Description: Today we are talking to author Trevor Rowley about how a small group of Viking raiders became one of the most powerful forces in all of Middle Ages Europe. The conquered in every corner of the continent. Where did the come from and how did they manage such stunning military, cultural and political success?You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:http://atozhistorypage.com/Click to Subscribe:https://www.spreaker.com/show/4926576/episodes/feedemail: [email protected]://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacyOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypagehttps://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcasthttps://twitter.com/atozhistoryLearn More About our Guest:Trevor Rowley, author of: The Normans: A History of Conquesthttps://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Normans/Trevor-Rowley/9781643136349Music Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Description: Today we are joined by Dr. Arthur Herman, New York Times best selling author of Viking Heart: How Scandinavians Conquered the World to talk about how and why the Scandinavians of the Middle Ages took to the seas as raiders and traders. We discuss some of the cultural, technological and strategic innovations that turned everyday Danes, Swedes, Norwegians and others into the most efficient warriors of their times and how those aspects carried through history.You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:http://atozhistorypage.com/Click to Subscribe:https://www.spreaker.com/show/4926576/episodes/feedemail: [email protected]://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacyOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypagehttps://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcasthttps://twitter.com/atozhistoryLearn More About our Guest:Arthur Herman, Author of Viking Heart: How Scandinavians Conquered the Worldhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/1328595900/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_BMMV58P37N2SMNYPSK53Music Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Armies throughout history have wanted to surprise their enemies for maximum military effect. The Middle Ages were no different. What was the Medieval version of Shock and Awe? Coming soon on Beyond the Big Screen.

Title: A Downstairs Perspective on the Fall of Richard NixonDescription: Today we are joined by journalist Donald Stinson to discuss his insider’s perspective on the run up to the impeachment of President Richard M. Nixon. Donald Stinson is the author of: This is a unique perspective because Donald was a young college student working in many areas of the White House. Donald wasn’t given special access to the events that were happening, he took advantage of every opportunity he had to get behind the scenes! You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:http://atozhistorypage.com/Click to Subscribe:https://www.spreaker.com/show/4926576/episodes/feedemail: [email protected]://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacyOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypagehttps://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcasthttps://twitter.com/atozhistoryLearn More About our Guest:Donald StinsonAuthor of: Downstairs at the White House: The story of a teenager, an Oval Office, and a ringside seat to Watergatehttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076Y3JXY6/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0Music Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Here is a quick teaser for upcoming episodes of Beyond the Big Screen.You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:http://atozhistorypage.com/Click to Subscribe:https://www.spreaker.com/show/4926576/episodes/feedemail: [email protected]://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacyOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypagehttps://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcasthttps://twitter.com/atozhistoryLearn More About our Guest:Donald StinsonAuthor of: Downstairs at the White House: The story of a teenager, an Oval Office, and a ringside seat to Watergatehttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076Y3JXY6/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0Music Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Today we are joined by podcaster and blogger Kate MacDonald to discuss the 2017 film Wonder Woman starring Gal Gadot. Kate will take us through how this movie was inspired by and incorporates elements of the early 20th century Scottish adventure writer, John Buchanan’s works into this movie. There is much more to this movie than golden lassos and epic battle scenes!You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:http://atozhistorypage.com/Click to Subscribe:https://www.spreaker.com/show/4926576/episodes/feedemail: [email protected]://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacyOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypagehttps://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcasthttps://twitter.com/atozhistoryLearn More About our Guest:Kate MacDonaldhttps://katemacdonald.netOn Twitter @KateRLTBMusic Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Today we are joined by the great Roifield Brown to talk about the greatness of the comic book film genre. We talk about X Men, Superman, the Justice League, Marvel, DC Comics and much more. We talk about how important these movies were to Roifield personally and how they are great works of film.You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:http://atozhistorypage.com/Click to Subscribe:https://www.spreaker.com/show/4926576/episodes/feedemail: [email protected]://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacyOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypagehttps://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcasthttps://twitter.com/atozhistoryLearn More About our Guest:Roified Brownhttps://roifield.com/Music Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Who doesn't enjoy the comic book movie genre? Well even if you don't our guests next week will show you some of the fascinating background and history of the genre of comic book films. This is one of the move successful genres of film of all times. We will look at why this is and zoom in on a few specific examples from this exciting and influential category of movies.You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:http://atozhistorypage.com/Click to Subscribe:https://www.spreaker.com/show/4926576/episodes/feedemail: [email protected]://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacyOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypagehttps://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcasthttps://twitter.com/atozhistoryMusic Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Description: We are joined by author, historian and podcaster Mark Vinet of the History of North America podcast to discuss the real story, context and background behind the modern Mel Gibson classic Apocalypto. This film was ground breaking in many ways. It attempts to portray the Mayan Native Americans and is filmed completely in their language. This is a beautiful film and Mark Vinet will help us learn more about the Maya and their history and culture.You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:http://atozhistorypage.com/Click to Subscribe:https://www.spreaker.com/show/beyond-the-big-screenemail: [email protected]://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacyOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypagehttps://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcasthttps://twitter.com/atozhistoryLearn More About our Guest:Mark Vinet of the History of North America PodcastMarkvinet.comMusic Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/By ProtoplasmaKid - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39520038By Wolfgang Sauber (User:Xenophon) - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5769549

Ancient Meso American history and politics are subjects not discussed very much in the popular culture. What do we get right and wrong?

Description: Today we are joined today by author Lucy Jane Santos to discuss her new book Half Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium. Lucy Jane will show us how almost as soon as the radioactive properties of radium and other elements were discovered, they began to be used in the medical field. Not only were these products used in medicine, they were also being applied to health and beauty products. Some of these applications of radiation were a quantum leap in medicine and others were less so…You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:http://atozhistorypage.com/Click to Subscribe:https://www.spreaker.com/show/beyond-the-big-screenemail: [email protected]://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacyOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypagehttps://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcasthttps://twitter.com/atozhistoryLearn More About our Guest:Lucy Jane Santos, author of Half Lives: The Unlikely History of Radiumhttp://museumofradium.co.uk/Music Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/By Sam LaRussa from United States of America - Radithor, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57841049

Description: Today we are joined by author Jeffrey Orens to discuss his book Soul of Genius. We will dive into the fascinating stories that show a personal side to the greatest scientists of all time. Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Neils Bohr and many other scientists met at the early 20th century Solvay Conferences to figure out the fundamental building blocks of the universe. You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:http://atozhistorypage.com/Click to Subscribe:https://www.spreaker.com/show/beyond-the-big-screenemail: [email protected]://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacyOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypagehttps://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcasthttps://twitter.com/atozhistoryLearn More About our Guest:Jeffrey Orens, author of Soul of Geniushttps://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Soul-of-Genius/Jeffrey-Orens/9781643137148Music Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Coming Soon - You will get two fascinating peaks into the real story behind how physics in the early 20th centuries was fundamentally changed how we understand the universe and how people used that knowledge!

Description: Today we are joined by guest Annie of the 5 foot 2 Blog to discuss the wonderful movie and novel: The Picture of Dorian Gray. We will talk about the big themes of this movie and how they compare and contrast with the classic and ground breaking book by Oscar Wilde.You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:http://atozhistorypage.com/Click to Subscribe:https://www.spreaker.com/show/beyond-the-big-screenemail: [email protected]://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacyOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypagehttps://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcasthttps://twitter.com/atozhistoryLearn More About our Guest:Annie of the 5ft2 Blog5ft2blog.comMusic Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Coming Soon - The Picture of Dorian Gray is one of my favorite all time novels. Do the films measure up?

Title: Apollo 1 – A Disaster with a Silver LiningDescription: The Apollo 1 disaster nearly ended the space program and the attempt to land on the Moon. Author Ryan S. Walters walks us through how this tragedy happened and how NASA and the country were able to overcome this disaster in order to get a man on the Moon.Learn More About our Guest:Ryan S. Walters author of Apollo 1: The Tragedy that Put Us on The moonwww.ryanswalters.comYou can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:http://atozhistorypage.com/Click to Subscribe:https://www.spreaker.com/show/beyond-the-big-screenemail: [email protected]://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacyOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypagehttps://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcasthttps://twitter.com/atozhistoryMusic Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Title: The Legend of 2001 A Space OdysseyDescription: 2001 A Space Odyssey is one of the greatest films ever created. Erik Fogg of the Reconsider Podcast and I dive into this great movie to try and find the big themes that were important when the film was made and still are to this day.You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:http://atozhistorypage.com/Click to Subscribe:https://www.spreaker.com/show/beyond-the-big-screenemail: [email protected]://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacyOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypagehttps://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcasthttps://twitter.com/atozhistoryLearn More About our Guest:Erik Fogg of the Reconsider Podcasthttps://reconsidermedia.com/Music Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Image Credits:By Grafiker61 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46424786

Coming Soon!Today we have a short teaser for upcoming episodes of Beyond the Big Screen with a space theme. Look for them in your podcatcher of choice.

Title: Documenting and Exposing Slavery Description: We talk with Professor James Early of the Key Battles of American History podcast to look at the incredible story of Solomon Northup as portrayed in his autobiography and the film 12 Years a Slave.You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:http://atozhistorypage.com/Click to Subscribe:https://www.spreaker.com/show/beyond-the-big-screenemail: [email protected]://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacyOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypagehttps://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcasthttps://twitter.com/atozhistoryLearn More About our Guest:James Early of the Key Battles of American History Podcasthttp://keybattlesofamericanhistory.com/Music Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Here is a short teaser for next episode!

Title: John Wayne the ConquerorDescription: Scott Rank of the History Unplugged Podcast and I will dive in to see if John Wayne and Hollywood Hate history or love in the fascinating film: The Conqueror. How can John Wayne pull off playing Genghis Khan? He can if he turns the Mongol Empire into a western. You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:http://atozhistorypage.com/Click to Subscribe:https://www.spreaker.com/show/beyond-the-big-screenemail: [email protected]://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacyOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypagehttps://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcasthttps://twitter.com/atozhistoryLearn More About our Guest:Scott Rank of the History Unplugged PodcastHistoryonthenet.comMusic Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Title: War, The Army and Race with Ray ChristianDescription: Today we get a very personal story of war, race and a career in the US Army with the wonderful story teller, Ray Christian of the What’s Ray Saying Podcast.You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:http://atozhistorypage.com/Click to Subscribe:https://www.spreaker.com/show/beyond-the-big-screenemail: [email protected]://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacyOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypagehttps://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcasthttps://twitter.com/atozhistoryLearn More About our Guest:Ray Christian of the What’s Ray Saying Podcasthttps://whatsraysaying.libsyn.com/Music Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Title: The Bible as Literature and Media with Bart EhrmanDescription: Today we are joined by special guest Professor Bart Ehrman to discuss the New Testament and the Bible as a great work of literature and media.You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:http://atozhistorypage.com/Click to Subscribe:https://www.spreaker.com/show/beyond-the-big-screenemail: [email protected]://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacyOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypagehttps://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcasthttps://twitter.com/atozhistoryLearn More About our Guest:Bart Ehrman, professor, author of numerous books and more:https://www.bartdehrman.com/Music Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/