Based on a True Story
Hosted by Dan and Dan LeFebvre · Dan LeFebvre
4.5from 609 ratings
- 393
- Episodes
- 90
- Transcribed
- 609
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
About Based on a True Story
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.
- Publisher
- Dan LeFebvre
- Category
- history · tv & film
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 2 Apr 2016
- Latest episode
- 1 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
90 of 393 episodes have a transcript.
1 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Top Gun with Captain Michael Makatura
11 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings with Ben Railton
31 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Odyssey with Neil Laird
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Top Gun with Captain Michael Makatura
Published 1 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] The one that you're seeing in the in the movie is really a MiG-29 fulcrum. And in the late 80s, the MiG-29 Fulcrum and the Su-27 Flanker were the premier Soviet aircraft. The Su-27 Flanker is most like an F-15. And then the MiG-29, I'm sorry, yeah, and the MiG-29 Fulcrum is most like an F-14. And so... But the aircraft, what they depict as a MiG-28, looks very real compared to a MiG-29, the real thing. And then how realistic was it to come into contact with soviet aircraft well it was pretty realistic um you know the soviet aircraft were propagated across the warsaw pact and eastern bloc countries as well as other kind of communist regimes throughout the world and so you would encounter mig-29s in the real world um And then, uh, yeah. […]
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- Michael Makatura
- Ben Railton
- Neil Laird
- Joshua Donohue
- Rich Napolitano
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 508 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 101 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100
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- Quality
- 90
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 99
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Who hosts Based on a True Story?
Dan and Dan LeFebvre host the show. Published by Dan LeFebvre.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes bi-weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Based on a True Story take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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