The History on Film Podcast

By Ross Lennon

The History on Film Podcast is an award-winning wide-ranging podcast series that looks at the intersections of history, film and media studies, technology, and more. Our goal is to make the educationa... more

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March 03, 2025 Knight Moves with Robert Houghton
Ross and Ryan are joined by Dr. Robert Houghton to talk about his new book The Middle Ages in Computer Games. They discuss the ways in which game design and mechanics reinforce historical inaccuracy, the dynamics of the church and religion in gaming, and the value of debating who would win in a fight between historical figures.

FURTHER READING:
Houghton, Robert. The Middle Ages in Computer Games.

FURTHER PLAYING:
Reigns
Baldur's Gate 3
Crusader Kings 3

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1h 31min
February 24, 2025 Flying High with David Schroeder
Ross and Ryan are joined by David Schroeder, military aviation historian and host of the YouTube channel "The Cold War". They look at four movies to trace the history of aerial combat in the twentieth century, as well as the increasing involvement of the military in filmmaking.

FURTHER READING:
de Seversky, Alexander. Victory Through Air Power. 1942.
Meilinger, Phillip. Bomber: The Formation and Early Years of Strategic Air Command. 2012.

FURTHER WATCHING:
Watch The Cold War on YouTube! @TheColdWarTV

WATCH TODAY'S MOVIES:
Victory Through Air Power (1943)
Strategic Air Command (1955)
The Starfighters (1964)
The Starfighters (MST3k version)

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1h 38min
February 17, 2025 Anime Part 2: Pure Invention with Matt Alt
Ross and Ryan are joined by Matt Alt, author of Pure Invention: How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World. They pick up where the Akira episode ended, and discuss the impact and influence of anime in America in the 1990s and early 2000s. Ross and Ryan close with a dramatic reading.

FURTHER READING:
Alt, Matt. Pure Invention: How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World.

FURTHER WATCHING:
We talk about a lot of different anime in this episode, all of them are good!

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1h 13min
February 10, 2025 Slave Revolt on Screen with Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall
Ross and Ryan speak with Dr. Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall about her book, Slave Revolt on Screen: the Haitian Revolution in Film and Video Games. The examine why the Haitian Revolution isn't often depicted in media, the ways in which America and France depict it differently than Haitians, and how historical video games differ from film.

FURTHER READING:
Sepinwall, Alyssa Goldstein. Slave Revolt on Screen: The Haitian Revolution in Film and Video Games.

FURTHER WATCHING:
Liberty in a Soup (2015)
Top Five (2014)
Exterminate all the Brutes (2021)

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1h 2min
February 03, 2025 Office Hours, February 2025 Edition
Ross and Ryan bring you all the news, scores, and highlights from around the National Football League ahead of Sunday's big game. They also correct the record on some previous episodes, talk about what's coming up, and answer a fun mailbag question.

FURTHER READING:
Mark Dyreson (2017) The Super Bowl as a Television Spectacle: Global
Designs, Global Niches, and Parochial Patterns, The International Journal of the History of
Sport, 34:1-2, 139-156, DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2017.1349115
https://doi.org/10.1080/09523367.2017.1349115

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1h 25min
January 27, 2025 The Magical World of Disney Studies with the IJoDS
Ross and Ryan speak with some of the editors of the new International Journal of Disney Studies. They discuss the range of diversity in Disney Studies as a field, the process of starting an academic journal, theme park rides, and much more!

FURTHER READING:

Davis, Amy M. Good Girls & Wicked Witches: Women in Disney's Feature Animation. Indiana University Press, 2007.
Davis, Amy M. Handsome Heroes & Vile Villains: Men in Disney's Feature Animation. Indiana University Press, 2014.
Davis, Amy M., editor. Discussing Disney. Indiana University Press, 2019.
Davis, Amy M., and Helen Haswell, editors. "100 Years of Disney." Special issue of Alphaville, no. 27, 2024, https://www.alphavillejournal.com/ContentsIndex.html.

Bryan, Peter Cullen. Creation, Translation, and Adaptation in Donald Duck Comics: The Dream of Three Lifetimes. Springer Nature, 2021.
Bryan, Peter Cullen, and Sabrina Mittermeier, editors. "Reflections on the Walt Disney Company at 100." Special issue of The Journal of American Culture, vol. 47, no. 2, 2024, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1542734x/2024/47/2.

Muir, Robyn, Rebecca Rowe, Hannah Helm, and Emily Aguilo-Perez, editors. The Cultural Legacy of Disney: A Century of Magic. Lexington, 2024.

Mittermeier, Sabrina. A cultural history of the Disneyland theme parks: Middle class kingdoms. Intellect, 2020.
Mittermeier, Sabrina, ed. Fan Phenomena: Disney. Intellect Books, 2022.

The International Journal of Disney Studies
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1h 22min
January 20, 2025 No War for Podcasts with Christopher Jason Bell
Ross and Ryan speak with documentary filmmaker Christopher Jason Bell, creator of the documentary series "Miss Me Yet". They discuss the George W. Bush administration, opposition movements, the changing structure of media in the 2000s, pop-punk, "24", and much more.

Further Reading:
Gore, Al. The Assault on Reason.
Scott, Peter Dale. The Road to 9/11: Wealth, Empire, and the Future of America.

Further Watching:
"Miss Me Yet" on MeansTV.

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1h 38min
January 13, 2025 Play MSTie for Me with Matt Foy and Christopher Olson
Ross and Ryan speak with Drs. Matt Foy and Christopher Olson about their new book, Mystery Science Theater 3000: a Cultural History. The discuss how MST3k has mirrored the evolution of media production and consumption, fandom studies, and more. Join us, won't you?

Further Reading:
Foy, Matt and Christopher Olson. Mystery Science Theater 3000: A Cultural History.

Further Watching (with links!):
S3E2: Pod People (Chris's pick)
S6E19: Red Zone Cuba (Matt's pick)
S8E19: Invasion of the Neptune Men (Ryan's pick)
S6E10: The Violent Years (Ross's pick)

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2h 21min
January 06, 2025 Robert Rosenstone, Romantic Revolutionary
Ross and Ryan are joined by 3-time returning guest and official "Friend of the Show" Dr. David Morton to speak with acclaimed historian Dr. Robert Rosenstone- author of several books on how to approach film as a historical document and consultant on the 1981 film "Reds". The discussion looks at how historians approach film, ways to approach historical films and documentaries, and Dr. Rosenstone's time working with Warren Beatty. And if you haven't already, go back and listen to our episode on David's book (Episode 3, "The Florida on Film Podcast")!

FURTHER READING:
Rosenstone, Robert. History on Film, Film on History.
Morton, David. Motion Picture Paradise: A History of Florida's Film and Television Industry.

FURTHER WATCHING:
"Reds" (1981)
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1h 11min
December 30, 2024 Panic! At The Dungeon
Ross and Ryan take a look at one really bad film starring one really good actor- the 1982 TV movie "Mazes & Monsters" with Tom Hanks. Were role-playing games really turning America's youth into Satanists? "60 Minutes" sure seemed to think so! Also, Ross shares his prediction for the end of "Stranger Things". This is a deeply unserious episode about a deeply stupid movie.

REFERENCES:
BADD Manual provided to law enforcement (Courtesy of The Escapist)
60 Minutes segment on D&D

FURTHER READING:
Starnheimer, Karen. Pop Culture Panics: How Moral Crusaders Construct Meanings of Deviance and Delinquency.

FURTHER WATCHING:
"Dark Dungeons" (2014)
"Reign of Fire" (2002)

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1h 36min

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