Based on a True Story
Comparing Hollywood with history, Based on a True Story is a podcast that tells the true stories behind the movies we love. New episodes every Monday, just in time for your morning commute. Learn more at basedonatruestorypodcast.com
- Website
- http://www.basedonatruestorypodcast.com/
- Description
- Comparing Hollywood with history, Based on a True Story is a podcast that tells the true stories behind the movies we love. New episodes every Monday, just in time for your morning commute.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2025-01-13 22:39
- last episode published
- 2025-01-13 11:00
- publication frequency
- 8.91 days
- Contributors
- Dan LeFebvre
- Owner Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 361
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Society & Culture Performing Arts TV & Film History Arts
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Episodes
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| 2025-01-13 | BASED ON A TRUE STORY (BOATS EP. 358) — In 2000's Thirteen Days, we see a lot of the behind-the-scenes discussions and decisions that took place during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October of 1962. To help us separate fact from fiction, we'll get to hea... |
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| 2024-12-30 | BASED ON A TRUE STORY (BOATS EP. 357) — A new biopic from director Pablo Larraín tells the story of renowned opera singer Maria Callas. Unfortunately, the movie falls short in telling the true story of the real Maria Callas. Today we'll get to learn fr... |
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| 2024-12-16 | BASED ON A TRUE STORY (BOATS EP. 356) — Today we're tackling all five movies in the storied Indiana Jones franchise that needs no further introduction. To help us separate fact from fiction, we'll learn from multiple Emmy-nominated director and produce... |
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| 2024-12-07 | BASED ON A TRUE STORY (BOATS EP. 355) — Today is the 83rd anniversary of the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor that was depicted in the 1970 movie Tora! Tora! Tora! Often praised for its accuracy, Tora! Tora! Tora! has also perpetrated some myths about w... |
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| 2024-11-05 | BASED ON A TRUE STORY (BOATS EP. 354) — Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, we're walking into Casablanca on this episode to answer: How historically accurate is the movie? Where to watch Casablanca now Helping us separate fact f... |
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| 2024-10-15 | BASED ON A TRUE STORY (BOATS EP. 353) — During the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, the United States sent shockwaves around the world as they upset the four-time defending gold medalist Soviet Union team in a game that would go on to be ... |
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| 2024-10-14 |
This Week: Napoleon, Thirteen Days, The Patriot, The Last Duel BOATS THIS WEEK (OCT 14-20, 2024) — This Wednesday is the anniversary of Marie Antoinette's execution in 1793 that we saw inn the opening sequence of Ridley Scott's Napoleon (2023). After that, we'll travel exactly 169 years from 1793 to 1962, because ... |
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| 2024-10-07 | BOATS THIS WEEK (OCT 7-13, 2024) — 57 years ago tomorrow, Che Guevara was captured in Bolivia just before his execution. Then, two years later, Omar Sharif portrayed him in the movie version of Che's story that we'll compare to the true story of this w... |
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| 2024-09-30 |
This Week: Alexander, 61*, Black Hawk Down, The Social Network BOATS THIS WEEK (SEP 30-OCT 6, 2024) — Thousands of years ago this week, Alexander the Great fought his final decisive battle against Darius III so we'll start our journey by comparing the true story of Gaugamela with the battle in 2004's Colin Farrell... |
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| 2024-09-23 |
This Week: Turn, A Bridge Too Far, The Godfather Part III, Remember the Titans BOATS THIS WEEK (SEP 23-29, 2024) — AMC's Turn: Washington's Spies shows us how Benedict Arnold's treason was discovered back on September 24th, 1780. The next day, on Wednesday this week, marks the anniversary of Operation Market Garden coming to a cl... |
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