NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture

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NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Cultureinactive

Publisher |: Laluma

Media Type |: audio

Podknife tags |: History,; Society & Culture

Categories Via RSS |: Education,; Personal Journals,; Society & Culture,; TV & Film

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successful video games – Assassins Creed, God of War, and Fortnite – are steeped in history.NEON has already uncovered historical references in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Black Panther, Star Wars, Game of Thrones, The Greatest Showman and the musical, Hamilton.Presented by Jem DuducuProduced by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

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People |: Jem Duducu (@jemduducu),; Dan Morelle (@danmorelle)
Country Of Origin |: United Kingdom
Produced In |: London, England
Premiere Date |: 2018-03-05
Related Hashtags |: #history,; #History,; #LoveHistory,; #LoveIsland
Frequency |: Periodic
Explicit |: No

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52 Available Episodes (52 Total) / Average duration: 00:33:31

Date Duration Most Reviewed Highest Rated

52 Available Episodes (52 Total)Average duration: 00:33:31

Mar 27, 2020

00:39:11

Written & Presented by Jem Duducu

Producer: Dan Morelle

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Dec 15, 2019

00:39:13

Written & Presented by Jem Duducu

Producer: Dan Morelle

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Sep 02, 2019

00:40:39

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Jun 14, 2019

00:33:41

Written & Presented by Jem Duducu

Special Guest: Tom Holland

Producer: Dan Morelle

Tom Holland is a writer and popular historian who has published best-selling books on topics including classical and medieval history and the origins of Islam.

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NEON Patreon Supporters

Curly Hooligan

David Robertson

Greg Chapman

Katie Douglass

Luna Pixie

Therese Prieur

Fredrick Shumate

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Jun 08, 2019

00:39:34

Written & Presented by Jem Duducu

Producer: Dan Morelle

Music: Kinuyo Yamashita and Satoe Terashima - Battle of the Holy

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History Gems Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/History-Gems-405343956153479/

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NEON Patreon Supporters

Curly Hooligan

David Robertson

Greg Chapman

Katie Douglass

Luna Pixie

Therese Prieur

Fredrick Shumate

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Jun 02, 2019

00:40:00

This episode originally aired in 2018.

How can an unscripted reality show, largely filled with vacuous individuals teach us history? For this one NEON goes way back and talks about the biological reason for finding a mate as opposed to the way strawberries or starfish can do it on their own. Finding a mate defines most of the natural world and a lot of human history too and Love Island shows us this. Add to that the dark under belly of human emotion enjoying mocking those less fortunate and you find out a lot about how the show works and about your own psychology in this episode.

Written & Presented by Jem Duducu

Produced by Dan Morelle

Music: Kwabs - Wrong or Right

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May 24, 2019

00:19:45

Written & Presented by Jem Duducu

Producer: Dan Morelle

Music: The Herbaliser - The Sensual Woman

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History Gems Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/History-Gems-405343956153479/

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NEON Patreon Supporters

Curly Hooligan

David Robertson

Greg Chapman

Katie Douglass

Luna Pixie

Therese Prieur

Fredrick Shumate

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May 22, 2019

00:18:33

COMPETITION TIME: Win a pair of Apple AirPods. Enter now: neonpodcast.com/win

Written & Presented by Jem Duducu

Producer: Dan Morelle

Music: The Herbaliser - The Sensual Woman

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History Gems Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/History-Gems-405343956153479/

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NEON Patreon Supporters

Curly Hooligan

David Robertson

Greg Chapman

Katie Douglass

Luna Pixie

Therese Prieur

Fredrick Shumate

Go ad free AND get early access to full episodes, support us on Patreon: patreon.com/NEONpodcast

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May 19, 2019

00:20:23

The TV show Lucifer is back on Netflix. One of the few hit movies Keanu Reeves has done that doesn’t involve gunplay is the devils advocate. So it’s the perfect time to talk about the devil. In this episode of Neon we take these 2 pop culture views of satan and explore this most ancient of evils. It takes us to areas that will genuinely surprise.

Written & Presented by Jem Duducu

Producer: Dan Morelle

Music: The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil

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History Gems Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/History-Gems-405343956153479/

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NEON Patreon Supporters

Curly Hooligan

David Robertson

Greg Chapman

Katie Douglass

Luna Pixie

Therese Prieur

Fredrick Shumate

Go ad free AND get early access to full episodes, support us on Patreon: patreon.com/NEONpodcast

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 17, 2019

00:19:43

Written & Presented by Jem Duducu

Producer: Dan Morelle

Music: Jidenna - Long Live The Chief

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History Gems Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/History-Gems-405343956153479/

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NEON Patreon Supporters

Curly Hooligan

David Robertson

Greg Chapman

Katie Douglass

Luna Pixie

Therese Prieur

Fredrick Shumate

Go ad free, support us on Patreon: patreon.com/NEONpodcast

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 27 | 00:39:11

#49 - Avengers: Endgame (2019) & Contagion (2011)

Dec 15 | 00:39:13

#48 - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

Sep 02 | 00:40:39

#47 - Saving Private Ryan

Jun 14 | 00:33:41

#46 - NEON at the Movies: 300 with Tom Holland

Jun 08 | 00:39:34

#45 - Castlevania: How a video game was inspired by 15th century Ottoman history

Jun 02 | 00:40:00

#17 - Love Island: A genius show that combines our need for a companion with a much darker side of humanity

May 24 | 00:19:45

#44 - Braveheart: Is it history or is it legend? (Part 2)

May 22 | 00:18:33

#43 - Braveheart: Is it history or is it legend? (Part 1)

May 19 | 00:20:23

#42 - Devil's Advocate & Lucifer: What are the origins of evil? Is there an underlying meaning to the names we give to it? (Part 2)

May 17 | 00:19:43

#41 - Devil's Advocate & Lucifer: What are the origins of evil? Is there an underlying meaning to the names we give to it? (Part 1)

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