Mossbunker Review
The Mossbunker Review offers stories from history, literature, and letters, along with essays and reflections to nourish the mind, much like its namesake. This humble mossbunker fish sustains life by enriching the soil and ecosystems. Small contributions can shape worlds.
- Indexed episodes, last 90 days
- 12
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- Sep 22, 2026
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- Jul 7, 2026
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61 Churchill Had Allergies Too (opens the original)
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Many remember the term “Iron Curtain,” but Churchill’s 1946 Iron Curtain speech at Fulton was really about enough Anglo-American strength to negotiate without fear and to make peace more than wishful thinking. Dr. Liam revisits the speech one last time and finds an old Victorian who wanted to rearm in order to parley while he searched for a conflict-avoiding compromise..
60 Churchill, the Cold War, and My Apple Watch (opens the original)
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What does an Apple Watch have to do with the Cuban Missile Crisis? Dr. Liam traces a line from the fallout shelters of his childhood to Churchill’s 1946 warning at Fulton, Missouri, making the case that the speech’s message is less about Iron Curtains and more about preparing so you don’t have to fight, and never forgetting why you armed yourself in the first place.
59 You Are at the Center of the Universe: And That May Not Mean What You Think (opens the original)
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You may not be the literal center of the universe, but you are always at the center of what you know about it. In a fun and serious redux, Dr. Liam explores the practicality of historical consciousness, and why recognizing our place inside history should bring forth both humility and responsibility.
58 The melancholy Kansas boyhood of young William Cody (opens the original)
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Salt Creek Valley helped shape a boy named William Cody into the man the world would know as Buffalo Bill. This episode follows Cody’s Kansas boyhood through horses, western freighting, Native encounters, and Bleeding Kansas.
57 Salt Creek! Slowly I Turned… (opens the original)
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A sixth-grade basketball rivalry, twenty-two points in one half, five fouls, and an ill-advised experiment with “energy” tablets made Salt Creek Valley unforgettable. Decades later, Liam discovers that the valley he once knew only as enemy territory held a history he had never learned to see.
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