The Lives of Jerrie Cobb with Mary Haverstick

05/02/24 • 55 min

When filmmaker Mary Haverstick started pre-production on a film about the Mercury 13, which selected and tested women for spaceflight, she knew the key was the legendary Jerrie Cobb. Mary's relationship with Cobb led to her uncovering much more about the aviator and a trail that led to the CIA and the Kennedy assassination. Mary's 10-year journey resulted in her book, A Woman I Know, which chronicles her journey to uncover the secrets held by a very secretive woman.

★Buy A Woman I Know: Female Spies, Double Identities, and a New Story of the Kennedy Assassination, at The Damcasters Bookshop here (10% of each sale supports the podcast) UK only: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11015/9781915590626

★Buy A Woman I Know: Female Spies, Double Identities, and a New Story of the Kennedy Assassination, in the US here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737399/a-woman-i-know-by-mary-haverstick/

★View Mary's Dealey Plaza Multicam assembly of the Kennedy Assassination here: https://vimeo.com/877221401

★Follow Mary on X/Twitter here: https://twitter.com/MaryHaverstick

★Follow Mary on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/haverfilms/

Get the latest from the Pima Air and Space Museum through the links below:

★Visit the Pima Air and Space Museum’s website here: https://pimaair.org/

★Learn more about the Titan Missile Museum here: https://titanmissilemuseum.org/

★Find out who is in the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame here: https://pimaair.org/about-us/arizona-aviation-hall-of-fame/

★Want to know how the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum is progressing? Find out more here: https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/

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00:00 Introduction and Background

12:53 The Start of the Rabbit Hole: A Visit from a Federal Agent

29:35 Investigating the Connection: Jerry Cobb and June Cobb

36:11 The CIA's Assassination Program and the Threat of Communism

43:11 Jerry Cobb's Desire to Tell the Story

49:46 Reflections on the Journey and Conflicted Feelings

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★View Mary's Dealey Plaza Multicam assembly of the Kennedy Assassination here: https://vimeo.com/877221401

★Follow Mary on X/Twitter here: https://twitter.com/MaryHaverstick

★Follow Mary on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/haverfilms/

Get the latest from the Pima Air and Space Museum through the links below:

★Visit the Pima Air and Space Museum’s website here: https://pimaair.org/

★Learn more about the Titan Missile Museum here: https://titanmissilemuseum.org/

★Find out who is in the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame here: https://pimaair.org/about-us/arizona-aviation-hall-of-fame/

★Want to know how the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum is progressing? Find out more here: https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/

00:00 Introduction and Background

12:53 The Start of the Rabbit Hole: A Visit from a Federal Agent

29:35 Investigating the Connection: Jerry Cobb and June Cobb

36:11 The CIA's Assassination Program and the Threat of Communism

43:11 Jerry Cobb's Desire to Tell the Story

49:46 Reflections on the Journey and Conflicted Feelings

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy, was a joint program by NASA and the German Space Agency at DLR which put a 2.5m reflecting telescope in the back of an ex-Pan Am Beoing 747SP. Dr Dörte Mehlert, head of education and public relations at the German SOFIA Institute (DSI), joins us to take us through the incredible discoveries SOFIA made.

★NASA's SOFIA Mission Page: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/sofia

★Deutsches SOFIA Institut (DSI) Mission Page: https://www.dsi.uni-stuttgart.de/en/

★NASA/IPAC SOFIA Media Portal: https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/data/SOFIA/docs/events/media-portal/

★NASA/IPAC SOFIA Observation Portal: https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/data/SOFIA/docs/multimedia/image-gallery/gallery/scientific-observations/index.html

Get the latest from the Pima Air and Space Museum through the links below:

★Visit the Pima Air and Space Museum’s website here: https://pimaair.org/

★Learn more about the Titan Missile Museum here: https://titanmissilemuseum.org/

★Find out who is in the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame here: https://pimaair.org/about-us/arizona-aviation-hall-of-fame/

★Want to know how the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum is progressing? Find out more here: https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/

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Building Focke-Wulf Fw 190s at GossHawk Unlimited - Part 1

Father and daughter team David and Lindsey Goss run one of the world's leading warbird restoration and maintenance companies, GossHawk Unlimited. Back in February, they kindly welcomed us to have a tour around the shop, learn about how GossHawk came about and, this week, what goes into rebuilding Focke-Wulf Fw-190s.

Next week, we tour the world's last airworthy Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer.

Watch the video version on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/KxTgQ_XbMbI

★Visit the GossHawk Unlimited website here: https://gosshawkunlimited.com/

★Fancy working at GossHawk? Check out the latest job openings on the careers page here: https://gosshawkunlimited.com/jobs/

★Follow GossHawk Unlimited on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/GossHawkUnlimitedInc/

Get the latest from the Pima Air and Space Museum through the links below:

★Visit the Pima Air and Space Museum’s website here: https://pimaair.org/

★Learn more about the Titan Missile Museum here: https://titanmissilemuseum.org/

★Find out who is in the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame here: https://pimaair.org/about-us/arizona-aviation-hall-of-fame/

★Want to know how the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum is progressing? Find out more here: https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/

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