Brooklyn Lab: Recent Episodes
Brooklyn Lab
Three desperate college students try to answer history questions for their class and hope it turns out well in the end.
In this episode, we present a fictional pitch to Netflix on how the novel (It Can’t Happen Here) will be shown in present time as well as include some general points for each episode.
In this episode, we talk about how antifascism’s history teaches us to identify and analyze fascism and fascist elements in our times.
We analyze an element of fascism by inspecting the one scene from Triumph of the Will and from The Great Dictator, and see what they tell us about Hitler, the Nazi Party and the people.
We analyze fascist rule and how it was for (fascist) citizen, enemies of the state (Jewish people and Polish people) and actual Nationalist Socialist in the fascist party.
In this episode, we talk about how to kill a democracy socially, politically, and economically and how it helps with the rise of fascism.
In episode 1, we talk about why anyone would become a fascist and understand the historical roots of Fascist Italy and Germany.
In episode 0, we talk about what makes for a great history-themed podcast, how high school teachers bore us and how culture and history go together, all while having fun.