About this episode
Historical biopics perform a great service. These movies remind the world of people that would have otherwise fallen into obscurity: Oscar Schindler (Schindler's List), John Nash (A Beautiful Mind), and Solomon Northup (12 Years a Slave). In this episode I am going to talk about six people from history that deserve their own movie. Joining me in this discussion is Jon Hagadorn, host of 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries podcast. We present to you... A Viking A sixteenth-century spymaster A blind explorer A Russian royal A plane crash survivor who hiked weeks through the Amazon A World War One ace-turned jazz club owner-turned French Resistance fighter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.