As explained at the outset of the video, this was a lengthy interview with podcaster Maryann Gebauer. We decided that the last third needed to be rerecorded, but as we couldn’t do this together promptly, I rerecorded it individually with many graphics. Maryann’s website is https://www.maryanngebauer.com/. The link to the
Using stills and short clips, James Perloff reviews Mission to Moscow (1943), one of the most notoriously pro-communist movies Hollywood ever made. It portrayed Stalin and other Soviet leaders as kindly and gentle, life under communism as prosperous and happy, and even defended Stalin’s show trials and invasion of Finland.
In this new video, James looks at the long-controversial Lindbergh kidnapping, with focus on the injustices that occurred during the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, and political motives behind the recent rising “Lindbergh Did It” movement. James gives his own take on what happened in the kidnapping, believing it probably
With the 250th anniversary upcoming, in this video I revisit my 2016 post on who really wrote the Declaration of Independence, and why his name could not be revealed. The video also sheds light on some of the darker aspects of the Revolutionary War.
This video focuses on the attacks on the Roman Emperor Constantine, who legalized Christianity in 313 AD. The video examines some of the claims made against him, especially by The Da Vinci Code, and explores whether Constantine was a sincere Christian or not.
There were two versions of this movie (1951 and a 2008 remake). We’ll focus on the first, but won’t ignore the second. A natural question to ask is “How could a movie made 75 years ago possibly predict the future?” George Orwell proved with his book 1984, published in 1949,
Taking a short break from the serious, James revives Johnny Carson’s “Carnac the Magnificent,” tailored to today’s world. 7 minutes. A lengthy playlist of the original Carnac episodes can be seen here. Of possible related interest: James Perloff Goes Dangerfield
My latest entry to my YouTube channel, 6 minutes.
I return to this story 24 years after it was censored. Had events surrounding Rudolf Hess’s flight to Scotland in 1941 played out the way they were originally planned, the course of history might have been dramatically changed.
