Condensed Histories

Jem looks at the history tucked away inside the new Disney Plus series 'Book of Boba Fett', which means he is talking Star Wars, The Mandalorean and the difference between a mercenary and a bounty hunter!

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Jem looks into the history underlying the new Netflix film 'Don't Look Up', and brings in Anchorman, and why we are all stars!

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Jem takes the pop 'classic' Ra-Ra-Rasputin and the new film The King's Man as a jumping off point to talk about Rasputin!

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Jem takes his semi-regular look into the history hidden behind Warhammer, and this time it is its relationship with new technology.

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This time Jem looks into the legend of Robin Hood, and fires off a volley of arrows at the Kevin Costner film 'Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves'.

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Jem looks at statures, and the recent controversy surrounding whether some of them should be taken down or left in place.

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Jem, with the help of magician Greg, looks at Harry Potter and Magic!

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Jem flips the tables this week as he looks at how sometimes Pop Culture can influence our view on history rather than the other way around!

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Jem looks at three different areas of pop-culture in order to get an overview of the history of Samurai!

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This week on the podcast Jem looks at Squid Game - which of course takes him into the history of debt and banking!

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