Episode – 2031 : Solidarity Podcast Transcript In 1980, a former electrical worker at the Gdansk Shipyard did the unthinkable. He led a large group of workers in a labor […]
Episode – 2030 : The Baseball Hall of Fame
Episode – 2030 : The Baseball Hall of Fame Podcast Transcript In the 1930s, the United States was in the grip of the Great Depression, and baseball was approaching its […]
Episode – 2029 : Sigmund Freud
Episode – 2029 : Sigmund Freud Podcast Transcript If you know anything about the field of psychology, you’ve probably heard of Sigmund Freud. Best known as the founder of psychoanalysis, […]
Episode – 2028 : The Clovis First Hypothesis
Episode – 2028 : The Clovis First Hypothesis Podcast Transcript In 1932, archaeologist Edgar B. Howard made a major discovery near the town of Clovis, New Mexico. He found a […]
Episode – 2027 : The Mali Empire
Episode – 2027 : The Mali Empire Podcast Transcript The Mali Empire was one of the largest and most influential states in African history, rising in West Africa during the […]
Episode – 2026 : The May Fourth Movement
Episode – 2026 : The May Fourth Movement Podcast Transcript Few dates in China are as significant as May Fourth, which marks two distinct revolutionary periods in modern Chinese history. […]
Episode – 2025 : The Year 2025
Episode – 2025 : The Year 2025 Podcast Transcript 525 days ago, I began looking at the state of the world every century, then every fifty years, and finally every […]
Episode – 2023 : The Great London Fire of 1666
Episode – 2023 : The Great London Fire of 1666 Podcast Transcript From September 2 to September 5, 1666, one of the largest urban fires in history took place. The […]
Episode – 2022 : The Grateful Dead
Episode – 2022 : The Grateful Dead Podcast Transcript One of the most popular music groups over the last half-century is also one of the most unlikely. They were seldom […]
Episode – 2021 : The Tokyo Trials
Episode – 2021 : The Tokyo Trials Podcast Transcript Following the conclusion of World War II, decisions needed to be made about how to handle the defeated Axis Powers. Due […]
Episode – 2020 : Insanely Ridiculously Absurdly Large Numbers
Episode – 2020 : Insanely Ridiculously Absurdly Large Numbers Podcast Transcript One of the first mathematical concepts that most of us grasp when we are children is that there is […]
Episode – 2019 : The House of Wisdom
Episode – 2019 : The House of Wisdom Podcast Transcript The Abbasid Caliphate stood as a vibrant center of commerce, technology, and learning from the 8th to the 13th centuries. […]
Episode – 2018 : Moldova
Episode – 2018 : Moldova Podcast Transcript Sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine is the nation of Moldova. As with many landlocked countries in Central and Eastern Europe, it has a […]
Episode – 2017 : Leninism vs Maoism
Episode – 2017 : Leninism vs Maoism Podcast Transcript Communism is an ideology that millions of people had to live under during the 20th century. Despite the communist label many […]
Episode – 2016 : The Honey Hunters of the Sundarbans
Episode – 2016 : The Honey Hunters of the Sundarbans Podcast Transcript The Sundarbans is the world’s largest mangrove forest and a UNESCO World Heritage site spanning the border of […]
Episode – 2015 : Area 51
Episode – 2015 : Area 51 Podcast Transcript Area 51 is a place where secrecy became legend and speculation turned into modern mythology. Tucked away in the Nevada desert, it […]
Episode – 2013 : The Night Witches
Episode – 2013 : The Night Witches In the dark skies over the Eastern Front of World War II, the Soviet Union deployed one of the most unusual and effective […]
Episode – 2012 : Earthquakes
Episode – 2012 : Earthquakes Podcast Transcript Approximately 55 times a day, or 20,000 times a year, an earthquake occurs somewhere on Earth. Of those, the vast majority go unnoticed […]
Episode – 2011 : Gabon
Episode – 2011 : Gabon Podcast Transcript When you think of countries in Africa, it is unlikely that Gabon will be one of the first to cross your mind. It […]
Episode – 2010 : The Dark Origins of Fairy Tales, Part I
Episode – 2010 : The Dark Origins of Fairy Tales, Part I Podcast Transcript Modern fairy tales often conclude with a protagonist achieving their dreams and a simple “happily ever […]