On this episode of American Prestige, Danny and Derek welcome writer and co-executive producer John Orloff to the pod to discuss Apple TV+’s Masters of the Air miniseries. They go into John’s background, his work on HBO’s seminal Band of Brothers, the distinct horror of WWII aerial warfare, how MOTA tackled the POW experience, the challenge of writing and shooting such a massive production, and how a WWII-era drama is informed by the current global climate.
Edge of Sports: Aaron Maybin: "Athletes aren't superheroes, we're human beings"
Time of Monsters: The State of the Left in Chile, El Salvador and Nicaragua
Welcome to Contempt of Court with Elie Mystal!
Start Making Sense: How Democrats can win Working-Class Voters; how Doctors are Fighting—against Hospitals
Edge of Sports: W. Kamau Bell, the reluctant optimist
Time of Monsters: Establishment Economics Under Siege
Start Making Sense: Cornel West Should Not Be Running for President; plus the GOP vs. Divorce
Pat Robertson’s Terrible Legacy
Start Making Sense: The Far Right’s Takeover of Shasta County, plus the Enslaved Black Family: Sasha Abramsky on politics, Brenda Stevenson on history
Time of Monsters: Car Dealers Versus Electric Vehicles
Start Making Sense: D.D. Guttenplan on Biden and the Vision Thing; plus Disappearing Islands
Time of Monsters: How Ron DeSantis Botched His Launch
Edge of Sports: Shine On, Denver Nuggets
Start Making Sense: Is Planned Parenthood Too Cautious? Plus: Writing and Politics
Time Of Monsters: Biden, The Republicans, and The Debt Ceiling
Start Making Sense: Jeffrey Toobin on the Roots of Jan. 6; Adam Hochschild on Anti-Woke History
Time of Monsters: Slaying the Debt Ceiling Dragon
Start Making Sense: Bhaskar Sunkara on Biden in 2024, plus Josh Gondelman on the Writers Strike
Time of Monsters: Can the Corrupt Courts Be Fixed?
Start Making Sense: Impeach Clarence Thomas; plus Joe Biden, the GOP, and 'Freedom'
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