NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture

A podcast by Laluma

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Education Society & Culture TV & Film

52 Episodes

  1. #10 - Predator: An analogy for Vietnam and the Spanish American War

    Published: 5/11/2018

  2. #9 - Minisode: Far Cry 5

    Published: 5/8/2018

  3. #8 - Star Wars: Combining Nazi propaganda and Samurai to make film history

    Published: 5/4/2018

  4. #7 - God of War: How a cutting edge video game brings to life ancient European culture

    Published: 4/27/2018

  5. #6 - Game of Thrones: What fantasy fiction can teach us about real power struggles in medieval Europe

    Published: 4/23/2018

  6. Minisode: Ready Player One

    Published: 4/9/2018

  7. #5 - Troy Fall of a City: How the oldest story in Europe has become the mother of history and fiction in the west

    Published: 4/8/2018

  8. #4 - Raiders of the Lost Ark: Revealing secrets of the Luftwaffe, the Bible and U-Boats

    Published: 3/30/2018

  9. #3 - Kingdom Come Deliverance: What a simulation can tell us about the medieval world

    Published: 3/22/2018

  10. #2 - Star Wars - The Last Jedi: What Snoke could have learned from other historical imperial body guards

    Published: 3/16/2018

  11. #1 - Black Panther: How a Marvel movie is influenced by the richest man in history and an Egyptian god

    Published: 3/9/2018

  12. #0 - NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture - Trailer

    Published: 3/5/2018

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NEON is a different way of sharing historical knowledge. NEON takes a pop culture phenomenon and turns it on its head by revealing lesser known facts, real-life events and history behind your favourite Netflix shows, movies or video games.From how the A-Team took inspiration from Vietnamese history and resistance leaders, to the Aryan purity and Harem breeding programs behind the Handmaid’s Tale. Even some of the most successful video games – Assassins Creed, God of War, and Fortnite – are steeped in history.NEON has already uncovered historical references in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Black Panther, Star Wars, Game of Thrones, The Greatest Showman and the musical, Hamilton.Presented by Jem DuducuProduced by Dan Morelle Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.