Great look at the 1919 Chicago Black Sox scandal. We discuss what they got right and wrong and look a little deeper at some of the key figures.
Category: History podcast
A035: Reds (1981)
A look (though perhaps a boring one) into the lives of American radicals in the 1910s.
A034: Sergeant York (1941)
The real story of Alvin York isn’t quite what we see in this film led by Gary Cooper’s Oscar-winning performance.
A033: Jim Thorpe — All-American (1951)
The story of perhaps the greatest athlete of all-time. Thorpe is probably best-known for winning the first-ever pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympics.
A032: Ragtime (1981)
Based on the largely fictional novel by E.L. Doctorow, there are a handful of historical characters who also feature in this story set in the early 20th century.