NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture

52 Episodes

1. #30 - Marvel vs DC: The origin of the species, Lee & Kirby, and how neo-nazis invent toys

   Published: 2/17/2019
2. #29 - Oscars Special: The history of colour, Britain’s greatest general and code breaking

   Published: 2/11/2019
3. #28 - Wolf of Wall Street: Debunking all the myths you know about sales

   Published: 1/21/2019
4. #27 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: British censorship laws and the West’s fear of martial art’s weapons

   Published: 1/7/2019
5. #26 - Red Dead Redemption 2: A careful reconstruction of the American frontier and a new way to tell an epic story

   Published: 12/22/2018
6. #25 - Minisode

   Published: 12/7/2018
7. #24 - 2001: A Space Odyssey: A study of hominid behaviour and making film history in the process

   Published: 11/4/2018
8. #23 - AKIRA: Taking us from Battle of the Planets to the Pacific campaign of WW2

   Published: 10/27/2018
9. #22 - The A-Team: How America treats its war veterans

   Published: 10/20/2018
10. #21 - The A-Team: How America treats its war veterans

    Published: 8/24/2018
11. #20 - Assassin’s Creed: What exactly is an assassin and what have the crusades got to do with the Mongol hordes?

    Published: 8/1/2018
12. #19 - The Handmaid’s Tale & The Running Man: Unlikely bedfellows that highlight dystopias and the Ottoman Harem

    Published: 7/17/2018
13. #18 - The World Cup: A demonstration of soft power and diplomacy through sport through the ages

    Published: 6/28/2018
14. #17 - Love Island: A genius show that combines our need for a companion with a much darker side of humanity

    Published: 6/24/2018
15. #16 - Battlefield 1: Exploring the less well known campaigns of the Great War

    Published: 6/13/2018
16. #15 - Westworld: Historical detail of the Wild West brought to life by future technology

    Published: 6/8/2018
17. #14 - Vikings: How historical drama can end up being less accurate than fantasy

    Published: 6/4/2018
18. #13 - Batman: Gotham by Gaslight: Combining Steam Punk, Jack the Ripper and Victorian engineering

    Published: 5/25/2018
19. #12 - The Greatest Showman & Hamilton the Musical: 2 historical musicals with 2 very different approaches to history

    Published: 5/18/2018
20. #11 - Hip Hop & History: How NWA and Public Enemy carry on the spirit of Chaucer and Dickens

    Published: 5/14/2018