{"id":44956,"date":"2014-12-20T23:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-12-21T05:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=44956"},"modified":"2025-11-16T20:09:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T02:09:55","slug":"art-of-manliness-podcast-94-a-higher-call-with-adam-makos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/podcast\/art-of-manliness-podcast-94-a-higher-call-with-adam-makos\/","title":{"rendered":"Art of Manliness Podcast #94: A Higher Call With Adam Makos"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On December 20, 1943, exactly 71 years ago to the day, a badly damaged American bomber was flying over German airspace. Piloting the plane was a 21-year-old on his first mission. Half his crew lay wounded or dead. A German fighter flew in and lined up right behind the bomber. Piloting that fighter was one of Germany’s top aces. With just a pull of the trigger, he could send the American bomber crashing to the ground.<\/p>\n

In today’s podcast, Adam Makos shares the remarkable story of what happened next between two enemies, and how it lead to a most improbable friendship. Mr. Makos is the author of the book A Higher Call<\/em> <\/a>which re-counts this event and the owner of Valor Studios<\/a> — which sells military art prints, books, and collectibles. Adam is also the author of Voices of the Pacific<\/em><\/a>, which he co-wrote with AoM’s own regular contributor Marcus Brotherton. In addition to discussing the story at the center of A Higher Call<\/em>, I ask Adam about his life’s calling of capturing and telling the stories of WWII veterans.<\/p>\n

Show Highlights<\/h3>\n
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  • How a newsletter Adam started as a 15-year-old kid turned into a business that sells fine art<\/li>\n
  • What Adam has learned about being a man from interacting with hundreds of WWII veterans<\/li>\n
  • The incredible story of the in air encounter between American pilot Charlie Brown and German pilot Franz Stigler<\/li>\n
  • How Brown and Stigler found each other later in life and became friends<\/li>\n
  • What we can learn about being a man from Brown and Stigler<\/li>\n
  • And much more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Watch Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler meeting for the first time as old men:<\/p>\n