In this week's episode, Jem wants to talk about World War One - and specifically about many of the historical myths surrounding the First World War - and of course he brings pop-culture into the equation in the form of Wonder Woman!

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This week Jem looks into the history hidden inside the Playstation video games Horizon: Zero Dawn and Horizon: Forbidden West!

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Following a suggestion on Twitter (you can make your suggestions at @jemduducu), Jem looks at the history hidden around Battlestar Galactica!

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As The Batman appears in cinemas, Jem takes a look at one of his most famous enemies, The Joker!

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In light of current world events, Jem takes a look into the history of Ukraine.

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This week Jem talks about the TV show Boardwalk Empire. He talks about prohibition, the constitution, Ireland and plastic surgery, and also reveals his favourite fictional character of all media!

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Jem looks into the history of empires, in Warhammer and in the real world!

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Instead of taking one piece of pop-culture this week, Jem looks across a variety of films and television to see how the history and modernity of the police is reflected in popular culture!

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Jem talks about the Netflix German-language show The Dark - which leads him into the history of science, and time travel!

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Jem delves into the history linked to Good Omens, the book by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett and the Amazon Prime series starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen - which means of course that he will be looking into the history of The Bible!

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