{"podcast":{"title":"The History on Film Podcast","slug":"the-history-on-film-podcast-7080445","podcast_index_feed_id":7080445,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/672795e3c715c55b4a249749","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-history-on-film-podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1730647278643-25e43602-784b-4f03-b639-790d9a30d2c9.jpeg","author":"Ross Lennon","episode_count":72,"summary":"The History on Film Podcast is an award-winning wide-ranging podcast series that looks at the intersections of history, film and media studies, technology, and more. Our goal is to make the educational parts entertaining and the entertaining parts educational. New episodes every Monday morning! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-22T18:18:37.560542+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-on-film-podcast-7080445"},"episode":{"title":"Missing Inaction","slug":"missing-inaction","published_at":"2026-01-26T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-on-film-podcast-7080445/missing-inaction","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-on-film-podcast-7080445","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-history-on-film-podcast/episodes/unrequited-with-benjamin-railton","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/672795e3c715c55b4a249749/e/69484b43f7567117397b854c/media.mp3","summary":"Ross is joined by professor of American Studies Dr. Benjamin Railton, author of and co-creator of Black and White and Read All Over. Together, they do a deep-dive on a relatively-obscure episode of The X-Files, \"Unrequited\", which looks at the contested legacy, cultural impact, and unresolved trauma of the Vietnam War and the POW/MIA movement. You don't have to be an X-Files fan to listen to this episode, but it does help if you remember what Ross Perot's 1992 campaign song was. FURTHER READING: Perlstein, Rick. The Enduring Cult of the Vietnam \"Missing in Action\" . Lembcke, Jerry. The Spitting Image:Myth, Memory, and the Legacy of Vietnam. FURTHER WATCHING: Uncommon Valor (1983) Missing in Action (1984) Rambo: First Blood, Part II (1985) Platoon (1986) Full Metal Jacket (1987) Born on the Fourth of July (1989) Casualties of War (1989) AND CHECK OUT: Black and White and Read All Over! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Ross is joined by professor of American Studies Dr. Benjamin Railton, author of and co-creator of Black and White and Read All Over. Together, they do a d…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5046,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-history-on-film-podcast-7080445/episodes/missing-inaction/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-on-film-podcast-7080445/missing-inaction.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}