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This Week: Steve Jobs, U-571 and The Challenger Disaster Jan 23, 2023

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For the week between January 23rd to January 29th, we'll be learning about historical events that were depicted in Steve Jobs, U-571 and The Challenger Disaster.

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King Arthur with Professor Dorsey Armstrong Jan 20, 2023

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Today we're learning about the 2004 movie King Arthur starring Clive Owen and Keira Knightley. Professor Armstrong is a medievalist who has been published numerous times over decades for her work studying the legends of and surrounding King Arthur, and she'll join us today to separate fact from fiction in the movie.

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This Week: El Chapo, La Révolution française and Zulu Jan 16, 2023

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For the week between January 16th to January 22nd, we'll be learning about historical events that were depicted in El Chapo, La Révolution française (The French Revolution) and Zulu.

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This Week: Roman Empire, Walk the Line and Sully Jan 09, 2023

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For the week between January 9th to January 15th, we'll be learning about historical events that were depicted in Netflix's Roman Empire, Walk the Line and Sully.

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Introducing Based on a True Story This Week Jan 09, 2023

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Introducing Based on a True Story This Week, a fun new way to learn about movies that portray events that happened this week in history and the true story behind them.

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Spartacus with Barry Strauss Jan 05, 2023

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Today we're learning about the 1960 movie Spartacus that was directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier and Jean Simmons. We'll learn about the real history from Barry Strauss, author of The Spartacus War, an authoritative account of the true story.

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Classic: The Man Who Invented Christmas Dec 17, 2022

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Today we're replaying an episode of Based on a True Story from 2018 about the 2017 movie The Man Who Invented Christmas. The story the movie tells the tale of Charles Dickens as he struggles to write A Christmas Carol.

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Bonus: History Daily Presents The Signing of the World War One Armistice Dec 10, 2022

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Today we'll learn about the World War One armistice from our friends at the History Daily podcast.

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All Quiet on the Western Front with Dr. Christopher Warren Dec 02, 2022

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All Quiet on the Western Front has been adapted to the screen multiple times since World War I veteran Erich Maria Remarque published his novel of the same name in 1929. Today we'll learn about the newest adaptation that was released on Netflix on October 28, 2022. Helping us separate fact from fiction in the movie is Dr. Christopher Warren, who is the Vice President of Collections and Senior Curator at the National World War I Museum and Memorial.

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Dahmer with Robyn Maharaj Nov 21, 2022

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Dahmer was watched for 865 million hours in the first 28 days, making it one of the most popular Netflix originals of all time. Today we'll dive into the true story behind the series with Robyn Maharaj, who wrote the book Grilling Dahmer: The Interrogation of "the Milwaukee Cannibal" with Patrick Kennedy, the detective in charge of interrogating Jeffrey Dahmer after his capture.

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