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Thecuriousmanspodcast

Nov 30, 2021

I get to speak with one of my heroes in this episode. Matthew Hoh is a Senior Fellow with the Center for international Policy since 2010. In 2009 Matt famously resigned in protest from his post in Afghanistan with the State Department over the American Escalation of the war. In this wide-ranging interview, we...


Nov 29, 2021

In this episode Matt Crawford speaks with author Meriel Schindler about her book The Lost Cafe Schindler. A family memoir that reads like a detective novel, Schindler takes us along for the ride as she tries to uncover the truth of her family's past. A history that traces back before WWI, set in Innsbruck with...


Nov 22, 2021

In this episode Matt Crawford speaks with author Cheryl Diamond about her book Nowhere Girl. Born on the run and being chased by the authorities, Diamond will have lived in more than a dozen countries, on five continents and under six assumed identities by the age of nine. This is a book that will leave you breathless...


Nov 16, 2021

Matt Crawford speaks with author Judith Pearson about her rereleased book Belly of the Beast. Pearson recounts the harrowing tale of Naval Corpsman Estel Myers as a POW aboard the Japanese prison ship Oryoku Maru. Held for nearly three years in horrid conditions that included, suffocation, malnutrition, torture, disease...


Nov 12, 2021

Author William Hazelgrove about his book Morristown: The Darkest Winter of the Revolutionary War and the Plot to Kidnap George Washington. Valley Forge is often looked at as the worst winter of the Revolutionary War and while many did die, it was not because of the weather. Morristown details the harshest winter on...