Historians At The Movies

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Historians At The Movies

Historians At The Movies features historians from around the world talking about your favorite movies and the history behind them. This isn't rivet-counting; this is fun. Eventually, we'll steal the Declaration of Independence.

  1. Episode 108: James Bond Is A Monk: The Name of the Rose with David Perry, Matthew Gabriele, and John Wyatt Greenlee

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    Episode 108: James Bond Is A Monk: The Name of the Rose with David Perry, Matthew Gabriele, and John Wyatt Greenlee

    First the first time ever, HATM has a guest host! This week John Wyatt Greenlee steps on the other side of the mic to talk with David Perry and Matthew Gabriele about Sean Connery, Medieval detectives, and their new book, Oathbreakers: The War of Brothers That Shattered an Empire and Made Medieval Europe.

    1 h y 40 min
  2. Episode 107: Reality Bites, the Rise of Reality TV, and the 90s. Whatever. With Emily Nussbaum

    4 DIC

    Episode 107: Reality Bites, the Rise of Reality TV, and the 90s. Whatever. With Emily Nussbaum

    This week Pulitzer Prize winner Emily Nussbaum joins to talk about the 90s, Generation X, and the rise of reality television during our discussion of Reality Bites.About our guest:Emily Nussbaum is a staff writer for The New Yorker, and previously, was the magazine's television critic. She worked as an editor and a writer at New York Magazine, where she created The Approval Matrix. She's also written for Slate, The New York Times, Lingua Franca and Nerve, among other publications. In 2016, sh...

    1 h y 24 min
  3. Episode 106: We Watched Gladiator II So You Don’t Have To with Dr. Sarah Bond and Dr. Bret Devereaux

    27 NOV

    Episode 106: We Watched Gladiator II So You Don’t Have To with Dr. Sarah Bond and Dr. Bret Devereaux

    HOO BOY this week Roman historians Dr. Sarah Bond and Dr. Bret Deveraux drop in to talk about Ridley Scott's ode to his first film, uh, ancient Rome, Gladiator II. We talk about the legacy of the first film, our impressions of the new release, and the actual history behind Gladiator II. This discussion is pretty epic. Stay tuned and subscribe.About our guests:Dr. Sarah E. Bond is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Iowa. She is interested in late Roman history, epigraphy, l...

    1 h y 38 min
  4. Episode 105: 12 Years A Slave with Robert Colby

    20 NOV

    Episode 105: 12 Years A Slave with Robert Colby

    This week Dr. Robert Colby joins us as we talk about one of the most powerful—and one of the most challenging—films in recent memory: 12 Years A Slave. We also talk about Rob’s new book which examines the trade of enslaved people during the American Civil War. About our guest:Robert Colby is an Assistant Professor of American history, focusing on the era of the American Civil War.Dr. Colby’s research explores the social, military, and political experience of the Civil War era with a spec...

    1 h y 36 min
  5. Episode 104: Space Camp with Kevin Rusnak and Emily Carney

    14 NOV

    Episode 104: Space Camp with Kevin Rusnak and Emily Carney

    This week Kevin Rusnak and Emily Carney drop in to talk about the movie that made us all dream of going to Space...or at least Cape Canaveral. This episode gets into an era of nostalgia around the Space Shuttle program, the changing role of women inside NASA, and how the Challenger disaster affects how we remember this movie.About our guests:Kevin M. Rusnak is the Chief Historian of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center History Office, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, in Dayto...

    1 h y 45 min
  6. Episode 103: The Terminator with Craig Bruce Smith and Robert Greene II

    6 NOV

    Episode 103: The Terminator with Craig Bruce Smith and Robert Greene II

    This week Craig Bruce Smith and Robert Greene II drop in to debate whether The Terminator was the most important film made in the 1980s, plus ranking the biggest action stars from 1980 to 2000.About our guests: Craig Bruce Smith is an associate professor of history at National Defense University in the Joint Advanced Warfighting School (JAWS) in Norfolk, VA. He authored American Honor: The Creation of the Nation’s Ideals during the Revolutionary Era and co-authored George Washington’s Le...

    1 h y 10 min
  7. Episode 102: Scream with Rachel Gunter and Nicole Donawho

    30 OCT

    Episode 102: Scream with Rachel Gunter and Nicole Donawho

    This week, resident HATM horror experts Rachel Gunter and Nicole Donawho drop in to talk about Scream, its legacy, and our favorite scream queens.

    1 h y 21 min
  8. Episode 101: The Thing with Peter Neff, Matthew Siegfried, and Daniella McCahey

    24 OCT

    Episode 101: The Thing with Peter Neff, Matthew Siegfried, and Daniella McCahey

    This week we dive into the history and science behind Antarctica and question who made it out: Childs or MacReady? The Thing is a 100% PERFECT film. Grab your flamethrower and join in. About our guests:Peter Neff is a glaciologist and climate scientist working primarily to develop glacier ice core records of past climate, environmental conditions, and atmospheric chemistry. Peter’s current research focuses on better understanding recent climate of changing coastal regions in West Antarctica, ...

    1 h y 50 min
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Historians At The Movies features historians from around the world talking about your favorite movies and the history behind them. This isn't rivet-counting; this is fun. Eventually, we'll steal the Declaration of Independence.

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  • Creador
    Jason Herbert
  • Años de actividad
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodios
    130
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    © 2024 Historians At The Movies
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