Episode 22 - Historical Board Games with Benjamin Hoy
On today’s episode, I’m joined by Professor Benjamin Hoy to discuss teaching history through board games, with a specific focus on the 2013 game Lewis & Clark: The Expedition as well as board game por...
22 Aug 20221h 13min
Episode 21 - ’71 with Nick Baker
Today we’re discussing the 2014 film ’71 and its depiction of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. For those who aren’t familiar, the Troubles was a period from the late 1960s to the late 1990s. The Trou...
1 Aug 20221h 20min
Episode 20 - Dallas Buyers Club with Elio Colavito
Today we’re discussing the 2013 film Dallas Buyers Club and its depiction of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s. Dallas Buyers Club is based on a true story and follows Ron Woodroof, a straight, homophobic ...
11 Jul 20221h 3min
Episode 19 - Making History Podcasts with Sean Graham
Today we’re having a very meta discussion about history podcasts! As anyone listening to this right now can attest to, podcasting has become an important medium through which people learn about histor...
20 Jun 20221h 23min
Episode 18 - Our Flag Means Death with Chris Baldwin
On today’s podcast, we’re discussing the brand-new television series Our Flag Means Death! (Spoilers ahead!) Our Flag Means Death is a romantic comedy about pirates in the early eighteenth century. Th...
30 Mai 20221h 14min
Episode 17 - Ken Burns’s The National Parks with Jessica DeWitt
On today’s podcast, we’re discussing the 2009 PBS documentary series The National Parks: America’s Best Idea! As you may have guessed from the title, this series covers the history of the national par...
9 Mai 20221h 17min
Episode 16 - The Revenant with Sam Derksen
On today’s podcast, we’re talking about the 2015 film The Revenant! This movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Hugh Glass, a fur trader in the western United States in the early 1820s who goes on an epic ...
18 Apr 202256min
Episode 15 - Wonder Woman with Melissa Wing
On today’s podcast, we’re talking about the 2017 film Wonder Woman! This first entry in the new Wonder Woman film series stars Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman/Diana. The movie revises Diana’s origin story f...
28 Mar 20221h 13min
