Episode – 0482 : The Real Dracula Podcast Transcript Vampires have been been a part of folklore for centuries. Perhaps no mythical vampire is more famous than Count Dracula. While […]
Episode – 0480 : How Casinos Work
Episode – 0480 : How Casinos Work Podcast Transcript Casinos are fascinating places. They can make tons of money, but they don’t really have a product. While it is often […]
Episode – 0479 : Ambergris: The World’s Most Valuable Smelly Substance
Episode – 0479 : Ambergris: The World’s Most Valuable Smelly Substance Podcast Transcript One of the rarest and most expensive substances in the world is actually pretty disgusting. The way […]
Episode – 0478 : Monarchies vs Republics
Episode – 0478 : Monarchies vs Republics Podcast Transcript I’ve had many episodes where I talked about a country being a “republic”. In fact, we often use the word but […]
Episode – 0477 : The Louvre: The World’s Greatest Museum
Episode – 0477 : The Louvre: The World’s Greatest Museum Podcast Transcript Located in the heart of Paris, along the banks of the River Seine, lies the Louvre. It has […]
Episode – 0476 : Wedding Traditions
Episode – 0476 : Wedding Traditions Podcast Transcript Weddings are full of traditions. Almost every aspect of a traditional western wedding involves customs that may date back hundreds or thousands […]
Episode – 0475 : United States Minor Outlying Islands
Episode – 0475 : United States Minor Outlying Islands Podcast Transcript Have you ever filled out a form online where you had to select a country and you noticed that […]
Episode – 0474 : The 1972 Olympic Basketball Final
Episode – 0474 : The 1972 Olympic Basketball Final Podcast Transcript The year 1972 saw two epic contests between the United States and the Soviet Union. The first was American […]
Episode – 0473 : The Great Hanoi Rat Massacre of 1902
Episode – 0473 : The Great Hanoi Rat Massacre of 1902 Podcast Transcript 1902, the French governor of Indochina faced a huge problem in the city of Hanoi. They were […]
Episode – 0472 : Why Does Monaco Even Exist?
Episode – 0472 : Why Does Monaco Even Exist? Podcast Transcript Located on the French Riveria, just a few kilometers from the border of Italy, sandwiched between the mountains and […]
Episode – 0471 : Navajo Code Talkers
Episode – 0471 : Navajo Code Talkers Podcast Transcript Secrecy is a huge part of military success. You want to be able to communicate with your own forces without the […]
Episode – 0470 : How LIGO Works
Episode – 0470 : How LIGO Works Podcast Transcript To explore the heavens humans have made many types of telescopes. These telescopes can observe visible light, infrared light, radio waves, […]
Episode Р0469 : El Ni̱o and La Ni̱a
Episode – 0469 : El Niño and La Niña Podcast Transcript Weather systems on Earth aren’t stable. There are cycles that weather patterns go through which can have enormous effects […]
Episode – 0468 : The Lost Civilization of Atlantis
Episode – 0468 : The Lost Civilization of Atlantis Podcast Transcript In the Dialogues written by Plato in the year 360 BC, he wrote of a place called Atlantis. Atlantis […]
Episode – 0467 : The Brooklyn Bridge
Episode – 0467 : The Brooklyn Bridge Podcast Transcript Brooklyn wasn’t always a part of New York City. It used to be a separate city located across the East River […]
Episode – 0465 : Moore’s Law
Episode – 0465 : Moore’s Law Podcast Transcript In 1965, the director of research at Fairchild Semiconductor, Gordon Moore, made a prediction about the future of semiconductors. He said that […]
Episode – 0464 : Stanislav Petrov: The Man Who Saved the World
Episode – 0464 : Stanislav Petrov: The Man Who Saved the World Podcast Transcript I’ve done episodes before about people who have saved a large number of human lives. Mostly, […]
Episode – 0463 : Nostradamus
Episode – 0463 : Nostradamus Podcast Transcript In 1555, a French physician and astrologer named Michel de Nostredame published a book of poems titled Les Prophéties. Ever since people have […]
Episode – 0462 : USS Constitution
Episode – 0462 : USS Constitution Podcast Transcript On March 27, 1794, the United States Congress passed the Naval Act. The Naval Act authorized funding for six frigates which would […]
Episode – 0461 : The Dancing Plague of 1518
Episode – 0461 : The Dancing Plague of 1518 Podcast Transcript People who love to dance are said to have dancing fever. Dancing fever is just a phrase and not […]