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BOATS THIS WEEK (SEP 16-22, 2024) — Tuesday is the 99th anniversary of the bus accident that changed Frido Kahlo's life, and we'll learn more about the way the movie Frida shows it happening. After that we'll jump to the movie with Robert Downey Jr. as Charlie Chaplin for his being kicked out of the U.S., which happened 72 years ago on Thursday this week. Then we'll learn a bit about the start of an adventure that ended this week in history when The Hobbit was published on September 21st, 1937.
Finally, Wednesday is the release anniversary of a classic Martin Scorsese gangster movie releasing, so we'll wrap up this week by learning more about the true story of Goodfellas.
Until next time, here's where you can continue the story.
Events from this week in history
Tuesday: Frida
Thursday: Chaplin | BOATS #283
Saturday: Tolkien | BOATS #141
Birthdays from this week in history
Wednesday: Greta Garbo in The Silent Lovers
Friday: Maxwell Perkins in Genius
Friday: "Red" Auerbach in Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
Historical movies releasing this week in history
Wednesday: Goodfellas
Mentioned in this episode
Scott Eyman's book Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided
BBC documentary with Tolkien
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BASED ON A TRUE STORY (BOATS EP. 347) — Travel back to the 1960s during the Vietnam War while historian Joshua Donohue unpacks the real events behind the 2002 film We Were Soldiers. From the crucial role of helicopter pilots in the heat of battle, to the heart-pounding "Broken Arrow" moment, discover what Hollywood got right and where it took creative liberties depicting the Battle of Ia Drang in We Were Soldiers.
Where to watch We Were Soldiers now
Where to start learning more of the true story
We Were Soldiers Once...and Young
Josh's article: Heroic Fight for Wake Island
Also mentioned in this episode
Wikipedia's map of the battle
Records about Ia Drang at the Library of Congress
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BOATS THIS WEEK (SEP 9-15, 2024) — Tuesday this week marks the anniversary of the Battle of Marathon, which we see in the movie 300: Rise of an Empire. Then, of course, we'll be looking at this week's anniversary of the 9/11 attacks from the movie United 93. For our third historical event, we'll learn about A Star-Spangled Story and how an event from this week in history inspired the U.S. national anthem. We'll also learn about the true story behind The Exorcism of Emily Rose, which released exactly 19 years ago today.
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Events from this week in history
Tuesday: 300: Rise of an Empire
Wednesday: United 93 | BOATS #113
Saturday: A Star-Spangled Story
Birthdays from this week in history
Thursday: Henry Hudson in The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson
Friday: Daniel Defoe in Robinson Crusoe
Sunday: Marco Polo in Marco Polo
Historical movies released this week in history
Friday: The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Also mentioned in this episode
300: Rise of an Empire: Based on a True Story episode #5 about 300
300: Rise of an Empire: Photos from the battlefield at Marathon as it looks today
300: Rise of an Empire: Map of the Battle of Marathon
300: Rise of an Empire: More about the Battle of Marathon's affect on democracy today
The Exorcism of Emily Rose: The Windsor Star 1978 article interviewing the priests
The Exorcism of Emily Rose: National Catholic Register article about the 1998 revised rite of exorcism
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BOATS TODAY (SEPT 5, 2024) — After four days of fighting the flames, the Great Fire of London was finally extinguished on this day in 1666 so today we'll learn more about how the events from exactly 358 years ago today were shown in the TV miniseries called The Great Fire.
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BOATS THIS WEEK (SEPT 2-8, 2024) — On this day almost two thousand years ago, the Battle of Actium decided power in Rome. Not coincidentally, we'll learn about that today from a TV show called Rome. The second event from this week in history according to the movies comes from the 1993 film called Geronimo: An American Legend, because Wednesday this week marks the 138th anniversary of that event. For our third event, we'll learn about one of Jesse James' infamous holdups from September 7th, 1876 as it's shown in the movie The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid.
Until next time, here's where you can continue the story.
Events from This Week in History
Monday: Rome
Wednesday: Geronimo: An American Legend
Saturday: The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
Birthdays from This Week in History
Tuesday: James "Whitey" Bulger in Black Mass
Thursday: Jesse James in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | BOATS #166
Friday: Marquis de Lafayette in Turn: Washington's Spies | BOATS #139
Saturday: Queen Elizabeth I in Elizabeth and Elizabeth: The Golden Age | BOATS #106 (Elizabeth) | BOATS #112 (Elizabeth: The Golden Age)
A Historical Movie Releasing This Week
Friday: 1992
Mentioned in this episode
Krakatoa and Edvard Munch's The Scream
Original newspaper reports of each Jack the Ripper victim
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Editor's Note: The fire started after midnight on September 2nd in London, so if you're in the United States like I am then you might see this minisode release on September 1st due to time zones.
BOATS TODAY (SEPT 2, 2024) — The Great Fire of London started exactly 358 years ago today, so we'll learn how well the TV miniseries called The Great Fire shows the way it all started.
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BOATS THIS WEEK (AUG 26-SEPT 1, 2024) — Tomorrow marks the 60th anniversary of Disney's Mary Poppins premiered, and that event is shown in the 2013 movie called Saving Mr. Banks about the making of Mary Poppins. If that's too confusing, give the episode a listen to unravel it all. From there, we'll travel to the west of Java to the movie incorrectly titled Krakatoa, East of Java. It got the geography wrong in the title, but we'll find out how well it shows the eruption of Krakatoa from August 28th, 1883. Then we'll go to London in 1888 because this Saturday is the anniversary of the first Jack the Ripper victim being discovered; an event from the movie From Hell.
Until next time, here's where you can continue the story.
Events from This Week in History
Tuesday: Saving Mr. Banks
Wednesday: Krakatoa, East of Java
Thursday: From Hell | BOATS #93 | Jack the Ripper newspaper reports
Birthdays from This Week in History
Tuesday: President Lyndon B. Johnson in LBJ
Friday: Mary Shelley in Mary Shelley
Saturday: Caligula in The Robe
Historical Movies Releasing This Week
Friday: 1992
Mentioned in this episode
Krakatoa and Edvard Munch's The Scream
Original newspaper reports of each Jack the Ripper victim
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BOATS THIS WEEK (AUG 19-25,2024) — Historical events from the movies start with The Crucible and how it depicts the Salem witch trials from this week in 1692. Then, we'll learn a bit about Patsy Cline's hit song "Crazy" because it was this week in 1961 that she started recording it in the studio, and that's shown in the 1985 biopic about her life called Sweet Dreams. For our third event, we'll learn about the eruption of Mount Vesuvius as it was shown in the movie Pompeii.
Editor's note: The filmmakers couldn't have known this, but there's a good chance it didn't actually happen this week in history. Listen to the episode to learn more.
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Events from this week in history
Monday: The Crucible
Wednesday: Sweet Dreams
Saturday: Pompeii
Birthdays from this week in history
Friday: King Louis XVI of France in Marie Antionette
Saturday: William Wilberforce in Amazing Grace
Sunday: Ivan Vasilyevich "Ivan the Terrible" in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Historical movie released this week in history
Wednesday: Inglorious Basterds
Also mentioned in this episode
Photos from the real Pompeii
Schindler's List with Dr. Dan McMillan
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The Mummy (1999) is packed with supernatural powers, Hollywood magic, and...maybe some truth? After all, mummies were a real thing. We'll chat with acclaimed Egyptologist Dr. Aidan Dodson to find out how much of the movie is based in history.
Where to start learning more of the true story
Monarchs of the Nile
Sethy I, King of Egypt: His Life and Afterlife
More from Aidan's Lives and Afterlives series
Nefertiti, Queen and Pharaoh of Egypt: Her Life and Afterlife
The First Pharaohs: Their Lives and Afterlives
Tutankhamun, King of Egypt: His Life and Afterlife
The Nubian Pharaohs of Egypt: Their Lives and Afterlives
Thutmose III and Hatshepsut, Pharaohs of Egypt: Their Lives and Afterlives
Aidan's author page
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BOATS THIS WEEK (AUG 12-18,2024) — Today is the 81st anniversary of the conspiracy theory from the 1984 movie The Philadelphia Experiment. Or is it? Tune in to find out. After that, we'll move into the Shakespearean classic-turned-modern movie Macbeth (2015) because this Wednesday is the 984th anniversary (1040 CE) of King Duncan I of Scotland's death. This week also marks the 79th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day, so our third event will come from the HBO miniseries The Pacific.
Until next time, here's where you can continue the story.
Events from This Week in History
Monday: The Philadelphia Experiment
Wednesday: Macbeth
Thursday: The Pacific | BOATS The Pacific Miniseries
Birthdays from This Week in History
Tuesday: Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun
Wednesday: Doc Holliday in Tombstone | BOATS #59 | BOATS #142 (Chris Wimmer) | BOATS #317 (Tom Clavin)
Thursday: Napoleon Bonaparte in Napoleon | BOATS Napoleon Miniseries
Friday: T.E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia | BOATS #49
Historical Movies Released This Week in History
Thursday: Apocalypse Now
Saturday: Monty Python's Life of Brian
Mentioned in this episode
The Philadelphia Experiment II
The Philadelphia Experiment (2012)
Potsdam Conference photos
Chris Wimmer's Legends of the Old West podcast
Tom Clavin's Tombstone book
Louis Sarkozy's book Napoleon's Library
Alexander Mikaberidze's book The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History
Lt. Col. John Stockton photo
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BOATS THIS WEEK (AUG 5-11,2024) — This week's events from historical movies starts with Monday's 719th anniversary (August 5th, 1305) of William Wallace's (Mel Gibson) capture shown in the movie 'Braveheart.' In the History Channel's dramatic miniseries "Hatfields & McCoys", we'll see how it portrays the feud between their two families turning to bloodshed for the first time on August 7th, 1882. It was also on August 7th, but in the year 1974, that Philippe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) became the only person in history to ever walk between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. We'll learn about that from the 2015 Robert Zemeckis film "The Walk." Finally, we'll learn about President Nixon's (Frank Langella) resignation from August 8th, 1974 as it was shown in the Ron Howard film "Frost/Nixon."
And last but certainly not least, our 'based on a true story' movie from this week in history is the comedy-drama from August 7th, 2009 "Julie & Julia."
Until next time, here's where you can continue the story.
Events from This Week in History
Monday, August 5th: Braveheart | BOATS #45
Wednesday, August 7th: Hatfields & McCoys
Wednesday, August 7th: The Walk
Thursday, August 8th: Frost/Nixon | BOATS #4
Birthdays from This Week in History
Monday, August 5th: Neil Armstrong in First Man | BOATS #144
Wednesday, August 7th: Mata Hari in Mata Hari | BOATS #74
Sunday, August 10th: Herbert Hoover in The Day the Bubble Burst
A Historical Movie Released This Week in History
Wednesday, August 7th: Julie & Julia
Mentioned in this episode
Frost/Nixon: President Nixon's resignation address
Julie & Julia: Julie Powell's book
Julie & Julia: Julia Child's book
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BOATS THIS WEEK (JUL 29-AUG 4,2024) — There were two major disaster this week in history. The first we'll learn about is an event many consider the worst shark attack in history, which began on July 30th, 1945, and is shown in the movie USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage.
Our next historical disaster marks its 48th anniversary on Thursday this week, and we'll watch the racing movie starring Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl called Rush, because it was on August 1st, 1976, that Daniel Brühl's character in that movie, Formula One legend Niki Lauda, nearly died in a fiery wreck during the German Grand Prix.
Then, we'll learn about the "Slap Heard 'Round the World" from the World War II movie Patton, because this Saturday is the 81st anniversary of when General George S. Patton slapped U.S. Army Private Charles Kuhl.
Last but certainly not least, our 'based on a true story' movie from this week in history is yet another disaster movie: Ron Howard's 2022 movie called Thirteen Lives.
Until next time, here's where you can continue the story.
Events from This Week in History
Tuesday: USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage | BOATS #48
Thursday: Rush | BOATS #70
Saturday: Patton | BOATS #163
Birthdays from This Week in History
Monday: Mickey Mouse in Steamboat Willie
Thursday: William Travis in The Alamo | BOATS #172
Sunday: Louis Armstrong in Louis
A Historical Movie Released This Week in History
Monday: Thirteen Lives
Mentioned in this episode
Rush: Original footage of Niki Lauda's crash
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BOATS TODAY (JULY 24, 1969/2024) — Apollo 11 splashed down exactly 55 years ago, so today we'll wrap up our 3-part miniseries with the end of Apollo 11 mission.
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True Story: Watch historical coverage Apollo 11's splashdown
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Today we'll delve into Dick Cheney’s political rise in the Nixon and Ford administrations and his role in post-9/11 policies as they were shown in the 2018 political satire comedy-drama "Vice" from director Adam McKay.
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BOATS THIS WEEK (JULY 22-28,2024) — Events from this week in history include Jeffrey Dahmer's confession on July 22nd, 1991. We'll learn how well Netflix's 2022 smash hit series Monster shows that happening. This week also marks the end of the Apollo 11 mission on July 24th, 1969, but we'll have a special minisode coming out on Wednesday for that, so today we'll back up a couple days to compare the movie First Man's depiction of the lunar landing from a couple days ago on July 20th, 1969. Our final event takes us to France this week in 1890 to where Vincent van Gogh was shot...by himself? Or someone else? We'll compare history with how the movie At Eternity's Gate shows this week's event.
And last but certainly not least, our 'based on a true story' movie from this week in history is an action movie called Shamshera, which released on July 22nd, 2022.
Until next time, here's where you can continue the story.
Events from this week in history
Monday: Dahmer | BOATS #217
Wednesday: First Man | BOATS #144
Saturday: At Eternity's Gate | BOATS #193
Birthdays from this week in history
Thursday: Amelia Earhart in Amelia
Friday: Carl Jung in A Dangerous Method
Saturday: Bugs Bunny in A Wild Hare
A historical movie released this week in history
Monday: Shamshera
Mentioned in this episode
First Man: Original footage of Neil Armstrong's first step
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BOATS TODAY (JULY 16, 1969/2024) — We'll introduce the concept of BOATS Today while we learn about Apollo 11's launch sequence from today in history as it was shown in the movie Men in Black 3.
Until next time, here's where you can continue the story.
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Movie: Find where Men in Black is streaming
True Story: Watch NASA's footage of Apollo 11's launch
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BOATS THIS WEEK (JULY 15-21,2024) — Events from this week in history include Napoleon’s surrender aboard HMS Bellerophon that happened on July 15th, 1815, and we'll learn how it was shown in the 2023 biopic.
Then, we'll learn about the Apollo 11 miniseries that we’ll launch tomorrow on the exact anniversary of the launch from July 16th, 1969, before finishing up in the animated classic Anastasia for the murder of the Romanovs on July 17th, 1918. In the birthday segment, “Machine Gun” Kelly, Lizzie Borden, Alexander the Great, and my mom (remember to say "hi" to your mom this week). And last but certainly not least, we did our own special Barbieheimer mashup to celebrate those two movies releasing exactly one year ago this week, on July 21st, 2023.
Until next time, here's where you can continue the story.
Events from this week in history
Monday: Napoleon | BOATS Napoleon Miniseries
Tuesday: Men in Black 3
Wednesday: Anastasia | BOATS #94
Birthdays from this week in history
Thursday: "Machine Gun" Kelly in Machine-Gun Kelly
Friday: Lizzie Bordeon in Lizzie
Saturday: Alexander the Great in Alexander| BOATS #157
A historical movie released this week in history
Sunday: Barbie
Sunday: Oppenheimer
Mentioned in this episode
Napoleon: The Surrender of Napoleon by Frederick Lewis Maitland
Men in Black 3: Convert time zones with World Time Buddy
Oppenheimer: US Army's Trinity Test Site Open House
Oppenheimer: Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium
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In this episode, we'll learn about historical events between July 8th and July 14th as they're shown in the movies. We'll also learn about birthdays from historical figures who have been portrayed in the movies, along with a recommendation for a movie that was released this week in history.
Events from This Week in History
Wednesday: The Battle of Britain
Thursday: Hamilton
Sunday: One Nation, One King
Birthdays from This Week in History
Wednesday: Nikola Tesla in Tesla | BOATS #201
Thursday: Robert the Bruce in Braveheart | BOATS #45
Sunday: Woody Guthrie in Bound for Glory
A Historical Movie Released This Week in History
Tuesday: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | BOATS #216
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In this episode, we'll learn about historical events between July 1st and July 7th as they're shown in the movies. We'll also learn about birthdays from historical figures who have been portrayed in the movies, along with a recommendation for a movie that was released this week in history.
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Events from This Week in History
Monday: The Trench
Wednesday/Thursday: 1776
Thursday: The Pride of the Yankees
Saturday: Lawrence of Arabia | BOATS #49
Sunday: Project Blue Book | BOATS Series
Birthdays from This Week in History
Monday: Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (my favorite, what's yours?)
Monday: Seretse Khama in A United Kingdom
Friday: P.T. Barnum in The Greatest Showman
Saturday: John Paul Jones in John Paul Jones
Sunday: Satchel Paige in Don't Look Back
A Historical Movie Released This Week in History
Monday: Public Enemies (2009)
Tuesday: Boneyard (2024)
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The Starz TV series Black Sails is a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's famous novel "Treasure Island." It's a story filled with squashbuckling pirates who dare to wage war against self-described civilized nations. Are you ready to travel back to the Golden Age of Piracy? We'll be joined today by Colin Woodard, the acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller The Republic of Pirates.
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