Historical Friction Podcast
1) The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
As a Yuletide treat this year, we at Historical Friction have plenty of cheeses for you meeces, as Alice, Helen, and Abigail finally discuss The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992). Directed by Brian Henson...Show More
2) The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
Welcome to Historical Friction, Festive Edition! In today's episode, Alice, Helen, and Abigail discuss the 2017 Charles Dickens biopic The Man Who Invented Christmas, directed by Bharat Nalluri, based...Show More
3) Historical Resurrection! Frankenstein (2025)
It's alive!!! Our podcast, that is. After more than three years, we here at Historical Friction have decided to re-start the show! And what better way to kick it off than with a discussion of Guillerm...Show More
4) Treasure Planet (2002)
It's part three of Treasure Island adaptations this Pirate Season! In this episode, Helen gets body slammed onto the analyst's couch, as she introduces Abigail and Sara to her childhood fave, Disney's...Show More
5) Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
We're still in Pirate Season here, and this week Alice, Helen, Sara, and Abigail discuss Muppet Treasure Island (1996). Technically it's based on the Robert Louis Stevenson novel, but with some signif...Show More
6) Treasure Island (1950)
Arrrr me mateys! Pirate Season is in full swing here at Historical Friction, and today Alice, Helen, Sara, and Abigail discuss Walt Disney's Treasure Island (1950), based on the Robert Louis Stevenson...Show More
7) The Pirate (1948)
Welcome to Historical Friction: Pirate Season! We're kicking off a series of episodes on pirates in literature and film with The Pirate (1948), a fabulously campy movie musical starring Judy Garland a...Show More
8) Persuasion (2022)
All agony, no hope. We here at Historical Friction decided that Netflix's new adaptation of Jane Austen's 'Persuasion' was a Historical Emergency, so in this week's episode Alice, Abigail, and Helen w...Show More
9) The Vikings (1958)
This week, we've got anachronistic leather daddies, siege-based penetration imagery, big old snake holes, and Tony Curtis in tiny hotpants - it's got to be a Viking episode! Sara sat down with Dr Rode...Show More
10) Inferno (2016)
Nobody asked for this! Bad Film Expert and friend of the show Dr Melissa L Gustin came back, and we watched the third Dan Brown film, Inferno. This time there's maybe going to be a plague caused by a ...Show More