The Warrior Next Door

Tony Lupo — geophysicist; 20+ years volunteer interviewing veterans for the Library of Congress; Ryan Fairfield — geophysicist; co-host and Library of Congress veteran-history collaborator

An unusual format — Tony Lupo and Ryan Fairfield, two geophysicists who have spent 20+ years volunteering as oral-history interviewers for the Library of Congress, build episodes around clips from those archive interviews. Heavily WWII US-veteran focused; the hosts are enthusiasts rather than credentialed historians, and the analysis is testimony-led rather than operational. Worth following for the primary-source voices you genuinely won't hear elsewhere.

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