Condensed Histories

In this week's episode Jem talks about the video game Overwatch! Keep in touch with Jem on twitter at @JemDuducu and on Facebook at History Gems and let him know which of the podcasts you are enjoying the most - this helps us to know which of the episodes to make more of! You can also contact Greg, the man behind the scenes, on Twitter at @gregandfelicity. You can support the podcast by getting a...

This episode, Jem looks into the history in and around the film Commando starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Keep in touch with Jem on twitter at @JemDuducu and on Facebook at History Gems and let him know which of the podcasts you are enjoying the most - this helps us to know which of the episodes to make more of! You can also contact Greg, the man behind the scenes, on Twitter at @gregandfelicity. Y...

Jem ahs chosen a wonderful topic for this week's podcast, as he looks at the history hidden inside the Hanna Barbera cartoon series Scooby Doo! Keep in touch with Jem on twitter at @JemDuducu and on Facebook at History Gems and let him know which of the podcasts you are enjoying the most - this helps us to know which of the episodes to make more of! You can also contact Greg, the man behind the sc...

Jem revisits the world of Warhammer, and uses it as a jumping off point to take a whistle stop tour through the crusades! Keep in touch with Jem on twitter at @JemDuducu and on Facebook at History Gems and let him know which of the podcasts you are enjoying the most - this helps us to know which of the episodes to make more of! You can also contact Greg, the man behind the scenes, on Twitter at @g...

Jem talks about Captain America, the new The Falcon and the Winter Soldier series, and propaganda throughout history! Keep in touch with Jem on twitter at @JemDuducu and on Facebook at History Gems and let him know which of the podcasts you are enjoying the most - this helps us to know which of the episodes to make more of! You can also contact Greg, the man behind the scenes, on Twitter at @grega...

When Jem can get thirty minutes of history out of a three minute song, he is a happy man! So here, with Adam and the Ants' 'Stand And Deliver' he gets to look at history spanning from highwaymen, to execution and so much more! Keep in touch with Jem on twitter at @JemDuducu and on Facebook at History Gems and let him know which of the podcasts you are enjoying the most - this helps us to know whic...

Jem looks into the history in and around the television series The Expanse - which takes him from the American Revolution to Edward Snowdon, with many stops in between! Keep in touch with Jem on twitter at @JemDuducu and on Facebook at History Gems and let him know which of the podcasts you are enjoying the most - this helps us to know which of the episodes to make more of! You can also contact Gr...

In this week's episode Jem looks into the history hiding in the various iterations of Watchmen - from the comic by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, through the Zak Snyder movie and on to the TV series! Keep in touch with Jem on twitter at @JemDuducu and on Facebook at History Gems and let him know which of the podcasts you are enjoying the most - this helps us to know which of the episodes to make mor...

Jem talks about the video game 'Dynasty Warriors' as well as two other video games, 'Blade Storm' and 'Valkyria Chronicles' - which of course means he'll be talking about World War Two, Chinese History, trusting sources, Ghengis Kahn and the American Civil War! Keep in touch with Jem on twitter at @JemDuducu and on Facebook at History Gems and let him know which of the podcasts you are enjoying th...

This week Jem is looking at the 1986 Kurt Russel movie 'Big Trouble in Little China'! So of course he'll be looking at history including immigration, a Nepalese knife, the Chinese Mafia and cultural appropriation! Keep in touch with Jem on twitter at @JemDuducu and on Facebook at History Gems and let him know which of the podcasts you are enjoying the most - this helps us to know which of the epis...

Warhammer 40k is the theme of this podcast, as Jem looks into the history hidden inside Warhammer 40k, the tabletop game from Games Workshop. This of course means that he has to talk about the history of the D-Day landings in World War Two, Hitler, Stalin, Heresy and (you won't expect this) the Spanish Inquisition! Keep in touch with Jem on twitter at @JemDuducu and on Facebook at History Gems and...

The lastest edition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the MCU, is WandaVision - a new TV series streaming on Disney Plus centered around the Marvel characters Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch) and Vision. As with most popular culture, there is a lot of history hidden behind the series - from a form of comedy taking us back to Ancient Greece to the history of televisions themselves! Plus Jem’s enthusi...

This week, Jem sets his targets on 'Love Actually', and in a rare treat for the podcast he has chosen as his subject a film that he doesn't actually like - despite generally liking Richard Curtis’s films! We've all heard Jem heap praise onto those things he enjoys, but how will he cope when faced with looking for the history hidden inside a film which he doesn't rate so highly? Keep in touch with...

Jem takes pop-culture to the limit, and explores the history behind some of the food we eat! You can support the podcast by getting a copy of Jem's new book, 'Edge of Life', at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Edge-Life-Jem-Duducu/dp/B08TMTZJBY. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/condensed-histories . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jem looks into the history behind the new Netflix film 'The Dig', all about the Sutton Hoo Burial... Wait... Not burial, apparently... You can support the podcast by getting a copy of Jem's new book, 'Edge of Life', at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Edge-Life-Jem-Duducu/dp/B08TMTZJBY. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/condensed-histories . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...

In this episode, Jem discussed the history surrounding his new book - Edge of Life - which tells the stories of both 2020 and the Spanish Flu of 1918! Be sure to pick up your copy of the book at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Edge-Life-Jem-Duducu/dp/B08TMTZJBY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=FYT67YPJNACA&dchild=1&keywords=jem+duducu&qid=1612197950&sprefix=jem+dudu%2Caps%2C142&sr=8-1 Support this sho...

This week Jem looks into the history in and around Warhammer! Keep in touch with Jem on twitter at @JemDuducu and on Facebook at History Gems. You can also contact Greg, the man behind the scenes, at @gregandfelicity. If you enjoy what Jem does, please have a look at his range of history books and historical novels on Amazon. This week I (Greg) am going to recommend you have a look at 'Deus Valt -...

This episode, Jem looks at the history hidden inside the Netflix tv series 'Queen's Gambit'. Keep in touch with Jem on twitter at @JemDuducu and on Facebook at History Gems. You can also contact Greg, the man behind the scenes, at @gregandfelicity. If you enjoy what Jem does, please have a look at his range of history books and historical novels on Amazon. This week I (Greg) am going to recommend...

Proving that there is history hidden in and around even the most well known songs, Jem looks into the history hidden in and around National Anthems! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/condensed-histories . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jem looks into the history surrounding the film 'The Social Network'... and around social media in general! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/condensed-histories . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Jem is joined by Greg to present a 'thrown-back' episode with a mix of the old and new formats, as the pair look at the history around The Presitge! Keep in touch with Jem on twitter at @JemDuducu and on Facebook at History Gems. You can also contact Greg, the man behind the scenes, at @gregandfelicity. If you enjoy what Jem does, please have a look at his range of history books and hist...

This week Jem takes us into the history hidden inside Dracula! To watch Greg's travel history documentary, 'Romania: Seeking Dracula's Castle', you can follow the link here: https://youtu.be/89heKdM27-A. Keep in touch with Jem on twitter at @JemDuducu and on Facebook at History Gems. You can also contact Greg, the man behind the scenes, at @gregandfelicity. If you enjoy what Jem does, please have...

This week Jem takes us into the history hidden inside the the 'His Dark Materials trilogy of books. Keep in touch with Jem on twitter at @JemDuducu and on Facebook at History Gems. You can also contact Greg, the man behind the scenes, at @gregandfelicity. If you enjoy what Jem does, please have a look at his range of history books and historical novels on Amazon. This week I (Greg) am going to rec...

This week Jem takes us into the history hidden inside the film Jojo Rabbit. Keep in touch with Jem on twitter at @JemDuducu and on Facebook at History Gems. You can also contact Greg, the man behind the scenes, at @gregandfelicity. If you enjoy what Jem does, please have a look at his range of history books and historical novels on Amazon. This week I (Greg) am going to recommend you have a look a...

This week Jem takes us into the history hidden inside the Assassin's Creed video games. Keep in touch with Jem on twitter at @JemDuducu and on Facebook at History Gems. You can also contact Greg, the man behind the scenes, at @gregandfelicity. If you enjoy what Jem does, please have a look at his range of history books and historical novels on Amazon. This week I (Greg) am going to recommend you h...