Today we are joined by podcaster and blogger Kate MacDonald to discuss the 2017 film Wonder Woman starring Gal Gadot. Kate will take us through how this movie was inspired by and incorporates elements of the early 20th century Scottish adventure writer, John Buchanan’s works into this movie. There is much more to this movie than golden lassos and epic battle scenes!

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Kate MacDonald
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Today we are joined by the great Roifield Brown to talk about the greatness of the comic book film genre. We talk about X Men, Superman, the Justice League, Marvel, DC Comics and much more. We talk about how important these movies were to Roifield personally and how they are great works of film.

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Roified Brown
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Who doesn't enjoy the comic book movie genre? Well even if you don't our guests next week will show you some of the fascinating background and history of the genre of comic book films. This is one of the move successful genres of film of all times. We will look at why this is and zoom in on a few specific examples from this exciting and influential category of movies.

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Description: We are joined by author, historian and podcaster Mark Vinet of the History of North America podcast to discuss the real story, context and background behind the modern Mel Gibson classic Apocalypto. This film was ground breaking in many ways. It attempts to portray the Mayan Native Americans and is filmed completely in their language. This is a beautiful film and Mark Vinet will help us learn more about the Maya and their history and culture.

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Mark Vinet of the History of North America Podcast
Markvinet.com

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By ProtoplasmaKid - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39520038
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Ancient Meso American history and politics are subjects not discussed very much in the popular culture. What do we get right and wrong?

Description: Today we are joined today by author Lucy Jane Santos to discuss her new book Half Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium. Lucy Jane will show us how almost as soon as the radioactive properties of radium and other elements were discovered, they began to be used in the medical field. Not only were these products used in medicine, they were also being applied to health and beauty products. Some of these applications of radiation were a quantum leap in medicine and others were less so…

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Lucy Jane Santos, author of Half Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium
http://museumofradium.co.uk/

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Description: Today we are joined by author Jeffrey Orens to discuss his book Soul of Genius. We will dive into the fascinating stories that show a personal side to the greatest scientists of all time. Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Neils Bohr and many other scientists met at the early 20th century Solvay Conferences to figure out the fundamental building blocks of the universe.

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Coming Soon - You will get two fascinating peaks into the real story behind how physics in the early 20th centuries was fundamentally changed how we understand the universe and how people used that knowledge!

Description: Today we are joined by guest Annie of the 5 foot 2 Blog to discuss the wonderful movie and novel: The Picture of Dorian Gray. We will talk about the big themes of this movie and how they compare and contrast with the classic and ground breaking book by Oscar Wilde.

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Coming Soon - The Picture of Dorian Gray is one of my favorite all time novels. Do the films measure up?