Drs Jones & Jagel discuss body sweat, bad accents, and POWs as they dive deep into Rambo: First Blood Pt. 2. T-Roy tracks the body count as we dissect the second film in recent Mar-a-Lago member Sylvester Stallone's long-running comedy series. Come for the historical analysis, stay for the Ringo.

Napalm in the Morning Presents: Rambo - First Blood Part 2

Drs. Jones and Jagel look back at one year of our Vietnam War film frenzy. We welcome several special guests who bombard us with never-ending praise. Don't come for the historical analysis, but thank you for a year of fun!

Napalm in the Morning Presents: The Anniversary Show

Drs. Jones & Jagel discuss Dengue Fever, forest fires, and MAAG as they dive deep into Go Tell the Spartans, a glimpse into early US involvement in Vietnam. T-Roy applauds all of Cowboy's excesses. Come for the historical analysis, stay for the naked Burt Lancaster.

Napalm in the Morning Presents: Go Tell The Spartans

Drs. Jones and Jagel discuss compound fractures, Rolling Rock, and working-class Pennsylvania as they dive deep into The Deer Hunter. T-Roy grunts and gives the 411 on flame throwers. Come for the historical analysis, stay for the terrible impressions.

Napalm in the Morning Presents: The Deer Hunter, Part 1

Drs. Jones and Jagel discuss drinking fish, Russian Roulette, and the fall of Saigon as they dive deep into The Deer Hunter. T-Roy provides wooden elephant updates. Come for the historical analysis, stay for the terrible impressions.

Napalm in the Morning Presents: The Deer Hunter, Part 2

Drs. Jones & Jagel discuss eminent domain, spiders vs. scorpions, and Australian involvement in the Vietnam War as they dive deep into The Odd Angry Shot. T-Roy wears a merkin. Come for the historical analysis, stay for the birthday wish.

Napalm in the Morning Presents: The Odd Angry Shot

Drs. Jones & Jagel discuss bodily fluids, the Wet Bandits, and the underrepresentation of Boomers in popular culture as they dive deep into the Tom Hanks classic Forrest Gump. T-Roy brings the gas. Come for the historical analysis, stay for the terrible conspiracy theory.

Napalm in the Morning Presents: Forrest Gump

Drs. Jones & Jagel discuss how to eat soup, Little Pattie, and the Battle of Long Tan as they dive deep into Danger Close. T-Roy brings the correct powder. Come for the historical analysis, stay for the aerial bombardment.

Napalm in the Morning Presents: Danger Close

Drs. Jones & Jagel discuss bad judges, fake FBI agents, and the 1968 Democratic National Convention as they dive deep into The Trial of the Chicago 7. T-Roy explains how to let the air out of a tire. Come for the historical analysis, stay for the MC5.

Napalm in the Morning Presents: The Trial of the Chicago 7

Drs. Jones & Jagel discuss magic johnsons, pan flutes, and how it was not fun watching this movie as they dive deep into Casualties of War. T-Roy channels Andrew Dice Clay. Come for the historical analysis, stay for the shower beers.

Napalm in the Morning Presents: Casualties Of War

Drs. Jones and Jagel discuss the NBA Finals, fingernail-razors, and the Peace Corps as they dive deep into Volunteers, a riveting film that somehow put Eric to sleep. Come for the historical analysis, stay for the Elon rant.
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Napalm in the Morning Presents: Volunteers

Drs. Jones and Jagel discuss rain-barrel baths, murder conspiracy theories, and rubber(again) as they dive deep into Red Dust. Special guest Dr. Michael Vann learns us many things and laments the inability to find decent help on colonial plantations. Come for the historical analysis, stay for the tiger roars.

Napalm in the Morning Presents: Red Dust

Drs. Jones and Jagel discuss Nazis, bad radios, and the Pentagon Papers as they dive deep into The White House Plumbers, Episode One. Special guest Dr. Michael Vann doesn't know what is going on. Come for the historical analysis, stay for the Steely Dan.

Napalm in the Morning Presents: Black Ops, A Napalm Mini: The White House Plumbers, Episode One

Drs. Jones and Jagel discuss CREEPs, garbage, and ITT as they dive deep into The White House Plumbers, Episode Two. Special guest Dr. Michael Vann is the guy on the couch. Come for the historical analysis, stay for duration, huh?

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Napalm in the Morning Presents: Black Ops, A Napalm Mini: The White House Plumbers, Episode Two

Drs. Jones and Jagel discuss SALT, bad shots, and break-ins as they dive deep into The White House Plumbers, Episode Three. Special guest is Dr. Michael Vann. Come for the historical analysis, stay for the whiskey.

Napalm in the Morning Presents: Black Ops, A Napalm Mini: The White House Plumbers, Episode Three

Drs. Jones and Jagel discuss shredding, dumb plans, and pardons as they dive deep into The White House Plumbers, Episode Four. Come for the historical analysis, stay for the crash.

Napalm in the Morning Presents: Black Ops, A Napalm Mini: The White House Plumbers, Episode Four

Drs. Jones and Jagel discuss letters from lovers, lifting sticks, and making deals as they dive deep into The White House Plumbers, Episode Five. Special guest from Indonesia is Dr. Michael Vann! Come for the historical analysis, stay for the deep throat connection.

Napalm in the Morning Presents: Black Ops, A Napalm Mini: The White House Plumbers, Episode Five

Drs. Jones and Jagel discuss journalists, bungalows, and neocolonialism as they dive deep into Year of Living Dangerously. Special guest Dr. Vann himself lives in constant danger. Come for the historical analysis, stay for the origin stories.

Napalm in the Morning Presents: Year Of Living Dangerously

Drs. Jones and Jagel discuss fraud college towns, ditching meetings, and crimes against the state as they dive deep into Red Nightmare. It is bad. But also good. Come for the historical analysis, stay for show trial.

Napalm in the Morning Presents: Black Ops, A Napalm Mini: Red Nightmare

Drs. Jones and Jagel talk with Dr. Justin Brummer, founding editor of the Vietnam War Song Project. Containing 6,000+ songs, the project is a unique cultural-historical living archive, cataloguing, analyzing, and digitizing music that references the war. 
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Napalm in the Morning Presents: An Interview with Justin Brummer

Drs. Jones and Jagel talk with Steven Summers, Producer, Director, and pretty much everything for the documentary series War Movie. With over 100 years of cinematic history to explore, this five-part documentary series examines not only the history of war in American cinema, but how this medium has shaped our country's perspective on conflict, foreign policy, race, masculinity and national identity.

Napalm in the Morning Presents: War Movie - An Interview with Steven Summers

Drs. Jones and Jagel discuss slipping Mickeys, Ayn Rand, and 1965 Vietnam as they dive deep into To the Shores of Hell. This is terrible. The film is as well. Come for the historical analysis, stay for the Donahue.

Napalm in the Morning Presents: To the Shores of Hell

Drs. Jones and Jagel discuss jogging, prostitutes, and the Tet Offensive as they dive deep into Full Metal Jacket. T-Roy brings the whiskey-fueled wit and the wisdom of the West to Stanley Kubrick's dark immersion into the Vietnam War. Come for the historical analysis, stay for the curse words.
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Napalm in the Morning Presents: Full Metal Jacket

Drs. Jones and Jagel discuss knives, minor injuries to people jumping off cliffs, and Vietnam Veterans as they dive deep into First Blood, Sylvester Stallone's initial entry into his long-running comedy series better known as Rambo. Come for the historical analysis, stay for for the exploding gas stations. Editing brought to you by Burning Tongues Media.

Napalm in the Morning Presents: Rambo First Blood

Drs. Jones and Jagel discuss bugs, drugs, and soldiers in Vietnam as they dive deep into Platoon. Draftee T-Roy also brings a deep knowledge about things that go "bang" to the first of three movies about the war made by noted conspiracy theorist Oliver Stone. Come for the historical analysis, stay for the out of date Tiger Blood jokes. Editing brought to you by Burning Tongues Media

Napalm in the Morning Presents: Platoon

Drs. Jones and Jagel discuss hairstyles, hippies, and the plight of the wounded veteran as they dive deep into Coming Home. T-Roy grits his teeth and slugs vodka as we examine the soundtrack of the film in great detail and occasionally discuss the blossoming on-screen love affair between Jane Fonda and Jon Voight. Come for the historical analysis, stay for the muscle cars.

Napalm in the Morning Presents: Coming Home

Drs. Jones and Jagel discuss waterskiing, Trumpisms, and the introduction of ground troops as they dive deep into Good Morning Vietnam. T-Roy does his best Mr. Hankey impression while we press the record button and just let Robin Williams GO! Come for the historical analysis, stay for the 80s tropes.

Napalm in the Morning Presents: Good Morning Vietnam

Drs. Jones and Jagel discuss family-men, boots on ground, and the first major battle for the United States in Vietnam as they dive deep into We Were Soldiers. T-Roy and his friend Bottle of Gin bring a loving touch to Mel Gibson's war epic. Come for the historical analysis, stay for the Neil Young.

Napalm in the Morning Presents: We Were Soldiers

Part 1 of 2. Drs. Jones and Jagel discuss boxed-wine, the political philosophy of James Woods, and late-era Vietnam War as they dive deep into Oliver Stone's Nixon. Join us as we attempt to make our podcast as long as the film! Come for the historical analysis, stay for the teary-eyed outro.

Napalm in the Morning Presents: Nixon, Part 1

Deeply buried in the pre-covid archives was this special edition in person review of the John Wayne classic, The Green Berets. Come for the Wilhelm Scream, stay for the 15 different variations of "The Ballad of the Green Berets." Don't forget your whisky.

Napalm in the Morning Archives: Green Berets

2 Historians DIVE DEEP on films about the war(s) in Vietnam. Laughs and historical analysis await!

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