Margaret is a NYC-based video producer for Business Insider's YouTube-first series, How Real Is It?
She graduated from NYU, where she directed, produced, and edited her thesis film that explores Philippine history and Filipino-American identity through theater. Margaret was previously a Video Producing Fellow for Science Insider's Debunked.
At the heart of her work is to tell accessible, thought-provoking visuals stories.
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2025-01-29T18:57:02Z
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Jared Dillian, a former Wall Street trader, rates 12 banking and trading scenes in movies and TV, such as "The Wolf of Wall Street," for realism.
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2024-12-18T18:53:48Z
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The former CIA counterterrorism officer John Kiriakou breaks down counterterrorism scenes in movies and TV for realism.
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2024-12-05T20:08:16Z
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Joe Serio, former CIA agent and Russian mafia investigator, rates Russian mob scenes in movies and TV for realism.
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2024-11-07T14:30:15Z
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Retired US Army drill sergeant Lamont Christian rates more boot camp scenes in movies and TV shows.
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2024-10-10T14:15:02Z
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Former double agent Naveed Jamali rates 12 spy scenes in movies and TV for realism.
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2024-09-10T19:04:02Z
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Master chef and restaurateur Paul Liebrandt rates every fine dining scene from "The Bear" for realism.
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2024-08-14T13:48:49Z
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John McManus, a World War II historian, looks at war scenes from "Saving Private Ryan" and rates them for realism.
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2024-08-09T14:04:57Z
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Former Hells Angels chapter president Pat Matter breaks down biker gang scenes in movies and television, such as "Sons of Anarchy," for realism.
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2024-07-30T14:25:25Z
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Cowboy and Old West historian Michael Grauer rates 13 Wild West scenes in movies and television for realism.
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2024-07-30T13:14:29Z
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Boxing legend "Sugar" Shane Mosley rates every "Rocky" and "Creed" movie for realism.
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2024-07-02T17:00:00Z
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Jimmy Tsui, a former triad and Chinatown gang member, breaks down 12 Chinese organized-crime scenes in movies and TV shows based on realism.
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2024-06-25T18:40:21Z
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Master chef and restaurateur Paul Liebrandt rates 11 fine-dining scenes in movies and television, such as "The Bear," for realism.
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2024-06-06T16:48:05Z
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Tu Lam, a former Special Forces soldier, rates the fighting techniques Keanu Reeves uses in the "John Wick" movies.
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2024-05-23T14:57:37Z
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Primatologist Mireya Mayor breaks down 10 monkey and ape attacks in movies, including "King Kong," based on realism.
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2024-04-17T15:24:20Z
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Terry Adams Jr., a former US Army working dog handler, rates eight military dog scenes in movies and television shows for realism.
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2024-03-22T17:05:44Z
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Rebecca Simon, a piracy historian, rates pirate battles in movies and TV shows, such as the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies, for realism.
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2024-03-20T21:00:00Z
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James Hershberg rates Cold War scenes in movies such as "Oppenheimer," "Dr. Strangelove," and "Bridge of Spies."
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2024-01-22T22:30:51Z
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Military history professor Bill Allison rates more Vietnam War movies, such as "Forrest Gump," for realism.
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2024-01-12T20:35:37Z
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Military history professor Bill Allison rates Vietnam War movies, such as "Apocalypse Now," for realism.
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2023-12-01T19:16:03Z
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Some of the top experts across the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines rate battle scenes in movies and television shows for realism.