The History Movie Podcast

This is the final part of our three part interview with Yves from Broaden Horizons tours wherein we talk about the legacy of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Check out the tours that Yves offers at

https://broaden-horizons.fr/en/paris-visit/private-tour-napoleon-in-paris/

In part two of our conversation with Yves from Broaden Horizons Tours, we discuss Napoleon the Emperor, exile to Elba, the hundred days, and captivity on Saint Helena.

Check out the tours that Yves offers at

https://broaden-horizons.fr/en/paris-visit/private-tour-napoleon-in-paris/

In part one of three of an interview with Yves from Broaden Horizons tours we discuss the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte.

See the tours of the Paris and Loire valley that Yves offers at

https://broaden-horizons.fr/en/paris-visit/private-tour-napoleon-in-paris/

Or how I learned to start worrying and care about the bomb.

The Great War rages on, and in the midst of it, one impossible mission across no man's land in the film 1917.

The film First Man follows the journey of Neil Armstrong up through his first steps on the Moon and this episode provides a bit about the history of the space program and Armstrong.

In 1976, a group of German and Palestinian extremists hijacked an Air France plane and diverted it to Uganda. Despite tremendous risk, Israel launched a mission to free the hostages.

Very brief thoughts on The Post injected into less brief thoughts of financial and human costs.

In 1971, a series of front page articles in the New York Times and Washington Post about top secret reports on the Vietnam war that had been hidden from the public rocked the nation's trust in the office of the President. In this episode, Jason goes into the background of the Pentagon Papers and how they fit into the larger Vietnam timeline.

SPOILER ALERT: This is a post movie take on some of the more tin foil hatty aspects of the American Made Movie. Jason talks about the historical accuracy of the movie and then dives into the relationship between movies and conspiracy theories (and why that actually matters).