{"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":"The Cold War on Christmas","slug":"the-cold-war-on-christmas","published_at":"2025-12-15T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-on-film-podcast-7080445/the-cold-war-on-christmas","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-on-film-podcast-7080445","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-history-on-film-podcast/episodes/the-cold-war-on-christmas-with-vaughn-joy","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/672795e3c715c55b4a249749/e/68f8328b63b81f879d67bcaa/media.mp3","summary":"Ross is joined by Dr. Vaughn Joy to discuss how the Cold War and McCarthyism reshaped the American concept of Christmas. Dr. Joy's new book, Selling Out Santa: Christmas Films in the Age of McCarthy looks at how Hollywood depictions of the holidays changed to reflect the pressures of domestic containment. FURTHER READING: Joy, Vaughn. Selling Out Santa: Christmas Films in the Age of McCarthy. Black and White and Read All Over FURTHER WATCHING: It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Klaus (2019) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Ross is joined by Dr. Vaughn Joy to discuss how the Cold War and McCarthyism reshaped the American concept of Christmas. Dr. Joy's new book, Selling Out S…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4520,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-history-on-film-podcast-7080445/episodes/the-cold-war-on-christmas/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/the-cold-war-on-christmas.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}