Nate Mann and Costume Designer Colleen Atwood | Making Masters of the Air

The National WWII Museum's Making Masters of the Air podcast dives deeper into the making of Masters of the Air and explores the history behind the new Apple TV+ series. The Making Masters of the Air podcast is co-hosted by Playtone’s Kirk Saduski and Donald Miller, author of the book Masters of the Air.

In this episode, Nate Mann discusses his preparation for the role of Major Robert “Rosie” Rosenthal, and Academy Award-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood explains the expansive scope of Masters of the Air, as hosts Kirk Saduski and Donald Miller dive deeper into Part Seven of the series.

Based on the best-selling book by Donald Miller, Masters of the Air is an Apple Original series from the executive producers of Band of Brothers and The Pacific. Now streaming on Apple TV+.

Special thanks to Apple TV+ for clips and musical score for this podcast.

Topics Covered in This Episode:

• Prisoner-of-War Camps
• Bombing of Berlin
• The Eighth Air Force
• 100th Bomb Group

Listen now on Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts.

FEATURED GUEST: NATE MANN
Nate Mann is an American actor who graduated from Julliard School in 2019. In addition to his lead role as Robert “Rosie” Rosenthal in Masters of the Air, Mann appears in the 2021 film Licorice Pizza.

FEATURED GUEST: COLLEEN ATWOOD
Colleen Atwood is an award-winning costume designer. Atwood has won four Academy Awards for her work on Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha, Alice in Wonderland, and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

CO-HOST: DONALD MILLER, PhD
Best-selling author and historian Donald Miller, PhD, is well known to friends and members of The National WWII Museum for his works such as Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany; D-Days in the Pacific; and The Story of World War II.

CO-HOST: KIRK SADUSKI
Playtone executive and producer Kirk Saduski was the executive-in-charge for HBO’s Band of Brothers, co-producer of HBO’s The Pacific, and co-producer of Apple TV+’s Masters of the Air.

About Making Masters of the Air

From the executive producers of Band of Brothers and The Pacific comes Masters of the Air, a new series from Apple TV+ following the airmen of the 100th Bombardment Group during World War II. Join The National WWII Museum each week for the Making Masters of the Air podcast to dive deeper into the making of Masters of the Air and explore the history behind the series. Hear from special guests from the series as you get to know the American bomber crews who risked it all fighting the air war over Europe and forged a brotherhood through courage, loss, and triumph. The Making Masters of the Air podcast by The National WWII Museum is co-hosted by Playtone’s Kirk Saduski and Donald Miller, author of the book Masters of the Air.

The National WWII Museum's Making Masters of the Air podcast is presented by Boeing.