Episode – 0451 : Year One Podcast Transcript I am speaking these words in the year 2021. You might be listening to them in a different year, but whatever year […]
Episode – 594 : The Nazi Bomb (Encore)
Podcast Transcript During the second world war, one of the biggest efforts of the war was the Manhattan Project: the secret American program to create an atomic bomb. The scientists […]
Episode – 0450 : The Nazi Bomb
Episode – 0450 : The Nazi Bomb Podcast Transcript During the second world war, one of the biggest efforts of the war was the Manhattan Project: the secret American program […]
Episode – 0449 : Alexandria
Episode – 0449 : Alexandria Podcast Transcript In the year 331 BC, fresh from his conquest of Egypt, Alexander the Great established a new city in Egypt named after himself. […]
Episode – 0448 : Survivor Bias
Episode – 0448 : Survivor Bias Podcast Transcript During World War II, the US Army assigned statistician Abraham Wald the task of statistically figuring out where extra armor should be […]
Episode – 1244 : The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (Encore)
Podcast Transcript When most people think of World War II, they think of the Allied power of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, versus the Axis […]
Episode – 0447 : The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
Episode – 0447 : The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact Podcast Transcript When most people think of World War II, they think of the Allied power of the United States, the United Kingdom, […]
Episode – 650 : Righties vs Lefties (Encore)
Podcast Transcript Statistically speaking, about 90% of you listening to my words right now are right-handed. Of the rest of you, almost all of you will be left-handed. The question […]
Episode – 0446 : Righties vs Lefties
Episode – 0446 : Righties vs Lefties Podcast Transcript Statistically speaking, about 90% of you listening to my words right now are right-handed. Of the rest of you, almost all […]
Episode – 0444 : The Great Pyramid of Giza
Episode – 0444 : The Great Pyramid of Giza Podcast Transcript The Great Pyramid of Giza, also known as the Great Pyramid of Khufu, is a structure in which superlatives […]
Episode – 1359 : The War of the Currents (Encore)
Podcast Transcript In the late 19th century, several of the world’s foremost investors engaged in a public battle for the future of electricity. The battle was fought in boardrooms and […]
Episode – 0443 : The War of the Currents
Episode – 0443 : The War of the Currents Podcast Transcript In the late 19th century, several of the world’s foremost investors engaged in a public battle for the future […]
Episode – 0442 : The 1961 US Figure Skating Team
Episode – 0442 : The 1961 US Figure Skating Team Podcast Transcript In 1961, the United States figure skating team was one of the top programs in the world. The […]
Episode – 850 : Alfred Wegener and Continental Drift (Encore)
Podcast Transcript In 1910, a German Earth scientist noticed something about the map of the world. South America seemed to fit into Africa. North America seemed to fit into northwest […]
Episode – 0441 : Alfred Wegener and Continental Drift
Episode – 0441 : Alfred Wegener and Continental Drift Podcast Transcript In 1910, a German Earth scientist noticed something about the map of the world. South America seemed to fit […]
Episode – 0440 : The Truth About Pirates
Episode – 0440 : The Truth About Pirates Podcast Transcript Ahoy ye mates! It be International Talk Like a Pirate Day. So I be thinking tis time to talk about […]
Episode – 0438 : Treachery of the Long Knives
Episode – 0438 : Treachery of the Long Knives Podcast Transcript According to legend, sometime in the 5th century, a king of the Celtic Britons named Vortigern hired Anglo-Saxons mercenaries […]
Episode – 0437 : Cosmic Rays
Episode – 0437 : Cosmic Rays Podcast Transcript Who matter where you are right now, no matter what time you are listening to this, there is one thing that I […]
Episode – 927 : The Port Chicago Disaster (Encore)
Podcast Transcript On July 17, 1944, one of the worst disasters to befall the American military during World War II occurred. It didn’t occur in Europe or the Pacific, however. […]
Episode – 0436 : The Port Chicago Disaster
Episode – 0436 : The Port Chicago Disaster Podcast Transcript On July 17, 1944, one of the worst disasters to befall the American military during World War II occurred. It […]