We Happy Few 506 The Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this weeks episode, we welcome back Ben Mayne who chats with Matt about his book ‘Wagons Roll- A memoir of the East Riding Yeomanry 1942-46’  which will be released on Saturday 9 September. For more content from We Happy Few 506 follow us on the links below. Website and online shop -  http://www.wehappyfew506.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wehappyfew506/ Facebook - h...

Send us Fan Mail This week, the boys are joined by actor Courtney Gains, who you may know from Memphis Belle, Back to the Future, The'Burbs, Children of the Corn or many more of his great credits. For more content from We Happy Few 506 follow us on the links below. Website and online shop -  http://www.wehappyfew506.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wehappyfew506/ Facebook - https://w...

Send us Fan Mail In this weeks episode, Matt and Doug are joined by historian, author and Marine Corps Veteran and you may also remember him from our live Zooms Joe Muccia. Joe is incredibly knowledgeable about Easy Company and we will be having a number of shows with him discussing the journey of Easy from training through to the end of the War.  This episode focuses on Easy in Normandy along wit...

Send us Fan Mail In this weeks episode, catch up with Matt and Doug as they talk about their best and worst experiences during their acting career. Also, you will hear Matt say that we are taking a short break BUT fear not, our Patreons will have content uploaded for them in the form of watching or listening to with re living some of our Live Zooms with the cast of Band of Brothers from 2021, whic...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Matt and Doug are joined by US Army veteran and author of Angels Against the Sun, James M. Fenelon. James talks to us about the 11th Airbornes, nicknamed 'The Angels' training from Camp Toccoa all the the to Tokyo and what they had to deal with in the middle.  Angels  Against the Sun is now available to buy. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this weeks episode, Matt and Doug are joined by historian, author and Marine Corps Veteran and you may also remember him from our live Zooms Joe Muccia. Joe is incredibly knowledgeable about Easy Company and we will be having a number of shows with him discussing the journey of Easy from training through to the end of the War. This episode we focus on recruitment, training and...

Send us Fan Mail No guest this week but a good old catch up with Matt and Doug in this weeks podcast episode. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This week, Matt and Doug are joined by historians and producers of the Emmy award winning documentary Searching for Augusta, Martin King and Michael Collins. They talk with the guys about a documentary that is based on Augusta Chiwy, who we see as one of the nurses in the Bastogne episode in Band of Brothers. Listen in, and find out so much about someone who knew so little about....

Send us Fan Mail In this weeks episode its Band of Brothers meets Platoon, where Matt and Doug are joined by Paul Sanchez, who played Doc in the Oscar winning film Platoon. Paul chats to the boys about his latest work and what it was like to film Platoon and then the documentary Brothers in Arms, celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the movie. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This week, join Matt and Doug as they speak with Erik Dorr, author of Hang Tough and Fierce Valor and YouTube Historian J.D Huitt from the Underground History Channel. Rather than spoil what the episode is about here, listen in and enjoy the ride. You can find more information on Erik's Gettyburg Museum of History and J.D's YouTube channel in the links below: Gettysburg...

Send us Fan Mail In this weeks episode, Matt and Doug talk with Band of Brothers and The Pacific Executive Producer and Director, Tony To. Tony talks with the guys about why Band of Brothers was different and the vision of those involved in getting the story of the men of Easy Company right, but we also here about his beginnings in the industry and what he's doing in his career now. Lets Go T...

Send us Fan Mail In this weeks episode, Matt and Doug have US Marine veteran and author of The Rifle, Andy Biggio. Andy talks about his time watching VHS recordings of Band of Brothers, becoming a US Marine and how that connected him to his next door neighbour, who fought in the second World War. Without spoiling it too much, it is truly inspiring what he has done and continues to do and we cannot...

Send us Fan Mail In this weeks episode we have Band of Brothers Producer, Ivan Schwarz, joining Matt and Doug for a chat. We hear about his work on hit show Entourage and his experience of being part of that production but also how he came to be involved in Band of Brothers and how its impacted his own life and its continued legacy. Support the show

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Send us Fan Mail Whilst Doug is away celebrating his fathers 90th birthday, Matt catches up with one of his Renford Rejects co-stars, Tom Weller who played the bully Terry Stoker in the show. Listen to Matt and Tom catch up on a number of things, that include their love of the classic TV show Bottom, shenanigans on set back in the 90s but also as well  Tom's struggles with his demons and how...

Send us Fan Mail This weeks episode has Matt and Doug catching up on all things including the use of saxophones in songs. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode we have actor Martin Delaney, who worked with Matt back in the mid 90s with the Renford Rejects as well as many others that include Clint Eastwood's Flags of our Fathers and portraying Sgt Towser in Catch-22, Zero Dark Thirty and many other productions. For those attending our Battlefield Tour and wish to purchase the tour hoodie and coffee, please...

Send us Fan Mail Catch up with Matt and Doug as in this weeks episode they chat about the ups and downs of being an actor and the knock on effect that can have on themselves. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this weeks episode, Matt and Doug talk with The Pacific actor and co-host of The Fear Addict Podcast Josh Bitton. In this weeks episode, Josh talks to us about his experience with  working on the Pacific and his interaction with Military Advisor Freddie Joe Farnsworth and calling him Sir! Josh talks to us about his new podcast The Fear Addict, where him and his co-host chat to...

Send us Fan Mail In this weeks episode Matt and Doug speak with comedian and actor Matt Green. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this weeks episode the boys are joined by stand in co-host and Band of Brothers Alumni and catch up with him as he tunes in from the top of a sky scraper in New York! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to another episode of the Nearly Men with Matt and Doug. We welcome back Doug to the hot seat and the boys catch up. I hope you agree that we have missed him and glad to have him back with us. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this weeks episode, we have Mark back alongside Matt, who speak with  historian and author of Sarah Burning, Tim Ritter. Tim is a friend of the show and has been a number of our tours, where we first met him. We love hearing from Tim and hearing about his work (as well as his brilliant Facebook posts) and we want you to love him as much as us. Your mothers will love him! Check...

Send us Fan Mail In this weeks episode, Matthew is re-joined by Leighton, who stepped in for Mark's absence, who was meant to be covering Doug's absence, who speak with talented actress, singer, clothing designer and fashion enthusiast Betsy Blue, who talks about her time on Which is Witch, her music career and her upcoming movie Sky Monster. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this weeks episode, with Doug away, Matt is joined by Band of Brothers alumni Mark Lawrence who played Cpl William Dukeman in the show and they catch up on how Mark ended up in New York City, where they recently caught up. Our guest this week is Jeff Copsetta, US Army veteran who served in Iraq and is now an up and coming Historian, Teacher and co-host of Whats the Scuttlebutt...