Then Again

Episode Notes When you see the words “based on a true story” in the opening credits of a film assume that’s Hollywood-speak for “mostly lies”! Using the film “Green Book” and the discussion its Oscar-winning generated as a springboard, in this episode Ken and Glen delve into truth, seeming truth, and cinematic responsibility in film. Thanks for listening! Questions? Comments? Talk to us at thenaga...

Lewis and Clark! They’re movies were hilarious! Wait, that was Lewis and Martin, you know, Jerry and Dean… We’re talking Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the men who led the Corps of Discovery to find out just what the heck Thomas Jefferson had bought with the Louisiana Purchase. In this episode Ken and Glen go to the Pacific Northwest and back with not just Lewis and Clark, but also the invalu...

Episode Notes Well Pardner, pull yer horse up ‘round the chuck-wagon an’ play a hand of poker ‘round th’ campfire while trick shootin’ a rattlesnake off a cactus with yer six-gun…or forget that nonsense and let’s talk about the real West! Though what most people think of as the Old West realistically lasted only about 20 years, it has a vast mythology. In this episode Ken and Glen ride the range o...

Episode Notes So, what was World War I called before World War II tipped us off? The “Great War” – and not great as in wonderful, but great as in enormous or overpowering. To those born in the late 20th and early 21st centuries the magnitude of what The Great War meant to those who experienced it can be elusive – Ken and Glen try to provide a sense of it in this episode. Thanks for listening! Ques...

Episode Notes Why should you care about a battle that took place in southeast England almost one thousand years ago? Because this podcast is in English, that’s why! The language sounds the way it does today as a direct result of that battle on October 14, 1066. Very few single days actually “change the course of History” – Ken and Glen tell you why this is one. Thanks for listening! Questions? Com...

Episode Notes Just when you thought it was safe to click back in, more musings - fine, pontificating! - on the so called “American Revolution”. In this episode Ken and Glen continue holding forth on military tactics, civilian support or indifference, Loyalists, the Enslaved, diplomacy – and the French! Thanks for listening! Questions? Comments? Talk to us at thenagaincontact@gmail.com Then Again w...

Episode Notes What's fact and what's fiction in the popular stories of the American Revolution? Ken and Glen dissect the myths of the American War for Independence. Thanks for listening! Questions? Comments? We hope no concerns! Talk to us at thenagaincontact@gmail.com Find out more at http://www.thenagainpodcast.com

Episode Notes Game of Thrones is so much more that an adaptation of a Dungeons and Dragons gaming session. It’s also an adaptation of European Medieval history! Doesn’t George R. R. Martin have any ideas of his own!? Of course he does, and in this episode Ken and Glen discuss how he takes factual underpinnings and transforms them into realistic high fantasy. Thanks for listening! Questions? Commen...

Episode Notes Best Hollywood movie ever made or Greatest Hollywood movie ever made? Our answer may surprise you…ok, it won’t surprise you – we love it! Ken and Glen look at the film from the perspective of the 1940s audience that made it a hit, with an in-depth focus on the topical references and symbolism that can be missed today. Then Again with Ken and Glen is produced by the Cottrell Digital S...