Episode – 0512 : Planet 9 Podcast Transcript The planet Neptune was discovered in 1846. Ever since then, astronomers have felt there had to be another planet beyond the orbit […]
Episode – 0511 : The Sistine Chapel
Episode – 0511 : The Sistine Chapel Podcast Transcript Located in Vatican City, just off St. Peter’s Square lies one of the plainest and most uninteresting buildings you might ever […]
Episode – 0510 : The Mechanical Turk
Episode – 0510 : The Mechanical Turk Podcast Transcript You’ve probably heard of artificial intelligence systems which have gotten so good that they can beat the best humans at Go, […]
Episode – 0509 : The Sahara Desert Wasn’t Always
Episode – 0509 : The Sahara Desert Wasn’t Always Podcast Transcript The Sahara desert is by far the largest desert in the world. It evokes images of sand dunes, camels […]
Episode – 0508 : Black Friday
Episode – 0508 : Black Friday Podcast Transcript The United States has created many cultural institutions which have spread around the world. People all over the Earth have enjoyed and […]
Episode – 0506 : Who Were the Pilgrims?
Episode – 0506 : Who Were the Pilgrims? Podcast Transcript If you are an American, you probably grew up hearing the story of Thanksgiving. How the pilgrims came to America […]
Episode – 0505 : Pitcairn Island
Episode – 0505 : Pitcairn Island Podcast Transcript On April 28, 1789, the crew of the HMS Bounty engaged in a mutiny against their despotic captain, William Bligh. After sending […]
Episode – 0504 : Everything You Wanted to Know About Seawater
Episode – 0504 : Everything You Wanted to Know About Seawater Podcast Transcript It covers 70% of the Earth’s surface, is one of the most common substances on Earth, and […]
Episode – 0503 : Vinland, Vikings, and Lactose Intolerance
Episode – 0503 : Vinland, Vikings, and Lactose Intolerance Podcast Transcrip Despite what you might have been told, Christopher Columbus and his expedition were not the first Europeans to reach […]
Episode – 0502 : The Cola Wars
Episode – 0502 : The Cola Wars Podcast Transcript In the 1980s, two superpowers battled each other for global supremacy. Across the world, the two goliaths collided on almost every […]
Episode – 0501 : The Culper Ring
Episode – 0501 : The Culper Ring Podcast Transcript In 1778, in the middle of the Revolutionary War, while camped outside New York City, General George Washington and Major Benjamin […]
Episode – 0500 : Episode 500!
Episode – 0500 : Episode 500! Podcast Transcript Back in July of 2020, a man in the middle of a pandemic decided to launch a new podcast. It would be […]
Episode – 0499 : Inflation
Episode – 0499 : Inflation Podcast Transcript If you’ve been around long enough, you might have noticed that things are more expensive than they used to be. If you’ve really […]
Episode – 0498 : Operation Paperclip
Episode – 0498 : Operation Paperclip Podcast Transcript After World War II, the American forces in Germany implemented a program of de-Nazification in the parts of the country which they […]
Episode – 0497 : Gold! Gold! Gold!
Episode – 0497 : Gold! Gold! Gold! Podcast Transcript Believe it or not, one of the most valuable elements on the Periodic Table was also the first one that was […]
Episode – 0495 : Superconductivity
Episode – 0495 : Superconductivity Podcast Transcript In 1911, a Dutch physicist named Heike Kamerlingh Onnes was experimenting with ultra low-temperature metals. He was measuring the electrical resistance of mercury […]
Episode – 0494 : The Fall of Constantinople
Episode – 0494 : The Fall of Constantinople Podcast Transcript History is full of battles and conflicts. Most of them are forgotten over time as they don’t really impact history. […]
Episode – 0493 : The Treaty of Versailles
Episode – 0493 : The Treaty of Versailles Podcast Transcript On November 11th, 1918, the first world war came to an end. Or to be more precise, the fighting stopped. […]
Episode – 0492 : Shibboleths
Episode – 0492 : Shibboleths Podcast Transcript Have you ever met someone who couldn’t pronounce the name nearby town, or they just spoke different enough that you could tell that […]
Episode – 0491 : Suez Canal
Episode – 0491 : Suez Canal Podcast Transcript Africa is big. Really big. And for thousands of years, people have dreamed of a way to cut through the narrowest part […]