The World That Wasn't

Episode 2: What if the Bullet Missed JFK?

What if Lee Harvey Oswald’s bullet missed President Kennedy on that fateful day in Dallas.? What would the world look like after the unsuccessful assassination attempt? Join Jamie and Nick as they speak with Emmy Award winning journalist Jeff Greenfield and discuss how a new divergent point in history would affect The Civil Rights Movement, containment of Communism, and if the young president would or would not have won re-election.

Skull Session: What if Germany won The Battle of Britain?

Each episode of the World that Wasn’t comes with its own Skull Session, a companion piece that explores the themes and ideas of the previous show through fan feedback, message boards and books. In this podcast we hear what YOU think would happen if the Germans won the battle of Britain and also explore the alternate historiography -  books, films and documentaries on the subject to get a fuller picture of the alternate events of 1940. With dramatizations of Kenneth Macksey’s book: Invasion, reca...

Episode 1 : What if Germany Won The Battle of Britain?

On the 4th of September 1940 in a long address at the Sportpalast Hitler shifted the Luftwaffe’s attention away from military targets to focus instead on London and other major English cities in retaliation for the Royal Air Force’s night bombing raids over Germany.  This shift in strategy would prove to be the unraveling of Hitler’s campaign to invade Britain, giving the RAF precious time to recover from the relentless bombing raids on airfields and manufacturing plants. While London took the f...