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We're wrapping our series on Band of Brothers today as we look as the last three episodes of the HBO miniseries.Episodes we're covering today:8. The Last Patrol9. Why We Fight10. PointsLearn more about Marty's work D-Day: A Photographic History of the Normandy Invasion: https://links.boatspodcast.com/184ddayphoto Down to Earth: The 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Normandy: https://links.boatspodcast.com/184the507th Watch Marty on What on Earth? https://links.boatspodcast.com/184whatonearth Find Strange Evidence on TV: https://links.boatspodcast.com/184strangeevidence Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/f108bbae-8b4a-4d20-9b5a-a95043ad8cad Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/184 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today we're continuing our look at the historical accuracy of Band of Brothers as we cover episodes six and seven while Easy Company is in Bastogne. We'll wrap up the series in our next episode of Based on a True Story.Episodes we're covering today:6. Bastogne7. The Breaking PointLearn more about Marty's work D-Day: A Photographic History of the Normandy Invasion: https://links.boatspodcast.com/183ddayphoto Down to Earth: The 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Normandy: https://links.boatspodcast.com/183the507th Watch Marty on What on Earth? https://links.boatspodcast.com/183whatonearth Find Strange Evidence on TV: https://links.boatspodcast.com/183strangeevidence Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/19cc6301-ceb7-4e68-ab78-ee25bc7fd401 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/183 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

June 6th, 2021 is the 77th anniversary of D-Day. This year also marks the 20th anniversary of the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. So, today we'll kick off a 3-part miniseries of our own where we cover Band of Brothers with World War II historian and author Marty Morgan.Episodes we're covering today:1. Currahee2. Day of Days3. Carentan4. Replacements5. CrossroadsLearn more about Marty's work D-Day: A Photographic History of the Normandy Invasion: https://links.boatspodcast.com/182ddayphoto Down to Earth: The 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Normandy: https://links.boatspodcast.com/182the507th Watch Marty on What on Earth? https://links.boatspodcast.com/182whatonearth Find Strange Evidence on TV: https://links.boatspodcast.com/182strangeevidence Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/cee09d82-6108-4801-8976-a9a5b927239e Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/182 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today we'll learn about the historical accuracy of 2003's Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Helping us separate fact from fiction is Gordon Laco, who was the Lead Technical Advisor and Historical Consultant for the movie.Learn more about Gordon's work: https://links.boatspodcast.com/181guestDid you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/dddda3a6-a986-4dc7-b8fb-f05413186bdb Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/181 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In 2003's The Last Samurai we learn the story of Captain Nathan Algren, an American soldier who travels to Japan to train the early Imperial Japanese Army to fight off a rebellion against the Emperor. How much of it actually happened? That's what we'll look at in this episode. Dr. Brian Dirck joins us again to separate fact from fiction in the film. Dr. Dirck is a Professor of History at Anderson University.Learn more about the true story with Brian's books The Black Heavens: Abraham Lincoln and Death: https://links.boatspodcast.com/180blackheavens Lincoln and the Constitution: https://links.boatspodcast.com/180constitution Lincoln the Lawyer: https://links.boatspodcast.com/180lawyer Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/6b9514d2-db8d-48e1-b28a-333990ee1459 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/180 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In Christianity, Good Friday commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Today we're going to learn about the depiction of that event on screen as we saw in 2004's The Passion of The Christ. To help us learn more, we'll be joined by the Professor of New Testament and Archaeology at Covenant Theological Seminary, Dr. David Chapman.Learn more about the true story with David's books The Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus: Ancient Texts and Modern Commentary: https://links.boatspodcast.com/179book Ancient Jewish and Christian Perceptions of Crucifixion: https://links.boatspodcast.com/179perceptions Find more of David's work: https://links.boatspodcast.com/179guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/22465690-4a21-4664-b20b-64264118819f Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/179 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this episode of Based on a True Story, we'll learn from the research consultant on The Highwaymen about the historical accuracy of the film. John Neal Phillips is a historian and author of Running With Bonnie and Clyde: The Fast Yen Years of Ralph Fults and editor of Blanche Barrow's memoir, My Life with Bonnie and Clyde.Learn more about the true story with John's books Running with Bonnie and Clyde: The Ten Fast Years of Ralph Fults: https://links.boatspodcast.com/178book My Life with Bonnie and Clyde: https://links.boatspodcast.com/178mylife Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/ac8a747a-bcb9-4bf2-943b-c9aba4e0bf02 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/178 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We're going back to 1977 and Ridley Scott's feature film directorial debut, The Duellists. The movie tells the tale of two soldiers in Napoleon's army who duel with each other for over a decade. Historian and professor at Louisiana State University, Alexander Mikaberidze, returns to help us separate fact from fiction in the movie.Learn more about the true story with Alexander's books The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177globalhistory The Battle of the Berezina: Napoleon's Great Escape: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177greatescape The Battle of Borodino: Napoleon Against: Kutuzov: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177borodino Russian Eyewitnesses of the Campaign of 1807: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177eyewitnesses The Russian Officer Corps of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: 1792-1815: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177officercorps Find more of Alexander's books: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/98cf17d9-a93e-4935-b2a0-5e7225b6793a Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Released in 2020, Greyhound was written by Tom Hanks, who also starred in the lead role. The movie was based on a novel by C.S. Forester called The Good Shepherd. Today, we'll be joined by the Naval Consultant on the film, Gordon Laco, to discuss its historical accuracy.Learn more about Gordon's workFind Gordon on the web: https://links.boatspodcast.com/176guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/b9127e55-9d9c-4eef-a655-bce565013295 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/176 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

2010's The Conspirator tells the story of Mary Surratt and her alleged involvement in Lincoln's assassination. Dr. Brian Dirck joins us again to separate fact from fiction in the film. Dr. Dirck is a Professor of History at Anderson University and author of multiple books on President Lincoln, including Lincoln and the Constitution, The Black Heavens: Abraham Lincoln and Death and Lincoln the Lawyer.Learn more about the true story with Brian's books The Black Heavens: Abraham Lincoln and Death: https://links.boatspodcast.com/175book Lincoln and the Constitution: https://links.boatspodcast.com/175constitution Lincoln the Lawyer: https://links.boatspodcast.com/175lawyer Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/41958302-4537-4296-b9c3-ea60a78481f1 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/175 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today we'll learn about the classic 1970 film Waterloo and its depiction of Napoleon's final defeat. Joining us to discuss the historical accuracy of Waterloo is historian and professor at Louisiana State University, Alexander Mikaberidze. Alexander has also written numerous books on the Napoleonic era, including his latest which is called The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History.Learn more about the true story with Alexander's books The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History: https://links.boatspodcast.com/174globalhistory The Battle of the Berezina: Napoleon's Great Escape: https://links.boatspodcast.com/174greatescape The Battle of Borodino: Napoleon Against Kutuzov: https://links.boatspodcast.com/174borodino Russian Eyewitnesses of the Campaign of 1807: https://links.boatspodcast.com/174eyewitnesses The Russian Officer Corps of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: 1792-1815: https://links.boatspodcast.com/174officercorps Find more of Alexander's books at: https://links.boatspodcast.com/174guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/778ccefa-fc07-495a-8837-2eb7918b9f2c Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/174 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In the movie Donnie Brasco we see the story of an FBI agent who goes into deep cover infiltrating the New York mafia families. The truth is Donnie Brasco was the under-cover name for Joe Pistone. He joins us today along with actor and Joe's co-host on the Deep Cover Podcast, Leo Rossi.Learn more about the true storyFollow Joe and Leo's podcast Deep Cover Podcast: https://links.boatspodcast.com/173guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/98032571-873a-4e2e-8a67-213402fcfde3 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/173 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How much of 2014's The Alamo really happened? To help us separate fact from fiction in the movie, we’ll be chatting with professor, historian and author Stephen L. Hardin. Stephen was also a historical consultant on the movie we’ll be chatting about today, so we’ll get some extra insight into the production of the film as well.Learn more about the true story with Stephen's books Lust for Glory: An Epic Story of Early Texas and the Sacrifice That Defined a Nation https://links.boatspodcast.com/172lustforglory Texian Iliad: A Military History of the Texas Revolution, 1835-1836 https://links.boatspodcast.com/172texianiliad Texian Macabre: A Melancholy Tale of a Hanging in Early Houston https://links.boatspodcast.com/172texianmacabre Houston Displayed, or, Who Won the Battle of San Jacinto? https://links.boatspodcast.com/172sanjacinto Find more of Stephen's work on his website: https://links.boatspodcast.com/172guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/c4aeba38-92b0-4fff-8121-253d90840a30 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/172 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Wake Island was attacked on the same day as Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 (December 8th on Wake Island across the International Date Line). A few months later, on August 11th, 1942, Paramount Pictures released the war propaganda film Wake Island.To help us separate fact from fiction in the movie, we’ll be chatting with Professor Gregory J. W. Urwin from Temple University. Gregory is a military historian who has written two fantastic books about Wake, including Facing Fearful Odds: The Siege of Wake Island, which is a book that many consider to be the definitive account of the battle.Learn more about the true story Get Gregory's book Facing Fearful Odds: The Siege of Wake Island: https://links.boatspodcast.com/171book Or his book Victory in Defeat: The Wake Island Defenders in Captivity, 1941-1945: https://links.boatspodcast.com/171captivity Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/a4050cbc-b068-4369-871b-43021f5eb78e Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/171 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How historically accurate was 2012's Lincoln? To help us separate fact from fiction in the movie, we’ll be chatting with Dr. Brian Dirck, who is a Professor of History at Anderson University and author of multiple books on President Lincoln, including Lincoln and the Constitution, The Black Heavens: Abraham Lincoln and Death and Lincoln the Lawyer.Learn more about the true story Pick up Brian's book The Black Heavens: Abraham Lincoln and Death: https://links.boatspodcast.com/170book Another of Brian's books Lincoln and the Constitution: https://links.boatspodcast.com/170constitution And Lincoln the Lawyer: https://links.boatspodcast.com/170lawyer Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/0695cd18-fb40-4b73-ad3b-2166b00eb7b9 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/170 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

1989's Glory is currently the most requested movie to cover. Gregory J. W. Urwin is an author, military historian, and Professor at Temple University. He'll join us today to separate fact from fiction in Glory.Learn more about the true story A Brave Black Regiment by Louis F. Emilio with an introduction by Gregory J. W. Urwin: https://links.boatspodcast.com/169emilio Black Flag Over Dixie: Racial Atrocities and Reprisals in the Civil War, Edited by Gregory J. W. Urwin: https://links.boatspodcast.com/169book Blue-Eyed Child of Fortune: The Civil War Letters of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, edited by Russell Duncan: https://links.boatspodcast.com/169shaw A Voice of Thunder: A Black Soldier's Civil War, edited by Donald Yacovone: https://links.boatspodcast.com/169yacovone On the Altar of Freedom: A Black Soldier's Civil War Letters from the Front, edited by Virginia Adams: https://links.boatspodcast.com/169adams Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/9e2ad4e6-946f-4019-85e4-dacf54db8ee9 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/169 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Back on episode #152 of Based on a True Story, we covered season 1 of the History Channel's Project Blue Book. Today, Rob Kristoffersen comes back on the podcast to talk about the events we saw in season 2.Learn more about the true storyFollow Rob's podcast Our Strange Skies: https://links.boatspodcast.com/168guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/2e5305dd-0616-47ea-b24a-359821c15e66 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/168 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dr. Clayborne Carson is the Martin Luther King, Jr., Centennial Professor of History at Stanford University and the founding director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute at Stanford. He joins us today to compare history with the 2014 movie Selma. Learn more about the true story Listen to Dr. Carson's podcast: https://links.boatspodcast.com/167podcast Read the Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr edited by Dr. Carson: https://links.boatspodcast.com/167book Find thousands of documents, photos and more at the King Institute: https://links.boatspodcast.com/167guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/a30b4a67-5557-4816-a378-dbd5a8cade97 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/167 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Chris Wimmer is the host and producer of the extremely popular Legends of the Old West and Infamous America podcasts. He joins us today to compare history with the 2007 movie The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.Learn more about the true storyFollow Chris's podcast Legends of the Old West: https://links.boatspodcast.com/166guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/d7181892-f71b-4ae7-8716-2071e974502c Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/166 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Eric Marcus is a journalist, founder and host of the Making Gay History Podcast. He joins us today to compare history with the 2015 Roland Emmerich movie Stonewall.Learn more about the true story Follow the Stonewall season of Eric's Making Gay History Podcast: https://links.boatspodcast.com/165guest Stonewall Fact Sheet: https://stonewall50consortium.org/stonewallfactsheet.pdf Stonewall First Anniversary Pride March Fact Sheet: https://stonewall50consortium.org/pridemarchfactsheet.pdf Making Gay History Podcast Stonewall Season: https://makinggayhistory.com/season-five/ "Stonewall: The Making of a Monument" NY Times Op-Doc: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/opinion/gay-pride-stonewall.html Stonewall National Monument 3-D Tour: https://cyark.org/projects/stonewall-national-monument/Guided-Tour/snm-en Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution by David Carter (the definitive book on the Stonewall uprising): https://bookshop.org/a/9789/9780312671938 “The Stonewall You Know is a Myth”: https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000006322550/stonewall-lgbt-pride-anniversary.html Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/0bc7c995-e246-4321-9cd6-14ff1f57113d Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/165 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The 2002 John Woo movie 'Windtalkers' tells the story of a Navajo code talker during World War II. Is the film historically accurate?Judith Avila is the author of Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWIILearn more about the true storyGet Judith and Chester Nez's book Code Talker: https://links.boatspodcast.com/164guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/566b5fd6-886a-4fbf-960b-ace9f09cf231 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/164 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Author Furman Daniel joins us today to separate fact from fiction in the classic World War II film Patton.Learn more about the true storyGet Furman's book Patton: Battling with History: https://links.boatspodcast.com/163guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/7998af84-06c8-46f7-b810-b37083961029 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/163 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Our story today covers the capture of the notorious Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann. The operation to hunt him down and bring him to justice was depicted in the movie Operation Finale, and today we'll find out how many of the things we saw on screen actually happened.Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/1c1b0322-1757-40b6-82e2-6685c30c3f52 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/162 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Erica Kelley is the host of the Southern Fried True Crime podcast. She joins us today to separate fact from fiction in the 2019 movie Just Mercy.Learn more about the true story Listen to Erica's episode about the true story: https://links.boatspodcast.com/161guestepisode Follow Erica's podcast: https://links.boatspodcast.com/161guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/53c6cdd3-287e-4bee-87c0-49b6dd242c2a Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/161 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today marks the 157th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863).How much of the movie's depiction of the battle is historically accurate? I'm joined by Jim Hessler and Eric Lindblade to find out. Jim and Eric are both Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guides and are the co-hosts of The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast.Learn more about the true storyFollow The Battle of Gettysburg podcast: https://links.boatspodcast.com/160guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/87120cef-c911-4d1c-8818-6b3bb330d5c1 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/160 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

June 6th, 1944. D-Day.Fast forward 76 years and today, June 6th, 2020, we'll chat with author and historian Marty Morgan to separate fact from fiction in one of the most popular movies depicting D-Day, Saving Private Ryan.Learn more about the true story Get Marty's book D-Day: A Photographic History of the Normandy Invasion: https://links.boatspodcast.com/159book Another of Marty's books mentioned is Down to Earth: The 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Normandy: https://links.boatspodcast.com/159the507th Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/0c94adee-b440-409c-b7e8-6147088a7290 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/159 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Craig Symonds is the Earnest J. King Professor of Maritime History at the Naval War College as well as Professor Emeritus of History at the U.S. Naval Academy. He also has a great book called The Battle of Midway that dives into the true history behind the battle. He joins us today to discuss the historical accuracy of the 2019 movie Midway.Learn more about the true storyGet Craig's book The Battle of Midway: https://links.boatspodcast.com/158book Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/337c99bc-142c-4456-b0ce-c03a5ccc252f Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/158 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ryan Stitt is the host of The History of Ancient Greece Podcast, and he joins us today to separate fact from fiction in the 2004 movie Alexander.Learn more about the true storyFollow Ryan's podcast: https://links.boatspodcast.com/157guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/f3c27ad3-6809-4732-95d3-9b9e8acccf49 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/157 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

1962's Mutiny on the Bounty is one of the most popular requests to cover and today we'll do that with the help of Brandon Huebner, the host of The Maritime History Podcast.Learn more about the true storyFollow Brandon's show The Maritime History Podcast: https://links.boatspodcast.com/156guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/a52b0228-d295-4dd7-bfbf-36080e07ef4c Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/156 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Maurice Samuels, Author and Yale's Betty Jane Anlyan Professor of French, joins the Based on a True Story podcast to separate fact from the fiction we saw in 1998's depiction of Les Miserables.Learn more about the true storyGet your copy of Maurice's book: https://links.boatspodcast.com/155book Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/28955942-3d61-45c2-bbb4-d4c3d7af04d4 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/155 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Author Matthew Polly joins the Based on a True Story podcast to separate fact from the fiction we saw in 1993's Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story.Matthew's book called Bruce Lee: A Life is considered the authoritative biography on the film legend and martial artist.Learn more about the true story Get your copy of Matthew's book: https://links.boatspodcast.com/154book Find Matthew's work: https://links.boatspodcast.com/154guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/66004362-01bb-490e-b8b4-94c3f68000f7 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/154 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today we'll learn about the historical accuracy of the movie 12 Years a Slave with Professor Greg Jackson from the History That Doesn't Suck podcast.Learn more about the true storySubscribe to Greg's podcast: https://links.boatspodcast.com/153guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/9f4814a1-6d40-4f6c-ab0e-476fa2c7a096 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/153 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

UFO expert Rob Kristoffersen joins Based on a True Story to discuss the historical accuracy of the History Channel's TV show Project Blue Book.Learn more about the true storyFollow Rob's podcast: https://links.boatspodcast.com/152guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/d4cde2c9-7b36-4023-a767-bbe939a4dfb7 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/152 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Author Michael Wallis joins the Based on a True Story podcast to separate fact from the fiction we saw in Disney's 1955 film Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier.Learn more about the true story Get your copy of Michael's book, David Crockett: The Lion of the West: https://links.boatspodcast.com/151book Find all of Michael's books: https://links.boatspodcast.com/151guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/c3563cdd-9f51-4941-93fe-2033f569a8bf Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/151 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Downton Abbey was filmed at Highclere Castle, which is Lady Carnarvon's home. On this episode of the Based on a True Story podcast, she'll join us to talk about the historical accuracy of the Downton Abbey movie and TV series.Learn more about the true storyFind all of Lady Carnarvon's books: https://links.boatspodcast.com/150guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/21a6f4d5-0acc-4b4b-ab17-af2fd1678bcf Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/150 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

There are many versions of Robin Hood's story that have been on the big screen. Today we'll chat with historian Dr. Sean McGlynn about the 1991 classic Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.Learn more about the true story Get your copy of Dr. McGlyyn's book called Robin Hood: A True Legend: https://links.boatspodcast.com/149book Also mentioned in the episode is another of his books, Blood Cries Afar: The Magna Carta War and the Invasion of England 1215-1217: https://links.boatspodcast.com/149magnacartabook Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/6ee3918f-459b-42ad-a8b0-463915d2d204 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/149 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Doran Cart is Senior Curator at the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri. He joins us today to talk about the historical accuracy of the hit blockbuster movie 1917.Learn more about the true storyVisit the National WWI Museum and Memorial website: https://links.boatspodcast.com/148guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/1bed6286-e7bb-45dc-b53f-f462c3c90b4e Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/148 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mark is the producer of the official Bletchley Park podcast. He joins us today to discuss the historical accuracy of the 2014 film The Imitation Game and do some fact checking on the original Based on a True Story episode from back in 2016.Learn more about the true story Follow the Bletchley Park podcast: https://links.boatspodcast.com/147guest Plan your visit to the home of the codebreakers during World War II: https://links.boatspodcast.com/147bletchleypark Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/33c2a92b-b7ce-42b4-b749-35d972df48cd Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/147 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How much do you know about Billy the Kid? On the popular Infamous America podcast, Chris Wimmer has dug deep into the life of one of most famous outlaws in the Old West. He joins us today to separate fact from the fiction we saw in the 1988 movie about Billy the Kid, Young Guns.Want more of the true story? Subscribe to Infamous America and listen to a full season of episodes telling the true story of Billy the Kid: https://links.boatspodcast.com/146guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/6679fac8-88f4-4513-b0b7-c06d70cc71c9 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/146 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As the Christmas season approaches, let's take a step back from the hustle and bustle to learn about the history and festivities over the millennia that have resulted in the holiday traditions we're familiar with today.Links from today's episode Pick up your own copy of Heather's book, The History of Christmas: https://links.boatspodcast.com/145book Follow Heather's work: https://links.boatspodcast.com/145guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/58b96451-5485-43e8-a909-551e1800b4dc Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/145 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Our story today is as close to traveling through time and space as we can without a single mention of the Doctor. That's because today we're going to travel back in time to discuss the true story of Neil Armstrong as we saw in the movie First Man.Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/4e3bace3-5e6c-4fdb-bac3-4d68826d4dac Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/144 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The story of the Salem witch trials was brought to the world's spotlight thanks to Arthur Miller's play The Crucible. Today, we'll look at the historical accuracy of the 1996 movie based on that play.Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/d127df3f-c0d1-482e-97dc-7d2431faabe3 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/143 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today (October 26th) is the anniversary of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Chris Wimmer is the Host and Producer of the Legends of the Old West podcast. He joins us today to separate fact from the fiction of the events surrounding and during the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as it was depicted in the classic film Tombstone.Learn more about the true storyFollow the Legends of the Old West podcast at: https://links.boatspodcast.com/142guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/d3e6d594-a0bd-404f-8176-907d36e6377a Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/142 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Historian and Tolkien scholar John Garth breaks down the historical accuracy of the 2019 biopic about the life of J.R.R. Tolkien simply called Tolkien.Learn more about the true story Follow John's work and get his books at https://links.boatspodcast.com/141guest Get the award-winning Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth on Amazon: https://links.boatspodcast.com/141book Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/67a4b13c-6ee0-430f-94c1-25c92b6eb00f Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/141 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The story behind 2018's Tag seems almost too ridiculous to be true. What better way to separate fact from fiction than by chatting with some of the real guys that the movie is based on? That's exactly what we'll do today.Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/6bb286b5-e403-4c11-a2b4-413a22f5c038 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/140 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In a first for Based on a True Story, today we'll chat about the TV series Turn: Washington Spies. Joining me to dive behind the history of the popular AMC show is Michael Troy from the American Revolutions podcast. Subscribe to Michael's podcast at: https://links.boatspodcast.com/139guestDid you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/1025f77d-5412-41aa-9ce2-7beba07d28d0 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/139 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The story of Mary Stuart and her cousin Queen Elizabeth I is one that's been told many times over. We've looked at the story from Elizabeth's side when we looked at the two Elizabeth movies a little while back. Today, we'll look at the story from a different perspective as told in the 2018 movie called Mary Queen of Scots.Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/7baf4a1e-0075-4578-b135-602e882c205b Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/138 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today I'm honored to be joined by the renowned Dr. Zahi Hawass to learn more about how much of the 1963 classic film Cleopatra was historically accurate. Find Dr. Zahi Hawass online at: https://links.boatspodcast.com/137guestGet Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt: https://www.amazon.com/Cleopatra-Search-Last-Queen-Egypt/dp/1426205457/Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/fc2e06ac-370d-4745-83d8-9d4710266a53 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/137 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This isn't a normal episode of Based on a True Story. Let's take a few moments to chat about some of the changes coming to the podcast.Questions or concerns?Reach out to me at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today's episode will talk about the renowned artist Vincent van Gogh as depicted in the movie Loving Vincent.Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/fb9262e6-5e84-4b02-908b-deaab971f6b6 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/135 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.