Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvtunzelmann is a historian and screenwriter. Alex writes a weekly column about historical films for The Guardian Online, entitled Reel Histories.;Alex’s latest book entitled ‘ Reel History ‘, picks through Hollywood’s version of events, sorting the fact from the fiction. Based on the long-running column in the Guardian, Reel History takes a comic look at the history of the world as told through the movies – the good, the bad, and the very, very ugly.
Dr David Kenyon is a British archaeologist and military historian. He was one of the military advisors on the film War Horse. David is the Research Historian at Bletchley Park @BletchleyPark.
Dan talks to Ruth Ben-Ghiat about what the history of Italian Fascism can teach us about the modern political landscape.
Two weeks before the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Richard Brookhiser joined me on the podcast to discuss Trump and presidential history.
