Wikipedia Articles That Should Be Movies

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Who hasn't been sucked down a Wikipedia rabbit hole and thought to themselves: "they should make a movie about this"? Well now they are! Well, not really. But host Greg Miller and guests are talking about it on "Wikipedia Articles That Should Be Movies" or WATSBM ("Watsbim")

Episodes

  1. 04/15/2022

    10. Project Graham - featuring Kahlin Holmes

    A sculpture made to show how humans would need to evolve to survive car crashes provides the set up for Greg and guest Kahlin Holmes to discuss road safety, the eccentricities of Australia, Elon Musk, Frankenstein, Paul Giamatti, parking and much more! LINKS: Project Graham - Wikipedia Meet Graham website

    54 min

  2. 03/10/2022

    9. Quodlibet - featuring Conor Shields

    A drinking game using a 500-year old story to subvert an authoritarian regime? Welcome to Quodlibet! Greg and Conor discuss German playing cards, the William Tell story, Libertarians, the Hapsburg dynasty, Libertarians, James Caan's Rollerball, Libertarians, Chris Klein's Rollerball, Hulk Hogan as a Messiah figure, Libertarians and more! LINKS Quodlibet (card game) - Wikipedia

    1h 4m

  3. 03/04/2022

    8. Chumbawamba - featuring Geordie Miller

    I get knocked down, but I get up again. A poppy line from a 90s one-hit wonder, or something deeper from the most popular anarcho-communist band to ever exist? Greg and his brother Geordie discuss Chumbawamba, society's descent from the 80s til now, the Falkland Islands war, Tony Blair, Now 3, art and Capitalism, Bono, squatting and much more LINKS Chumbawamba - Wikipedia Chumbawamba’s Long Voyage (jacobinmag.com)

    59 min

  4. 02/24/2022

    7. Paris Syndrome - featuring Ciara O'Shea

    A non-historical episode! How can we turn the overwhelming feeling of disappointment tourists have upon visiting Paris into a movie? Greg and guest Ciara O'Shea discuss tourism, the French language, David Lynch, "Amelie", derealization, "Parasite" and more as try to answer that very question. LINKS Paris syndrome - Wikipedia

    49 min

  5. 02/08/2022

    6. Bagoas - featuring Eric Burant

    A powerbroker with a prolific penchant for poisoning Persian emperors, Bagoas is a difficult figure to sympathize with. Can Greg and Eric Burant find a soft side of Bagoas the poisoner? Alexander the Great, Game of Thrones, the Holy of Holies, villain origin stories, the resurgence of Colin Farrell and more! Links: Bagoas - Wikipedia

    54 min

  6. 01/31/2022

    5. "Mad Jack" Churchill - featuring Kevin Kortekaas

    A World War II Commando charging into battle with a Scottish broadsword, English longbow and a set of bagpipes. Surprisingly, the Mad Jack Churchill story is real, and not (yet) a movie. Greg and guest Kevin Kortekaas talk about the eccentric Jack Churchill, a Kelsey Grammar career comeback, sibling commandos and the majesty of the bagpipes. LINKS: Jack Churchill - Wikipedia

    33 min

  7. 01/24/2022

    4. Abul-Abbas - featuring Nathan Coles

    A whacky animal movie, in Medieval Europe? Greg and guest Nathan Coles talk about Abul-Abbas, the only elephant in mainland Europe for 1,000 years, a gift from the Abbasid Empire to Charlemagne. Along the way they discuss the "animal craze" of 1990s films, the trip from Bagdad to Aachen, war elephants and much more! Links: Abul-Abbas on Wikipedia Dunston Checks In on IMDB

    56 min

  8. 01/17/2022

    3. The Erfurt Latrine Disaster - featuring Tyler Yank

    Tragedy then, comedy now? Greg and guest Tyler Yank break down the Erfurt Latrine Disaster and imagine how it could be turned into a movie.  Awesome German nobility titles, Florence Pugh, potty humour, a conspiracy involving the German government's censorship of Wikipedia, proto-feminism and much more on this episode of WATSBM! Links: Erfurt latrine disaster - Wikipedia

    34 min

  9. 01/10/2022

    2. The Children's Crusade - featuring Mark Black

    Can we turn the Children's Crusade into a modern film? Greg talks with Regina librarian (not libertarian) Mark Black about crusade mania, anti-vaxxers, Ridley Scott, teen sex romps, Jonathan Lipnicki, Greta Thunberg, Ayn Rand and much more. LINKS:  Children's Crusade - Wikipedia

    40 min

  10. 01/04/2022

    1. Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue - featuring Ashley Denny

    Greg talks with university pal Ashley Denny about vandalized abstract art, the relative handsomeness of John Cusack, The Bechdel Test, Timothee Chalamet’s sexual history, Marxist Art, Kristen Stewart and much more  LINKS: Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue - Wikipedia The 99% Podcast Episode on Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue Voice of Fire: Are we over this yet? - Macleans.ca (story about a Barnett Newman painting creating a firestorm in Canada) Rothko at the Inauguration

    40 min

  11. 01/02/2022 · BONUS

    Episode 0 - The Kentucky Meat Shower (test run)

    In this test episode, Greg talks to himself about "The Kentucky Meat Shower", a sort of forerunner to "Don't Look Up". Or is it a paranormal detective story starring Mark Ruffalo and Henry Cavill? Kentucky Meat Shower on Wikipedia

    16 min
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Who hasn't been sucked down a Wikipedia rabbit hole and thought to themselves: "they should make a movie about this"? Well now they are! Well, not really. But host Greg Miller and guests are talking about it on "Wikipedia Articles That Should Be Movies" or WATSBM ("Watsbim")

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