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Description: Today we talk with Ray Christian of the What’s Ray Saying Podcast. Ray is a retired member of the United States military where he was a drill instructor. Now Ray is an educator and a story teller. We will get a very unique perspective on this fascinating movie from an incredible story teller.
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00:00:00 Today we are joined by Ray Christian of the What's Ray saying podcast we are going to have a conversation about the military boot camp life and storytelling through the 1987 movie Full Metal Jacket. This movie shows the life of a recruit through U.S. Marine boot camp. The Tet Offensive and finally the battle of Hue during the late 1960s Vietnam War. Thank you so much for coming on Ray it's it's a honor to have you on. And bingeing on your show is and I just love it. Well let me tell the audience let me tell you a little bit about Ray. Ray Christian is a storyteller. He escaped the urban slums of Richmond Virginia by joining the United States Army at 17. He served primarily as an infantry man paratrooper with the eighty second Airborne Division among others. And two years as a drill sergeant as a combat veteran he earned in the Bronze Star and retired after 20 years of service he went back to school earned the a bs and history and an MA in public history and has a doctorate of education and education leadership.
00:01:08 And he's also pursuing a doctorate. Ray also teaches part time at Appalachian State University courses the soul of black folks an examination of African-American social culture and storytelling life and the narrative a course that explores the historic and contemporary use of storytelling and oral history in America. Ray shared his stories on the Moth main stage in the US and Canada and their stories of appeared in Reader's Digest. One of the best stories in America edition and the most recent July August 2017 edition of now and has been featured in the Moth Radio Hour SNAP JUDGMENT the resk pod cast and backstory.
00:01:53 He's also a competitive storyteller. Moth story slam and a moth story Slam champion. So I mean I really want to dig into this movie because your stories are going...
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Title: Martin Luther at the Movies Part 2
Description: In celebration of the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, we are doing a series of episodes looking at different aspects of the reformation. Today we are talking with Ben Jacobs of the Wittenberg to Westphalia: Wars of the Reformation podcast to find out more about Martin Luther and how he has been portrayed in popular media.
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00:00:00 This is part two of a two part episode I highly recommend you go back and listen to part one. Don't worry we'll be waiting for you be on the big screen.
00:00:12 What was going on in Luther's mind when he nailed up those the 95 theses on that cathedral door did he. Now at that point that he was doing something really big or did he think that he was just sparking a debate.
00:00:31 That's one of the big discussions about that event will probably never be fully resolved. It should be said that putting 95 putting theses up on the castle church door was how you organized a debate. And he was just asking to organize a debate. It's not like he was you know shoving this up the pope's nose or something like that. But and it's also questionable whether Luther did it himself. Some people have suggested he had an assistant go do it. That stuff doesn't really matter. He certainly knew that you know some of his points were contentious but he figured that it would be you know talked about discussed quietly amongst the professionals in Wittenberg. I think that said you see this a little bit in the 2003 movie. There is a character that was named I believe Lucas Cranach who was the court painter of Frederick the wise who was also one of the early success stories of printing.
00:01:38 And you see him twice in the 2003 movie and the...
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Title: Martin Luther at the Movies Part 1
Description: In celebration of the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, we are doing a series of episodes looking at different aspects of the reformation. Today we are talking with Ben Jacobs of the Wittenberg to Westphalia: Wars of the Reformation podcast to find out more about Martin Luther and how he has been portrayed in popular media.
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Description: Today we are joined by Heather Teysko of two podcasts: The Renaissance English History Podcast and Watching the Tudors. Heather explains the real story and background behind the 1998 movie Elizabeth starring Cate Blanchette and Geoffrey Rush. We will delve into the cultural, political and religious history of one of the most fascinating times in the history of England. The 500th anniversary of the Reformation is coming soon and Elizabeth definitely made her mark on this religious movment. You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places: http://atozhistorypage.com/ email: steve@atozhistorypage.com http://rss.acast.com/beyondthebigscreen Agora: www.agorapodcastnetwork.com https://www.patreon.com/papacy On Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/Beyondthebigscreen/ https://twitter.com/BigScreenBeyond Learn More About our Guest: Heather Teysko of the Renaissance English History Podcast and Watching the Tudors www.englandcast.com Agora Podcaster of the Month: The Agora Podcast Network Presents: Agoraphobia https://www.acast.com/theagorapodcastnetwork Music Provided by: "Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Description: Lincoln (2012) staring Daniel Day Lewis, Sally Field, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Tommy Lee Jones and many, many others is the story of the end of the US Civil War and the passage of the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution. We are joined by Professor James Early, administrator of the wonderful American History Fanatics group on Facebook and American History Fanatics Blog to discuss the real story and background to this great movie. You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places: http://atozhistorypage.com/ email: steve@atozhistorypage.com http://rss.acast.com/beyondthebigscreen Agora: www.agorapodcastnetwork.com https://www.patreon.com/papacy On Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/Beyondthebigscreen/ https://twitter.com/BigScreenBeyond Learn More About our Guest: Professor James Early http://americanhistoryfanatics.blogspot.com American History Fanatics Facebook Group Agora Podcaster of the Month: Tiny Vampires by Raven Fruscalzo www.tinyvampires.com Music Provided by: "Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Title: Wonder Woman with Kate MacDonald Description: Today I have a conversation with author, historian, blogger and podcaster Kate MacDonald on the 2017 film Wonder Woman, starring Gal Gadot and Chris Pine. We have fascinating conversation on this film and discuss a unique connection between this movie and the early 20th century author John Buchan. I hope you enjoy and don’t forget to submit those iTunes reviews! You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places: http://atozhistorypage.com/ email: steve@atozhistorypage.com http://rss.acast.com/beyondthebigscreen Agora: www.agorapodcastnetwork.com https://www.patreon.com/papacy On Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/Beyondthebigscreen/ https://twitter.com/BigScreenBeyond Learn More About our Guest Kate MacDonald: http://www.reallylikethisbook.com/ https://katemacdonald.net/category/why-i-really-like-this-book/ https://handheldpress.co.uk/ Music Provided by: "Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Description: The development of figure skating is fascinating. There are many great names who crossed over between entertainment and the highly competitive sport of figure skating. Guest Ryan Stevens will explain the evolution of figure skating in the 20th and 21st centuries through the life and career of multiple Olympic medal winner in figure skating, Sonia Henie. You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places: http://atozhistorypage.com/ email: steve@atozhistorypage.com http://rss.acast.com/beyondthebigscreen Agora: www.agorapodcastnetwork.com https://www.patreon.com/papacy On Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/Beyondthebigscreen/ https://twitter.com/BigScreenBeyond Learn More About our Guest: Ryan Stevens of the Skate Guard Blog http://skateguard1.blogspot.com/ Ryan’s Free Definitive Biography of Belita Jepson-Turner http://skateguard1.blogspot.com/2017/06/all-best-belita-definitive-biography-of.html Music Provided by: "Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Description: The Last of the Mohicans (1992) is one of the greatest period piece movies of all time and one of the few film adaptations of the French and Indian War of the mid 1700’s. Today, I am joined by Andrew and Caleb from the Iroquois History and Legends podcast to discuss how this movie taps into the story of the French and Indian Wars, the lives of the Native peoples of Upstate New York and the book the movie was based on. You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places: http://atozhistorypage.com/ email: steve@atozhistorypage.com http://rss.acast.com/beyondthebigscreen Agora: www.agorapodcastnetwork.com https://www.patreon.com/papacy On Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/Beyondthebigscreen/ https://twitter.com/BigScreenBeyond Learn More About our Guest: Andrew and Caleb Cotter from the Iroquois History and Legends Podcast http://www.longhousepodcast.com/ Music Provided by: "Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Description: The Last of the Mohicans (1992) is one of the greatest period piece movies of all time and one of the few film adaptations of the French and Indian War of the mid 1700’s. Today, I am joined by Andrew and Caleb from the Iroquois History and Legends podcast to discuss how this movie taps into the story of the French and Indian Wars, the lives of the Native peoples of Upstate New York and the book the movie was based on. You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places: http://atozhistorypage.com/ email: steve@atozhistorypage.com http://rss.acast.com/beyondthebigscreen Agora: www.agorapodcastnetwork.com https://www.patreon.com/papacy On Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/Beyondthebigscreen/ https://twitter.com/BigScreenBeyond Learn More About our Guest: Andrew and Caleb Cotter from the Iroquois History and Legends Podcast http://www.longhousepodcast.com/ Music Provided by: "Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Description: The Egyptians are fresh off a great victory in battle and everything should be going great, until their greatest general finds out that actually his people have been enslaved by the Egyptians for hundreds of years. Joining us today is Garry Stevens of the History in the Bible Podcast to sort out the context and background of the Book of Exodus, history and the movie, Exodus Gods and Kings (2015). You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places: http://atozhistorypage.com/ email: steve@atozhistorypage.com http://rss.acast.com/beyondthebigscreen Agora: www.agorapodcastnetwork.com https://www.patreon.com/papacy On Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/Beyondthebigscreen/ https://twitter.com/BigScreenBeyond Learn More About our Guest: Garry Stevens: The History in the Bible Podcast http://www.historyinthebible.com/ Music Provided by: "Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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