355: Tora! Tora! Tora! with Jon Parshall

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 what really happened. To help us separate fact from fiction, […]

345: Today: The Great Fire and the Extinguishment of the Great Fire of London

BOATS TODAY (SEPT 5, 2024) — After four days of fighting the flames, the Great Fire of London was finally extinguished on this day in 1666 so today we’ll learn more about how the events from exactly 358 years ago today were shown in the TV miniseries called The Great Fire. Until next time, here’s […]

342: This Week: Saving Mr Banks, Krakatoa East of Java, From Hell

BOATS THIS WEEK (AUG 26-SEPT 1, 2024) — Tomorrow marks the 60th anniversary of Disney’s Mary Poppins premiered, and that event is shown in the 2013 movie called Saving Mr. Banks about the making of Mary Poppins. If that’s too confusing, give the episode a listen to unravel it all. From there, we’ll travel to […]

341: This Week: The Crucible, Sweet Dreams, Pompeii

BOATS THIS WEEK (AUG 19-25,2024) — Historical events from the movies start with The Crucible and how it depicts the Salem witch trials from this week in 1692. Then, we’ll learn a bit about Patsy Cline’s hit song “Crazy” because it was this week in 1961 that she started recording it in the studio, and […]

337: This Week: USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage, Rush, Patton

BOATS THIS WEEK (JUL 29-AUG 4,2024) — There were two major disaster this week in history. The first we’ll learn about is an event many consider the worst shark attack in history, which began on July 30th, 1945, and is shown in the movie USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage.  Our next historical disaster marks its […]

322: This Week: Sink the Bismark, Harriet, Watchmen

In this episode, we’ll learn about historical events that happened this week in history as they were depicted in these movies: Sink the Bismark, Harriet, and Watchmen. Events from This Week in History Monday: Sink the Bismark or watch it on YouTube Saturday: Harriet | BOATS #187 Saturday: Watchmen Birthdays from This Week in History Walt […]

318: This Week: The Hindenburg, Band of Brothers, Operation Finale

In this episode, we’ll learn about historical events that happened this week in history as they were depicted in these movies: The Hindenburg, Band of Brothers, and Operation Finale. Events from This Week in History The Hindenburg | BOATS #91 Band of Brothers | BOATS Miniseries Operation Finale | BOATS #162   Birthdays from This Week […]

315: This Week: Troy, Chernobyl

In this episode, we’ll learn about historical events that happened this week in history as they were depicted in the movie Troy and two events from the TV series Chernobyl. Events from This Week in History Troy | BOATS #133 Chernobyl | BOATS Miniseries   Birthdays from This Week in History Vladimir Lenin in The King’s Man Marcus […]

313: This Week: The Conspirator, Pearl Harbor, The Red Baron

In this episode, we’ll learn about historical events that happened this week in history as they were depicted in these movies: The Conspirator, Pearl Harbor, and The Red Baron. Events from This Week in History The Conspirator | BOATS #175 Pearl Harbor | BOATS #212 The Red Baron   Birthdays from This Week in History The Life […]