Ave, citizen! It’s Episode 4 of our Roman epic and the ailing Republic is divided in two. It’s East vs. West, brains vs. brawn and man vs. woman (okay that’s a stretch) as Gaius Octavius steps into the limelight to face off against Mark Antony and his Egyptian Queen Cleopatra. It’s been a long haul…
ROME IV | Rise of the Empire (42-27 BC)
The Many Saints Of Newark Trailer Breakdown & Reaction
Welcome to Cut To Black! A Sopranos Sitdown! Jim and Jakob are back to discuss the new trailer for The Many Saints of Newark (A Sopranos Story), their expections, hype level and most importantly, their FEAR. http://media.blubrry.com/showswhatyouknow/p/www.showswhatyouknow.com/CTB/ManySaints.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS
Fear Street Part 1: 1994 | The Art Of Horror
Jim and Jakob get together to discuss Netflix’s Fear Street Part 1: 1994, horror films, easter eggs and much much more. The trilogy begins in Shadyside, 1994. In 1994, a group of teenagers discovers that the terrifying events that have haunted their town for generations may all be connected — and that they may be…
ROME III | And Brutus is an Honourable Man (44-42 BC)
Friends! Romans! Countrymen! Lend me your ears! I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. It’s episode 3 of our coverage of HBO’s ROME, starting in on the second season – and the Republic hangs by a thread. The Great Julius Caesar is dead, the city is in shock. What next? War… obviously. Haven’t…
ROME II | The Die is Cast (49 BC – 44 BC)
You’ve heard of Julius Caesar right? Sure you have, you don’t live under a rock. That’s a good start as our second episode on Rome covers the First Triumvirate. Caesar and his pals – history’s richest man Crassus and the swashbuckling Pompey the Great – came together to run roughshod over the ailing Republic. But…
ROME I | Rise of the Republic (753 BC – 49 BC)
Join us for the first episode of our deep dive on the history that inspired the BBC/HBO series Rome (2005-2017). Oh you say you know nothing about the Roman Empire? Perfect, this is the pod for you, citizen. There’s plenty of melodrama as we discuss how the familial feuds and incestuous relationships among the Roman…
The Nevers S01E06 – “True”
Time to check back in with The Nevers episode 6 and be completely confused for a few minutes as we are dropped into a new world, but have no fear, all will be revealed! What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and review on iTunes and remember to spread the…
Inglourious Basterds (2009) | Vive La Résistance! (1940)
Greetings, partisans, to episode 5 of Reel History Season 2! 🇫🇷 Join us as we focus our lens on a bombastic and brilliant tale of ‘a bushwhacking gorilla army doing one thing and one thing only – killing Nazis’. These memorable opening lines are spoken in the southern drawl of Brad Pitt’s Lieutenant Aldo in…
The Nevers S01E04-05 “Undertaking” & “Hanged”
Mary is gone and we are dealing with the fallout, people are picking sides at the Orphanage as Amalia and Penance have different priorities, and what the hell is going on with the Galanthi?! What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and review on iTunes and remember to spread the…
Master and Commander (2003) | The Napoleonic Wars (1805)
Welcome aboard for episode 4 of Reel History Season 2! To quote Jakob – “this week we’ve gone nautical, lads” ⚓️ so all hands on deck as we man the canons and survey the horizon for dark sails 🏴☠️ in the epic period war drama “ Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World”…