Biopic: A Podcast Story
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In a world where mimicking the gestures of a historical figure is awards bait, Biopic: A Podcast Story examines the good, the bad, the unspeakable, and the hilarious about this category of film that frequently dominates the Oscars but just as often offends our sensibilities. Biopic: A Podcast Story looks at the casting, the acting, the quality of the script, and the endless tropes that dominate these movies. Hosted by Rena and Sara. We have watched a lot of biopics. Biopic: A Podcast Story sits at the meeting point between movie, comedy, and history podcasts. New episodes drop every Tuesday.
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Episode 86: Hidden Figures, the Story of the Black Women Who Won the Space Race!
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May 09, 2026 |
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Episode 85: Dolemite is my Name, Starring Eddie Murphy as Rudy Ray Moore, aka Dolemite
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Episode 84: Selma, Starring David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King Jr., with Special Guest, Filmmaker Brandon Wilson
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Episode 83: Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, starring Halle Berry
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Episode 82: I, Tonya, in Honor of the 2026 Winter Olympics, Starring Margot Robbie as Figure Skater Tonya Harding!
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Episode 81: Hitchcock, the Story of the Making of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, Starring Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock!
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Episode 80: The Conspirator, Starring Robin Wright as the Traitor Mary Surratt!
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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New Year’s Special Episode: The State of the Biopic in 2026
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Episode 79: Oppenheimer, Starring Cillian Murphy as Robert Oppenheimer!
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Episode 78: Temple Grandin, Starring Claire Danes
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Episode 77: Walking Tall, the Story of Pro Wrestler Turned Sheriff Buford Pusser
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Episode 76: Parnell, Clark Gable's Worst Movie, about Charles Stewart Parnell, with Guest Star Fin Dwyer of the Irish History Podcast
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Episode 75: Kingfish, Starring John Goodman as Louisiana Governor Huey P. Long, with Special Guest Star Glenn from the Awesome Village Podcast!
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Episode 74: The Death of Stalin, Starring Steve Buscemi as Nikita Khrushchev!
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Emergency Trailer Episode 3: Michael Teaser Trailer, the Upcoming Biopic of Michael Jackson (Bonus Episode!)
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Nov 08, 2025 |
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Episode 73: Sunrise at Campobello, about FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt!
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Episode 72: The Attorney, with Special Guest Star, Cartoonist Ryan Estrada!
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Episode 71: The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Episode 70: Mad Love, the Story of Juana of Castile, Who Probably Did Not Deserve to Be Called Juana la Loca
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Episode 69: Wonderland, Starring Val Kilmer as John C. Holmes!
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Episode 68: Lawrence of Arabia, Starring Peter O’Toole as T.E. Lawrence!
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Episode 67: Bonnie and Clyde, Starring Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty as Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow!
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Episode 66: Ken Russell’s The Devils, with Special Guest Star Elana Levin of the Graphic Policy Podcast!
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Episode 65, Part 2: Tombstone, the Best Wyatt Earp Movie, Starring Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday and Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp!
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Episode 65, Part 1: Tombstone, the Best Wyatt Earp Movie, Starring Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday and Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp!
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Why There Is No Episode This Week, and Why We’re Going on Hiatus During August
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Episode 64: The Rise of Catherine the Great, Produced by Alexander Korda
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Episode 62: Florence Foster Jenkins, Starring Meryl Streep as the World's Worst Opera Singer
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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Episode 63: Alexander, The Oliver Stone Alexander the Great Movie from 2004
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Emergency Episode 2: The Deliver Me From Nowhere Trailer, with Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Episode 61: Malcolm X with Guest Star, Filmmaker Brandon Wilson
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Episode 60: And the Band Played On, the Story of the Early Days of the AIDS Crisis
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Episode 59: I Shot Andy Warhol, Starring Lili Taylor as Failed Murderer Valerie Solanas
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Episode 58: Battle of the Sexes, Starring Emma Stone as Tennis Legend Billie Jean King
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Episode 57: The Naked Civil Servant, Starring John Hurt as Quentin Crisp
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Episode 56: 24 Hour Party People with Guest Star, Music Writer Maggie Serota
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May 27, 2025 |
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Episode 55: The President’s Last Bang with Guest Star, Cartoonist Ryan Estrada
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May 20, 2025 |
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Episode 54: Seberg, Starring Kristen Stewart as Jean Seberg
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May 13, 2025 |
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Episode 53: Better Man, the Biopic Where Britpop Star Robbie Williams is Played by a CGI Chimp
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May 06, 2025 |
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Episode 52: What’s Love Got to Do With It with Katy from the Queens Podcast
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Episode 51: Coco Avant Chanel with Fashion Writer Roxanne Robinson
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Episode 50: The Alamo, Starring John Wayne as Davy Crockett
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Episode 49: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Starring John C. Reilly
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Episode 48: The Agony and the Ecstasy, Guest Starring Fry and Bry from Pontifacts
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Episode 47: Star 80, Bob Fosse's Last Movie and the Story of Dorothy Stratten
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Episode 46: Walk the Line, Starring Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Episode 45: Lisztomania with Special Guest Elana Levin from the Graphic Policy Podcast
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Episode 44: Shirley, Starring Regina King as Shirley Chisholm!
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Episode 43: Straight Outta Compton, the Story of N.W.A.
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Episode 42: 42, Starring Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Episode 41: Harriet, Starring Cynthia Erivo as Harriet Tubman
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Episode 40: A Complete Unknown, Starring Timothee Chalamet as Bob Dylan!
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Episode 39: Trumbo, Starring Bryan Cranston as Dalton Trumbo!
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Episode 38: Marie Antoinette with Special Guest Belle from Silhouettes: A Fashion History Podcast
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Episode 37: Radioactive, Starring Rosamund Pike as Marie Curie!
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Episode 36: Spartacus, Starring Kirk Douglas in the Movie that (Debatably) Broke the Blacklist!
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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Episode 35: Bohemian Rhapsody, Starring Rami Malek as Queen Frontman Freddie Mercury
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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Episode 34: Maria, with Maria Callas Biographer Sophia Lambton
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Episode 33: The Private Life of Henry VIII, Our First Tudor Movie!
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Episode 32: Priscilla, the Priscilla Presley Biopic Directed by Sofia Coppola
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Episode 31: Tennessee Johnson, the Life of Our Terrible 17th President, Andrew Johnson
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Episode 30: Amistad, Directed by Steven Spielberg
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Episode 29: All The Way, with Bryan Cranston as President Lyndon Johnson
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Episode 28: Lincoln, Starring Daniel Day-Lewis as President Abraham Lincoln
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Bonus Episode! Irrelevant Host Banter 13: Ray and Liz & Dick
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Episode 27: Ed Wood with Guest Star, Comedian Liam McEneany!
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Bonus Episode! Irrelevant Host Banter 12: The Pride of The Yankees and Saint Joan
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Episode 26: Liz and Dick, with Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Episode 25: Ray, with Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Episode 24: Saint Joan, with Jean Seberg as Joan of Arc
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Episode 23: The Pride of the Yankees, with Gary Cooper as Lou Gehrig
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Bonus Episode! Irrelevant Host Banter 11: Gandhi and The Duchess
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Episode 22: The Duchess, Starring Keira Knightley as Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Episode 21: Gandhi, the Biopic that Won Best Picture Instead of E.T.
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Bonus Episode! Irrelevant Host Banter 10: 50+ Minutes of Us Trashing Reagan
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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Bonus Episode! Irrelevant Host Banter 9: And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Episode 19: And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself, Starring Antonio Banderas as the Eponymous Mexican Revolutionary
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Bonus Episode! Irrelevant Host Banter 8: Get on Up! and Gotti
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Bonus Episode! Irrelevant Host Banter 7: Cleopatra and Get on Up!
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Sep 07, 2024 |
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Bonus Episode! Irrelevant Host Banter 6: Prefontaine, Respect, and The Conqueror
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Episode 20: Reagan, Starring Dennis Quaid as Ronald Reagan
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Episode 18: Gotti, Starring John Travolta as John Gotti
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Episode 17: Get On Up!, with Chadwick Boseman as James Brown
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Episode 16: Cleopatra, the 1963 Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton Version
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Bonus Episode! Irrelevant Host Banter 5: Race
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Episode 15: Prefontaine, Starring Jared Leto as Steve Prefontaine
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Bonus Episode! Irrelevant Host Banter 4: Becket & Frida
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Episode 14: Race, a Jesse Owens Biopic, Starring Stephan James
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Bonus Episode! Irrelevant Host Banter, 3rd Edition: Cobb & Evita
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Jul 27, 2024 |
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Episode 13: Frida, with Salma Hayek as Frida Kahlo
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Episode 12: Becket, Starring Peter O'Toole as Henry II and Richard Burton as Thomas Becket
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Episode 11: Evita, with Madonna as Eva Peron
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Bonus Episode! Irrelevant Host Banter, Edition 2: Milk, Bessie, Rocketman & Gia
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Episode 10: Cobb, Starring Tommy Lee Jones as Ty Cobb
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Episode 9: Gia, Starring Angelina Jolie as Supermodel Gia Carangi
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Episode 8: Rocketman, the Elton John Biopic Starring Taron Egerton
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Episode 7: Bessie, Starring Queen Latifah as Bessie Smith
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Episode 6: Milk, Starring Sean Penn as Harvey Milk
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Bonus Episode! Irrelevant Host Banter, Edition 1: Intro, The Doors & Caligula
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Jun 01, 2024 |
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Emergency Episode: The Reagan Trailer
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May 30, 2024 |
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Episode 5: The Conqueror, with John Wayne as Genghis Khan
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May 26, 2024 |
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Episode 4: Respect, Starring Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin
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May 22, 2024 |
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Introduction, Episode 0: Who Are We and What Are We Doing?
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May 12, 2024 |