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Three British friends Mikey, Burf & Chris sit down each week to talk all about Chelsea FC, the trio discuss the latest news, matches and weekly topics every Saturday morning.Follow us at @AtTheBridgePod on Twitter and Instagram.

On Easter morning, 1972, Marine captain John Ripley braved intense enemy fire to blow up a bridge during the North Vietnamese "Easter Offensive." Ripley became a legend within the Marine Corps for his daring act of heroism. His story is described here by fellow Marine John Grider Miller. Miller lays bare Ripley's innermost thoughts during the 3 hours it took to place and set the fuses while some 30,000 enemy troops and 200 tanks prepared to cross just yards away. Such a compelling act of raw courage and personal resolve is rarely encountered.

Beyond Famous pulls back the curtain of history to bring you face-to-face with the voices of the past. In this original podcast, host Dorian Blake sits down with legendary figures long gone—artists, rulers, revolutionaries, visionaries, and icons—to ask the questions no one else ever could.Through vivid storytelling, each episode resurrects a world-changing personality—from emperors and inventors to poets and prophets. They share their triumphs, regrets, mysteries, and secrets in their own “voices,” offering listeners a hauntingly intimate conversation that bridges centuries.If you...

In the late summer of 1944, SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm ‘Willi’ Bittrich found himself in the Netherlands surveying his II SS Panzer Corps, which was in a poor state having narrowly escaped the defeat in Normandy. He was completely unaware that his command lay directly in the path of a major Allied thrust: the 17 September 1944 launch of the largest airborne and glider operation in the history of warfare.