1:30:57
Episode 200: How Beer Changed the World | Jeffrey Pilcher on History, Capitalism, and Craft Brewing
Historians at The Movies
1:32:00
Episode 199: First in War, Last of His Kind: H.W. Brands on George Washington
1:15:01
Episode 198: Honor, Fear, and the Green Knight: Matt Gabriele on Arthurian Myth and Medieval Masc...
1:07:05
Episode 197: Soylent Green Explained: Eco-Dystopia, Climate Anxiety, and the 1970s That Still Hau...
1:11:14
Episode 196: Linford Fisher on the Hidden History of Indigenous Slavery in America
1:32:01
Episode 195: How The Fast and Furious Franchise Remade Hollywood
Episode 194: The Menu with Emily Contois and Mark Johnson
1:26:05
Episode 193: John Quincy Adams After the Presidency: Bob Crawford on America’s Founding Son and t...
1:01:28
Episode 192: Miccosukee Sovereignty, the Everglades, and a Forgotten Cold War Story
1:16:33
Episode 191: Rewriting the West: Megan Kate Nelson and the Myths We Still Believe
1:19:57
Episode 190: Timecop with John Wyatt Greenlee and Robert Greene II
1:39:57
Episode 189: Breaking Away with James Longhurst
1:35:57
Episode 188: Kelly Ramsey--Life on the Fireline in the Burning American West
1:17:36
Episode 187: Who Built American Barbecue? with Adrian Miller
1:11:18
Episode 186: Clue: Laughter, Paranoia, and the Politics of the 1980s with Julio Capó, Jr.
1:14:58
Episode 185: Creating The Gray House with Lori McCreary, Leslie Greif, and Roland Joffe
1:43:14
Episode 184: Purple Rain and Prince’s Minneapolis with Rashad Shabazz
1:45:37
Episode 183: Heather Cox Richardson on Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
1:11:24
Episode 182: Contagion of Liberty: Smallpox, Freedom, and America's First Culture War with Andrew...
58:36
Episode 181: Jack El-Hai on Nuremberg, “The Nazi and the Psychiatrist,” and the Limits of Underst...
1:27:12
Episode 180: Julie Reed on Cherokee Land, Language, and the Power of Women
1:22:47
Episode 179: Coyote America with Dan Flores
1:17:16
Episode 178: The Great Math War: When Math became a Battlefield
53:41
Episode 177: The Quiet Crisis in America's Creeks
1:21:39
Episode 176: Multipass to the Past: The Wild Origins of The Fifth Element
1:32:48
Episode 175: When Harry Met Sally
1:05:11
Episode 174: How the Outdoor Industry Sold Nature to America
1:39:03
Episode 173: Is Hamburger Hill the greatest war film we ever forgot?
1:05:15
Episode 172: The Making, Meaning, and Myths of Mount Rushmore
1:14:31
Episode 171: Sahara: The Franchise That Wasn’t
1:29:05
Episode 170: The Founder of the American West You've Never Heard Of
1:39:44
Episode 169: Is Pompeii the best bad movie/good history ever made?
1:30:14
Episode 168: How Colorado Springs became the epicenter of evangelical capitalism with Will Schultz
2:12:57
Episode 167: Ken Burns' The American Revolution (Historians' Commentary)
1:18:06
Episode 166: Apollo 13 with Jeffrey Kluger
1:14:57
Episode 165: How the United States failed Puerto Rico with Ed Morales
1:16:07
Episode 164: Archie Bunker for President with Oscar Winberg
1:22:08
Episode 163: The American Revolution and the Fate of the World with Richard Bell
1:36:11
Episode 162: The Cutting Edge with Paul Gagliardi and Dart Adams
1:48:43
Episode 161: Three Decades and a Bottle of Wine with Dr. Karen Cox
38:02
Episode 160: A new George Washington Movie is coming your way with Dr. Craig Bruce Smith
42:13
Episode 159: Jelani Cobb talks about Spielberg's Lincoln and the Promise of Black Freedom
1:02:49
Episode 158: The Transformation of Hunting in the Modern South with Dr. Julia Brock
1:27:30
Episode 157: WWII Movies through Time with Dr. John McManus
1:24:09
Episode 156: Dr. Kevin Gannon
1:06:37
Episode 155: 13 Days, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Fate of the Americas with Renata Keller
1:10:03
Episode 154: Comanche Nation Chairman Forrest Tahdooahnippah
1:46:13
Episode 153: Notting Hill with Kate Sheppard and Colin Colbourn
1:42:41
Episode 152: “That’s not a knife. Now that’s a knife.”Crocodile Dundee with Chelsea Barnett
1:51:45
Episode 151: Gangs of New York with Tyler Anbinder
11:19
Episode 150: The Secret Weapon to Finish Your Ph.D.
1:05:36
Episode 149: Confederate Monuments with Dr. Karen Cox
1:34:00
Episode 148: Is Jeremiah Johnson just 70s Mountain Man Porn with Jacob Lee
1:07:31
Episode 147: Jason and Thomas are dead men
1:17:50
Episode 146: Thelma and Louise with Jacki Antonovich and Lauren MacIvor Thompson
1:16:04
Episode 145: The Running Man with Craig Bruce Smith and Robert Greene II
1:18:42
Episode 144: Superman (2025) with John Wyatt Greenlee, Colin Colbourn, and Alan Malfavon
54:48
Episode 143: A Human History of the Sahara Desert with Dr. Judith Scheele
22:28
Episode 142: Seven Years of Historians At The Movies
1:13:20
Episode 141: F1 with Dr. Sarah Myers and Dr. Colin Colbourn
1:30:31
Episode 140: American Mythmaking on Film: The Patriot with Craig Bruce Smith and Robert Greene II
1:52:27
Episode 139: Black Hawk Down with Dr. Jonathan Carroll
29:50
Episode 138: The Comanches Are Coming!
1:41:24
The Princess Bride with John Wyatt Greenlee, Elizabeth Andersen, and Jillian Forsberg
1:07:12
Episode 136: Diggstown and How Boxing became a Battleground for Black Manhood with Dr. Lou Moore
1:07:24
Episode 135: Saving Private Ryan with Dr. Paul Thomas Chamberlin
55:03
Episode 134: The Spiritual Journey of Albert Einstein with Dr. Kieran Fox
1:27:22
Episode 133: Mission Impossible: The Reckoningest Pod Ever with Justin Rawlins and Craig Bruce Smith
1:12:09
Episode 132: Conversations with Women Filmmakers with Kevin Smokler
1:35:42
Episode 131: The history of axe murder with Rachel McCarthy James
9:14
Welcome to Reckoning with Jason Herbert
1:18:18
Emergency Pod: The Majesty of Andor with Dr. Alan Malfavon
55:40
Episode 130: Robin Hood in film and history with Dr. Amy S. Kaufman
1:25:39
Episode 129: Defiance and the Holocaust in Belarus and Ukraine with Dr. Waitman Beorn
1:16:02
Episode 128: Dogma and What People Get Right (and Wrong) about the Bible with Dr. Dan McClellan
1:16:21
Reckoning: Making Sense of Slavery with Dr. Scott Spillman
1:28:39
Episode 127: Is Sinners the Best Film of the 21st Century with Dr. Zandria Robinson
50:39
Reckoning: Pope Francis and the History of the Papacy with Dr. Matthew Gabriele
1:00:27
Reckoning: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life with Dr. Mario Livio and Dr. Jack Szostak
1:05:46
Reckoning : Gun Violence in America with Sasha Abramsky and Dr. Cari Babitzke
1:36:04
Episode 126: Hunger, Bobby Sands, Irish Nationalism, and the Good Friday Agreement with John M. B...
52:22
Reckoning: The Far Right's Takeover of Small Town America with Sasha Abramsky
1:44:45
Episode 125: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom with Dr. Kate Sheppard, Dr. Julia Troche, and L...
1:00:08
Reckoning: Exploring the Origins of the Universe with Dr. Matt Strassler
1:29:55
Episode 124: Don’t You Forget About Me: The Breakfast Club and Brat Pack America with Kevin Smokler
1:02:48
Reckoning: How the Science of Autism Has Failed Women and Girls with Dr. Gina Rippon
16:03
Reckoning: What Is the Point of All of This?
53:28
Reckoning: Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender with Dr. Kit Heyam
1:26:36
Episode 123: Deep Cover with Dr. Walter Greason and Tim Fielder
59:10
Reckoning: "The Most Dangerous Man in the World" with Dr. Emily Herring
1:53:35
Episode 122: John Wick in Ireland: Black '47 and a New History of the Irish Famine with Dr. Padra...
1:26:31
Episode 121: Eat, Pray, Love: Talking Good Food and Wicked Sex with Dr. Rachel Hope Cleves
24:06
Reckoning: Listen to Your Elders/My Time Working with Tribes
1:07:35
Reckoning: Jimmy Carter: Rivers & Dreams with Jim Barger, Jr.
10:54
Reckoning: My Beef with Indiana
1:18:16
Episode 120: Monsters, Inc. and the Monstrous History of Humans with Dr. Surekha Davies
1:04:18
Episode 119: Shakespeare in Love and the Queer World of William Shakespeare with Dr. Will Tosh
1:13:38
Emergency Pod: America's First Action Hero- Where Is Our George Washington Biopic? with Dr. Craig...
1:29:11
Episode 118: The Program and the End of College Football with Dr. Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Dr. Dere...
1:00:44
Reckoning: The Race for a Forested Future with Dr. Lauren Oakes
1:27:41
Episode 117: Loving, the 14th Amendment, and Interracial Marriage in the South with Dr. Kathryn S...
58:21
Reckoning: How We Are Changing How We Think About PTSD with Dr. George Bonanno
1:37:43
Episode 116: License to Ill: Beastie Boys and the History of Hip Hop with Jeff Melnick, Akrobatik...
1:17:00
Episode 115: Necessary Truths with Ed Zwick
1:01:26
Reckoning: Land Power: Who Has It, Who Doesn't, and How That Determines the Fate of Societies wit...
1:20:38
Episode 114: From the Vault: Is Chef the Best Food Porn Ever Made with Dr. Emily Contois and Dr. ...
1:10:54
Reckoning: How to Be An Academic and Still Find Time for the Gym with Dr. Vanessa Miller and Dr. ...
1:20:04
Episode 113 From the Vault: Lincoln with Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky and Dr. Megan Kate Nelson
1:05:20
Reckoning: Bridal Shop Confessions and the Realities of Writing Historical Fiction with Jillian F...
Episode 112 From the Vault: Lo There Do I See A Podcast: The 13th Warrior with Dr. Thomas Lecaque...
1:14:53
Reckoning: The Quest to Understand the Mysteries of the Cosmos with Dr. Kelsey Johnson
53:48
Episode 111: From the Vault: "They Mean to Take Us as a Prize": Master and Commander with Dr. Mar...
55:27
Episode 110: From the Vault: Die Hard Is More Than A Christmas Movie with Dr. Annette Gordon-Reed...
1:10:55
Episode 109: How A Charlie Brown Christmas Almost Didn’t Happen with Dr. Blake Scott Ball
1:40:10
Episode 108: James Bond Is A Monk: The Name of the Rose with David Perry, Matthew Gabriele, and J...
1:23:53
Episode 107: Reality Bites, the Rise of Reality TV, and the 90s. Whatever. With Emily Nussbaum
1:37:36
Episode 106: We Watched Gladiator II So You Don’t Have To with Dr. Sarah Bond and Dr. Bret Devereaux
1:36:18
Episode 105: 12 Years A Slave with Robert Colby
1:45:28
Episode 104: Space Camp with Kevin Rusnak and Emily Carney
1:09:42
Episode 103: The Terminator with Craig Bruce Smith and Robert Greene II
1:21:17
Episode 102: Scream with Rachel Gunter and Nicole Donawho
1:49:31
Episode 101: The Thing with Peter Neff, Matthew Siegfried, and Daniella McCahey
2:18:14
Episode 100: Stargate with Julia Troche and Stuart Tyson Smith
1:28:29
Episode 99: Dawn of the Dead with Kelly Baker and Thomas Lecaque
2:00:27
Episode 98: First Man with James R. Hansen and Kevin Rusnak
1:34:23
Episode 97: Any Given Sunday with Lou Moore
55:00
Emergency Pod: The Penguin with Blake Scott Ball
1:29:56
Episode 96: Pirates of the Caribbean with Jamie Goodall and Rebecca Simon
1:33:16
Episode 95: How Coppola Became Cage with Zach Schonfeld
29:23
Emergency Pod: Remembering James Earl Jones
1:25:21
Episode 94: The Help with Kellie Carter Jackson
1:05:28
Episode 93: The Devil Wears Prada with Nancy MacDonell
1:04:22
Episode 92: Alien Romulus with Kathleen Sheppard and John Wyatt Greenlee
1:14:19
Episode 91: 9 to 5 with Jessica Calarco
2:31:49
Episode 90: Raiders of the Lost Ark with Kathleen Sheppard, Julia Troche, and Leah Packard-Grams
1:30:58
Episode 89: Sneakers and Preserving Data at the End of the World with Brian Michael Murphy
1:01:17
Episode 88: Twisters/The History of Storm Chasing with Kate Carpenter
1:22:15
Episode 87: The Mummy/The Untold History of Women Egyptologists with Kathleen Sheppard
1:20:21
Episode 86: National Treasure with Joanne Freeman and The Wibberleys
1:43:06
Episode 85: Horizon and The West According to Kevin Costner with Megan Kate Nelson and Kate Carpe...
29:28
Emergency Pod: Gladiator II Trailer Reactions with Craig Bruce Smith
2:03:55
Episode 84: Gettysburg with Kevin Levin, Waitman Beorn, and Rich Condon
1:46:42
Episode 83: The Right Stuff with Kevin Rusnak, Tyler Peterson, and Michael Bazemore
1:20:30
Episode 82: Blood In Blood Out with Jimmy Santiago Baca and Jimmy Patiño
1:16:50
Episode 81: Close Encounters of the Third Kind/A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon with Greg E...
1:43:37
Episode 80: The Goonies and Generation X with John Wyatt Greenlee, Leah Lagrone, and Jamie Goodall
1:31:49
Episode 79: The Birdcage/The History of Queer Miami with Julio Capó, Jr.
1:08:30
Episode 78: 21 Jump Street/Policing and the War on Drugs in Schools with Max Felker-Kantor
1:28:16
Franklin Episode 8 with Kelsa Pellettierre and Liz Covart
59:17
Episode 77: Jaws with Melissa Cristina Márquez
1:46:12
Franklin Episode 7 with Kelsa Pellettiere, Michael Hattem, and Joanne Freeman
1:04:31
Franklin Episode 6 with Kelsa Pellettiere
1:25:33
Episode 76: In the Heart of the Sea with Bathsheba Demuth
1:06:18
Episode 75: Red Dawn with Kathleen Belew
1:25:49
Franklin Episode 5 with Kelsa Pellettiere and Seth Cotlar
1:15:19
Episode 74: Inside Out with Agnes Arnold-Forster
Franklin Episode 4 with Kelsa Pellettiere and Lindsay Chervinsky
1:13:15
Episode 73: Gidget and the rise of California beach culture with Elsa Devienne
1:39:24
Franklin Episodes 1-3 with Kelsa Pellettiere and Craig Bruce Smith
1:25:41
Episode 72: Robocop and guns in America with Drew McKevitt
1:37:16
Episode 71: A Knight's Tale with Thomas Lecaque, John Wyatt Greenlee, and Anna Waymack
1:35:22
Episode 70: Munich with Jeffrey Melnick and Erik M. Baker
1:04:20
Episode 69: The Mambo Kings and Cuban Music with Christina Abreu
1:42:12
Masters of the Air: Episode 9 and Final Recap with Sarah Myers, Colin Colbourn, and Luke Truxal
1:27:29
Episode 68: Smokey and the Bandit with Karen Cox
1:24:12
Masters of the Air: Episode 8 with Sarah Myers, Colin Colbourn, and Luke Truxal
1:43:10
Episode 67: Dune: Part Two with Mary Hicks and Margari Hill
1:24:20
Masters of the Air Episode 7 with Sarah Myers, Luke Truxal, and Colin Colbourn
1:13:02
Episode 66: Minority Report and the rise of police in New York City with Matthew Guariglia
1:12:22
Masters of the Air Episode 6 with Sarah Myers, Luke Truxal, & Colin Colbourn
1:32:35
Episode 65: Harriet with Edda Fields-Black
49:41
Masters of the Air Episode 5 with Luke Truxal and Colin Colbourn
1:12:24
Episode 64: There Will Be Blood with Brian DeLay
1:19:07
Masters of the Air Episode 4 with Sarah Myers, Luke Truxal, & Colin Colbourn
1:14:20
Episode 63: Ferrari with Colin Colbourn
1:01:03
Masters of the Air Episode 3 with Sarah Myers & Luke Truxal
1:05:00
Emergency Pod: Remembering Carl Weathers
1:17:02
Masters of the Air Episodes 1 & 2 with Sarah Myers and Luke Truxal
1:25:08
Episode 61: 1883 with Sarah Keyes and Josh Garrett-Davis
1:21:54
Episode 60: 12 Monkeys and the history of epidemic diseases with George Dehner
1:38:11
Episode 59: A Million Ways to Die in the West with Sara Dant
Episode 58: Point Break and the political history of surfing with Scott Laderman
3:09:23
Episode 57: Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves with Emily Friedman and Trevor Valle
54:51
Episode 56: A Christmas Story and the history of Christmas movies with Vaughn Joy
1:40:24
Episode 55: High Fidelity and the history of college radio with Kate Jewell
1:16:34
Episode 54: Godzilla Minus One with Bill Tsutsui and Akiko Takenaka
Episode 53: The Last Duel with Patrick Wyman
1:08:37
Episode 52: The American President with Lindsay Chervinsky
1:57:39
Episode 51: Napoleon with Corinne Gressang and Laura O'Brien
1:11:46
Episode 50ish- Soul Food with Adrian Miller and Mark Johnson (from the Vault)
1:29:31
Episode 50ish- Up in the Air with Brett Rushforth (from the Vault)
1:34:08
Episode 50: The Last of the Mohicans with Wayne E. Lee
1:13:23
Episode 49 : Flatliners with N.J. Gallegos
1:38:12
Episode 48: Robin Hood Prince of Thieves with Thomas Lecaque and John Wyatt Greenlee
1:19:02
Episode 47: Dirty Dancing with Leah Lagrone, Lauren Lassabe Shepherd, and Lauren MacIvor Thompson
1:32:23
Episode 46: Sherlock Holmes with Tim Johnson
1:21:22
Episode 45: Deadline - U.S.A. with Charlie Pierce
1:43:15
Episode 44: Dave with Alexis Coe
1:51:16
Episode 43: Tootsie with Justin Rawlins
1:04:44
Episode 42: Memphis Belle with Sarah Parry Myers
