Condensed Histories

This week Jem talks about the TV show Boardwalk Empire. He talks about prohibition, the constitution, Ireland and plastic surgery, and also reveals his favourite fictional character of all media!Suppo...

23 Feb 202243min

Jem looks into the history of empires, in Warhammer and in the real world!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/condensed-histories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

15 Feb 202234min

Instead of taking one piece of pop-culture this week, Jem looks across a variety of films and television to see how the history and modernity of the police is reflected in popular culture!Support this...

8 Feb 202235min

Jem talks about the Netflix German-language show The Dark - which leads him into the history of science, and time travel!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/condensed-histories. Hosted on Aca...

1 Feb 202234min

Jem delves into the history linked to Good Omens, the book by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett and the Amazon Prime series starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen - which means of course that he will ...

25 Jan 202234min

Jem looks at the history tucked away inside the new Disney Plus series 'Book of Boba Fett', which means he is talking Star Wars, The Mandalorean and the difference between a mercenary and a bounty hun...

18 Jan 202235min

Jem looks into the history underlying the new Netflix film 'Don't Look Up', and brings in Anchorman, and why we are all stars!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/condensed-histories. Hosted o...

11 Jan 202239min

Jem takes the pop 'classic' Ra-Ra-Rasputin and the new film The King's Man as a jumping off point to talk about Rasputin!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/condensed-histories. Hosted on Aca...

4 Jan 202238min