World War II
3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement May 15, 2019 by Sheila Heen · said 5 times in 3 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
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2026 2 mentions in 1 episode
2025 1 mention in 1 episode
2017 2 mentions in 1 episode
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May 15, 2019
Roger Fisher was the sole survivor among six college roommates in WWII
“He fought in World War II And in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters, and when he came home from the war, he found that of the six college roommates who started college together, and at the end of that first year they stopped out, it was called, to go to wa…”
Oct 18, 2022 negative
May 28, 2024 positive
Housel: Ken Burns is the best storyteller in history
“I always use the example of Ken Burns, who makes the best documentaries about U.S. History. And the vast majority of what is in his documentaries are already known. A documentary about the Civil War or World War II. You know how it ends. You know what happened…”