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Beyond the Big Screen — 389 episodes
Inside L.A. Confidential (1997): Policing, Politics, and Power Plays
Coming Soon - Ethical or Unethical Cops
A Glimpse into the Silence of the Dead with Author Frank Zafiro
Coming Soon - Comfortable Police Corruption
Rush (1991): The True Cost of Undercover Policing
Coming Soon - Not a Bad Guy Just Makes Bad Choices
Into the Alternative: The World of the Yiddish Policemen's Union
BTBS Burial Society
Beyond the Red Carpet: The Oscar Decisions That Shocked Us
Coming Soon - The Oscars Will Still Get It Wrong
Passengers (2016) Again: Steve vs the Chris's!
Coming Soon - Father Does Not Know Best
Passengers (2016): A Journey Beyond Redemption
Coming Soon - For Good or for Bad
Why the Godfather (1972) is Overrated: A Controversial Breakdown
Coming Soon - Smack in the Face
Mafia Moviemaking: The High-Stakes Gamble of The Godfather (1972)
Coming Soon - True Method Acting
From Chaos to Classic: The Godfather’s (1972) Creation Saga
Getting Prepared for The Godfather (1972)
Coming Soon - Francis Ford Coppola Beyond the Godfather
Total Recall (1990) Revisited: Dream or Reality?
Coming Soon - The Brilliant Theories of Chris
Gangsters and Mercenaries: The Parallel Lives of Joe Gallo and Yevgeny Prigozhin
Coming Soon - Left Out to Dry
The Italian American Civil Rights League: The Mob's Foray into Civil Rights
Coming Soon - Not Ready for Comedy
Comedic Crazy Joe: A Deep Dive into The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Coming Soon - The Mafia Providing Services
Crazy Joe (1974) - The Birth of the Legend of Crazy Joe Gallo
Coming Soon - Mass Immigration
The Chaotic Fall of Crazy Joe Gallo
Coming Soon - Criminals Who Know Right From Wrong
The Rise of Crazy Joe Gallo: Rebellion and Revolution
Coming Soon - Robert Kennedy. The Mafia and Palestine
Donnie Brasco (1997) Exposed: From FBI Infiltration to Film Legend
Coming Soon - Accuracy Vs Story
Undercover Legend: The Real Donnie Brasco
Coming Soon - Becoming a Made Man
Mayhem in Montreal – Bad Blood Season 1
Coming Soon - The Real House Wives
Diving Deep into Montreal's Mafia Wars – Bad Blood Season 1
Coming Soon - Controlled or Absolute Chaos
The Mafia's Underrated Architect – Bad Blood Season 1
Coming Soon - The Love of Crime
The Montreal Mafia: Vito Rizzuto's Reign and Retribution
Coming Soon - Speaking Bad French in Montreal
The Dreamworld of Twin Peaks: An Exploration of Fire Walk With Me (1992)
Coming Soon - We Are Here to Disagree
The Worst Remakes
Weird Spiritual Journey
The Best Remakes
Real Life Scares
Mob Masterpiece: The Enduring Impact of Goodfellas (1990)
Coming Soon - Too Young and Too Old
The Infamous Lufthansa Heist: Goodfellas In Real Life
Coming Soon - Useless Sweetheart Deal
Sylvester Stallone’s Departure, Ray Liotta’s Finest: Cop Land (1997)
Coming Soon - In For a Penny
Unraveling Horror: Fear, Taboo, and Creativity
Coming Soon - Must See Horror
Tombstone Talk: Unpacking the Legend of Wyatt Earp
Coming Soon - An Incredible Cool Factor
The Legacy of AI (2001): Spielberg, Kubrick, and the Future of Humanity
Coming Soon - It is Going to Happen
Shipwrecks and Sovereigns: A Legal Thriller
Coming Soon - Imagining the Big Case
SciFi and the Mindspin: Exploring Frank Saverio Kemper's House
Coming Soon - The Myth of Linear Progress
Deciphering The Big Short: A Deep Dive into the 2008 Financial Crisis
Coming Soon - Free Market Capitalism Out the Window
Bodies Frozen in Time: The Iceman (2012)
Coming Soon - Petty and Pompous
In Glen's Steps: A Journey with Dementia
Beyond the Iceman: The Roy DeMeo Connection
Welcome to Roy DeMeo’s Gemini Lounge
Coming Soon - Our Bad Guys
Why America Could Have a Presidential Succession Crisis
Inside the Mind of Iceman: The Killer's Journey
Iceman Unmasked: Exploring the Dark World of Richard Kuklinski
Coming Soon - Born in an Alternate Universe
Beyond the Thin Blue Line – More of Our Favorite Cop Movies
In the Line of Duty – Our Favorite Cop Movies
Profiling Behavior
A Revolution in Justice: The New True Crime
The Law Breaking The Law
The Valachi Papers: The End of Omerta
Parthenon Specials
Skates, Fists and The Mafia: The True Story of the Danbury Trashers
The Danbury Trashers: Organized Crime on Ice
Coming Soon - Sports Crimes and Taxes
Unsung Heroes: The True Story of the NYPD’s Italian Squad
Coming Soon - Pedal to the Metal Mafia
An Immortal Classic: Highlander (1986)
Coming Soon - Sponge Bob and Ultimate Evil
Sequels and Speculations: The Impact of Silence of the Lambs
The Enduring Influence of Silence of the Lambs
Coming Soon - Nature vs Nurture
Who Reached North America First?
Beyond the Hunt: Unveiling the Art of Manhunter (1986)
Coming Soon - Guerrilla Tactics
True Detective Bonus: Behind the Case
True Detective Season 1 Finale: Exploring the Depths with Darryl Cooper
Darryl Cooper on Despair and Nihilism
Erin Go Bragh and the San Patricio Battalion
One Man’s Hero is Another Man’s Traitor
The Beginning of a Dark Ending : Unpacking True Detective Season 1 Episode 8
Coming Soon - A Beautiful Defense Mechanism
Shades of Past and Thrilling Twists: Unpacking True Detective Season 1 Episodes 6 & 7
Coming Soon: Frank Pulls Rank
The Mystery Unravels: Unpacking True Detective Season 1 Episodes 4 &5
Chilling and Haunting
Silent Cavalry and Surprising Civil War Stories
Faith to Friction: Unpacking True Detective Season 1 Episodes 2 &3
Coming Soon - Wearing Multiple Masks
True Detective Obsession: Cracking the Case
Coming Soon - To Not Lighten the Tone
Ridley Scott’s Napoleon: The Triumph of Mediocrity
Coming Soon - Everything is Gray
Seven: Unveiling Evil, Exploring Sin
Coming Soon - Genuine Emotions
Behind the Badge: A Cop's Take on Must-Watch Cop Movies
Coming Soon: Code of the Cop Code of the Criminal
60th Anniversary of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
After the War: Key WW2 European Theater Leaders
Eyewitnessing History with Columbine Survivors, Secret Agents and Adam Curry!
Parthenon Roundtable: Which Person From History Deserves a Movie?
Coming Soon When Woodrow Met Edith
Teddy Roosevelt Nearly Died in a Cavalry Charge Against German Machine Guns in WW1
The Relentless Pursuit: Analyzing No Country for Old Men
Coming Soon - Evil or a Force of Nature
Looper: Time Travel, Action, and Philosophy
Coming Soon - An Instant Erik Fogg Classic
History of North America and the Historical Jesus
Welcome to Organized Crime and Punishment
Organized Crime and Punishment Trailer
Jake LaMotta: A Raging Bull in the Ring and on Screen
Even More Underrated Movies featuring Pretty Poison
Feeling the Need for Speed … Again! Top Gun Maverick
Bonus: Preview of Vietnam, Tunnel Rats and Living In the Wide Shadow of Patton
Knocking Out History with Ali
Yet Another Retelling of the Classic Tale of Robin Hood
Beyond the Big Screen Bonus: The Young Gun Billy the Kid
The Last Valley Part 2 – A Modern Story as Old as Time
Key Battles Of American History - An Unsettled World Germany and the Allies 1918-1930
The Last Valley - Entering the Modern Era
Beyond the Big Screen Bonus: Random Thoughts and Conversations with Mustache Chris
The Early Protestant Reformation on Film
Martin Luther at the Movies
Beyond the Big Screen Bonus: It Always Comes Back to Tarantino
Lone Wolf McQuade: Texas History by Chuck Norris
The Crusades Fact Fiction and Post Modernism in Kingdom of Heaven
Beyond the Big Screen Bonus: International Spies and Scientists
Exodus: The Bible, History and Story Telling Collide
Clash of the Titans: History, Myth and Legend
Beyond the Big Screen Bonus: Beyond Presidents
Introduction to Beyond the Big Screen Bonus Episodes
Dwight Eisenhower, This American President
Amistad: When a Slave State Takes on The Institution of Slavery
They Live: Body Slamming Science Fiction, Social Commentary and Aliens
Coming Soon: Captialism Communism and Evil Aliens
Two Days in November Sam Giancana, The Chicago Mafia and the Kennedy Assassination
Coming Soon: Mafia and Government Interwoven
Preview: Shot at Dawn - Military Executions during the Great War
The British Empire and the New Country of Australia Collide Over Poet Rancher Breaker Morant
Outtake The Most Boring Podcast Side Conversation Ever
Underrated or Overrated with Josh Cohen
Coming Soon: Spaghetti Chinese Food and Josh Sings
Cooking Up Relationships From Scratch
BONUS: If Alexander The Great Hadn’t Died, He Might Have Conquered Europe, Circumnavigated Africa, and Built His Own Silk Road
Coming Soon: Listening and Asking the Right Questions
The Most Overlooked People in History Includes a President and a Farmer Who Saved 2 Billion Lives
COMING SOON: Stay in Your Lane Captain Planet
Fisherman Tomb
When Movies and Books Depart and Converge
Coming Soon - A Modern Day Heresy
A Prophecy of the Present and Future
"I Sprinted Toward the Gunman": Josh Cohen from Eyewitness History Speaks to the Former Principal of Columbine High School
Coming Soon Dropped in the Abyss
Coming Soon - Lifestyles of the Dead and the Famous
Narc – Bad Cop, Bad Cop
Coming Soon - Desires and Family Matters
Pirates Save the Day!
Coming Soon - Identifying as a Pirate
Trick or Treating and Nightmares in Suburbia
Coming Soon - Man and Beast
Vampires Taken Seriously – Fright Night
Coming Soon - A Halloween for Almost the Whole Family
Sci-Fi Meets Horror: The Thing
Coming Soon - Pain and Suffering -That is Entertainment
Big Fans Gone Too Far
Coming Soon - Out of Control Players and Fans
The Changing Face of American Football Texas Style
Coming Soon - Of Achilles and Tom Brady
Clear Buck
Coming Soon - Justice For Buck
Possibly the Greatest Sports Team of All Time – The 1919 Chicago Black Sox
Coming Soon - Layers of Betrayal
The Near Death of America’s National Pastime
Coming Soon - The Greatest Sports Team of All Time
Hey, Where are You Going, Again?
Hey, Where are You Going?
Coming Soon - Creepy Romans and Nero
Kingdom of Heaven
Cracking the Davinci Code
Coming Soon - Glamorizing and Demonizing the Past
Remember the Alamo!
The Surprising Untold Story of Dracula
Coming Soon - Defending The Alamo and Dracula
The Indecisive Postman Delivers Again
The Reluctant Post-Apocalyptic Postman
Coming Soon - The Virtue of Melodrama
Top 10 Train Wrecks of History Part 2
Top 10 Train Wrecks of History Part 1
Coming Soon - Unrealized Potential and No Principles
A Live Streaming Pilgrimage
Where Cowards Go to Die, Living During and After Modern Warfare
Coming Soon - Veterans of Many Different Wars
Pope Joan, a Woman Pope for All and In All Ages
The Woman, the Myth, The Legend – Pope Joan
Coming Soon - Conspiracy Theories Tearing Out Pages and Alfred the Great
Unbreakable Glass and Comic Book Movies Completely Reinvented
An Unbreakable Sequel or Its Own Thing - Split
Coming Soon - Windows into Realities
Unbreakable – Breaking the Comic Book Movie Genre
Going Onward: A Modern Classic
Coming Soon - Reimaging Super Heroes and Fantasy
Special Bonus: More on the Manson Family and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Outtakes
Introducing the Vlogging Through History Podcast
John Wayne Rides Again, In Vietnam
Coming Soon - Speaking with Destiny
Joseph is More than a Colorful Coat
10 Events with Richard Lim
Coming Soon - Kung Fu and Communism
The Dancer and The Devil – Stalin, Pandemics and Ballet
Events that Should Be History, A Parthenon Exclusive
Making History and Travel Accessible and The Titanic
Coming Soon - Paris is a Pain
Total Recall: Memories are not Cheap
The 6th Day, Cloning and a Glimpse into the Future
Coming Soon - Arnold the Futurist
The Last of the Mohicans Walks the Gauntlet
The Last of the Mohicans or Not Quite the Last
Coming Soon - Wampum and War
Its All About Nicolas Cage
War Shouldn't Happen with Scott Rank
Breaking the Hard Deck on Top Gun
Coming Soon - Top Guns of Film and Sky
Inglorious World War 2
Reinventing History and Film with Django Unchained
Inglorious Bonuses
The Victorians: Inventors of the Modern World
The True Virtue of Happiness
Coming Soon: Victorian Happiness
A New Look at the Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Thin Red Line: The Best World War 2 Film Ever?
Coming Soon! A New Look at WW2
A Penny Saved, A Penny Earned and the Last Bet of Benjamin Franklin
Settling Grudges with Turkeys and More from Early American History
Rejects, Revolutionaries and Early American History Extra
Gettysburg in Literature, Film and History: Pickett’s Charge and Epilogue
Gettysburg in Literature, Film and History: Devil’s Den and Longstreet’s Beard
Gettysburg in Literature, Film and History: The Battle Heats Up on Day 1
Gettysburg in Literature, Film and History: Setting Up the Battle
The Least of Us and the Pandemic of Drugs in America
Welcome to Eyewitness History
Coming to and Leaving Las Vegas
Nikola Tesla: A Man of Science
Going Over the Falls on the American Side
Before Orion, Myths and Heroes
Akira – More than Manga
Coming Soon -Myths New and Old
Dangerous History, Made in America
Donald and Melinda Maclean, a Traitorous Spy Team
Coming Soon - Unusual Espianoge
One Man’s Hero is Another Man’s Traitor
Erin Go Bragh and the San Patricio Battalion
Coming Soon -St Patrick San Patricios Heroes and Traitors
Gung Ho and the Story of Marine Raiders
Warren G Harding: A President for the Jazz Age
Coming Soon -Gung Ho for Warren Harding
A Taste of the Future of Law Enforcement: RoboCop
The Rise of Imperial Japan
Dredd – He is the Law
Coming Soon - Beyond Law and Order
History and Background of Olympic Figure Skating
Hello Olympics, Hello London
Parthenon Roundtable: Which Person From History Would You Keep From Dying Too Soon? (And You Can’t Choose JFK)
The Hateful Eight, a Reinvented Western
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino and a Hollywood Fairy Tale
Coming Soon - Fractured Fairy Tales and Poisoned Coffee
David Meets Goliath on the Ice – Miracle 2008
A Miracle (2008) On and Off the Ice
Coming Soon - Miracles on Ice
Diving Off the Top Rope: The Wrestler (2008)
A Big Screen Body Slam – The History of Professional Wrestling
Coming Soon Heavy Weight Champs and The Holy Roman Empire
Blade Runner Series Wrap Up and Filling in the Blanks
Blade Runner 2049 – Reimagined and as Relevant as Ever
Coming Soon - Joy and Hopelessness
Blade Runner (1982) – Lost In Time, Like Tears in Rain
Blade Runner (1982) – Reinventing Science Fiction
Coming Soon - Dark Ages and Tears
Klaus Fuchs: Traitor or Man of Conscience
Coco Chanel, Nazi Occupation, Collaboration and Historical Fiction
Coming Soon - Collaboration Deceit and True Belief in WW2
The Passion and Mel Gibson
Noah: More than Just an Ark
Parthenon Podcast Roundtable: Who Would You Eliminate From History? (And No, You Can’t Choose Hitler)
Coming Soon - Apocalyptic Chic and Surprises in Biblical Movies
Chekov’s Gun, Alien Fails and Prometheus
Prometheus – Recreating Science Fiction
Coming Soon - Prometheus and Ancient Aliens
A New Take on a Classic – Fatman and Santa Claus
Hollywood Hates the Scarlet Letter
Coming Soon Santa and Puritans
Abraham Lincoln, The Civil War and the Constitution with James Early
Glory with James Early
Coming Soon - The Civil War and Uncivil Procedure
The Wall Has Fallen - Mauerfall
The Lives of Others – Everyone is Watching
Coming Soon - Life on the Other Side of the Wall
George Washington - America's First Action Hero
Elizabeth I Power, Religion, Politics and Economics
Not Quite Elizabeth's Golden Age Yet
Coming Soon - Its All about Elizabeth and More!
Hollywood Hates History: Agora (2009) with Scott Rank
The Real Story of Hypatia and the Destruction of the Library of Alexandria
Coming Soon - Science, Religion, and Conflict in Ancient Egypt
The War over Much More than Jenkin’s Ear with Robert Gaudi
Spies and Traitors at the Highest Levels in the Cold War with Michael Holzman
Coming Soon: Spies Traitors and A Pirate's Ear
Benjamin Harrison and the Fight of the Century with Jerry Landry
Grover Cleveland – The Last of the Jeffersonians
Coming Soon - Garfield vs Harrison Again and Again!
Playing Tricks on The Prestige
Family, Tradition, Dia de los Muertos and Coco!
Coming Soon - Treats and Tricks
Europe’s Babylon with Michael Pye
Speaking Personally about Shakespeare with Robert McCrum
Coming Soon - The Golden Ages of Shakespeare and Antwerp
The Truth and Fantasy of Jamestown
Black Robe, New France and the Jesuits
Coming Soon - Colonialism in the New World
WASPS and the American Aristocracy
Presidents, Patriots and Profits!
Coming Soon American Aristocrats
Pat Garrett, Billy the Kid and Kris Kristopherson
Billy the Kid: Disillusioned Teenager or a Man with a Plan
Coming Soon - Lost Teenager or Man with a Plan Billy the Kid
An Elephant in the Plaza – Bernini and the Popes with Loyd Grossman
Eartha Kitt – Entertainer, Mother and American History with Kitt Shapiro
Coming Soon - Arts Entertainment and Rome
Mad Max: Feminist Icon?
On The Road with Mad Max
Coming Soon - Beyond the Big Screen Gone Mad!
Going on a Really Deep Dive with Stephen McGinty
Coming Soon - The Dive
Coming Soon - The Dive
Does Hollywood Hates Joan of Arc?
Does Hollywood Hate El Cid?
Coming Soon - Scott and Steve vs Hollywood
Does Hollywood Hate The American Revolution?
Coming Soon - Going Medieval in The American Revolution
How Vikings Become Normans and Took Europe By Storm
The Vikings – Medieval Shock and Awe
Coming Soon - Shock and Awe in the Middle Ages
A Downstairs Perspective on the Fall of Richard Nixon
Coming Soon - Impeachment!
Wonder Woman and Literature
More than Just Comic Book Movies
Coming Soon Beyond the Big Screen Super Heroes
The Apocalypse of Mel Gibson and the Maya
Coming Soon - War and Peace in Meso America
Glowing with Beauty from Radioactivity!
When Albert Einstein Met Marie Curie
Coming Soon - Physics is Fun!
The Many Pictures of Dorian Gray
Coming Soon - Dorian Gray
Apollo 1 – A Disaster with a Silver Lining
The Legend of 2001 A Space Odyssey
Coming Soon - Beyond the Big Screen in Space!
Documenting and Exposing Slavery
Teaser - Documenting Slavery
War, The Army and Race with Ray Christian
John Wayne the Conqueror with Scott Rank
The Bible as Literature and Media with Bart Ehrman
Pandemics and Outbreaks
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