Embarrassingly Bad
As a student of history, a Beatles fanatic and a professional voice actor, I can report that this podcast is embarrassing and inaccurate in so many ways. I just (tried) to listen to the John Lennon episode and found myself exclaiming my incredulity out loud at some of the awful banter between the hosts, the terribly acted reenactments and historical inaccuracies in John's life story. Apocryphal stories from John's childhood are presented here as fact. The actors playing John, his wife, and Mother and Father don't even attempt to do a Liverpudlian or British accent and the dialogue is cringeworthy. Whomever they've hired to voice the reenactment portions are just terrible. An American accent for John Lennon for goodness sake?! Steer clear of this audio 'Little Golden Book of History,' obviously aimed at clueless Millennials and dopes.Read full review »
Jaintly via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 12/07/16
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Brilliant little podcast which gives potted histories of famous people. Very easy to listen to and superbly narrated.
sparkymarkymoo via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 08/28/16
I heard an ad for this on my favorite podcast, You Must Remember This, so I thought I would check it out. This is easily the most annoying historical podcast I've ever listened to. The dialogue between the two narrators is so cheesy and scripted. The "jokes" they interject here and...Read full review »
Basil&Coco via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 09/17/16
The recent episode on Napoleon was amazing. This is a GREAT podcast
ChicagoHayes8 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 09/08/16
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