As Depicted on Film

By Gil Kidron

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Brian Morris
 Jul 9, 2019
These guys and occasional gals are fantastic.

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Learning about the world through film depictions. Co-hosted by podcaster Gil Kidron and evolutionary biologist Dr. Rutger Vos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode Date
Dune Part 2: Prophecies and Space Mohammed
Mar 25, 2024
The Blue Eyed Samurai: a Western Samurai Legend
Feb 19, 2024
How Napoleon (2023) Fails as a Historical Biopic
Jan 08, 2024
How Metropolis (1927) Changed Cinema and Predicted the Future
Nov 27, 2023
Update: Now What?
Oct 25, 2023
Update: we're sort of OK
Oct 15, 2023
Leaving Israel + Barbie
Sep 11, 2023
The Politics of Everything Everywhere All At Once (2023)
May 29, 2023
What Makes Succession Interesting?
May 01, 2023
Working As Depicted on Film
Apr 03, 2023
Going Native As Depicted on Film
Mar 06, 2023
Painters As Depicted on Film
Feb 20, 2023
Killing the Rich As Depicted on Film
Feb 06, 2023
Andor: The 21st Century Star Wars Rebellion
Jan 09, 2023
Crusades As Depicted on Film
Dec 19, 2022
Lost Expeditions As Depicted on Film
Dec 05, 2022
House of the Dragon: How Chance Events Shape History
Oct 25, 2022
Rings of Power Finale: Contrasting Values
Oct 18, 2022
House of Power: Ambition is a Sin
Oct 10, 2022
House of Power: Protagonists and Antagonists
Oct 03, 2022
House of Power: Building Alliances and Switching Actors
Sep 26, 2022
Fantasy Watch: What Makes a Good Prequel?
Sep 19, 2022
What is Wrong with House of the Dragon?
Sep 12, 2022
21st Century Decay As Depicted in High Fantasy
Sep 06, 2022
House of the Dragon Episode 2: Sensitive Nuclear Material
Aug 29, 2022
House of the Dragon: What is it ACTUALLY About?
Aug 22, 2022
The Deep Sea As Depicted on Film
Aug 15, 2022
Christian Pagans As Depicted on Film
Jul 25, 2022
Christian Rome As Depicted on Film
Jul 11, 2022
Dreamworks Joseph vs Bible Joseph
Jun 20, 2022
Good Archeology As Depicted on Film
Apr 25, 2022
Evil Cursed Archeology As Depicted on Film
Apr 11, 2022
Succession (HBO): Monstrous Nobility
Mar 28, 2022
Ukraine on Film
Mar 21, 2022
NAME CHANGE: From Pod Academy to As Depicted on Film
Mar 14, 2022
Christmas Classic: Jesus As Depicted on Film
Dec 20, 2021
The Bosnian War As Depicted on Film
Dec 06, 2021
Blues Music As Depicted on Film
Nov 29, 2021
The Last Duel: Historical Review
Nov 15, 2021
Vikings As Depicted on Film
Nov 08, 2021
Dune Takes Sci-Fi Filmmaking to New Heights
Nov 01, 2021
Beowulf As Depicted on Film
Oct 25, 2021
Techno As Depicted on Film
Oct 18, 2021
Getting Your Ex Back Across Genre Films
Oct 11, 2021
Noah on Film
Oct 04, 2021
Love and Time Travel on Film
Sep 27, 2021
Back to the Future Trilogy
Sep 20, 2021
South African Crime Films
Sep 13, 2021
Re-Posting: The Evolution of Wall Street on Film
Sep 06, 2021
Promising Young Woman & Feminist Film Continuum
Aug 30, 2021
Time Loops on Film
Aug 09, 2021
Non-American Blacks on Film
Aug 02, 2021
Roman Mediterranean on Film
Jul 26, 2021
Abraham vs Other Founding Fathers
Jul 19, 2021
Climate Change on Film
Jul 05, 2021
China’s Century of Humiliation on Film
Jun 28, 2021
Dutch Colonialism on Film
May 31, 2021
Human Cloning in Movies
May 24, 2021
European Immigration to NYC on Film
May 09, 2021
The Natural History of the Bible
May 03, 2021
AI on Film: Expert Systems
Apr 26, 2021
Medieval Music on Film
Apr 18, 2021
Roman Gladiator Revolts on Film
Apr 12, 2021
Sisters on Film
Apr 05, 2021
Greek Heroes on Film
Mar 29, 2021
Female Solidarity on Film
Mar 22, 2021
Strong AI and the Turing Test
Mar 08, 2021
Roman Britain on Film
Mar 01, 2021
Geopolitical & Historical Breakdown of the Morocco-Israel-U.S. Deal
Feb 22, 2021
Introducing A Podcast of Biblical Proportions
Feb 15, 2021
Julius Caesar on Film Part 2
Jan 25, 2021
Julius Caesar on Film Part 1
Jan 18, 2021
How To Train Your Dragon vs Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Jan 11, 2021
The Americans (FX) and The Immigrant Experience in the US
Jan 04, 2021
Classic Academy: Jesus on Film
Dec 28, 2020
The Expanse Season 5 Kicks Off
Dec 21, 2020
The Rise of Rome on Film
Dec 14, 2020
Lincoln (2012) is Obamaesque
Dec 07, 2020
Gone With The Wind Re-Review
Nov 30, 2020
The Birth of the U.S. on Film
Nov 23, 2020
Social Resistance on Film
Nov 16, 2020
The U.S. Creation Story on Film
Nov 09, 2020
U.S. Elections: Global and Historical Analysis
Nov 05, 2020
U.S. Elections on Film
Oct 19, 2020
The Boys Season 2 Eviscerates America
Oct 12, 2020
Fictional U.S. Presidents on Film
Oct 05, 2020
The History of Imperial China on Film
Sep 27, 2020
Human-Animal Hybrids on Film
Sep 13, 2020
Depictions of the European Countryside on Film
Sep 06, 2020
Game of Thrones and History: The Interbellum Period
Aug 10, 2020
The Evolution of Male Friendships on Film
Aug 03, 2020
How The Wire Teaches Us Linguistics
Jul 27, 2020
Revolutions on Film: Russia and China
Jul 20, 2020
Revolutions on Film: America and France
Jul 13, 2020
Name Change to "Pod Academy" and New Website! Listen in!
Jul 09, 2020
Fauda: A Conversation with the Arab Translator of the Show
Jul 06, 2020
Talking To A Beautiful Mind: Conversation w/ A Schizophrenic
Jun 29, 2020
Exit Strategy: Coming Out of Lockdown in Disney Movies
Jun 22, 2020
The Evolution of Paris on Film
Jun 15, 2020
Cinematic Depictions of Police Brutality in Different Countries
Jun 08, 2020
Westworld and Philosophy: The Mind Body Conundrum, Free Will vs Free Choice
May 25, 2020
Michael Jordan and The Last Dance: A Political Review
May 18, 2020
Evaluating Daenerys' Use of Airpower
May 11, 2020
Game Theory in Cold War Films
May 04, 2020
Native Americans on Film: Why We Are Stupid
Apr 30, 2020
The Changing Depiction of Native Americans on Film
Apr 27, 2020
The Plot Against America (2020)
Apr 21, 2020
Biological Apocalypse on Film
Apr 13, 2020
Malicious Code Injection on Film
Apr 06, 2020
Corona Special: Cabin Fever and Isolation on Film
Mar 30, 2020
Corona Special: The Race for the Cure - and the Nobel Prize
Mar 23, 2020
Corona Special: Political Change According to George R R Martin
Mar 19, 2020
Corona Special: The Collapse of the Neo Liberal Order?
Mar 16, 2020
Israeli Elections 2020: Did We Narrowly Avoid Disaster?
Mar 03, 2020
The Australian Political Climate Crisis: How It Got So Bad
Feb 24, 2020
The Jungle on Film
Feb 17, 2020
Trump's Deal of the Century for Peace: What Does it Mean?
Feb 10, 2020
The Expanse Season 5 Scientific & Historical Review
Feb 04, 2020
Corona Virus Epidemic: Dr Rutger Vos on the Science and Politics
Feb 03, 2020
The Democratic Primaries and the Israel Question
Jan 27, 2020
Harry, Ron & Hermione: Three Ways To Become a Hero
Jan 20, 2020
World War I on Film
Jan 13, 2020
The Expanse Science: How Can a New Planet Sustain Life?
Jan 06, 2020
The Expanse: Founding Belter Nation vs Founding of U.S.
Jan 02, 2020
The Expanse Science: When Species Discover New Habitats
Dec 30, 2019
Jesus Christ on Film
Dec 23, 2019
The Expanse: USSR Collapse, Wild West, Space Shooting
Dec 19, 2019
UK Brexit Elections Breakdown
Dec 09, 2019
The Expanse & Game Theory: Earth v Mars, US v USSR
Dec 05, 2019
Israeli Prime Minister Indicted For Bribery, Loses His Mind
Dec 02, 2019
The King (2019): Brexit, English Nationalism & Evil French
Nov 25, 2019
Game of Thrones: The Portrayal of LGBTQ Characters was farcical
Nov 11, 2019
In Defense of Severus Snape: Fought The Nazis. Eventually.
Nov 04, 2019
The Expanse: Oppression, Nationalism and History
Oct 28, 2019
The Evolution of Wall Street on Film
Oct 21, 2019
In Defense of Dumbledore: He's Not a God and Knows to Prepare Students For Life
Oct 07, 2019
Harry Potter: Why Dumbledore is BAD At His Job
Sep 30, 2019
Epidemics and Pandemics on Film
Sep 23, 2019
Israeli Elections Review: Bibi Lost! We Won!! (Sort of)
Sep 22, 2019
2019 Israeli Re-elections: Fire, Blood and Chaos Are Coming
Sep 16, 2019
Mindhunter: A Show About Misunderstandings and Miscommunications?
Sep 09, 2019
Tarantino's Obsession With Death: Psychological Review
Sep 02, 2019
The Boys on Amazon: Forget Everything You Know About Superheroes
Aug 26, 2019
Linguistic Thoughts on Chernobyl and Tarantino
Aug 19, 2019
Using Clausewitz, Sun Tzu, Tank Warfare Strategies To Fight White Walkers
Aug 15, 2019
American vs European Comic Books: History, Culture, Social Commentary
Aug 12, 2019
The Evolution of Robin Hood on Film
Aug 05, 2019
Why Machine Learning Failed to Predict Game of Thrones
Aug 01, 2019
Stranger Things 3: Weaponized Nostalgia
Jul 29, 2019
The Expanse: Predicting the Year 2350
Jul 22, 2019
Game of Thrones From An Existential Perspective
Jul 18, 2019
Reviewing The New Spider-Man: American and Outsider Perspectives
Jul 16, 2019
Transferring Love from Tolkien to Martin and the Immigrant Experience in Age of Brexit
Jul 10, 2019
Natural Disasters on Film
Jul 08, 2019
The Rise and Fall of Fandoms, And Taking Over The World
Jul 01, 2019
The Starks' Russian Soul: Ingroups and Outgroups
Jun 27, 2019
King Arthur on Film: Excalibur, King Arthur, The Holy Grail
Jun 24, 2019
Remaking Game of Thrones Through Live Action?
Jun 20, 2019
Dangerous "Nice Guys" in Movies: Snape, Jorah and Jacob
Jun 17, 2019
The Iron Bank vs Medieval and Modern Economics
Jun 13, 2019
HBO's Chernobyl: Historical, Political and Scientific Analysis
Jun 10, 2019
How Does GoT Season 8 Affect Prequels, HBO vs Disney, Netflix & Amazon
Jun 03, 2019
How Linguistics Foiled Daenerys' Ambitions
May 30, 2019
Game of Thrones Historical Review: Middle Ages, Renaissance, Trotsky and Napoleon
May 28, 2019
Human Evolution on Film
May 21, 2019
Which Captain America Movie Is The Best One?
May 15, 2019
Avengers Endgame Review: The Biggest Small Movie of All Time
May 06, 2019
Ancient Greece As Depicted on Film
Apr 30, 2019
Is Breaking Bad a Show About Angry White Men?
Apr 24, 2019
Marvel: Thanos' Hero's Journey
Apr 15, 2019