When Jem can get thirty minutes of history out of a three minute song, he is a happy man! So here, with Adam and the Ants' 'Stand And Deliver' he gets to look at history spanning from highwaymen, to execution and so much more!

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You can support the podcast by getting a copy of Jem's new book, 'Edge of Life', at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Edge-Life-Jem-Duducu/dp/B08TMTZJBY.

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Jem looks into the history in and around the television series The Expanse - which takes him from the American Revolution to Edward Snowdon, with many stops in between!

Keep in touch with Jem on twitter at @JemDuducu and on Facebook at History Gems and let him know which of the podcasts you are enjoying the most - this helps us to know which of the episodes to make more of!

You can also contact Greg, the man behind the scenes, on Twitter at @gregandfelicity.

You can support the podcast by getting a copy of Jem's new book, 'Edge of Life', at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Edge-Life-Jem-Duducu/dp/B08TMTZJBY.

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In this week's episode Jem looks into the history hiding in the various iterations of Watchmen - from the comic by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, through the Zak Snyder movie and on to the TV series!

Keep in touch with Jem on twitter at @JemDuducu and on Facebook at History Gems and let him know which of the podcasts you are enjoying the most - this helps us to know which of the episodes to make more of!

You can also contact Greg, the man behind the scenes, on Twitter at @gregandfelicity.

You can support the podcast by getting a copy of Jem's new book, 'Edge of Life', at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Edge-Life-Jem-Duducu/dp/B08TMTZJBY.

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Jem talks about the video game 'Dynasty Warriors' as well as two other video games, 'Blade Storm' and 'Valkyria Chronicles' - which of course means he'll be talking about World War Two, Chinese History, trusting sources, Ghengis Kahn and the American Civil War!

Keep in touch with Jem on twitter at @JemDuducu and on Facebook at History Gems and let him know which of the podcasts you are enjoying the most - this helps us to know which of the episodes to make more of!

You can also contact Greg, the man behind the scenes, on Twitter at @gregandfelicity.

You can support the podcast by getting a copy of Jem's new book, 'Edge of Life', at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Edge-Life-Jem-Duducu/dp/B08TMTZJBY.

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This week Jem is looking at the 1986 Kurt Russel movie 'Big Trouble in Little China'! So of course he'll be looking at history including immigration, a Nepalese knife, the Chinese Mafia and cultural appropriation!

Keep in touch with Jem on twitter at @JemDuducu and on Facebook at History Gems and let him know which of the podcasts you are enjoying the most - this helps us to know which of the episodes to make more of!

You can also contact Greg, the man behind the scenes, on Twitter at @gregandfelicity.

You can support the podcast by getting a copy of Jem's new book, 'Edge of Life', at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Edge-Life-Jem-Duducu/dp/B08TMTZJBY.

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Warhammer 40k is the theme of this podcast, as Jem looks into the history hidden inside Warhammer 40k, the tabletop game from Games Workshop.

This of course means that he has to talk about the history of the D-Day landings in World War Two, Hitler, Stalin, Heresy and (you won't expect this) the Spanish Inquisition!

Keep in touch with Jem on twitter at @JemDuducu and on Facebook at History Gems and let him know which of the podcasts you are enjoying the most - this helps us to know which of the episodes to make more of!

You can also contact Greg, the man behind the scenes, on Twitter at @gregandfelicity.

You can support the podcast by getting a copy of Jem's new book, 'Edge of Life', at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Edge-Life-Jem-Duducu/dp/B08TMTZJBY.

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The lastest edition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the MCU, is WandaVision - a new TV series streaming on Disney Plus centered around the Marvel characters Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch) and Vision.

As with most popular culture, there is a lot of history hidden behind the series - from a form of comedy taking us back to Ancient Greece to the history of televisions themselves! Plus Jem’s enthusiasm for the incredible interwoven storytelling of the MCU that underlies WandaVision.

Keep in touch with Jem on twitter at @JemDuducu and on Facebook at History Gems. You can also contact Greg, the man behind the scenes, at @gregandfelicity.

You can support the podcast by getting a copy of Jem's new book, 'Edge of Life', at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Edge-Life-Jem-Duducu/dp/B08TMTZJBY.

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This week, Jem sets his targets on 'Love Actually', and in a rare treat for the podcast he has chosen as his subject a film that he doesn't actually like - despite generally liking Richard Curtis’s films! We've all heard Jem heap praise onto those things he enjoys, but how will he cope when faced with looking for the history hidden inside a film which he doesn't rate so highly?

Keep in touch with Jem on twitter at @JemDuducu and on Facebook at History Gems. You can also contact Greg, the man behind the scenes, at @gregandfelicity.

You can support the podcast by getting a copy of Jem's new book, 'Edge of Life', at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Edge-Life-Jem-Duducu/dp/B08TMTZJBY.

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Jem takes pop-culture to the limit, and explores the history behind some of the food we eat!

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Jem looks into the history behind the new Netflix film 'The Dig', all about the Sutton Hoo Burial... Wait... Not burial, apparently...

You can support the podcast by getting a copy of Jem's new book, 'Edge of Life', at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Edge-Life-Jem-Duducu/dp/B08TMTZJBY.

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