The Donut Dollies
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Flight of Jackie Cochran: In The Clubmobile with Jessica Plowden & Nancy Hasty
Joining us this week are the brilliant women behind the film that tells the story of Aviatrix Jackie Cochran. Jessica Plowden and Nancy Hasty's film The Flight of Jackie Cochran takes it's viewers back to a time before The WASP, before the war, and before Jackie Cochran was Jackie Cochran. In a s...
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Dear Mother and Daddy - In The Clubmobile with Eloise Marie Loeffler
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An In Depth Look at The Women of The American Red Cross in WWII
Joining us this week is Dr. Hattie Hearn from the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, where she's uncovering all the truths of the women who served in the American Red Cross during WWII. We're talking Flak Houses, Clubmobiles, and her journey in discovering all the truths and incredible stories of th...
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Drawing From History with Masters of The Air’s Harriet Leitch
What's sweeter than two Donuts? Three! Joining us in The Clubmobile this week is Masters of The Air's Harriet Leitch. She gives us a look at the casting process and what it was like bringing Tatty Spaatz to life on the screen. We're also diving into her portrayal of ATA Pilot Ann Douglass and how...
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My Mothers War: In The Clubmobile with Dan Rosenthal
Joining us in The Clubmobile this week is Dan Rosenthal, 100th Bomb Group Pilot, Major Robert 'Rosie' Rosenthal and Navy WAVE Phillis Rosenthal. In the next episode of The Wives of The Bloody Hundredth series, Dan graciously tells us his mother's story, from her time growing up on Long Island, to...
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Boring Women Have Clean Houses – In The Clubmobile with Dr. Katherine Landdeck
It's part three of our Women's Airforce Service Pilot series and joining us this week is Dr. Katherine Landdeck, author of The Women with Silver Wings. Dr. Kate shares just how she came to tell the story of the WASP, the friendships she forged with some of the war's bravest women, and how the feu...
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The Only Tree in East Anglia: In The Clubmobile with Matt Mabe
This week, we're opening The Clubmobile for a special episode to commemorate the 82nd Anniversary of the Bremen raid. Joining us to talk about the importance of the mission that was subsequently the start of Black Week is Matt Mabe from the 100th Bomb Group Historical Team, and he's giving us the...
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Cooking with The Calutron Girls: In The Clubmobile with Sarah Morgan
Who are The Ladies of Oak Ridge and how did they contribute to The Manhattan Project? Joining us in The Clubmobile this week is Sarah Morgan, the woman behind Cooking with The Calutron Girls! We're whipping up more than just wartime recipes in this episode as we dig into the history of The Ladie...
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Putting Her Back in the Narrative: In The Clubmobile with Jaclyn Basilone
Joining us in The Clubmobile this week is a woman whose name speaks for itself- Jaclyn Basilone, great niece of Medal of Honor recipient John Basilone. We're tapping into the untold story of the life of Lena Basilone in the years following the war; the quiet woman who valued her family above all,...
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To Peleilu and Back - In The Clubmobile with Scott Gibson
This week we're joined by the one and only, Scott Gibson! Scott is widely known for his portrayal of Captain Andrew "Ack Ack" Haldane in HBOs The Pacific, but did you know that almost wasn't the case? We're talking all about his audition process, the experience of portraying such a gentle giant o...
