2014 podcast: "The Vikings" with Leslie Eastman & friends

Perhaps you've been watching "The Vikings" on The History Channel.    It is a challenging and complex topic but the series is very entertaining.  The series was written by Michael Hirst of Elizabeth & The Tudors.

Back in 2014, Leslie Eastman joined me for a discussion of "The Vkings".  Barry Jacobsen discussed the history, myth, and legends based on The History Channel's new series, focused on famed raider Ragnar Lothbrok.  Then, Thrand Godfrey discussed the weapons, tactics, battles and his video projects on the subject.

Leslie wrote a great post about the show and the series.  Check it out!

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Click to listen:

Listen to "The story of The Vikings" on Spreaker.

1978: "Saturday Night Fever" was the # 1 LP this week

Who saw the movie "Saturday Night Fever" many years ago?  

Maybe you danced to "More than a woman" and some of the other songs by The Bee Gees.

On this day in 1978, the soundtrack LP moved to # 1 on Billboard USA.  It stayed at # 1 for a long time! 

It was the soundtrack of 1978 with 3 # 1 songs, "How deep is your love", "Stayin' Alive" & "Night fever".   "More than a woman" was not released as a 45 but was hugely popular on the radio as well.

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We remember Don Maynard (1935-2022)

We remember Don Maynard who was born in Texas on this day in 1935 and passed away January 2022.     Maynard played with the Jets who won Super Bowl III.   We remember him for a clutch catch in the AFL championship against the Raiders.  It was that TD that put the Jets in the Super Bowl against the Colts.     

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Winter in Texas and Local government brings chaos to Minneapolis.

Winter in Texas.  Local government brings chaos to Minneapolis.  Public education and parents fleeing.  PM Churchill 1965.

Colombia joining the caravan?

 

Remember when we used to talk about caravans?  They were groups of people from South and Central America who walked north to the U.S. border to flood into our nation.  Those caravans are not moving anymore since President Trump closed the border.

So what’s the new caravan?  It’s a caravan of voters in Latin America, rejecting the leftist policies that are killing the middle class and letting “narcos” run their respective countries.

Click to read:

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/01/colombia_joining_the_caravan.html

We remember John Belushi (1949-1982)

We remember John Belushi, one of the original members of Saturday Night Live.   Belushi was born in Chicago on this day in 1949.    He died in 1982.

Wow!  Lots of memories of those shows!   

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1952: "Decision before dawn", a different World War II movie

"Decision before dawn" is a very different World War II movie.    

It's not "The longest day" or "Saving Private Ryan", a couple of wonderful movies about D-Day 1944.    It's not "Casablanca" or a love story either.    

The film is about Germans helping the allies march through Germany with Richard Basehart as the US soldier who recruited Germans.  

The story is intense.   We've grown so accustomed to Germans as the bad guys that we forget many were opposed to Hitler and what he was doing.

It is a good movie.    However, be patient with the story because it takes time to develop.  

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We remember Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

We remember Winston Churchill who passed away on this day in 1965.    He was 90.

Churchill was one of the great leaders of the 20th century and UK Prime Minister 1940-1945 and 1951-55.    

Churchill was also a great author and won The Nobel Prize in Literature for his six-volume books of World War II and for political speeches.

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1964: "I want to hold your hand" by The Beatles was # 1 this month

Beatlemania officially began with "I want to hold your hand" jumping to # 1 on Billboard.    

A week later, The Beatles landed in New York for The Ed Sullivan Show.  To say the least, pop music would never be the same!

In the US, the B-side was "I saw her standing there", a song from the first LP in the UK.    In the UK, it was "This boy", a song featured on "Meet The Beatles", the first US LP.

"I want to hold your hand" was # 1 for seven weeks.   It was one of the best selling singles of the pop era.    And it is also now available in a digital format.

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We remember Sharon Tate (1943-69)

Sharon Tate was born in Dallas, Texas, on this day in 1943.   

Sharon was killed by Charles Manson in 1969.   It was an awful story because Sharon was pregnant and apparently alone in a ranch.

Sharon Tate was in various films, such as "Valley of the Dolls" in 1967.

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