Author Archives: Brian E. Crim

LISTEN TO EPISODE NINE HERE Welcome to Lies Agreed Upon. The podcast about Hollywood and history.  I’m Lia Paradis And I’m Brian Crim How could we do a season on the Cold War without talking about Bond . . . James Bond? He was there from the beginning, at least in print, and has ofContinue reading “Episode 8: Shaken and Stirred”

Welcome to Lies Agreed Upon. The podcast about Hollywood and history.  I’m Lia Paradis. And I’m Brian Crim.  Think of the things we’ll be talking about today as the 1980s equivalent of the Kruschev-Nixon Kitchen debate. That was the moment in 1959 when the US made the tactical choice to fill its pavilion at theContinue reading “Episode 8: Shall We Play A Game?”

LISTEN TO EPISODE SEVEN HERE Welcome to Lies Agreed Upon. The podcast about Hollywood and History.  I’m Lia Paradis And I’m Brian Crim.  We’ve been talking about some pretty heavy stuff for the past few episodes. So today, instead of returning once again to the Cold War realities of twisted politics, threats of Mutually AssuredContinue reading “Episode 7: Wolverines!”

LISTEN TO EPISODE SIX HERE Welcome to Lies Agreed Upon. The podcast about Hollywood and history.  I’m Lia Paradis And I’m Brian Crim None of us knew the Cold War was in its death throes when Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in 1985. But, I think we all sensed some change in the air andContinue reading “Episode Six: The Two Russias”

LISTEN TO EPISODE FIVE HERE Welcome to Season 3 of Lies Agreed Upon, a podcast about Hollywood and history.  I’m Lia Paradis. And I’m Brian Crim.  It’s kind of a cliche to say we all lived through the Cold War. Sure, we lived with the specter of nuclear annihilation hanging over our heads, but truthContinue reading “Episode 5: Cold War Homefront”

LISTEN TO EPISODE FOUR HERE Welcome to Lies Agreed Upon. The podcast about Hollywood and history.  I’m Lia Paradis And I’m Brian Crim.  We thought that everyone deserved a feel good episode full of rainbows and unicorns! But instead, we’re going to talk about thermonuclear annihilation again. Because if there’s anything we’re about, it’s givingContinue reading “Episode Four: It’s The End Of The World As We Know It”

LISTEN TO EPISODE THREE HERE Welcome to Season 3 of Lies Agreed Upon, a podcast about Hollywood and history.  I’m Lia Paradis. And I’m Brian Crim.  Remember this past Spring when, just a few days into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin essentially threatened the nuclear annihilation of the Western world, as if nukesContinue reading “Episode 3: A MAD, MAD World”

LISTEN TO EPISODE TWO HERE Welcome to Season 3 of Lies Agreed Upon, the podcast about Hollywood and history. I’m Lia Paradis.   And I’m Brian Crim.  Lia, try this thought experiment on for size. I know it’s hard, but can you imagine living in a society that is ostensibly a democracy but secret forces areContinue reading “Episode 2: Who Can You Trust?”

LISTEN TO EPISODE ONE HERE! Welcome to Lies Agreed Upon. I’m Lia Paradis.  And I’m Brian Crim. It’s so great to finally be back for season 3! We’ve been very gratified to hear from listeners that they’ve missed us. And we’re very excited to be a partner on the New Books Network now. We hopeContinue reading “Episode 1: He May Be A Communist!”

EPISODE EIGHT PODCAST Welcome to Season 2 of Lies Agreed Upon, the podcast that looks at how Hollywood uses history to talk about today.  I’m Lia Paradis. And I’m Brian Crim.  Over this season we’ve traveled the world and looked at actual revolutions as well as social revolutions and failed revolts. Here, in our finalContinue reading “Back in the USSR”