Condensed Histories

By Jem DuducuTV & Film Society & Culture History Personal Journals Film History

Condensed Histories episodes

March 29, 2022 Wonder Woman and World War One
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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44 min
March 22, 2022 Horizon
This week Jem looks into the history hidden inside the Playstation video games Horizon: Zero Dawn and Horizon: Forbidden West!
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37 min
March 15, 2022 Battlestar Galactica
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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36 min
March 08, 2022 The Joker
As The Batman appears in cinemas, Jem takes a look at one of his most famous enemies, The Joker!
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40 min
March 01, 2022 Ukraine
In light of current world events, Jem takes a look into the history of Ukraine.
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41 min
February 23, 2022 Gangsters, Liquor and TV
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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44 min
February 15, 2022 Warhammer Empires
Jem looks into the history of empires, in Warhammer and in the real world!
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35 min
February 08, 2022 COPS
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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36 min
February 01, 2022 The Dark
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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35 min
January 25, 2022 Good Omens
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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35 min

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Condensed Histories bridges the gap between history and popular culture. In each episode of Condensed Histories our host, Jem Duducu, takes an item of popular culture and looks under the surface to…