by Paul Letters - WW2 novelist, broadcaster, history teacher; James Letters -
Get your kid away from screens for a fun fifteen-minutes, answering the big questions in history! Fun for parents too! Subscribe for free on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube and wherever else you get podcasts! Join us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and our webpage. Graphics by Molly Austin of mollyavalon.com Instrumental music by Kevin Macleod of incompetech.com
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April 16, 2025
<p dir="ltr">Japan isolated itself from other countries for centuries. In the land of the samurai, tradition and honour were central. Guns were seen as dishonourable – until they weren’t. We see how Japan only changes its capital city via anagram (this could be next: Yo-ok-t?). So we investigate the remarkable Meiji modernisation period of a century or so ago, which launched Japan as a superpower – and prepared Japan to be a world-leader in technology, as the country still is today. </p> <p dir="ltr">Check out the photos from our trip on <a href= "https://www.dadandmelovehistory.com/">https://www.dadandmelovehistory.com/</a></p> <p dir="ltr">After the end theme music you’ll find these questions:</p> <p dir="ltr">1. What was a ‘shogun’?</p> <p dir="ltr">2. What was Kyoto?</p> <p dir="ltr">3. What anagram of KYOTO did the Japanese capital move to?</p> <p dir="ltr">4. Which country was Commodore Perry from and what did he force Japan to do in the 1850s and 1860s?</p> <p dir="ltr">5. Japan modernised its education system, economy, transport, communications and what else?</p> <p dir="ltr">6. By the early 1900s, Japan’s modernisation made its power rise. What countries did Japan invade before 1941?</p> <p dir="ltr">Here’s our website, where you'll find photos, info about each episode and links to our social media: <a href= "https://www.dadandmelovehistory.com/">dadandmelovehistory.com</a> - here, you can also listen to episodes.</p> <p dir="ltr">We also strongly recommend the family-friendly History Detective podcast, as advertised in our pod. Check out <a href= "https://historydetectivepodcast.com/">historydetectivepodcast.com</a>!</p> <p dir="ltr">For mature history lovers: read industry reviews of Dad’s World War II novels, A Chance Kill and The Slightest Chance, at <a href="https://paulletters.com/">paulletters.com</a>. Available as e-books, as well as in paperback. Dad’s first wartime novel, A Chance Kill, is a love-story/thriller based on real events in Poland, Paris, London and Prague. The Slightest Chance follows the remarkable true story of the only escape from Japanese imprisonment by a Western woman during World War II.</p> <p dir="ltr">Please rate and review us wherever you get podcasts. And share our podcast on social media and recommend it to friends – that's how we'll keep going. We will bring you episodes throughout the year, so stay subscribed on your podcast app!</p> <p dir="ltr">Podcast cover art by <a href= "http://mollyavalon.com/">Molly Austin</a></p> <p dir="ltr">All instrumental music is from <a href= "https://filmmusic.io">https://filmmusic.io</a> and composed by Kevin MacLeod (<a href= "https://incompetech.com">https://incompetech.com</a>) License: CC BY (<a href= "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a>)</p> <p>Sound effects are used under <a href= "https://github.com/bbcarchdev/Remarc/blob/master/doc/2016.09.27_RemArc_Content%20licence_Terms%20of%20Use_final.pdf"> RemArc Licence</a>. Copyright 2025 © BBC</p> <p> </p>
December 13, 2024
Dad and Me Love History host, Paul Letters, explores the rise of Nazi Germany and its transformation into a dictatorship with his son, examining the key events and consequences of this pivotal period in history.
April 27, 2024
<p dir="ltr">A beacon of hope, the Statue of Liberty has welcomed millions of immigrants to the United States and to a new life. The statue overlooks New York harbour, close to Ellis Island immigration centre: if the USA is a land of immigrants, Ellis Island is where those immigrants landed. </p> <p dir="ltr">Built by France for the USA, there was some debate about which city the statue should be placed in. Then there was how to pay for a pedestal large enough to hold Liberty. </p> <p dir="ltr">We are grateful to Suzanne Mannion, Director of Public Affairs at the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, for arranging our visit, and to our interviewee, Jonathan da Silva, Assistant Manager of the American Family Immigration History Centre on Ellis Island.</p> <p dir="ltr">After the end theme music you’ll find these questions, followed by outtakes and an extra recording we made in the Statue of Liberty Museum:</p> <ol> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Where was the first federal immigration centre for the USA?</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">What was the ‘kissing post’?</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Why do you think immigrants would be happy to see the Statue of Liberty when their ship arrived in New York?</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Who paid for the pedestal - the base platform - that the Statue of Liberty would be built on?</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Can you name any other city that requested that the Statue of Liberty be placed their area?</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">What do the seven rays or spikes on the Statue’s crown represent?</p> </li> </ol> <p dir="ltr">Here’s our website, where you'll find photos, info about each episode and links to our social media: <a href= "https://www.dadandmelovehistory.com/">https://www.dadandmelovehistory.com/</a> - here, you can also listen to episodes.</p> <p dir="ltr">For mature history lovers: read industry reviews of Dad’s World War II novels, A Chance Kill and The Slightest Chance, at <a href="https://paulletters.com/">paulletters.com</a>. Available as e-books, as well as in paperback. Dad’s first wartime novel, A Chance Kill, is a love-story/thriller based on real events in Poland, Paris, London and Prague. The Slightest Chance follows the remarkable true story of the only escape from Japanese imprisonment by a Western woman during World War II.</p> <p dir="ltr">Please rate and review us wherever you get podcasts. And share our podcast on social media and recommend it to friends – that's how we'll keep going. We will bring you episodes throughout the year, so stay subscribed on your podcast app!</p> <p dir="ltr">Podcast cover art by <a href= "http://mollyavalon.com/">Molly Austin</a></p> <p dir="ltr">All instrumental music is from <a href= "https://filmmusic.io">https://filmmusic.io</a> and composed by Kevin MacLeod (<a href= "https://incompetech.com">https://incompetech.com</a>) License: CC BY (<a href= "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a>)</p> <p dir="ltr">Sound effects are used under <a href= "https://github.com/bbcarchdev/Remarc/blob/master/doc/2016.09.27_RemArc_Content%20licence_Terms%20of%20Use_final.pdf"> RemArc Licence</a>. Copyright 2024 © BBC</p>
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