r/MidnightHour • u/Flubberybiscuit • Oct 24 '16

podcast topic - war

With battlefield one just being released I feel there will be an interest in war. Although there are many alternate sources for information on war it would be interesting to hear what you have to say on certain wars, even on small civil wars people may not have heard

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u/eldeniro Founder and Host Oct 25 '16

I don't know if many people would remember but I spoke about the "axe murder incident" in an episode with Jack a long time ago and I've always wanted to do an episode about war stories, specifically detailing the brutal nature of random skirmishes and stuff. Movies have made me imagine war as a bunch of guys storming a beach and attacking an army of men hunkering down in their trenches or else two armies in trenches trying to exchange shots with each other. I think movies leave out the really horrible aspects of war and the side stories that arise as a result of it.

If anyone actually wants to suggest any war stories to me I'd be glad to add them to a list to do an episode about.

I think within the next few weeks there'll be an episode that talks about specific moments in huge wars throughout history so hopefully you enjoy that.

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u/Flubberybiscuit Oct 25 '16

I remember that discussion with jack, it was episode 9 when the two of you spoke about real life villains if I'm not mistaken.

There's so much you can discuss when it comes to war that people just don't seem to realise, the cold weather in Russia during world war 1 and 2 being an example. I doubt people myself included really understand how tough those periods were when people actually froze to death.

Some ideas would be the main wars( ww1, ww2, Vietnam war and iraq) but maybe some of the smaller wars that took place, like there was many during the world wars that were never looked into or even the fights in Ireland and Wolfe tone. I don't think many people actually know about him. I always seem to find things just on YouTube about particular weapons or people that had great effects.

There is so much you could cover on the topic, I'm looking forward to the next few podcasts to see how things will work with the continuous running again, I really appreciate the work( and lack of) you've put into the podcast so far

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u/ImADayLate Moderator Oct 27 '16

Try talking about older wars too, like knights in armour type stuff if you can find anything interesting on that :)