Zero Dark Thirty with Peter Bergen
Zero Dark Thirty shows the decade-long search for Osama bin Laden. Peter Bergen is the author of The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden and he joins us today to dig into the true story behind the movie....
3 Aug 202247min
Lawless with Matt Bondurant (Remastered)
This episode was originally released on August 28, 2017. This is a remastered version of that interview.Matt Bondurant joins us today episode as we compare what really happened with the movie Lawless....
25 Juli 202249min
Jurassic Park/Jurassic World with Jack Horner
Jack Horner was the Paleontology Consultant on all six of the Jurassic Park/Jurassic World movies. He joins Based on a True Story to chat about the real dinosaurs we saw in the franchise.Learn more ab...
13 Juli 202252min
Monty Python's Life of Brian with Adele Reinhartz
Not all movies try to be historically accurate, and yet they still depict moments in history. To help us extract history from the satirical comedy, we’ll be chatting with professor, scholar, and autho...
20 Juni 202243min
Dunkirk with Joshua Levine
Operation Dynamo, also known as the Miracle at Dunkirk, was an event that many believe kept Britain in World War II before the United States even joined the fight as it took place between May 26 - Jun...
4 Juni 20221h 15min
The Conqueror with Ryan Uytdewilligen
Today we'll be talking about the 1956 movie The Conqueror with author Ryan Uytdewilligen.Learn more about the true story Get Ryan's book, Killing John Wayne: https://links.boatspodcast.com/203book Fi...
11 Maj 202254min
'Doc' Durant in Hell on Wheels with Sheila Myers
We're joined by author Sheila Myers to learn about the real character of Thomas 'Doc' Durant in AMC's Hell on Wheels.Want to hear more stories of the Durant family? Imaginary Brightness: a Durant Fam...
28 Apr 20221h 1min
Tesla with Richard Munson
Author Richard Munson joins the podcast to discuss the historical accuracy of the 2020 movie 'Tesla.'Dig deeper into the true story Pick up Richard's book called Tesla: Inventor of the Modern: https:/...
28 Mars 20221h 8min
