[Edit] The audio quality has been fixed on this episode.

In this episode I pay tribute to Mr. Spock -- Leonard Nimoy, and look at the Star Trek Original Series episode "The Omega Glory." Topics discussed include Cold War symbolism in the Star Trek universe.

Warning: This episode contains spoilers

Podcast Shout-Out

Cited Podcast -- http://citedpodcast.com/superpredator/

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The Oscars are this week! So, I talk about the 2005 Oscar nominated film Good Night and Good Luck. Topics covered include Communism, the Red Scare, and the integrity of the modern news media.

I also have a new segment helping to promote two of my new favorite podcasts!

Show Notes:

IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433383/

Books Used:

Reds: McCarthyism in Twentieth-Century America, Ted Morgan - 

http://www.amazon.com/Reds-McCarthyism-Twentieth-Century-Ted-Morgan/dp/081297302X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1424452598&sr=1-1&keywords=Red%3A+Communism+in+the+20th+Century

Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism, Bob Edwards - 

http://www.amazon.com/Edward-Broadcast-Journalism-Turning-History/dp/0471477532

Intro, Outro, Interstitial Music - "Barbara," US Army Jazz Band - 

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/US_Army_Blues/Live_At_Blues_Alley/0_-_09_-_The_US_Army_Blues_-_Barbara

Podcast Shout-Outs:

The Curmudgeon Cafe - 

http://www.curmudgeoncafe.net/

Now Playing Podcast - 

http://www.nowplayingpodcast.com/

Looks like we've jumped in to the deep end of the podcasting pool!

The Historian's Movie Review is now available through iTunes!

If you like what you have heard so far subscribe or leave the show a rating in the iTunes store.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-historians-movie-review/id967805582

Note: Audio levels have been fixed in this episode

In this episode I look at two films about Abraham Lincoln - "Young Mr. Lincoln" from 1939 and "Abrabam Lincoln" from 1930. Historical inaccuracies, myths about Lincoln, and bad makeup are discussed.

IMDB:

Young Mr. Lincoln - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032155/

Abraham Lincoln - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020620/?ref_=nv_sr_3

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals - http://www.amazon.com/Team-Rivals-Political-Abraham-Lincoln/dp/1451688091

Intro Music - "Hail to the Chief," United Staets Navy Band - http://www.navyband.navy.mil/anthems/honors.htm

Outro Music - "Abe Lincoln," Jetwelder - https://www.jamendo.com/en/track/958219/abe-lincoln

We have a special guest for this episode -- my girlfriend Jess! We talk about hidden histories, Bill Murray being Bill Murray, and how the World War II generation is slowly fading away.

Notes:

IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2177771/

Intro and Outro Music - "What do you do in the Infantry" - https://archive.org/details/BingCrosbyhitSongs-131-140  

Smithsonian Monuments Men Site - http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-monuments-men-180949569/?no-ist

The Monuments Men Website - http://www.monumentsmen.com/

The Last of the Monuments Men - http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-last-of-the-monuments-men