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NEON is a different way of sharing historical knowledge. NEON takes a pop culture phenomenon and turns it on its head by revealing lesser known facts, real-life events and history behind your favourite Netflix shows, movies or video games.From how the A-Team took inspiration from Vietnamese history and resistance leaders, to the Aryan purity and Harem breeding programs behind the Handmaid’s Tale. Even some of the most successful video games – Assassins Creed, God of War, and Fortnite – are steeped in history.NEON has already uncovered historical references in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Black Panther, Star Wars, Game of Thrones, The Greatest Showman and the musical, Hamilton.Presented by Jem DuducuProduced by Dan Morelle
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#49 - Avengers: Endgame (2019) & Contagion (2011)
Written & Presented by Jem Duducu
Producer: Dan Morelle
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#48 - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Written & Presented by Jem Duducu
Producer: Dan Morelle
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#47 - Saving Private Ryan
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#46 - NEON at the Movies: 300 with Tom Holland
Written & Presented by Jem Duducu
Special Guest: Tom Holland
Producer: Dan Morelle
Tom Holland is a writer and popular historian who has published best-selling books on topics including classical and medieval history and the origins of Islam.
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#45 - Castlevania: How a video game was inspired by 15th century Ottoman history
Written & Presented by Jem Duducu
Producer: Dan Morelle
Music: Kinuyo Yamashita and Satoe Terashima - Battle of the Holy
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Katie Douglass
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#17 - Love Island: A genius show that combines our need for a companion with a much darker side of humanity
This episode originally aired in 2018.
How can an unscripted reality show, largely filled with vacuous individuals teach us history? For this one NEON goes way back and talks about the biological reason for finding a mate as opposed to the way strawberries or starfish can do it on their own. Finding a mate defines most of the natural world and a lot of human history too and Love Island shows us this. Add to that the dark under belly of human emotion enjoying mocking those less fortunate and you find out a lot about how the show works and about your own psychology in this episode.
Written & Presented by Jem Duducu
Produced by Dan Morelle
Music: Kwabs - Wrong or Right
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