"I taught macroeconomics for thirty years. I knew the First World War the way an economist knows it. I know it differently now. Six episodes. Three months of bike rides."

"twenty four hours on the Western Front. three weeks of morning runs. the Verdun section made me stop at 86th and Lexington and stand there."

"Six episodes. Approximately twenty four hours. Two months of gardening, cooking, and one very long drive to see my parents. Dan Carlin made me feel the weight of the First World War in a way that two history degrees had not. I teach the war differently now."