This is the final part of our three part interview with Yves from Broaden Horizons tours wherein we talk about the legacy of Napoleon Bonaparte. Check out the tours that Yves offers athttps://broaden-horizons.fr/en/paris-visit/private-tour-napoleon-in-paris/על ידי Jason Griffith

In part two of our conversation with Yves from Broaden Horizons Tours, we discuss Napoleon the Emperor, exile to Elba, the hundred days, and captivity on Saint Helena.Check out the tours that Yves offers athttps://broaden-horizons.fr/en/paris-visit/private-tour-napoleon-in-paris/על ידי Jason Griffith

In part one of three of an interview with Yves from Broaden Horizons tours we discuss the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte.See the tours of the Paris and Loire valley that Yves offers athttps://broaden-horizons.fr/en/paris-visit/private-tour-napoleon-in-paris/על ידי Jason Griffith

Not a movie but an actress this time. But what an actress! And what a voice! Little Hollis had a crush on Julie Andrews the moment she saw her on the silver screen as "Mary Poppins" for the very first time, but "The Sound of Music" came a year later and sealed her infatuation forever. As a jewish queer kid, Hollis was alive with the sound of her mu…

Or how I learned to start worrying and care about the bomb.על ידי Jason Griffith

What is the movie that you know almost by heart? That you use as a coded language with some of your friends? Since he watched it on TV when he was a sick kid in bed, Paolo included the memorable lines of "All About Eve" (1950) as part of his social repertoire and now he shares that with us in this delightful pre-holiday episode. Bette Davis and Ann…

All the possible combinations of love and all the layers of nudity are exposed in "Women in Love", the movie that merged D.H Lawrence, Ken Russell and Larry Kramer in 1969. Spider had a turning point in his life by following the discursive approach to feelings that earned Glenda Jackson her first Oscar and offered global audiences the first male fu…

In its combination of blaxploitation and melodrama, "Mahogany" empowered Rayman to pursue his dreams as a black artist from Indiana back in 1975. Directed by Motown's producer Berry Gordy Jr. and with a stellar and very campy performance by Diana Ross, this today problematic movie has a lot of emotional value for the now successful interior designe…

What made "Tiger Bay" (Jack Lee Thompson, 1959) so shocking for little Paul when he was in a farm town in Wisconsin in the 60s? He fell in love with Hayley Mills for sure, but, what else?על ידי Mateo Sancho Cardiel

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The film First Man follows the journey of Neil Armstrong up through his first steps on the Moon and this episode provides a bit about the history of the space program and Armstrong.על ידי Jason Griffith

In 1976, a group of German and Palestinian extremists hijacked an Air France plane and diverted it to Uganda. Despite tremendous risk, Israel launched a mission to free the hostages.על ידי Jason Griffith

Very brief thoughts on The Post injected into less brief thoughts of financial and human costs.על ידי Jason Griffith

In 1971, a series of front page articles in the New York Times and Washington Post about top secret reports on the Vietnam war that had been hidden from the public rocked the nation's trust in the office of the President. In this episode, Jason goes into the background of the Pentagon Papers and how they fit into the larger Vietnam timeline.…

SPOILER ALERT: This is a post movie take on some of the more tin foil hatty aspects of the American Made Movie. Jason talks about the historical accuracy of the movie and then dives into the relationship between movies and conspiracy theories (and why that actually matters).על ידי Jason Griffith

Tom Cruise stars in the movie American Made about the drug smuggler, DEA informant, and rumored CIA operative Barry Seal. Jason dives into Barry's story including how it fits in with the Medellin Cartel, the War on Drugs, and Iran Contra.על ידי Jason Griffith

The second part of our look into the background of events featured in the film "Dunkirk" shows the massive struggle for survival on the beaches, seas, and in the sky around Dunkirk which will determine the fate of the British Army. One nation is toppled, but a new spirit of defiance arises in another.…

The much anticipated upcoming film "Dunkirk" depicts the escape of the British Army from destruction at the hands of the Nazis at the beginning of World War II. Part 1 of our look at historical background goes into the makings of the disaster that led to Dunkirk and the impacts of it on those caught in the maelstrom: a warning to those who heed it.…

Hear about what The History Movie Podcast is all about! The host, Jason, goes through the background of why this is a thing.על ידי Jason Griffith