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A year ago, the great American historian Adam Hochschild came on KEEN ON AMERICA to discuss American Midnight, his best selling account of the crisis of American democracy after World War One. A year later, is history really repeating itself in today's crisis of American democracy? For Hochschild, there are certainly parallels between the current political situation in the US and post WW1 America. Describing how wartime hysteria and fear of communism led to unprecedented government repression, including mass imprisonment for political speech, vigilante violence, and press censorship. Hochschild notes eery similarities to today's Trump's administration. He expresses concern about today's threats to democratic institutions while suggesting the importance of understanding Trump supporters' grievances and finding ways to bridge political divides. Five Key Takeaways* The period of 1917-1921 in America saw extreme government repression, including imprisoning people for speech, vigilante violence, and widespread censorship—what Hochschild calls America's "Trumpiest" era before Trump.* American history shows recurring patterns of nativism, anti-immigrant sentiment, and scapegoating that politicians exploit during times of economic or social stress.* The current political climate shows concerning parallels to this earlier period, including intimidation of opposition, attacks on institutions, and the widespread acceptance of authoritarian tendencies.* Hochschild emphasizes the importance of understanding the grievances and suffering that lead people to support authoritarian figures rather than dismissing their concerns.* Despite current divisions, Hochschild believes reconciliation is possible and necessary, pointing to historical examples like President Harding pardoning Eugene Debs after Wilson imprisoned him. Full Transcript Andrew Keen: Hello, everybody. We recently celebrated our 2500th edition of Keen On. Some people suggest I'm mad. I think I probably am to do so many shows. Just over a little more than a year ago, we celebrated our 2000th show featuring one of America's most distinguished historians, Adam Hochschild. I'm thrilled that Adam is joining us again a year later. He's the author of "American Midnight, The Great War, A Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis." This was his last book. He's the author of many other books. He is now working on a book on the Great Depression. He's joining us from his home in Berkeley, California. Adam, to borrow a famous phrase or remix a famous phrase, a year is a long time in American history.Adam Hochschild: That's true, Andrew. I think this past year, or actually this past 100 days or so has been a very long and very difficult time in American history that we all saw coming to some degree, but I don't think we realized it would be as extreme and as rapid as it has been.Andrew Keen: Your book, Adam, "American Midnight, A Great War of Violent Peace and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis," is perhaps the most prescient warning. When you researched that you were saying before we went live that your books usually take you between four and five years, so you couldn't really have planned for this, although I guess you began writing and researching American Midnight during the Trump 1.0 regime. Did you write it as a warning to something like is happening today in America?Adam Hochschild: Well, I did start writing it and did most of the work on it during Trump's first term in office. So I was very struck by the parallels. And they're in plain sight for everybody to see. There are various dark currents that run through this country of ours. Nativism, threats to deport troublemakers. Politicians stirring up violent feelings against immigrants, vigilante violence, all those things have been with us for a long time. I've always been fascinated by that period, 1917 to 21, when they surged to the surface in a very nasty way. That was the subject of the book. Naturally, I hoped we wouldn't have to go through anything like that again, but here we are definitely going through it again.Andrew Keen: You wrote a lovely piece earlier this month for the Washington Post. "America was at its Trumpiest a hundred years ago. Here's how to prevent the worst." What did you mean by Trumpiest, Adam? I'm not sure if you came up with that title, but I know you like the term. You begin the essay. What was the Trumpiest period in American life before Donald Trump?Adam Hochschild: Well, I didn't invent the word, but I certainly did use it in the piece. What I meant by that is that when you look at this period just over 100 years ago, 1917 to 1921, Woodrow Wilson's second term in office, two things happened in 1917 that kicked off a kind of hysteria in this country. One was that Wilson asked the American Congress to declare war on Germany, which it promptly did, and when a country enters a major war, especially a world war, it sets off a kind of hysteria. And then that was redoubled some months later when the country received news of the Russian Revolution, and many people in the establishment in America were afraid the Russian Revolution might come to the United States.So, a number of things happened. One was that there was a total hysteria against all things German. There were bonfires of German books all around the country. People would take German books out of libraries, schools, college and university libraries and burn them in the street. 19 such bonfires in Ohio alone. You can see pictures of it on the internet. There was hysteria about the German language. I heard about this from my father as I was growing up because his father was a Jewish immigrant from Germany. They lived in New York City. They spoke German around the family dinner table, but they were terrified of doing so on the street because you could get beaten up for that. Several states passed laws against speaking German in public or speaking German on the telephone. Eminent professors declared that German was a barbaric language. So there was that kind of hysteria.Then as soon as the United States declared war, Wilson pushed the Espionage Act through Congress, this draconian law, which essentially gave the government the right to lock up anybody who said something that was taken to be against the war. And they used this law in a devastating way. During those four years, roughly a thousand Americans spent a year or more in jail and a much larger number, shorter periods in jail solely for things that they wrote or said. These were people who were political prisoners sent to jail simply for something they wrote or said, the most famous of them was Eugene Debs, many times the socialist candidate for president. He'd gotten 6% of the popular vote in 1912 and in 1918. For giving an anti-war speech from a park bandstand in Ohio, he was sent to prison for 10 years. And he was still in prison two years after the war ended in November, 1920, when he pulled more than 900,000 votes for president from his jail cell in the federal penitentiary in Atlanta.So that was one phase of the repression, political prisoners. Another was vigilante violence. The government itself, the Department of Justice, chartered a vigilante group, something called the American Protective League, which went around roughing up people that it thought were evading the draft, beating up people at anti-war rallies, arresting people with citizens arrest whom they didn't have their proper draft papers on them, holding them for hours or sometimes for days until they could produce the right paperwork.Andrew Keen: I remember, Adam, you have a very graphic description of some of this violence in American Midnight. There was a story, was it a union leader?Adam Hochschild: Well, there is so much violence that happened during that time. I begin the book with a graphic description of vigilantes raiding an office of the Wobblies, the Industrial Workers of the World, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, taking a bunch of wobblies out into the prairie at night, stripping them, whipping them, flogging them fiercely, and then tarring and feathering them, and firing shotguns over their heads so they would run off into the Prairie at Night. And they did. Those guys were lucky because they survive. Other people were killed by this vigilante violence.And the final thing about that period which I would mention is the press censorship. The Espionage Act gave the Postmaster General the power to declare any publication in the United States unmailable. And for a newspaper or a magazine that was trying to reach a national audience, the only way you could do so was through the US mail because there was no internet then. No radio, no TV, no other way of getting your publication to somebody. And this put some 75 newspapers and magazines that the government didn't like out of business. It in addition censored three or four hundred specific issues of other publications as well.So that's why I feel this is all a very dark period of American life. Ironically, that press censorship operation, because it was run by the postmaster general, who by the way loved being chief censor, it was ran out of the building that was then the post office headquarters in Washington, which a hundred years later became the Trump International Hotel. And for $4,000 a night, you could stay in the Postmaster General's suite.Andrew Keen: You, Adam, the First World War is a subject you're very familiar with. In addition to American Midnight, you wrote "To End All Wars, a story of loyalty and rebellion, 1914 to 18," which was another very successful of your historical recreations. Many countries around the world experience this turbulence, the violence. Of course, we had fascism in the 20s in Europe. And later in the 30s as well. America has a long history of violence. You talk about the violence after the First World War or after the declaration. But I was just in Montgomery, Alabama, went to the lynching museum there, which is considerably troubling. I'm sure you've been there. You're not necessarily a comparative political scientist, Adam. How does America, in its paranoia during the war and its clampdown on press freedom, on its violence, on its attempt to create an authoritarian political system, how does it compare to other democracies? Is some of this stuff uniquely American or is it a similar development around the world?Adam Hochschild: You see similar pressures almost any time that a major country is involved in a major war. Wars are never good for civil liberties. The First World War, to stick with that period of comparison, was a time that saw strong anti-war movements in all of the warring countries, in Germany and Britain and Russia. There were people who understood at the time that this war was going to remake the world for the worse in every way, which indeed it did, and who refused to fight. There were 800 conscientious objectors jailed in Russia, and Russia did not have much freedom of expression to begin with. In Germany, many distinguished people on the left, like Rosa Luxemburg, were sent to jail for most of the war.Britain was an interesting case because I think they had a much longer established tradition of free speech than did the countries on the continent. It goes way back and it's a distinguished and wonderful tradition. They were also worried for the first two and a half, three years of the war before the United States entered, that if they crack down too hard on their anti-war movement, it would upset people in the United States, which they were desperate to draw into the war on their side. Nonetheless, there were 6,000 conscientious objectors who were sent to jail in England. There was intermittent censorship of anti-war publications, although some were able to publish some of the time. There were many distinguished Britons, such as Bertrand Russell, the philosopher who later won a Nobel Prize, sent to jails for six months for his opposition to the war. So some of this happened all over.But I think in the United States, especially with these vigilante groups, it took a more violent form because remember the country at that time was only a few decades away from these frontier wars with the Indians. And the westward expansion of the United States during the 19th century, the western expansion of white settlement was an enormously bloody business that was almost genocidal for the Native Americans. Many people had participated in that. Many people saw that violence as integral to what the country was. So there was a pretty well-established tradition of settling differences violently.Andrew Keen: I'm sure you're familiar with Stephen Hahn's book, "A Liberal America." He teaches at NYU, a book which in some ways is very similar to yours, but covers all of American history. Hahn was recently on the Ezra Klein show, talking like you, like we're talking today, Adam, about the very American roots of Trumpism. Hahn, it's an interesting book, traces much of this back to Jackson and the wars of the frontier against Indians. Do you share his thesis on that front? Are there strong similarities between Jackson, Wilson, and perhaps even Trump?Adam Hochschild: Well, I regret to say I'm not familiar with Hahn's book, but I certainly do feel that that legacy of constant war for most of the 19th century against the Native Americans ran very deep in this country. And we must never forget how appealing it is to young men to take part in war. Unfortunately, all through history, there have been people very tempted by this. And I think when you have wars of conquest, such as happen in the American West, against people who are more poorly armed, or colonial wars such as Europe fought in Africa and Asia against much more poorly-armed opponents, these are especially appealing to young people. And in both the United States and in the European colonization of Africa, which I know something about. For young men joining in these colonizing or conquering adventures, there was a chance not just to get martial glory, but to also get rich in the process.Andrew Keen: You're all too familiar with colonial history, Adam. Another of your books was about King Leopold's Congo and the brutality there. Where was the most coherent opposition morally and politically to what was happening? My sense in Trump's America is perhaps the most persuasive and moral critique comes from the old Republican Center from people like David Brooks, Peter Wayno has been on the show many times, Jonathan Rausch. Where were people like Teddy Roosevelt in this narrative? Were there critics from the right as well as from the left?Adam Hochschild: Good question. I first of all would give a shout out to those Republican centrists who've spoken out against Trump, the McCain Republicans. There are some good people there - Romney, of course as well. They've been very forceful. There wasn't really an equivalent to that, a direct equivalent to that in the Wilson era. Teddy Roosevelt whom you mentioned was a far more ferocious drum beater than Wilson himself and was pushing Wilson to declare war long before Wilson did. Roosevelt really believed that war was good for the soul. He desperately tried to get Wilson to appoint him to lead a volunteer force, came up with an elaborate plan for this would be a volunteer army staffed by descendants of both Union and Confederate generals and by French officers as well and homage to the Marquis de Lafayette. Wilson refused to allow Roosevelt to do this, and plus Roosevelt was, I think, 58 years old at the time. But all four of Roosevelt's sons enlisted and joined in the war, and one of them was killed. And his father was absolutely devastated by this.So there was not really that equivalent to the McCain Republicans who are resisting Trump, so to speak. In fact, what resistance there was in the U.S. came mostly from the left, and it was mostly ruthlessly silenced, all these people who went to jail. It was silenced also because this is another important part of what happened, which is different from today. When the federal government passed the Espionage Act that gave it these draconian powers, state governments, many of them passed copycat laws. In fact, a federal justice department agent actually helped draft the law in New Hampshire. Montana locked up people serving more than 60 years cumulatively of hard labor for opposing the war. California had 70 people in prison. Even my hometown of Berkeley, California passed a copycat law. So, this martial spirit really spread throughout the country at that time.Andrew Keen: So you've mentioned that Debs was the great critic and was imprisoned and got a considerable number of votes in the election. You're writing a book now about the Great Depression and FDR's involvement in it. FDR, of course, was a distant cousin of Teddy Roosevelt. At this point, he was an aspiring Democratic politician. Where was the critique within the mainstream Democratic party? Were people like FDR, who had a position in the Wilson administration, wasn't he naval secretary?Adam Hochschild: He was assistant secretary of the Navy. And he went to Europe during the war. For an aspiring politician, it's always very important to say I've been at the front. And so he went to Europe and certainly made no sign of resistance. And then in 1920, he was the democratic candidate for vice president. That ticket lost of course.Andrew Keen: And just to remind ourselves, this was before he became disabled through polio, is that correct?Adam Hochschild: That's right. That happened in the early 20s and it completely changed his life and I think quite deepened him as a person. He was a very ambitious social climbing young politician before then but I think he became something deeper. Also the political parties at the time were divided each party between right and left wings or war mongering and pacifist wings. And when the Congress voted on the war, there were six senators who voted against going to war and 50 members of the House of Representatives. And those senators and representatives came from both parties. We think of the Republican Party as being more conservative, but it had some staunch liberals in it. The most outspoken voice against the war in the Senate was Robert LaFollette of Wisconsin, who was a Republican.Andrew Keen: I know you write about La Follette in American Midnight, but couldn't one, Adam, couldn't won before the war and against domestic repression. You wrote an interesting piece recently for the New York Review of Books about the Scopes trial. William Jennings Bryan, of course, was involved in that. He was the defeated Democratic candidate, what in about three or four presidential elections in the past. In the early 20th century. What was Bryan's position on this? He had been against the war, is that correct? But I'm guessing he would have been quite critical of some of the domestic repression.Adam Hochschild: You know, I should know the answer to that, Andrew, but I don't. He certainly was against going to war. He had started out in Wilson's first term as Wilson's secretary of state and then resigned in protest against the military buildup and what he saw as a drift to war, and I give him great credit for that. I don't recall his speaking out against the repression after it began, once the US entered the war, but I could be wrong on that. It was not something that I researched. There were just so few voices speaking out. I think I would remember if he had been one of them.Andrew Keen: Adam, again, I'm thinking out loud here, so please correct me if this is a dumb question. What would it be fair to say that one of the things that distinguished the United States from the European powers during the First World War in this period it remained an incredibly insular provincial place barely involved in international politics with a population many of them were migrants themselves would come from Europe but nonetheless cut off from the world. And much of that accounted for the anti-immigrant, anti-foreign hysteria. That exists in many countries, but perhaps it was a little bit more pronounced in the America of the early 20th century, and perhaps in some ways in the early 21st century.Adam Hochschild: Well, we remain a pretty insular place in many ways. A few years ago, I remember seeing the statistic in the New York Times, I have not checked to see whether it's still the case, but I suspect it is that half the members of the United States Congress do not have passports. And we are more cut off from the world than people living in most of the countries of Europe, for example. And I think that does account for some of the tremendous feeling against immigrants and refugees. Although, of course, this is something that is common, not just in Europe, but in many countries all over the world. And I fear it's going to get all the stronger as climate change generates more and more refugees from the center of the earth going to places farther north or farther south where they can get away from parts of the world that have become almost unlivable because of climate change.Andrew Keen: I wonder Democratic Congress people perhaps aren't leaving the country because they fear they won't be let back in. What were the concrete consequences of all this? You write in your book about a young lawyer, J. Edgar Hoover, of course, who made his name in this period. He was very much involved in the Palmer Raids. He worked, I think his first job was for Palmer. How do you see this structurally? Of course, many historians, biographers of Hoover have seen this as the beginning of some sort of American security state. Is that over-reading it, exaggerating what happened in this period?Adam Hochschild: Well, security state may be too dignified a word for the hysteria that reigned in the country at that time. One of the things we've long had in the United States is a hysteria, paranoia directed at immigrants who are coming from what seems to be a new and threatening part of the world. In the mid-19th century, for example, we had the Know-Nothing Party, as it was called, who were violently opposed to Catholic immigrants coming from Ireland. Now, they were people of Anglo-Saxon descent, pretty much, who felt that these Irish Catholics were a tremendous threat to the America that they knew. There was much violence. There were people killed in riots against Catholic immigrants. There were Catholic merchants who had their stores burned and so on.Then it began to shift. The Irish sort of became acceptable, but by the end of the 19th century, beginning of the 20th century the immigrants coming from Europe were now coming primarily from southern and eastern Europe. In other words, Italians, Sicilians, Poles, and Jews. And they became the target of the anti-immigrant crusaders with much hysteria directed against them. It was further inflamed at that time by the Eugenics movement, which was something very strong, where people believed that there was a Nordic race that was somehow superior to everybody else, that the Mediterraneans were inferior people, and that the Africans were so far down the scale, barely worth talking about. And this culminated in 1924 with the passage of the Johnson-Reed Immigration Act that year, which basically slammed the door completely on immigrants coming from Asia and slowed to an absolute trickle those coming from Europe for the next 40 years or so.Andrew Keen: It wasn't until the mid-60s that immigration changed, which is often overlooked. Some people, even on the left, suggest that it was a mistake to radically reform the Immigration Act because we would have inevitably found ourselves back in this situation. What do you think about that, Adam?Adam Hochschild: Well, I think a country has the right to regulate to some degree its immigration, but there always will be immigration in this world. I mean, my ancestors all came from other countries. The Jewish side of my family, I'm half Jewish, were lucky to get out of Europe in plenty of time. Some relatives who stayed there were not lucky and perished in the Holocaust. So who am I to say that somebody fleeing a repressive regime in El Salvador or somewhere else doesn't have the right to come here? I think we should be pretty tolerant, especially if people fleeing countries where they really risk death for one reason or another. But there is always gonna be this strong anti-immigrant feeling because unscrupulous politicians like Donald Trump, and he has many predecessors in this country, can point to immigrants and blame them for the economic misfortunes that many Americans are experiencing for reasons that don't have anything to do with immigration.Andrew Keen: Fast forward Adam to today. You were involved in an interesting conversation on the Nation about the role of universities in the resistance. What do you make of this first hundred days, I was going to say hundred years that would be a Freudian error, a hundred days of the Trump regime, the role, of big law, big universities, newspapers, media outlets? In this emerging opposition, are you chilled or encouraged?Adam Hochschild: Well, I hope it's a hundred days and not a hundred years. I am moderately encouraged. I was certainly deeply disappointed at the outset to see all of those tech titans go to Washington, kiss the ring, contribute to Trump's inauguration festivities, be there in the front row. Very depressing spectacle, which kind of reminds one of how all the big German industrialists fell into line so quickly behind Hitler. And I'm particularly depressed to see the changes in the media, both the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post becoming much more tame when it came to endorsing.Andrew Keen: One of the reasons for that, Adam, of course, is that you're a long-time professor at the journalism school at UC Berkeley, so you've been on the front lines.Adam Hochschild: So I really care about a lively press that has free expression. And we also have a huge part of the media like Fox News and One American Network and other outlets that are just pouring forth a constant fire hose of lies and falsehood.Andrew Keen: And you're being kind of calling it a fire hose. I think we could come up with other terms for it. Anyway, a sewage pipe, but that's another issue.Adam Hochschild: But I'm encouraged when I see media organizations that take a stand. There are places like the New York Times, like CNN, like MSNBC, like the major TV networks, which you can read or watch and really find an honest picture of what's going on. And I think that's a tremendously important thing for a country to have. And that you look at the countries that Donald Trump admires, like Putin's Russia, for example, they don't have this. So I value that. I want to keep it. I think that's tremendously important.I was sorry, of course, that so many of those big law firms immediately cave to these ridiculous and unprecedented demands that he made, contributing pro bono work to his causes in return for not getting banned from government buildings. Nothing like that has happened in American history before, and the people in those firms that made those decisions should really be ashamed of themselves. I was glad to see Harvard University, which happens to be my alma mater, be defiant after caving in a little bit on a couple of issues. They finally put their foot down and said no. And I must say, feeling Harvard patriotism is a very rare emotion for me. But this is the first time in 50 years that I've felt some of it.Andrew Keen: You may even give a donation, Adam.Adam Hochschild: And I hope other universities are going to follow its lead, and it looks like they will. But this is pretty unprecedented, a president coming after universities with this determined of ferocity. And he's going after nonprofit organizations as well. There will be many fights there as well, I'm sure we're just waiting to hear about the next wave of attacks which will be on places like the Ford Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation and other big nonprofits. So hold on and wait for that and I hope they are as defiant as possible too.Andrew Keen: It's a little bit jarring to hear a wise historian like yourself use the word unprecedented. Is there much else of this given that we're talking historically and the similarities with the period after the first world war, is there anything else unprecedented about Trumpism?Adam Hochschild: I think in a way, we have often had, or not often, but certainly sometimes had presidents in this country who wanted to assume almost dictatorial powers. Richard Nixon certainly is the most recent case before Trump. And he was eventually stopped and forced to leave office. Had that not happened, I think he would have very happily turned himself into a dictator. So we know that there are temptations that come with the desire for absolute power everywhere. But Trump has gotten farther along on this process and has shown less willingness to do things like abide by court orders. The way that he puts pressure on Republican members of Congress.To me, one of the most startling, disappointing, remarkable, and shocking things about these first hundred days is how very few Republican members to the House or Senate have dared to defy Trump on anything. At most, these ridiculous set of appointees that he muscled through the Senate. At most, they got three Republican votes against them. They couldn't muster the fourth necessary vote. And in the House, only one or two Republicans have voted against Trump on anything. And of course, he has threatened to have Elon Musk fund primaries against any member of Congress who does defy him. And I can't help but think that these folks must also be afraid of physical violence because Trump has let all the January 6th people out of jail and the way vigilantes like that operate is they first go after the traitors on their own side then they come for the rest of us just as in the first real burst of violence in Hitler's Germany was the night of the long knives against another faction of the Nazi Party. Then they started coming for the Jews.Andrew Keen: Finally, Adam, your wife, Arlie, is another very distinguished writer.Adam Hochschild: I've got a better picture of her than that one though.Andrew Keen: Well, I got some very nice photos. This one is perhaps a little, well she's thinking Adam. Everyone knows Arlie from her hugely successful work, "Strangers in their Own Land." She has a new book out, "Stolen Pride, Lost Shame and the Rise of the Right." I don't want to put words into Arlie's mouth and she certainly wouldn't let me do that, Adam, but would it be fair to say that her reading, certainly of recent American history, is trying to bring people back together. She talks about the lessons she learned from her therapist brother. And in some ways, I see her as a kind of marriage counselor in America. Given what's happening today in America with Trump, is this still an opportunity? This thing is going to end and it will end in some ways rather badly and perhaps bloodily one way or the other. But is this still a way to bring people, to bring Americans back together? Can America be reunited? What can we learn from American Midnight? I mean, one of the more encouraging stories I remember, and please correct me if I'm wrong. Wasn't it Coolidge or Harding who invited Debs when he left prison to the White House? So American history might be in some ways violent, but it's also made up of chapters of forgiveness.Adam Hochschild: That's true. I mean, that Debs-Harding example is a wonderful one. Here is Debs sent to prison by Woodrow Wilson for a 10-year term. And Debs, by the way, had been in jail before for his leadership of a railway strike when he was a railway workers union organizer. Labor organizing was a very dangerous profession in those days. But Debs was a fairly gentle man, deeply committed to nonviolence. About a year into, a little less than a year into his term, Warren Harding, Woodrow Wilson's successor, pardoned Debs, let him out of prison, invited him to visit the White House on his way home. And they had a half hour's chat. And when he left the building, Debs told reporters, "I've run for the White house five times, but this is the first time I've actually gotten here." Harding privately told a friend. This was revealed only after his death, that he said, "Debs was right about that war. We never should have gotten involved in it."So yeah, there can be reconciliation. There can be talk across these great differences that we have, and I think there are a number of organizations that are working on that specific project, getting people—Andrew Keen: We've done many of those shows. I'm sure you're familiar with the organization Braver Angels, which seems to be a very good group.Adam Hochschild: So I think it can be done. I really think it could be done and it has to be done and it's important for those of us who are deeply worried about Trump, as you and I are, to understand the grievances and the losses and the suffering that has made Trump's backers feel that here is somebody who can get them out of the pickle that they're in. We have to understand that, and the Democratic Party has to come up with promising alternatives for them, which it really has not done. It didn't really offer one in this last election. And the party itself is in complete disarray right now, I fear.Andrew Keen: I think perhaps Arlie should run for president. She would certainly do a better job than Kamala Harris in explaining it. And of course they're both from Berkeley. Finally, Adam, you're very familiar with the history of Africa, Southern Africa, your family I think was originally from there. Might we need after all this, when hopefully the smoke clears, might we need a Mandela style truth and reconciliation committee to make sense of what's happening?Adam Hochschild: My family's actually not from there, but they were in business there.Andrew Keen: Right, they were in the mining business, weren't they?Adam Hochschild: That's right. Truth and Reconciliation Committee. Well, I don't think it would be on quite the same model as South Africa's. But I certainly think we need to find some way of talking across the differences that we have. Coming from the left side of that divide I just feel all too often when I'm talking to people who feel as I do about the world that there is a kind of contempt or disinterest in Trump's backers. These are people that I want to understand, that we need to understand. We need to understand them in order to hear what their real grievances are and to develop alternative policies that are going to give them a real alternative to vote for. Unless we can do that, we're going to have Trump and his like for a long time, I fear.Andrew Keen: Wise words, Adam. I hope in the next 500 episodes of this show, things will improve. We'll get you back on the show, keep doing your important work, and I'm very excited to learn more about your new project, which we'll come to in the next few months or certainly years. Thank you so much.Adam Hochschild: OK, thank you, Andrew. Good being with you. This is a public episode. 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In the late summer of 1914 a war began that was largely unexpected, unwanted and which lasted for four years, destroying the European civilisation that existed beforehand, along with large parts of the continent, the Middle East and Africa. It spawned two brutal regimes in the guise of Nazi Germany and the USSR, along with generations of physically and mentally traumatised men. This podcast, drawn from the Adam Hochschild book To End All Wars, explores the legacy of and the destructive power of the war. Here's my article from last year on Poppy MadnessI will be running a livestream Q&A for students on Wednesday November 20th. You can access it here, subscribe to the channel to get your reminder.Help the podcast to continue bringing you history each weekIf you enjoy the Explaining History podcast and its many years of content and would like to help the show continue, please consider supporting it in the following ways:If you want to go ad-free, you can take out a membership hereOrYou can support the podcast via Patreon hereOr you can just say some nice things about it here Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/explaininghistory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brian Godawa has been a professional writer and filmmaker for over 20 years. His creative versatility was born of a passion for both intellect and imagination, both left-brain and right-brain. The result: Brian is an artisan of word, image, and story that engages heart, mind, and soul. Just think, “Renaissance Man.” Bestselling Author. But Brian is also an author and international speaker on art, movies, worldviews, and faith. His popular book,Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom and Discernment, is used as a textbook in schools around the country. He is a contributing scholarly writer to various journals and professional orgs, and his articles on movies and philosophy have been published around the world. His Chronicles series of novels are his most important contribution by incarnating his worldview and theology in narrative unlike anything you've read before. Hollywood Filmmaker. As an award-winning screenwriter, his first feature film was To End All Wars, starring Kiefer Sutherland. But his skills and experience quickly expanded to include writing and directing feature films, documentaries and video promotionals. When he isn't reading, watching movies, or loving on his wife, he is reading, watching movies, or loving on his wife. He knows, he knows: He should get out more. https://godawa.com/ Amazon.co.uk: Brian Godawa: books, biography, latest update Brian Godawa (@BrianGodawa) / X

Are we living in the last days? What is the Book of Revelation pointing to? We are thrilled to welcome author and screenwriter, Brian Godawa to the show! This episode will be sure to have you thinking and digging in! In today's episode we address the topics: What are the last days? Different end time views and the dangers of a futuristic outlook. Are we living in the Book of Revelation? Daniel 2—the stone that grows into a great mountain. Is there a rapture? and so much more! Brian Godawa is the author of many books including (but not limited to) the Chronicles of the Apocalypse, Chronicles of the Nephilim, and Chronicles of the Watchers. He is also the award-winning screenwriter of To End All Wars, starring Kiefer Sutherland, and co-wrote the movie, Alleged. He has directed feature films as well as recently wrote the political satire, My Son Hunter—about Hunter Bidens laptop. You can find Brian and all his work at www.godawa.com To learn more about The Rooted Truth Collective visit: https://www.therootedtruth.com/join (save 25% on all memberships now through the end of the year with coupon code LAUNCH) To join our next study visit: https://www.therootedtruth.com/study

Are we living in the last days? What is the Book of Revelation pointing to? We are thrilled to welcome author and screenwriter, Brian Godawa to the show! This episode will be sure to have you thinking and digging in! In today's episode we address the topics: What are the last days? Different end time views and the dangers of a futuristic outlook. Are we living in the Book of Revelation? Daniel 2—the stone that grows into a great mountain. Is there a rapture? and so much more! Brian Godawa is the author of many books including (but not limited to) the Chronicles of the Apocalypse, Chronicles of the Nephilim, and Chronicles of the Watchers. He is also the award-winning screenwriter of To End All Wars, starring Kiefer Sutherland, and co-wrote the movie, Alleged. He has directed feature films as well as recently wrote the political satire, My Son Hunter—about Hunter Bidens laptop. You can find Brian and all his work at www.godawa.com To learn more about The Rooted Truth Collective visit: https://www.therootedtruth.com/join (save 25% on all memberships now through the end of the year with coupon code LAUNCH) To join our next study visit: https://www.therootedtruth.com/study

Coming up on the Men at the Movies podcast, Britt and I discuss the movie To End All Wars. The POW camp represents the places in our lives where we feel helpless, where injustice occurs. When that happens, we can respond by our human nature, or empowered by the grace of the gospel. When we experience tragedy, injustice, helplessness and loss, we find out if the words of Jesus are hyperbole or the true way to find life. Join us as we discover God's truth in this movie. Questions How have you been each of these characters in different points? The Bard-Resigned and given up? The Major-Defiant and fighting back? Yanker-Manipulative and controlling? Dusty-Loving and forgiving? When have you been the closest to losing hope? What situations make you feel powerless and helpless? Who has encouraged you in your lowest, most helpless moments? What does forgiveness look like? How do justice and forgiveness conflict with each other? How do they align? How do we act like Jesus' words are mere hyperbole, platitudes, nice to hear but impossible to live? What would it look like to live by Jesus' words and actions? Check out our YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/@menatthemovies) for bonus content. To dive into this content even more, visit our website: www.menatthemovies.com/podcast. You will find resources mentioned on the podcast, plus quotes and themes discussed. Find us on the socials: YouTube: www.youtube.com/@menatthemovies Facebook: www.facebook.com/menatthemovies Instagram: www.instagram.com/menatthemovies/ TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@menatthemovies Twitter: twitter.com/_menatthemovies If you would like to support our work (and get some behind-the-scenes perks), visit our Patreon page (www.patreon.com/menatthemovies). Get invites to livestreams, bonus episodes, even free merch. If you'd like to do a one-time contribution (a cameo appearance), visit www.menatthemovies.com/investors. Edited and mixed by Grayson Foster (graysonfoster.com) Logo and episode templates by Ian Johnston (ianhjohnston.com) Audio quotes performed by Britt Mooney, Paul McDonald, and Tim Willard, taken from Epic (written by John Eldredge) and Song of Albion (written by Stephen Lawhead). Southerly Change performed by Zane Dickinson, used under license from Shutterstock Links: MATM website: www.menatthemovies.com/podcast YouTube: www.youtube.com/@menatthemovies Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/50DiGvjrHatOFUfHc0H2wQ Apple pods: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/men-at-the-movies-podcast/id1543799477 Google pods: podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy80ODMwNThjL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/menatthemovies/message

How do we select and interpret the narratives we call History? What is our relationship with that History via storytelling? Derrick's wife Tori joins us for an informative discussion on the nature of history, and how that's reflected through various film genres including political epics, war, biopics, and even historical fiction.  Introduction (0:00) Defining the Historical Genre & Political Epics [Lincoln, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington] (3:19) Historical Fiction [The Great Gatsby, Les Miserables, Sound of Music, There Will Be Blood, Inglorious Basterds] (19:17) War [Hacksaw Ridge, Grave of the Fireflies, To End All Wars, 1917] (36:56) Biopics [A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Walk the Line, Love & Mercy, Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocketman, Elvis, Amadeus, Superstar, Breathe, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Tick Tick Boom] (50:20) How History Inspires Our Stories (1:12:13) Check out Derrick's list of Historical films Support us on patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/allthingsnarrativepodcast/membership  All Things Narrative cultivates personal development through storytelling. Become more purpose-driven by learning how to better understand and communicate your life story. Offerings include: The ‘Live A Meaningful Story' Coaching Program, workshops for organizations, storytelling classes, the All Things Narrative Podcast, 1-on-1 Narrative Coaching, speaking engagements, and facilitating storytelling events. Led by award-winning Narrative Practitioner Derrick Hatch, we will be your guide towards telling and living a meaningful story. Learn more at allthingsnarrative.com and schedule a FREE consultation to see how we can support you! Like us on Facebook @allthingsnarrative Follow us on Instagram @allthingsnarrative Read my Film Diary (including reviews and rankings) on Letterboxd @derrickhATN

A poet, publisher of Rochford Press and co-editor of Rochford Street Review, as well as an emerging artist, Linda Adair grew up on Dharug country without knowing whose land she stood on. She now lives and works on Dharug and Gundungarra lands in the Blue Mountains, Australia, and pays her respect to the Traditional Custodians of the unceded Country which always was, and always will, be Aboriginal land. Her debut poetry collection, The Unintended Consequences of the Shattering, was published in 2020 by Melbourne Poets Union. Her poems have been anthologised in To End All Wars, Messages from The Embers, Poetry for the Planet, Pure Slush Volume 25, Work! Lifespan Vol 5 and have been published in Bluepepper, The Blue Nib, FemAsia, Meusse, Ozburp, and most recently in Live Encounters Poetry & Writing. As a resident poet at BigCi in 2022, Adair researched the failed shale-oil mining town Newnes and wrote poems and painted canvases to consider the childhood point of view of her favourite aunt in that dour town during the 1920s and '30s. That work was exhibited as Finding Jesse of Newnes at DIP (Darlington Installation Project) in September 2022. Adair was consequently invited to read her poetry to conservationists, historians, rock climbers and adventurers, not the usual poetry audience at The Back to Newnes Weekend in November 2022. During a Varuna Residency in April 2023, she began work on a verse memoir of her family's complex relationship to unceded land. Some of the poems she worked on were published in the May issue of Live Encounters Poetry and Writing. Three short poems and three canvases referencing these concerns were part of Together or Otherwise A(part) the MAPBM (Modern Art Projects Blue Mountains) members group show at Articulate Project Space in Leichhardt, NSW. She is keen to take poetry out to a wider audience through connections with her visual art. She was a featured poet at ‘The Poetry of Rethinking' event in May at Poetica at La Mama Courthouse.To Purchase The Unintended Consequences of the Shattering:  https://rochford-pressbookshop.square.site/product/the-unintended-consequences-of-the-shattering-by-linda-adair/13 Picture: Mark RobertsProduction and Interview: Tina Giannoukos

Guest: Adam Hochschild is the author of eleven books, including the contemporary classics King Leopold's Ghost and To End All Wars (both finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award), Spain in Our Hearts (a New York Times bestseller), and Bury the Chains (a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and PEN USA Literary Award). His latest is AMERICAN MIDNIGHT: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis. The post Adam Hochschild: WWI, The Red Scare and The Threat to Democracy appeared first on KPFA.

We have an incredible Episode of Mike Kai and story teller, producer of, To End All Wars, The Path to 9/11, and his newest release, The Wind and The Reckoning by, David Cunningham. In this episode, we get to hear the behind the scenes make of this monumental story of a real-life events of the outbreak of leprosy in the 19-century colonial Hawaii, where a small group of infected Native Hawaiians resistant government-mandated exile, taking a courageous stand against provisional government and a true example of keeping the faith and sticking together as an Ohana (family). For more info or ticket, visit: https://www.windandreckoning.com —— Stay Connected! Website: http://www.MikeKai.tv Mike Kai Instagram: https://bit.ly/IGMikeKai Mike Kai Twitter: https://bit.ly/TWMikeKai Mike Kai LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/LIMikeKai Mike Kai YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MikeKai  

We have an incredible Episode of Mike Kai and story teller, producer of, To End All Wars, The Path to 9/11, and his newest release, The Wind and The Reckoning by, David Cunningham. In this episode, we get to hear the behind the scenes make of this monumental story of a real-life events of the outbreak of leprosy in the 19-century colonial Hawaii, where a small group of infected Native Hawaiians resistant government-mandated exile, taking a courageous stand against provisional government and a true example of keeping the faith and sticking together as an Ohana (family). For more info or ticket, visit: https://www.windandreckoning.com   —— Stay Connected! Website: http://www.MikeKai.tv Mike Kai Instagram: https://bit.ly/IGMikeKai Mike Kai Twitter: https://bit.ly/TWMikeKai Mike Kai LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/LIMikeKai Mike Kai YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MikeKai

We have an incredible Episode of Mike Kai and story teller, producer of, To End All Wars, The Path to 9/11, and his newest release, The Wind and The Reckoning by, David Cunningham. In this episode, we get to hear the behind the scenes make of this monumental story of a real-life events of the outbreak of leprosy in the 19-century colonial Hawaii, where a small group of infected Native Hawaiians resistant government-mandated exile, taking a courageous stand against provisional government and a true example of keeping the faith and sticking together as an Ohana (family). For more info or ticket, visit: https://www.windandreckoning.com —— Stay Connected! Website: http://www.MikeKai.tv Mike Kai Instagram: https://bit.ly/IGMikeKai Mike Kai Twitter: https://bit.ly/TWMikeKai Mike Kai LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/LIMikeKai Mike Kai YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MikeKai  

The Burros of Berea interview Christian Fiction Author and Screenwriter, Brian Godawa. Brian has written many novels including The Chronicles of the Nephilim series, End Times Bible Prophecy, When Giants Were Upon the Earth, and Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom and Discernment which is in its ninth printing. He has also written several full length feature films including To End All Wars starring Kiefer Sutherland (2001). We hope you'll listen in to hear this fascinating testimony. To learn more visit www.godawa.com. If you'd like to become a patron visit: www.patreon.com/theburrosofberea. Or visit our website at www.burrosofberea.com

I am so stoked for this episode. We are joined by Brian Godawa, a prolific author known for his speculative historical fiction in the Nephilim Chronicles and a screenwriter known for his work on "To End All Wars" starring Kiefer Sutherland. Coop and Ryan will join me as co-hosts to talk ancient cosmology, story, creation, and more. This isn't one to miss.

Guest: Adam Hochschild is the author of eleven books, including the contemporary classics King Leopold's Ghost and To End All Wars (both finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award), Spain in Our Hearts (a New York Times bestseller), and Bury the Chains (a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and PEN USA Literary Award). His latest is AMERICAN MIDNIGHT: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis. The post KPFA Special – Adam Hochschild on American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis appeared first on KPFA.

Brian Godawa joins TruthSeekah as they talk about his new book entitled Moses Against The gods of Egypt.Brian Godawa is an award-winning Hollywood screenwriter (To End All Wars), a controversial movie and culture blogger, an internationally known teacher on faith, worldviews and storytelling (Hollywood Worldviews), an Amazon best-selling author of Biblical fiction (Chronicles of the Nephilim), and provocative theology (God Against the gods). His obsession with God, movies and worldviews, results in theological storytelling that blows your mind while inspiring your soul. And that's not fiction.Check out Brian's Work At https://www.TruthSeekah.com/brian-godawa-moses-gods-of-egypt

Brian Godawa joins TruthSeekah as they talk about his new book entitled Moses Against The gods of Egypt.Brian Godawa is an award-winning Hollywood screenwriter (To End All Wars), a controversial movie and culture blogger, an internationally known teacher on faith, worldviews and storytelling (Hollywood Worldviews), an Amazon best-selling author of Biblical fiction (Chronicles of the Nephilim), and provocative theology (God Against the gods). His obsession with God, movies and worldviews, results in theological storytelling that blows your mind while inspiring your soul. And that's not fiction.Check out Brian's Work At https://www.TruthSeekah.com/brian-godawa-moses-gods-of-egypt

Brian Godawa joins TruthSeekah as they talk about his new book entitled Moses Against The gods of Egypt.Brian Godawa is an award-winning Hollywood screenwriter (To End All Wars), a controversial movie and culture blogger, an internationally known teacher on faith, worldviews and storytelling (Hollywood Worldviews), an Amazon best-selling author of Biblical fiction (Chronicles of the Nephilim), and provocative theology (God Against the gods). His obsession with God, movies and worldviews, results in theological storytelling that blows your mind while inspiring your soul. And that's not fiction.Check out Brian's Work At https://www.TruthSeekah.com/brian-godawa-moses-gods-of-egypt

Brian Godawa joins TruthSeekah as they talk about his new book entitled Moses Against The gods of Egypt.Brian Godawa is an award-winning Hollywood screenwriter (To End All Wars), a controversial movie and culture blogger, an internationally known teacher on faith, worldviews and storytelling (Hollywood Worldviews), an Amazon best-selling author of Biblical fiction (Chronicles of the Nephilim), and provocative theology (God Against the gods). His obsession with God, movies and worldviews, results in theological storytelling that blows your mind while inspiring your soul. And that's not fiction.Check out Brian's Work At https://www.TruthSeekah.com/brian-godawa-moses-gods-of-egypt

Hi guys! Ricky Pope here, and today on the Christian Nerds Unite podcast I talk with Brian Godawa screen writer and author of over 15 novels in his Chronicles series of novels. Brian was also the screen writer for To End All Wars staring Kiefer Sutherland and Frank Peretti's The Visitation. Plus scripture and Nerdy News. If you want to keep up with what Brian is doing sign up for his email list at https://godawa.com/ (https://godawa.com/) Interested in Brian's Books? https://amzn.to/3LjigzY (https://amzn.to/3LjigzY) The video version is here: https://www.youtube.com/christiannerdsunite?sub_confirmation=1 (https://www.youtube.com/christiannerdsunite?sub_confirmation=1) I host my podcast with Captivate, the world's only growth-oriented podcast host™ - you can too, and get your first 7-days totally free! Clicking: https://www.captivate.fm/signup?ref=rickypope (https://www.captivate.fm/signup?ref=rickypope) My Microphone - Electro-Voice RE20: https://amzn.to/2VVg1ya (https://amzn.to/2VVg1ya) Join our Parteon: https://www.patreon.com/christiannerdsunite (https://www.patreon.com/christiannerdsunite) Some of the links are affiliate links meaning at no additional cost to you I may earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.

Al chats with Sean Fahey from Black Jack Press, an indie comic company specializing in horror, Western, sci-fi and pulp fantasy comics. Today they chat about their new stand-alone comic book, THE RIVER OF BLOOD on Kickstarter! Video: https://youtu.be/P3d4OwHhXdM Kickstarter for "The River of Blood": https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/... Black Jack Press Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlackJackPress/ Black Jack Press Twitter: https://twitter.com/blackjackpress Black Jack Press Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackjackpr... Black Jack Press Digital Shop (DriveThru): https://www.drivethrucomics.com/brows... Black Jack Press Print Shop (Indy Planet): https://www.indyplanet.com/?s=sean+fahey CREATIVE TEAM: Sean Fahey (writer) -- Sean Fahey is a comic book writer. He is also the editor and publisher of Black Jack Press, an independent comic book company. Black Jack Press specializes in Western, horror, science fiction and pulp fantasy comics. Their releases include the Western anthology Tall Tales from the Badlands, the science fiction and horror anthology Dark Matter and the Viking anthology Sagas of the Northmen. Sean's writing is also featured in works published by Legendary Comics, DC Comics, Soaring Penguin Press (the Eisner-nominated WWI anthology To End All Wars), and Fulcrum Publishing (the Harvey nominated anthology District Comics: An Unconventional History of Washington, D.C.). Carlos Trigo (pencils and inks) -- Carlos Trigo is a comic book artist from Spain. He has been working actively for the US indie comic market since 2011. His published works include Crimson Society (Action Lab Comics), Hero Hour (21 Pulp), Ghoul Squad (The Higher Universe) and Mixmancer (Epigamics). Jok (colors) -- Jok is a professional artist, writer, illustrator and colorist from Argentina. His work has been published in the US (Space Goat, Heavy Metal, IDW and Dark Horse), England (Markosia, David Lloyd´s Aces Weekly and SST Pub), China (CITIC group), Italy (Aurea), Spain (vodafone), Brazil and the rest of South America. His illustration work has been published by Capstone, McGraw Hill, Macmillan, Pearson and others. Thank You for Watching / Listening! We appreciate your support! Episode 127 in an unlimited series! Host: Al Mega Follow on: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook): @TheRealAlMega / @ComicCrusaders Make sure to Like/Share/Subscribe if you haven't yet:  https://www.youtube.com/c/comiccrusadersworld Twitch:  https://www.twitch.tv/comiccrusaders Visit the official Comic Crusaders Comic Book Shop:   comiccrusaders.shop Visit the OFFICIAL Comic Crusaders Swag Shop at:  comiccrusaders.us Main Site:  https://www.comiccrusaders.com/​​​​ Sister Site:  http://www.undercovercapes.com​​​​ Pick up official Undercover Capes Podcast Network merchandise exclusively on RedBubble.com:   bit.ly/UCPNMerch Streamyard is the platform of choice used by Comic Crusaders and The Undercover Capes Podcast Network to stream! Check out their premium plans for this amazing and versatile tool, sign up now:  https://bit.ly/ComicCrusadersStreamyard * Edited/Produced/Directed by Al Mega

We had Brian Godawa on the show at the end of last year to talk about The Hero's Journey and the Monomyth. Many of you sent us messages saying how fascinated you were by the ideas Brian shared - specifically about the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible. Well, in the immortal words of Lando Calrissian: “Buckle up, baby.” Brian is back.Brian Godawa has been a professional writer and filmmaker for over 15 years. As an award-winning screenwriter, his first feature film was To End All Wars, starring Kiefer Sutherland. But his skills and experience quickly expanded to include writing and directing feature films, documentaries and video promotionals.His popular book, Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom and Discernment, is used as a textbook in schools around the country. He is a contributing writer to various journals and professional orgs, and his articles on movies and philosophy have been published around the world. His Chronicles series of novels are his most important contribution by incarnating his worldview and theology in narrative unlike anything you've read before.Check out Godawa.com for more info!Support the show or check out our FREE CONTENT on https://www.patreon.com/officialtatooinesons!Are you ready to start your own quest? You can join our "fellowship" for FREE. Download the First Act of The Hero's Journal HERE: https://theherosjournal.co/pages/istoria-magic-academyJust scroll down to the bottom where it says, "Get the First 71 Pages FREE!"https://www.tatooinesons.com

Last week, I talked with Brian Godawa about superheroes and the hero's journey. This week, we're going down the rabbit hole even further to talk about the monomyth, the supernatural worldview, and whether these ideas should make us more skeptical about the Bible. Brian Godawa is an award-winning Hollywood screenwriter known for films like To End All Wars starring Kiefer Sutherland and the film adaptation of Frank Peretti's The Visitation. Brian is also a controversial movie and culture blogger, an internationally known teacher on faith, worldviews and storytelling and the author of Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom and Discernment, and the fascinating Chronicles of the Nephilim series. His obsession with God, movies and worldviews, results in theological storytelling that blows your mind while inspiring your soul.THIS is Tatooine Sons!Check out all of Brian's work at https://www.godawa.comSave 15% on EVERYTHING at https://www.cufflinks.com/ by using the code: TATOOINE15Rate and Review on Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/TatooineSons

Why is our culture so obsessed with superheroes? These films are always the biggest box office hits. Our streaming services can't seem to release new series fast enough. Is it just our love for action movies? Or could there be something deeper going on connected to the story written on our souls. Screenwriter and author, Brian Godawa joins me in this episode to look at this question and more.Brian Godawa is an award-winning Hollywood screenwriter known for films like To End All Wars starring Kiefer Sutherland and the film adaptation of Frank Peretti's The Visitation. Brian is also a controversial movie and culture blogger, an internationally known teacher on faith, worldviews and storytelling and the author of Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom and Discernment, and the fascinating Chronicles of the Nephilim series. His obsession with God, movies and worldviews, results in theological storytelling that blows your mind while inspiring your soul.THIS is Tatooine Sons!Check out all of Brian's work at https://www.godawa.com Save 15% on EVERYTHING at https://www.cufflinks.com/ by using the code: TATOOINE15Rate and Review on Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/TatooineSons

Become a patron of the show and help me make even more great episodes! Donate by visiting www.patreon.com/trucepodcast The British slave trade had several well-known opponents: William Wilberforce and John Newton (who wrote "Amazing Grace") to name a few. But historian Adam Hochschild ("King Leopold's Ghost", "To End All Wars") argues that history has largely forgotten the most valuable member of the abolition movement: Thomas Clarkson. Clarkson was in charge of gathering and disseminating information across the British Isles. He fought for years to end the slave trade and then slavery itself. This movement is important for many reasons. It was the first to use logos, a coordinated marketing campaign, and it established a high bar for investigative journalism. It was also an ecumenical movement. In this episode we explore slavery, the importance of slave rebellions, the power of ecumenical efforts, and the book "Bury the Chains". I mentioned the so-called Curse of Ham in the episode. Learn more about it here. Helpful discussion questions: Had you heard of Thomas Clarkson before this episode? Do you participate in any cross-denominational movements? Where do you draw the line? Has your church ever participated in anti-racism movements? Was there any wisdom in ending the slave trade first? Why do you think John Newton didn't give up the slave trade as soon as he became a Christian? Was it possible to be a Christian and own slaves? Do you think humanity will ever go back to slavery? Do modern payday loans keep people in bondage in the way that debt kept people in bondage in the 1700s? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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It's Mark Strong's world, we're all just living in it. This week we talk about "To End All Wars" (2001) which if one Amazon review is to be believed, is the single most important movie ever made. Next week, we go "Behind the Red Door" (2003). Thanks to Kaya Thies for our beautiful artwork, you can find her at https://www.instagram.com/ky4night/ or https://www.twitch.tv/ky4night. Music from https://filmmusic.io "Sax, Rock, and Roll" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hakpodcast/?hl=en Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/hakpod He's a Kiefer is hosted by Zachary LeDuke and Jaden Krahn. It is edited/produced by Zachary LeDuke. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kiefercast/message

It's called "Young Guns II" (1990) but that dude at the beginning is pretty old. Seems suspicious. Next week: "To End All Wars" (2001). Thanks to Kaya Thies for our beautiful artwork, you can find her at https://www.instagram.com/ky4night/ or https://www.twitch.tv/ky4night. Music from https://filmmusic.io "Sax, Rock, and Roll" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hakpodcast/?hl=en Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/hakpod He's a Kiefer is hosted by Zachary LeDuke and Jaden Krahn. It is edited/produced by Zachary LeDuke. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kiefercast/message

Thanks to your generous contributions, Obamagate the Movie is over 50% funded! We're so close to reaching our goal and I know you're going to love the film! On today's podcast we give you an inside look at how ObamaGate The Movie was created! We are joined by Brian Godawa, the film's brilliant co-writer, who also was the screenwriter for To End All Wars with Keifer Sunderland. Brian discusses what it's like to create a verbatim movie using only the real words, messages, and memos from Jim Comey's corrupt FBI! Also on this week's episode Ann speaks with the wonderful Marjorie Dannefelser about her recent book Life is Winning: Inside the Fight for Unborn Children and their Mothers and the current status of the pro-life cause in the United States. Marjorie is the President of the Susan B. Anthony List - one of the most effective pro-life organizations in the movement - and she's also a wonderful friend. As the title of Marjorie's book implies, there is a lot to celebrate. The pro-life movement is gaining incredible speed - especially with a pro-life President! Many people - including Marjorie herself - have converted to the pro-life cause in recent years. But that doesn't mean the fight is over - our guest has certainly faced her own series of disappointments in her battles over the last several years. Finally, we finish up this week's episode with a delicious dessert recipe from Phelim (that he may have stolen from the Spectator). Don't miss this yummy Blackberry and Apple crumble! Recipe: https://life.spectator.co.uk/articles/the-secret-to-apple-and-blackberry-crumble/ Donate: http://obamagatemovie.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ap-scoop/message

With the skill of a journalist, the eye of a historian, and the heart of an activist, Adam Hochschild has been a leading voice on human rights issues for the past 40 years. He is the author of 10 books, including King Leopold’s Ghost ,To End All Wars, and his most recent, called an “exceptionally engaging biography” by the Washington Post, Rebel Cinderella: From Rags to Riches to Radical, the Epic Journey of Rose Pastor Stokes. He also teaches nonfiction book-writing at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley. For the body of his work, he has received numerous awards, including from the Lannan Foundation, the American Historical Association, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His books have been translated into 15 different languages. The themes in Hochschild’s books explore the timeless struggle of good versus evil in the hopes of creating a better world. Born in NYC in 1942, Hochschild was the only and long awaited child of older parents. From the outside, his childhood, which he wrote about in a memoir, Half the Way Home, seemed idyllic. His father was a powerful businessman, his every move strategic, controlled, and successful. His mother was doting and ever present, stepping in as intermediary between father and son whenever necessary—which turned out to be often.  Perhaps these were the seeds for his life calling to examine the roots of injustice. After graduating from Harvard with a B.A. in history and literature, he set out for worlds different than his own. He spent a summer working at an anti-apartheid newspaper in South Africa, and then, in the American Deep South, witnessed firsthand the horrors of segregation. He was active in the movement against the Vietnam War. After beginning his career as a reporter for California daily newspapers, he spent ten years as a magazine editor, most of it at Mother Jones, which he co-founded. He has also written for The New Yorker, Harper's, The Atlantic, The New York Review of Books, Granta, and The New York Times Magazine. The subjects he has written about include some of the darkest of human history—like Stalin’s death camps, or a forgotten Holocaust in the Congo—yet Hochschild’s spirit remains light, steady, and quietly assured. When asked how he remains hopeful, he replied, “If I were only, or even mainly, writing about the evils of the world, my books would be so depressing no one would read them! Nor would I have much fun writing them. I think of myself as writing about people who tried to make the world better.” At 77, he shows no signs of slowing down. The advantage of being a writer, he said, is that “unlike those in other lines of work, from ballerinas to quarterbacks, you never have to retire.” Hochschild is already deep into his next book. It’s fair to assume the characters, like Hochschild himself, will once again battle injustices and prejudice, hoping to make a lasting change in the world. Once and for all.  Join us in conversation with this gifted historian whose hindsight might provide us with the foresight to restore the threatened values of justice, peace, and compassion.

Brian Godawa is an award-winning screenwriter, novelist, and filmmaker. One of his most significant films of note is To End All Wars, starring Kiefer Sutherland. His book, Hollywood Worldviews has been used in film courses on both college campuses and high schools for several years. In this interview, we spoke with Brian about the most prominent worldviews influencing films through the ages, his experience as a screenwriter, and his top five favorite movies. We hope you enjoy this conversation! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/clark-weidner/support

Our guest today is an award-winning screenwriter; his first feature film was To End All Wars. He is also the best-selling author of the Chronicles of the Nephilim series and a new series, Chronicles of the Watchers. Links:  https://godawa.com/ Sponsor: Book Launch Blueprint Learn how to launch a book in this special course only offered […] The post How to Write Compelling Villains with Brian Godawa appeared first on Christian Publishing Show.

Our guest today is an award-winning screenwriter; his first feature film was To End All Wars. He is also the best-selling author of the Chronicles of the Nephilim series and a new series, Chronicles of the Watchers. Links:  https://godawa.com/ Sponsor: Book Launch Blueprint Learn how to launch a book in this special course only offered […] The post How to Write Compelling Villains with Brian Godawa appeared first on Christian Publishing Show.

40 years a Christian and still finding how much deeper the Bible can take him. That’s where Brian Godawa path. Like the expression one commentator made about the gospel of John, that it is shallow enough for a baby to wade in but deep enough for an elephant to drown, Brian’s desires is to swim in that deep water. And, as an artist, writer and christian he brings to life the depths of those stories and truths that God has given us. Brian Godawa is an award-winning Hollywood screenwriter - To End All Wars, a cultural blogger (www.Godawa.com), an internationally know teacher on faith, worldviews and storytelling, Hollywood Worldviews and provocative theologian - God Against the gods. He is also an Amazon best-selling author of Biblical fiction, Chronicles of the Nephiiim.

Our guest today is an award-winning screenwriter, his first feature film was To End All Wars. He is also the best-selling author of the Chronicles of the Nephilim and his new series, Chronicles of the Watchers. The post How to Write Fiction with a Christian Worldview with Brian Godawa appeared first on Christian Publishing Show.

Our guest today is an award-winning screenwriter, his first feature film was To End All Wars. He is also the best-selling author of the Chronicles of the Nephilim and his new series, Chronicles of the Watchers. The post How to Write Fiction with a Christian Worldview with Brian Godawa appeared first on Christian Publishing Show.

SPEAKERS Adam Hochschild Journalist; Historian; Lecturer; Author, King Leopold's Ghost, To End All Wars, Spain in Our Hearts, Rebel Cinderella In Conversation with George Hammond Author, Conversations With Socrates In response to the Coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak, this program was recorded in front of an online audience, broadcasted from The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco on March 17th, 2020.

Historian Adam Hochschild's ten ''carefully researched and vigorously told'' (Houston Chronicle) books include King Leopold's Ghost, a haunting portrait of Belgium's 19th-century brutal colonization of the Congo, and To End All Wars, the little-told story of the First World War's moral critics. Both were National Book Critics Circle Award finalists. His other books variously address the atrocities of Stalinist Russia, the perspectives of famous and little-known participants in the Spanish Civil War, and the history of the antislavery movement in the British Empire. He is cofounder of Mother Jones magazine, and his many awards include the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History. Rebel Cinderella details the life of an impoverished immigrant sweatshop worker who married the scion of one of New York's richest families and became one of America's great social justice crusaders. (recorded 3/4/2020)

In the twenty-ninth episode of The Babylon Bee podcast, editor-in-chief Kyle Mann and creative director Ethan Nicolle welcome back recurring guest and film expert Brian Godawa. They discuss the recurring existentialist theme in film of “just follow your heart” which always works out okay because our hearts are not idol factories or anything. In the subscriber portion, they go through the best all-time pro-life films (whether they intended to be or not). Brian Godawa is an award-winning Hollywood screenwriter (To End All Wars), a movie and culture blogger specializing in God, Movies, and Worldviews, author of a textbook, Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom and Discernment as well as an Amazon best-selling author of Biblical fiction (Chronicles of the Nephilim/Chronicles of the Apocalypse). Movies/Shows Mentioned Veggietales In The House episode: Laura At Bat Joe Vs. The Volcano Stranger Than Fiction The Truman Show  Groundhog Day City Slickers 13 Conversations About 1 Thing Titanic Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind I Heart Huckabees Unstrung Heroes Box of Moonlight Forrest Gump  Shopgirl Synechdoche, New York The Fault in Our Stars Boyhood Frozen   Also mentioned:  Mike Rowe on Don’t Follow Your Passion Ben Shapiro Interviewing Neil Degrasse Tyson   Paid-subscriber portion:  Brian Godawa gives us his list of the most pro-life movies, whether it was intentional or not.    Pro-life movies mentioned: Juno Bella The Island Knocked Up Three Extremes Waitress 17 Again August Rush (adoption) October Baby Room  Into the Forest  Unplanned Gosnell Become a paid subscriber at https://babylonbee.com/plans

In episode twenty-five of The Babylon Bee podcast, editor-in-chief Kyle Mann and creative director Ethan Nicolle welcome back Brian Godawa to talk about epic films where individuals are willing to live and die for transcendent values set in all-encompassing civilization-shaking settings, and a lot of people get stabbed. They also talk about the secular-sacred divide in films and the genre of "Christian" movies. Brian Godawa is an award-winning Hollywood screenwriter (To End All Wars), a movie and culture blogger specializing in God, Movies, and Worldviews  (www.Godawa.com), author of a textbook, Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom and Discernment as well as an Amazon best-selling author of Biblical fiction (Chronicles of the Nephilim/Chronicles of the Apocalypse). Follow Brian on Twitter.  This episode is sponsored by the Christian Standard Bible, specifically their CSB Study Bible.  This English translation strives to be faithful to the original languages without sacrificing clarity. To inspire you to grow in your understanding and love for God’s Word, the CSB Study Bible contains an award-winning array of study resources, including over 16,000 study notes, tools, and word studies. Now available in eight different cover options, including two new covers. Whether you are preparing for future Bible studies or daily readings, this study Bible is the ideal resource for lifelong discipleship. Learn more at CSBible.com or visit LifeWay.com to order your copy of the CSB Study Bible today. Show Outline  Thanksgiving Introduction - Kyle, Ethan, and producer Dan give thanks for our jobs, you, the Babylon Bee audience, and great food in this Thanksgiving special episode.  Of course, they also run down 7 Ways You Can OWN Your Liberal Relatives This Thanksgiving This Year. Then they welcome Brian Godawa to discuss whether an epic movie must include lots of people being killed by swords and dive into the idea of transcendence in which there are some things that are higher to live for than just yourself.   Movies/Series Discussed -   Braveheart Troy Gladiator The Patriot Star Wars The Lord Of The Rings Game Of Thrones Exodus: Gods And Kings Noah Ben Hur Rob Roy Mad Max: Fury Road 30 Days Of Night I Am Legend Topic Of The Week: Kyle, Ethan, and Brian discuss the Secular/Sacred Divide In Film. Is this a false dichotomy? Does art need to be explicitly Christian to be profitable or valuable for Christians?  Hate Mail - Jabba The Hutt makes an appearance and accusations of racism stream in. Subscriber-Exclusive Content: Resident Movie Expert Brian Godawa reveals his top movies of all time including some pro-life films. Become a paid subscriber at https://babylonbee.com/plans

In the twenty-first episode of The Babylon Bee podcast, editor-in-chief Kyle Mann and creative director Ethan Nicolle are joined by Brian Godawa to talk about horror movies. Are they evil? Does God hate horror? Brian, often called “The Horror Apologist,” weighs in. While some may think the timing is a little strange—it being the Devil’s holiday and all—rest assured this is our fall harvest episode that only happens to fall on the same day as pagan-pumpkin-demon day.   Brian Godawa is an award-winning Hollywood screenwriter (To End All Wars), a movie and culture blogger specializing in God, Movies, and Worldviews  (www.Godawa.com), author of a textbook, Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom and Discernment as well as an Amazon best-selling author of Biblical fiction (Chronicles of the Nephilim/Chronicles of the Apocalypse). Follow Brian on Twitter.    Movies/Horror genres discussed   The Rules of Horror Scream The Wicker Man   Zombie 28 Days Later franchise Shaun of the Dead The Walking Dead   Vampires The Addiction I am Legend Twilight    Serial killers (the modern vampires) Seven Brian Godawa’s Short Film Cruel Logic  Dexter   Subscriber-Only Portion Midsommar It Deliver Us From Evil The Exorcism Of Emily Rose The Exorcist The Blair Witch Project Paranormal  [Rec] The Last Exorcism   Also Mentioned: Third Eagle Of The Apocalypse Doom And Gloom  Become a paid subscriber at https://babylonbee.com/plans

  Kyle and Ethan are joined by Brian Godawa for their first all-movie episode. They dig into the worldviews of various films and talk about how story is used to convey messages, sometimes more Christian than expected, and sometimes blatantly anti-Christian.  Guest Brian Godawa is a screenwriter and novelist. He has spent a lot of time dissecting the worldviews and themes of film. For more Brian Godawa: Brian Godawa on Twitter Brian Godawa’s website (where you can find everything) Brian Godawa’s Blog "Thus Spake Godawa” Dive into Brian’s novels: Chronicles of the Nephilim Chronicles of the Apocalypse Brian’s book on worldviews in film Hollywood Worldviews   Movies of the Week! (4:08) Science Fiction & AI Some of the movies/series discussed:  Alita Battle Angel, Westworld, Better Than Us, Hunger Games (20:37) The Walking Dead & Zombie Films Some of the movies/series discussed:  The Walking Dead, Shaun Of The Dead, 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, The Exorcism Of Emily Rose (38:10) Discussion of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood  (46:31) Topic of the Week: Anti-Christian/Anti-Conservative bias in Hollywood Some of the movies/series discussed: The Boyz, Unplanned, Gosnell, Bohemian Rhapsody, Valkerie, Walk The Line, Tolkien, To End All Wars, Captain Marvel, Hidden Figures, Finest Hours, Unbroken, Room, Black Panther, Hacksaw Ridge, God’s Not Dead, Exodus, Noah, Paul, Madmen  Brian’s The Boys Amazon Series analysis (1:13:08) Hate Mail (1:20:51) Paid Subscriber-exclusive portion: Marvel Universe discussion Some of the movies/series discussed: Captain America, Captain Marvel, Avengers, End Game, Daredevil, Antman, Spiderman, Hulk, Dr. Strange   Become a paid subscriber at https://babylonbee.com/plans

In this Apolo-Neering debut, Seth McVey talks with Brian Godawa (Writer of "To End All Wars" with Kiefer Sutherland) about the dark secrets of Hollywood most people don't know. Welcome Seth McVey and Apolo-Neering (combination of apologetics and engineering) to the soon-to-be-called Daily Renegade family! Please leave a comment below and tell us what you think.  Make sure to become a JPD (soon to be Daily Renegade) Member and have access to full videos, ad-free, at https://joshpeckdisclosure.com/membership-account/membership-levels/?pa=Seth http://JoshPeckDisclosure.com PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND SHARE! Dark Occult Secrets of Hollywood EXPOSED | Brian Godawa on Apolo-Neering From Josh Peck: For those who haven't heard, our son Nathan was just recently diagnosed with leukemia. This is why there hasn't been as many updates on this channel. If you wish to contribute, you can do so at the JPD donate link below or, if you prefer, the fine people from Hear The Watchmen have set up a GoFundMe for us: https://www.gofundme.com/a-little-peck-needs-your-help Become a member of the USCCA for training and legal protection should you ever need to defend yourself or your family: https://tracking.deltadefense.com/aff_c?offer_id=94&aff_id=17867 Josh Peck is now proudly endorses CBD Pure and CBD Pet, the absolute most top-quality, organic, nonGMO, scientifically tested CBD oil on the planet, for people and their pets! CBD Pure - https://www.cbdpure.com/?AFFID=394382 CBD for Pets - https://www.getcbdpet.com/?AFFID=394382 Finally, a Peck-Approved kratom! For the highest quality kratom at the most affordable price with a money-back guarantee, visit Coastline Kratom at https://www.coastlinekratom.com/?ref=4557

Interview with director David L. Cunningham: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0192289/ David L. Cunningham is an international filmmaker known for striking visuals, authentic performances and dynamic subject matters. For more than two decades, Cunningham has directed big budget Studio films (Fox, Disney, ABC), experimental and pioneering independent features, as well as hard hitting documentaries. He is also an entrepreneur having founded more than a dozen companies in the creative industries including the award-winning content machine Global Virtual Studio (GVS). Cunningham is known for his social impact initiatives as the creator of several nation changing campaigns with focuses on indigenous rights, human trafficking and orphans with special needs. David was born in Lausanne, Switzerland to American parents, Loren and Darlene Cunningham, who are pioneers of the University of the Nations (also known as YWAM) with over 600 campuses around the world in 160 nations. At age three David's family moved to Hawai'i Island to open a University of the Nations campus in Kailua-Kona which became David's long time home. Cunningham is a graduate of Konawaena High School and studied film at the University of Southern California (USC) . Cunningham has had the privilege to direct a wide range of today's finest actors including Harvey Keitel, Edward James Olmos, Mark Strong, Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland, Ian McShane, Christopher Eccleston, Idris Elba, Donnie Wahlberg and Alexander Ludwig. Cunningham is best known for the gritty WW2 Drama, To End All Wars (20th Century Fox), and the Primetime Emmy Winning and controversial miniseries on ABC, Path to 9/11. With a budget of $45M and total viewership of approximately 23 million, Path to 9/11 was considered a breakthrough in the miniseries format. Based out of Kona, Hawai'i, Cunningham founded Honua Studios in partnership with the County and State of Hawai'i. Honua Studios is the second largest studio in the State and includes the state's largest green screen stage, sound, post and VFX facilities. Honua Studios is also the main hub of Global Virtual Studio (GVS). Global Virtual Studio is a content creation machine. Under Cunningham's leadership GVS develops and produces content for a variety of platforms from graphic novels to major feature films. GVS has key hubs in Kona, Honolulu and Los Angeles with a network of artists and facilities in 15 countries. IMDb Mini Biography By: DC Management David L. Cunningham is an international filmmaker known for striking visuals, authentic performances and dynamic subject matters. For more than two decades, Cunningham has directed big budget Studio films (Fox, Disney, ABC), experimental and pioneering independent features, as well as hard hitting documentaries. He is also an entrepreneur having founded more than a dozen companies in the creative industries including the award-winning content machine Global Virtual Studio (GVS). Cunningham is known for his social impact initiatives as the creator of several nation changing campaigns with focuses on indigenous rights, human trafficking and orphans with special needs. David was born in Lausanne, Switzerland to American parents, Loren and Darlene Cunningham, who are pioneers of the University of the Nations (also known as YWAM) with over 600 campuses around the world in 160 nations. At age three David's family moved to Hawai'i Island to open a University of the Nations campus in Kailua-Kona which became David's long time home. Cunningham is a graduate of Konawaena High School and studied film at the University of Southern California (USC). Cunningham has had the privilege to direct a wide range of today's finest actors including Harvey Keitel, Edward James Olmos, Mark Strong, Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland, Ian McShane, Christopher Eccleston, Idris Elba, Donnie Wahlberg and Alexander Ludwig. Cunningham is best known for the gritty WW2 Drama, To End All Wars (20th Century Fox), and the Primetime Emmy Winning and controversial miniseries on ABC, Path to 9/11. With a budget of $45M and total viewership of approximately 23 million, Path to 9/11 was considered a breakthrough in the miniseries format. Based out of Kona, Hawai'i, Cunningham founded Honua Studios in partnership with the County and State of Hawai'i. Honua Studios is the second largest studio in the State and includes the state's largest green screen stage, sound, post and VFX facilities. Honua Studios is also the main hub of Global Virtual Studio (GVS). Global Virtual Studio is a content creation machine. Under Cunningham's leadership GVS develops and produces content for a variety of platforms from graphic novels to major feature films. GVS has key hubs in Ko

He found success early-on as a screen writer; his first feature film, the award-winning, To End All Wars, was based on a true story about allied soldiers who were prisoners of the Japanese during WW2 and starred the charismatic Kiefer Sutherland in 2001. He has also authored over 20 books and frequently speaks on the art of making movies, as well as understanding their intended messages. His book, Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom & Discernment has been picked up and used as a textbook in schools around the country. He’s also authored a tightly-woven fictional series based on threads pulled from biblical texts. You won’t hear these stories in Sunday School, boys & girls, but you’ll find familiar backdrops soaked in rich imagery that breathe fresh life into the ancient text. Today, we probe the creative mind of Brian Godawa and explore the Biblical Apocalypse recorded in the book of Revelation.

He found success early-on as a screen writer; his first feature film, the award-winning, To End All Wars, was based on a true story about allied soldiers who were prisoners of the Japanese during WW2 and starred the charismatic Kiefer Sutherland in 2001. He has also authored over 20 books and frequently speaks on the art of making movies, as well as understanding their intended messages. His book, Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom & Discernment has been picked up and used as a textbook in schools around the country.He’s also authored a tightly-woven fictional series based on threads pulled from biblical texts. You won’t hear these stories in Sunday School, boys & girls, but you’ll find familiar backdrops soaked in rich imagery that breathe fresh life into the ancient text. Today, we probe the creative mind of Brian Godawa and explore the Biblical Apocalypse recorded in the book of Revelation.

He found success early-on as a screen writer; his first feature film, the award-winning, To End All Wars, was based on a true story about allied soldiers who were prisoners of the Japanese during WW2 and starred the charismatic Kiefer Sutherland in 2001. He has also authored over 20 books and frequently speaks on the art of making movies, as well as understanding their intended messages. His book, Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom & Discernment has been picked up and used as a textbook in schools around the country.He’s also authored a tightly-woven fictional series based on threads pulled from biblical texts. You won’t hear these stories in Sunday School, boys & girls, but you’ll find familiar backdrops soaked in rich imagery that breathe fresh life into the ancient text. Today, we probe the creative mind of Brian Godawa and explore the Biblical Apocalypse recorded in the book of Revelation.

Historian and author Adam Hochschild wrote King Leopold's Ghost, To End All Wars, and Bury the Chains. He was a civil rights worker in Mississippi in 1964, a co-founder of Mother Jones, and a writer and editor for Ramparts. This conversation had a slide presentation given during the first approximately 45 minutes. A PDF of that presentation is available at the following link so that listeners may generally follow along: http://tns.commonweal.org/new-school/audiofiles/podcast/Adam_Hochschild_Spain_slides.pdf

The war that became known as World War I began over 100 years ago and ushered in a new type of warfare – one built underground, in trenches, instead of above ground, on horses. In his book, To End All Wars, Adam Hochschild brings the war to life in a stark and dramatic new way.

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Welcome to The Shaun Tabatt Show! In this episode I speak with Brian Godawa about The Dragon King: First Emperor of China (Chronicles of the Watchers Book 1).About the Book:Two Epic Storytellers and a Clash of Ancient Cultures Brian Godawa, best-selling author of ancient historical fantasy, teams up with Charlie Wen, Co-founder/Head of Visual Development for Marvel Studios, to tell an action-adventure romance rooted in the ancient history and spiritual reality of China.Written through the Watcher paradigm that was familiar to readers of Chronicles of the Nephilim.East Eats WestIt's 220 B.C. The ancient Western Empire is crumbling. In a desperate bid to save his throne, the Greek Seleucid king over Babylon sends his son, Antiochus, a dishonored warrior, into the mysterious land of the Far East to capture a mythical creature that will give him absolute power: a dragon.Antiochus takes with him his longtime friend, Balthazar, a member of the Magi order of Babylon, responsible for both the religion and science of the empire. But Balthazar also carries with him a dangerous secret that could destroy Antiochus' plans and plunge the world into chaos.They sail beyond their maps into the mysterious and uncharted Eastern Orient. They are discovered and escorted inland to the empire of Ch'in (now known as China), ruled by the first emperor, Ch'in Shi Huang Di. The emperor is a brutal ruler and is on the edge of insanity in a mad quest to find the elixir of immortality.Antiochus meets and falls in forbidden love with a beautiful concubine of the emperor, Mei Li. But she also harbors a secret that can bring down the mad emperor. It's the truth of China's spiritual past that is mysteriously connected to the ancient Tower of Babel.And there are spiritual principalities and powers who seek to stop them all. These are the Watchers, who have their own plans to rule the world. Finding and capturing a dragon is the least of Antiochus' difficulties in this action-adventure clash of cultures and war of gods.Part of the Historical Fantasy Series Chronicles of the WatchersThe Dragon King is the first book of the Historical Fantasy Series, Chronicles of the Watchers that charts the influence of spiritual principalities and powers over the course of human history. The kingdoms of man in service to the gods of the nations at war. Completely based on ancient historical and mythological research.About the Author:Brian Godawa has been a professional writer and filmmaker for over 15 years. His creative versatility was born of a passion for both intellect and imagination, both left-brain and right-brain. The result: Brian is an artisan of word, image, and story that engages heart, mind, and soul. Just think, “Renaissance Man.” Filmmaker. As an award-winning screenwriter, his first feature film was To End All Wars, starring Kiefer Sutherland. But his skills and experience quickly expanded to include writing and directing feature films, documentaries and video promotionals. Author. But Brian is also an author and international speaker on art, movies, worldviews, and faith. His popular book, Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom and Discernment, is used as a textbook in schools around the country. He is a contributing scholarly writer to various journals and professional orgs, and his articles on movies and philosophy have been published around the world. His Chronicles series of novels are his most important contribution by incarnating his worldview and theology in narrative unlike anything you've read before.When he isn't reading, watching movies, or loving on his wife, he is reading, watching movies, or loving on his wife. He knows, he knows: He should get out more. Connect with Brian: godawa.com Facebook Twitter (@BrianGodawa) For additional show notes, visit ShaunTabatt.com/062.

Brian Godawa is the screenwriter for the award-winning feature film, To End All Wars, starring Kiefer Sutherland. Previously he adapted to film the best-selling supernatural novel The Visitation by author Frank Peretti, as well as writing and directing several documentaries for PBS and other producers. His popular book, Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom and Discernment is used as a textbook in schools around the country. And his new Amazon best-selling novel series is Chronicles of the Nephilim, an imaginative retelling of the primeval history of Genesis, the fallen Watchers, and the wars of the giants.

Brian Godawa is a Christian screenwriter and author of the Amazon bestselling Biblical fantasy novel “Noah Primeval.” He joins the show to discuss why there is so much controversy surrounding the new film, "Noah," and how the controversy compares to "Passion of the Christ" in 2004.   "Noah" has been edited many times to appease Christian critics like Godawa, but he's still not happy with the final version. Godawa explains how the film turns into environmentalist propaganda.   Brian Godawa is the screenwriter for the award-winning feature film, To End All Wars, starring Kiefer Sutherland. It was awarded the Commander in Chief Medal of Service, Honor and Pride by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, won the first Heartland Film Festival by storm, and showcased the 2003 Cannes Film Festival Cinema for Peace. He wrote and directed the documentary Wall of Separation for PBS, Lines That Divide: The Great Stem Cell Debate for CBC Network, and School's Out: Political Correctness Vs. Academic Freedom for Boulevard Pictures. He also adapted The Visitation by best-selling author Frank Peretti for Ralph Winter (X-Men, Wolverine).     Mr. Godawa's scripts have won multiple awards in such screenplay competitions as Carl Sautter, The Nicholl Fellowship, Austin Heart of Film, Fade-In, Worldfest, Writer's Network, Chesterfield Writer's Film Project, Columbus Discovery Awards and Reader's Digest Screenplay Competition.     He gives lectures at high schools and colleges on screenwriting, as well as the art of watching and writing movies. He has had his articles on movies and philosophy published in magazines around the world, most recently winning First Place from the EPA for his article on the philosophy of The Matrix.     His book, Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom and Discernment (InterVarsity Press) is in its ninth printing, and his new book Word Pictures: Knowing God Through Story and Imagination (IVP) addresses the power of image and story in the pages of the Bible to transform the Christian life.    Find out more about Brian Godawa at www.godawa.com.  

NOTE: This is audio taken from the original video interview. To view the video interview, visit http://youtu.be/MGxMuIc1lX0 With the recent release of Noah by Darren Aronofsky, many Christians have been asking themselves how to handle it. Should we see it, boycott it, ignore it, attack it, or just go and enjoy it? Is the movie Biblically accurate? What is the true story behind this interesting individual in antiquity named Noah?  In this, the first-ever video interview on The Sharpening, award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker Brian Godawa joins us to answer these questions and more. Brian has been a professional filmmaker, writer, and designer for over 20 years. His first feature film was To End All Wars, starring Kiefer Sutherland. Brian is also an author and international speaker on art, movies, worldviews, and faith. His popular book, Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom and Discernment, is used as a textbook in schools around the country. He is also the author of the Amazon best-selling book series, Chronicles of the Nephilim.  Brian Godawa:  http://www.godawa.com http://www.noahprimeval.com http://www.chroniclesofthenephilim.com For more episodes of The Sharpening or to find the written works of Josh Peck, visit http://www.ministudyministry.com

In this episode we discuss Despicable Me 2, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Iron Man 3, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Mud, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Stepbrothers, Life During Wartime, and of course our featured discussion about the movie To End All Wars.And don't miss Mikey's top ten scariest movies.click here to streamclick here to download

In this episode we discuss Tombstone, Man of Steel, Dredd, Flashdance, Footloose, 48 Hours, Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun, An Officer and a Gentleman, Days of Thunder, Far and Away, Sleeping with the Enemy, Indecent Proposal, Trading Places, Fat Man and Little Boy, Passion Fish, Blue Chips, Impractical Jokers, Taken 2, Annie Hall, and of course Slingblade.If you'd like to be a part of the discussion then watch To End All Wars before Sept 27 and email us your thoughts at nerdflixpodcast@gmail.com.click here to streamclick here to download

Brian Godawa is the screenwriter for the award-winning feature film, To End All Wars, starring Kiefer Sutherland, and Alleged, starring Brian Dennehy as Clarence Darrow and Fred Thompson as William Jennings Bryan. Previously Brian adapted to film the best-selling supernatural thriller novel The Visitation by author Frank Peretti for Ralph Winter (X-Men, Planet of the Apes), and wrote and directed several documentaries, including Wall of Separation for PBS. Brian's scripts have won multiple awards, and his articles on movies and philosophy have been published around the world. He has traveled around the United States teaching on movies, worldviews, and culture. His new bestselling novel series, the saga Chronicles of the Nephilim is an imaginative retelling of the primeval history of Genesis, the secret plan of the fallen Watchers, and the War of the Seed of the Serpent with the Seed of Eve. His main website is www.godawa.com. His novel website is www.ChroniclesoftheNephilim.com

Author, To End All Wars

Author of To End All Wars, Adam Hochschild talks about the peace rallys to stop war with Germany in "The War to End All Wars". Historically accurate this book puts a face on the behind the scenes action in England as that country prepared for war.