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**History in Film**

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W014ab: Seven Kings Must Die (2023) Aug 12, 2025

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Surprise side quest! Rich begins to look at the history of the English monarchy.

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A065: A Complete Unknown (2024) Jul 29, 2025

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A look at the music scene of the 1960s as we see a young Bob Dylan help folk music go mainstream.

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A064: JFK (1991) Jul 15, 2025

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The actual truth will likely never be known, but Oliver Stone here lays out his case that the official story of the JFK assassination is full of holes.

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A063: Dr. Strangelove (1964) Jul 01, 2025

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A film that perfectly encapsulates the terror and absurdity of the threat of nuclear war.

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A062: The Fog of War (2003) Jun 17, 2025

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The first documentary we’ve tackled in over seven years of doing the show, but we felt it was too important to skip.

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A061: Priscilla (2023) Jun 03, 2025

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A bit trivial compared to what we normally cover, but gives us an opportunity to discuss American culture and the history of rock ‘n’ roll.

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A060: Malcolm X (1992) May 20, 2025

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Spike Lee’s biopic of Malcolm X attempts to include Malcolm entire life, short as it was.

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A059: Capote (2005) May 06, 2025

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A wonderful form of biopic that chooses one event to focus in Truman Capote’s life as opposed to giving us his full biography. That event is the murder of the [ … ]

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A058: October Sky (1999) Apr 22, 2025

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A few Hollywood changes, but based on the true story of Homer Hickam and his friends who built their own rockets as teenagers in the late 1950s in West Virginia.

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A057: L.A. Confidential (1997) Apr 08, 2025

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Mostly fictional, but Bloody Christmas is very much based on a real event. And it’s just a great movie!

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