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.
The Secret Origins of Marvel | Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
Trump’s Trials, plus Barbie and Oppie | Start Making Sense
Finding the Balance | Contempt of Court with Elie Mystal
The Case For Abolishing Harvard | Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
What Happened to Black Activism in Professional Sports? | Edge of Sports
The Class Struggle This Summer | Start Making Sense
Reform the Media | Contempt of Court with Elie Mystal
Young Americans for Freedom Hates Freedom | Time of Monsters
150 Years of Black Activism In Sports | Edge of Sports
The War on Black Studies, plus Hollywood on Strike | Start Making Sense
You're Wrong About Term Limits | Contempt of Court with Elie Mystal
Start Making Sense: Cornel West Should Run as a Democrat, plus Supreme Court Wins and Losses
Edge of Sports: Solomon Hughes on playing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 'Winning Time’
Time of Monsters: Moms For Liberty and Its Media Apologists
Elie Mystal's Court Packing Plan | Contempt of Court
Edge of Sports: 1968 Olympian Dr. John Carlos on the Legacy of the Black Athletic Revolt
Start Making Sense: Summer of Strikes, plus After Affirmative Action: Jane McAlevy on Labor, John Nichols on Education
Time of Monsters: Moira Donegan on the Reactionary Vision of the Supreme Court
Packing the Court! | Contempt of Court with Elie Mystal
Start Making Sense: The Battle on the Abortion Borderland, plus RFK Jr.
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