WASHINGTON'S MIRACLE MAN (Part 1/3) | Col. John Glover (Marblehead Mariners Commander) | Revolutionary War 11:54

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John Glover and his Marblehead Mariners, with seemingly impossible stealth, evacuated Washington’s entire army, all 9,000 men, across the East River onto Manhattan Island in nine miraculous hours during a SINGLE night! But it would never have happened without one often ignored event which I see as nothing short of divine intervention. For just as t…

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34 - THE DAY AN ANGEL APPEARED IN THE WHITE HOUSE | Rebecca Pomroy (Army Nurse) | Civil War 13:01

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Most Americans do not know that Abraham Lincoln, when elected president, went from “apostate to prophet” all in those critical four years of the Civil War. And helping along his miraculous conversion was a humble, yet highly capable, Army nurse by the name of Rebecca Pomroy. What she was able to accomplish with the Lincoln Family in the White House…

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33 - THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: THE MOST WORTHY AND JUSTIFIED IN HISTORY | 4th of July Special 13:54

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We have reached a milestone in America’s beloved past. The 249th and 250th year anniversary of this grand experiment in republicanism, in self-government, but mostly in individual freedom. But, ironically, as of late, we are facing the gravest challenge we have ever faced. And the danger, tragically, is coming from within. Now is the time to look b…

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32 - THE PURE SON OF LIBERTY | Thaddeus Kosciuszko (Military Engineer) | Revolutionary War 12:45

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The massive British Army under the command of General John Burgoyne, was rushing to attack and destroy Washington’s Continental Army. The Americans needed time to prepare. And young Thaddeus with his unique skills would give the Americans that time. Moving fast with his engineers and rangers, Thaddeus and his team cut trees in the path of the Briti…

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31 - AMERICAN MIRACLE AT LITTLE ROUND TOP | Joshua L. Chamberlain (Infantry Commander) | Civil War 11:55

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On a sweltering July day in 1863, the quiet town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania exploded! This tiny hamlet became the center of the decisive battle for the world’s most pivotal nation locked passionately in its final death throes. The clash between North and South would decide the fate not only of our nation, but by extension, the world. It would be a…

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30 - THE AMERICAN SUPERSPY | Virginia Hall "The Limping Lady" (Anti-Nazi Resistance) | WWII 14:21

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“I will get my hands on that American woman and destroy her!” This was the threat of Klaus Barbie, the local Gestapo chief, known as the “Butcher of Lyon.” The powers of hell seemed to be gathering all around young Virginia Hall. She was simply out of time. More so, thousands of young American Rangers would be soon landing on the beaches of Normand…

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29 - ROMANCING THE REVOLUTION | Abigail & John Adams | Revolutionary War 13:04

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They loved each other for 54 years. Even as Abigail lay on her deathbed, John sat by her holding her hand. They had been through everything together—declaring independence from the most powerful empire on earth, the American Revolution, creating a great republic from a divided people, opposing slavery, representing the United States abroad, and the…

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28 - SHE SAVED HUNDREDS...WITH GOD'S HELP | Harriet Tubman (Abolitionist) | Underground Railroad/Civil War 13:40

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She made 19 highly risky trips back into the South to save hundreds... During the Civil War she also scouted for the Union Army. HARRIET TUBMAN is a well-known American hero who risked her life to help escaping slaves. What is not known about her was what drove her fervently, a passion that is today often suppressed by historians, increasingly remo…

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27 - "THE HAMMER" WHO SAVED CHRISTIANITY | Charles Martel ("Knights of Our Lord" Leader) | 700s A.D. 13:45

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The young woman, Ella, watched as her father and brothers were beheaded before her eyes. She, along with her younger sister, were tied together with the captive women and children, now the slaves and concubines of the Arab invaders. Ella feared she would never see her mother and her beloved homeland again. For the first time in history, a great Mus…

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26 - IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT ANGELS... | Near-Fatal Personal Experience | 1950s 12:38

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I was four years old. Fascinated, I stood on the banks of a storm-swollen, raging river. The next thing I remember I was tumbling beneath the rapids, being washed into the depths. But as I turned over under the frigid torrent I could see up through the water the face of a Bonafide angel. His arms were reaching for me, stretching until he snagged my…

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25 - THE HEROES WHO REBUILT OUR DESTROYED U.S. NAVY | Engineers & Rescue Divers (U.S. Navy) | WWII 14:39

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This is a story few Americans have ever heard. We consider this a travesty, for it is America’s history, a story of adventure, tragedy, unbelievable professional skill, and undying dedication to a cause. The story of how America’s crack engineers and divers not only rescued many of the American sailors trapped within the navy ships sunk during the …

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24 - YOUNGEST U.S. OFFICER IN WW2... OUTNUMBERED BY NAZIS?! | Lt. Lyle Bouck (Army) | WWII 13:42

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Searching for a true, historical role model for your kids? What about one who was both a true (albeit young) LEADER but also merciful? Look no further than Lt. Lyle Bouck, one of the YOUNGEST leaders during WWII... Waking before dawn, in the snow and bone-chilling temperatures of 16 December 1944, 20-year-old Lt. Lyle Bouck could hear the distincti…

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23 - THE FEARLESS "WAR WOMAN" | Nancy Hart (Patriot) | Revolutionary War 9:58

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Nancy was a tall, lanky, powerful woman, standing nearly 6 feet and perfectly bred for backwoods life. She had long, thick hair and a fearless, determined spirit. Friends said she was an excellent shot with a rifle and could handle a man’s full day of heavy labor with nary a complaint. She was also a skilled herbalist and backwoods doctor and a dev…

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22 - ALLURING AMERICAN ACTRESS... AND UNION SPY?! | Pauline Cushman | Civil War 13:24

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Pauline saw her nation being destroyed from within, torn apart by Southern Rebels. And though at first, she refused to get involved. But when the call came to stand and fight, she did, in the only way she knew how, as a special spy for Abraham Lincoln, no less, a mission she executed with great skill, helping to save her beloved United States. In t…

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21 - OUR HERO WHO WAS "PRONE TO WANDER" | Robert Robinson (Pastor/Hymnist) | 1700s 12:56

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We often learn more from our heroes’ failures than their successes… The old man, head bent forward in hopelessness, rode silently in the public carriage. He flexed his right fist, looking at the hand that God had given him to raise to the square, as God had called him to Christ’s Ministry years before when he was a rebellious young man. Inside and …

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20 - TAKING ON THE GERMAN AIR FORCE... ALONE | Major James Howard (US Air Force) | WWII 12:04

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James knew. This time it was up to him. Piloting his supercharged P-51 Mustang fighter, reaching speeds up to 440 mph, his eyes narrowed on the mass of incoming German Luftwaffe warplanes—more than 30 strong!—all with orders to shoot down the slow, lumbering, American B-17s, those that James must protect—at all cost. These B-17 crews of young Ameri…

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19 - RESCUING CHRISTIANITY FROM CERTAIN DEATH | The Winged Hussars (Christian Knights) | 1600s 13:07

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Christianity was about to be conquered and extinguished by a massive enemy army. September 11th in 1683, the City of Vienna—the Gateway to Western Europe—was about to be overrun and wiped out. The survival of Christian Europe in the balance. Then, appearing on the mountain above Vienna, the Winged Hussar Christian Knights, under the command of King…

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18 - DO YOU KNOW THIS GREAT AMERICAN HERO?? | Charles Buchinsky (Actor & Air Force Gunner) | WWII to 2003 12:31

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CAN YOU GUESS THIS HERO? YOU KNOW HIM… He was the young nose gunner in a B-29 Superfortress. This was his 25th and last mission. But it would be his toughest. Their target was the Hodogaya Chemical Plant located in the heart of Tokyo City. A vital target that while operating provided the Japanese military with the critical chemicals needed to conti…

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17 - GODLY MAN... OR MONSTER? | Christopher Columbus (Italian Explorer) | 1400s 15:04

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Over the past half-millennium, the name of Christopher Columbus has run the gambit from hero to genocidal monster. By his own admission, Columbus “was not an educated man.” Yet he spoke at least four languages and could write skillfully in two. He was a devout Christian who never uttered a profanity, yet spent his life around sailors, some of the m…

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16 - FROM APOSTATE TO PROPHET | Abraham Lincoln | Civil War (Part TWO) 13:51

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The American nation was dying. Everyone could see it. The South’s leaders, both military and political, were determined to tear apart the United States, breaking up the American continent into several opposing “statelets,” some slave, some free, but all hating each other in perpetuity. To stop and defeat this Satanic process was, in my mind, why Pr…

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15 - FROM APOSTATE TO PROPHET | Abraham Lincoln | Civil War (Part ONE) 13:57

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We are all at a different place on life’s road. President Abraham Lincoln was not only at a different place, but on an entirely different road! But the Lord had not forgotten Lincoln, and by extension, us and our great nation during its most trying times. And though Lincoln’s path was as trying as any, Lincoln came to understand that he must, in ou…

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14 - AMERICA'S FORGOTTEN WARRIORS | Navajo Code Talkers (Marines) | WWII 13:51

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The Japanese were breaking every code. American Marines were dying by the thousands. Something had to be done. Then in 1942, 29 young Navajo men from Arizona, including Carl Gorman, stepped forward and volunteered to fight the Japanese. Their contributions ended up saving the lives of thousands of Marines and shortening the war by at least a year. …

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13 - THE SAINT WHO INVADED THE D.C. SWAMP | Mother Teresa (Missionaries of Charity) | 1994 13:59

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Is there anyone who will stand up to the most powerful on behalf of the most vulnerable? One woman did... On February 3, 1994, MOTHER TERESA was asked to speak to the gathering of the National Prayer Breakfast, hosted by the Washington, D.C. establishment at the lavish Hilton Hotel in their Grand Ballroom. And there amid America’s most powerful pol…

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12 - THE CHRISTIAN WHO FOUGHT LIKE A LION | Sgt. Alvin York (American Soldier) | WWI 14:04

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How does one be a Christian soldier? Morally against killing but also wanting to protect the lives of those you love. There are many examples of people who have showed courage during such difficult times of war and in different ways, and today's episode is discussing one such hero... ALVIN YORK, perhaps the greatest American hero of World War I, wa…

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11 - "STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE... EVEN IF YOU MUST STAND ALONE." | Teenager Sophie Scholl (Anti-Nazi Resistance) | WWII 14:55

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Barely out of her teens, Sophie Scholl stood with her jailer facing the steel and wood contraption of death called the guillotine. It seemed surreal at first, but then her eyes focused upon the glinting razor-sharp blade and her blood ran cold. Then Sophie felt the rough hand of the jailer on her back, shoving her into the room... Sophie Scholl, th…

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10 - DID THEY JUST SIGN THEIR OWN DEATH SENTENCE?? | The Founding Fathers | Revolutionary War 13:56

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“GEORGE WASHINGTON IS TO BE DRAWN AND QUARTERED!” 56 patriots—America’s Colonial leaders—signed our Declaration of Independence. Think about it, often those with the most to lose courageously stepped forward knowing they would be targeted by the most powerful king on earth. Courageously they put their name right where King George III could not miss…

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09 - DEFEATING THE BRITISH "SCALP-BUYING GENERAL" | Col. George R. Clark (American Rangers/Special Forces) | Revolutionary War 13:30

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The Indians called him “The Scalp-Buying General." British Commander Henry Hamilton. He was the terror of the American Frontier during the American Revolutionary War, hiring the native tribes to collect American scalps and drive out the American settlers in the Ohio River Valley and Kentucky of what was American wilderness in 1779. One man stood ag…