Women in World War I
April 15, 2020
[0:00:11] Announcer: Welcome to the How World War One Changed America podcast series, sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation with host Dr. Libby O'Connell. [0:00:26] Libby O'Connell: Hi everybody. I'm Libby O'Connell and I'm delighted to have as a guest today, Jennifer Keene. She's Dean at Wilkinson College, and professor of history at Chapman University. So welcome Jennifer. I'm so glad you can join us. [0:00:41] Jennifer Keene: Thank you. Thank you for having me. [0:00:43] Libby O'Connell: Today's theme is women in World War One. Could you give us a brief background on the pre World War One…
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Native Americans in World War I
April 15, 2020
[0:00:11] Announcer: Welcome to the How World War I Changed America podcast series, sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation with host Dr. Libby O'Connell. [0:00:26] Libby O'Connell: My name is Libby O'Connell. Today our topic is Native Americans in World War I and our guest expert is Dr. Herman J Viola. He's a curator emeritus at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, and author of such a long list of books that I can't even begin to to give just one title. So we're just thrilled and honored to have you with us today, Herman. Thank you…
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The Influenza Epidemic
April 14, 2020
[0:00:11] Speaker 1: Welcome to the How World War One changed America podcast series, sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation with host Dr. Libby O'Connell. [0:00:26] Libby O'Connell: My name is Libby O'Connell, and today our guest is Dr. Jennifer Keene, Dean of Wilkinson College, professor of history at Chapman University, and World War One expert. Jennifer, welcome. [0:00:40] Jennifer Keene: Thank you for having me. It's a pleasure to be here. [0:00:42] Libby O'Connell: Very interested to be talking with you about the flu epidemic that broke out during World War One as a matter of fact. Americans…
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Immigrants and Immigration in World War I
April 14, 2020
[0:00:11] Announcer: Welcome to the How WWI Changed America podcast series, sponsored by the Andrew W Mellon foundation with host Dr. Libby O'Connell. [0:00:26] Libby O'Connell: Hello and welcome to this morning's podcast from the WWI Centennial Commission. I'm Libby O'Connell. I am delighted to welcome Prof. Chris Capozzola from MIT. This morning we're going to be talking about immigrants and immigration in WWI. So welcome Chris. Thanks for joining us today. [0:00:48] Chris Capazzola: Thank you for having me with you. [0:00:50] Libby O'Connell: So Chris America has always been a nation of immigrants. What makes the early part…
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Food and World War I
April 14, 2020
[0:00:11] Theo Mayer: Welcome to the How World War I Changed America podcast series, sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. I'm Theo Mayer, your host for this episode. Our subject today is food in World War I. As a famous slogan and poster of the time stated, "Food will win the war." With us today to cover this topic is the series' regular host, but today a guest, Dr. Libby O'Connell. Dr. O'Connell is a very diverse historian and person, the former chief historian at the History Channel, appointed as one of the 12 US world War I Centennial…
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America Goes to War – Part 2
April 14, 2020
[0:00:11] Speaker 1: Welcome to the How World War I Changed America podcast series sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation host, Dr. Libby O'Connell. [0:00:26] Dr. Libby: Welcome, everyone. I'm Libby O'Connell. My guest today is professor Jennifer Keene, Dean of Wilkinson College and professor of history at Chapman University. Today our topic is world goes to war part two. Welcome, Jennifer. I'm so glad you could join us. [0:00:44] Jennifer Keene: Thank you for having me. [0:00:45] Dr. Libby: I'm going to jump right in and take a look at the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. We were talking…
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America Goes to War – Part 1
April 14, 2020
[0:00:11] Speaker 1: Welcome to the How World War I Changed America podcast series sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon foundation with host Dr. Libby O'Connell. [0:00:26] Libby O'Connell: I'm Libby O'Connell, and my guest the day is Jennifer Keene. Jennifer is the Dean of Wilkinson College and professor of history at Chapman University. Welcome, Jennifer. I'm so glad you can join us. [0:00:39] Jennifer Keene: Thank you so much for having me. [0:00:41] Libby O'Connell: All right. For today we have the first part of some questions about the world going to war. We need to have you setup…
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Coming Home
April 13, 2020
[0:00:11] Announcer: Welcome to the How World War I Changed America podcast series, sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation with host Dr. Libby O'Connell. [0:00:26] Libby O'Connell: Welcome everyone, this is Dr. Libby O'Connell with our podcast topic today of Coming Home, and we're thrilled to be talking to Jennifer Keene. Dr. Keene is the Dean of Wilkinson College, Professor of History at Chapman University. She's going to be talking to us about legacies and coming home from World War I. Welcome, Jennifer. [0:00:47] Jennifer Keene: Thank you. Pleased to be here. [0:00:50] Libby O'Connell: There are a lot…
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Conscientious Objectors
April 13, 2020
[0:00:11] Speaker 1: Welcome to the, How world War I Changed America Podcast Series. Sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon foundation with hosts, Dr Libby O'Connell. [0:00:26] Dr. O'Connell: This is Libby O'Connell. Our guest today, Dr Chris Capozzola professor from MIT. [0:00:32] Dr. Cappozola: Thank you for having me. [0:00:34] Dr. O'Connell: Today our topic is Citizenship In America. Rights And Responsibilities During World War I. Could you talk a little bit about the large religious minority groups in The United States, in 1914. I say large because there's so many different religions in United States. So many people…
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The Red Summer
April 13, 2020
[0:00:11] Announcer: Welcome to the How World War I changed America podcast series, sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation with host Dr. Libby O'Connell. [0:00:26] Libby O'Connell: Welcome everybody to our podcast on Red Summer. This is Dr. Libby O'Connell. We're very pleased today to have as our guest, Dr. Chris Capozzola, professor at MIT. Welcome, Chris. Thank you for joining us today. [0:00:41] Chris Cappozola: Thank you for having me with you. [0:00:43] Libby O'Connell: I heard you speak about Red Summer a few years ago and I thought this is the guy I really want to have…
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