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Andrew Jackson Higgins (28 August 1886 – 1 August 1952) founded Higgins Industries, the New Orleans-based manufacturer of "Higgins boats" (LCVPs) during World War II. The company started out as a small boat-manufacturing business, and became one of the biggest industries in the world with upwards of eighty thousand workers and government contracts worth nearly three hundred fifty million dollars. General Dwight Eisenhower is quoted as saying, "andrew higgins ... is the man who won the war for us.
06: Manuscripts, Spies and Mother Russia - Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn and Lara Prescott
Virginia and Louise journey to Russia minus the vodka and discuss a new best-seller set in the Cold War and a stolen manuscript, some Russian novels and the fate of dissidents who speak out against Mother Russia.
The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott, 2019
Dr Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
One Day in t…
Friday, April 21, 2017
Marine Le Pen wants to “make France French again.” We look at the first round of the country’s presidential election on Sunday, and its many parallels to the presidential election in the United States last year — including signs of meddling by Russia. Guests: Adam Nossiter, a New York Times reporte…
The man who won World War II
Andrew Higgins wasn't in the Army. He wasn't a paratrooper. He was a wild and wily genius, a tough, crafty, businessman. And he built the built the boats that brought troops ashore at Normandy on June 6, 1944.
020 - Tolkien's Secret Vice: An Interview with Dimitra Fimi and Andrew Higgins
Alan and Shawn welcome Dr. Dimitra Fimi and Dr. Andrew Higgins as the first guests to The Prancing Pony Podcast! They are the editors of the new critical edition of Tolkien’s A Secret Vice. We turn the word-nerdery up to 11 to talk about Tolkien’s approach to language invention and the lasting impa…
The man who won World War II
Andrew Higgins wasn't in the Army. He wasn't a paratrooper. He was a wild and wily genius, a tough, crafty, businessman. And he built the built the boats that brought troops ashore at Normandy on June 6, 1944.
And the Money Kept Rolling In
This week Erin, Loren, and Radha read the G20 tea leaves, opine on continued chaos in Afghanistan, and remind you about all the White House mayhem from Saudi politics to a Moscow Trump Tower. Radha gets way too excited about USMCA (pronounced U-Smack-Ah) and all things trade before the ladies round…
01 - Dimitra Fimi
Our first guest on the Tolkien Experience Podcast is a longtime mentor, colleague, and friend to our hosts: Dr. Dimitra Fimi.
Dr. Fimi is known around the world as a preeminent scholar in Tolkien studies and an influential scholar in wider fields. She is perhaps best known for her book Tolkien, Ra…
126: Our Christmas Gift for You
For this very special episode we simply want to share with you some of our most favorite Christmas songs. In the order they appear:
“Christmas Medley” by WILLIAM JOSEPH
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“Finding Christmas” by GENTRI
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Find their music at [DeseretBook.com](h…
Monday, March 28, 2022
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 - 03:38)As the World Turns Over a Weekend: Leadership of NATO Meets in Poland as Russia Appears to Change Goals of War in UkrainePart II (03:38 - 08:13)Poland Now Center Stage: Transformation of Globa…
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