War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding right down to the present.

Wars made the United States independent, kept it together, increased its size, and established it as a global superpower.

Hi, I'm James Early, host of the Key Battles of American History podcast.

In each episode, I discuss American history through the lens of the most important battles of America's Wars.

To start listening now, go to pathanonpodcast.com or search Key Battles of American History on your favorite podcast platform.

The history of the Popes of Rome and Christianity reaches into nearly every aspect of history.

In the history of the Papacy podcast, we step over the rope. We dive into, discover more about the people events and

background that define the influence of the Popes of Rome and church not only on the West,

but the world. To start listening now, go to pathanonpodcast.com or search for history of the

Papacy on your favorite podcast platform.

Hey, everyone. Scott here with a short announcement. A few months ago, I told you that I was launching a

podcast network and partnering with podcasters I've worked with in the past, including James Early in his

new show Key Battles of American History and Steve Gwera in his show History of the Papacy.

Well, Steve is a busy dude and he has a second show that he is doing and that show will also be a

part of our network. It's called Beyond the Big Screen and it's all about the historicity of movies,

how accurate or more often than not inaccurate they are. A year or two ago, I co-hosted a mini

series with Steve on the same topic called Hollywood Hate's History. It was one of the more popular

series I did and we covered all sorts of different movies. Some were pretty accurate, such as the

Alamo or Dracula Untold, which is a fictionalized account of Vlad the Impaler and kind of a silly movie

where Vlad basically has the powers of three or four X-Men, but despite all that gets a lot

right about the Ottoman Empire during the time of the Mammoth the Conqueror. We also covered

movies that were not so historically accurate like Agora or Kingdom of Heaven or the John Wayne

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