{"podcast":{"title":"Based on a True Story","slug":"based-on-a-true-story-590656","podcast_index_feed_id":590656,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/based-on-a-true-story","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/based-on-a-true-story","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/fb/d3/04/76/fbd30476-4884-4d25-b3af-1d4f08484922/7e33ead939322b322b3f637aea798f89a652e0b673a1eefa206cfc2d157ce1e3927c0e18cf2262e86366816348431d7db2d3624465065f7e47a68ff057dd085a.jpeg","author":"Dan LeFebvre","episode_count":387,"summary":"We've all seen movies that claim to be 'based on a true story', but have you ever wondered how accurate they are? That's what we'll find out as we compare Hollywood with history.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/based-on-a-true-story-590656"},"episode":{"title":"Project Blue Book","slug":"project-blue-book","published_at":"2025-10-07T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/based-on-a-true-story-590656/project-blue-book","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/based-on-a-true-story-590656","url":"https://links.boatspodcast.com/376","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/865ecd25-89c5-466d-aa50-f2e2e2888fd2.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"BASED ON A TRUE STORY (BOATS EP. 376) — This special three-in-one episode is a thorough exploration of the true story behind the U.S. government's top secret program investigating UFOs called Project Blue Book. In 2019, the History Channel released a dramatized version of Project Blue Book's reports starring Aidan Gillen as Dr. J. Allen Hynek. Ufologist Rob Kristoffersen will help us uncover the true story behind each episode of the twenty episodes in the TV series. Then, the third part of our episode today is to talk to David O'Leary (Creator of Project Blue Book) and Sean Jablonski (Showrunner of Project Blue Book) to go behind what it took to make a series about UFOs that is based on true events. Where to watch Project Blue Book Listen to Rob's awesome podcast, Our Strange Skies Read the U.S. Air Force fact sheet on Project Blue Book Answer this question from the episode: What do you think people are seeing when they report UFOs?  Share your opinion in the BOATS Discord Chapters 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:24 Synopsis 00:03:47 Rob Kristoffersen on Project Blue Book season one 01:25:48 Rob Kristoffersen on Project Blue Book season two 02:41:26 David O'Leary and Sean Jablonski on creating Project Blue Book Support my work Become a BOATS Producer (name in credits + ad-free episodes) Great deals from my sponsors Join the BOATS Discord Get the BOATS email newsletter Email me: dan@basedonatruestorypodcast.com Get my video podcasting class Note: If your podcast app doesn't support clickable links, copy/paste this in your browser to find all the links:  https://links.boatspodcast.com/376 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"BASED ON A TRUE STORY (BOATS EP. 376) — This special three-in-one episode is a thorough exploration of the true story behind the U.S. government's top sec…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":13076,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/based-on-a-true-story-590656/episodes/project-blue-book/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/based-on-a-true-story-590656/project-blue-book.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}