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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford with Chris Wimmer Sep 24, 2020

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Chris Wimmer is the host and producer of the extremely popular Legends of the Old West and Infamous America podcasts. He joins us today to compare history with the 2007 movie The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.

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Stonewall with Eric Marcus Sep 08, 2020

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Eric Marcus is a journalist, founder and host of the Making Gay History Podcast. He joins us today to compare history with the 2015 Roland Emmerich movie Stonewall.

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Stonewall Fact Sheet: https://stonewall50consortium.org/stonewallfactsheet.pdf
Stonewall First Anniversary Pride March Fact Sheet: https://stonewall50consortium.org/pridemarchfactsheet.pdf
Making Gay History Podcast Stonewall Season: https://makinggayhistory.com/season-five/
"Stonewall: The Making of a Monument" NY Times Op-Doc: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/opinion/gay-pride-stonewall.html
Stonewall National Monument 3-D Tour: https://cyark.org/projects/stonewall-national-monument/Guided-Tour/snm-en
Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution by David Carter (the definitive book on the Stonewall uprising): https://bookshop.org/a/9789/9780312671938
“The Stonewall You Know is a Myth”: https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000006322550/stonewall-lgbt-pride-anniversary.html

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Windtalkers with Judith Avila Aug 27, 2020

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The 2002 John Woo movie 'Windtalkers' tells the story of a Navajo code talker during World War II. Is the film historically accurate?

Judith Avila is the author of Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII

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Patton with Furman Daniel Aug 12, 2020

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Author Furman Daniel joins us today to separate fact from fiction in the classic World War II film Patton.

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Operation Finale Jul 30, 2020

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Our story today covers the capture of the notorious Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann. The operation to hunt him down and bring him to justice was depicted in the movie Operation Finale, and today we'll find out how many of the things we saw on screen actually happened.

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Just Mercy with Erica Kelley Jul 14, 2020

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Erica Kelley is the host of the Southern Fried True Crime podcast. She joins us today to separate fact from fiction in the 2019 movie Just Mercy.

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Gettysburg with Jim Hessler and Eric Lindblade Jul 01, 2020

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Today marks the 157th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863).

How much of the movie's depiction of the battle is historically accurate? I'm joined by Jim Hessler and Eric Lindblade to find out. Jim and Eric are both Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guides and are the co-hosts of The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast.

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Saving Private Ryan with Marty Morgan Jun 06, 2020

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June 6th, 1944. D-Day.

Fast forward 76 years and today, June 6th, 2020, we'll chat with author and historian Marty Morgan to separate fact from fiction in one of the most popular movies depicting D-Day, Saving Private Ryan.

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Another of Marty's books mentioned is Down to Earth: The 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Normandy: https://links.boatspodcast.com/159the507th

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Midway with Craig Symonds May 25, 2020

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Craig Symonds is the Earnest J. King Professor of Maritime History at the Naval War College as well as Professor Emeritus of History at the U.S. Naval Academy. He also has a great book called The Battle of Midway that dives into the true history behind the battle. He joins us today to discuss the historical accuracy of the 2019 movie Midway.

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