NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture

Media & Entertainment Podcasts

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...

Episodes

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

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

#47 - Saving Private Ryan

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

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

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

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

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

#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)

#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)

#40 - American Gods: Ancient Slavic Curses, Hinduism, and Vikings (Part 2)

#39 - American Gods: Ancient Slavic Curses, Hinduism, and Vikings (Part 1)

#38 - Game of Thrones: Examples From History That Jon Snow Could Learn From (Part 2)

#37 - Game of Thrones: Examples From History That Jon Snow Could Learn From (Part 1)

#36 - Avengers Endgame: How You Think About Thor Every Week

#35 - Bonnie & Clyde: How pop culture distorts history and lasts longer than the events they describe

#34 - The Movie Poster: One man’s remarkable career and when posters were used in history

#33 - Alien: The dawn of cinema, real parasites that will give you nightmares, and Nazi uniforms

#32 - Echoes: The history of writing and printing starting in Egypt and ending with Jem’s new book

#31 - They Shall Not Grow Old: A revolutionary documentary