Episode – 0754 : The Cannonball Run Podcast Transcript In 1914, Erwin “Cannon Ball” Baker crossed the United States on a motorcycle in 11 and a half days. Fifty-seven years […]
Episode – 0753 : The Planet Saturn
Episode – 0753 : The Planet Saturn Podcast Transcript Ancient astronomers from almost every culture knew of seven things in the sky that moved. the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, […]
Episode – 0752 : Why Didn’t Canada Join the American Revolution?
Episode – 0752 : Why Didn’t Canada Join the American Revolution? Podcast Transcript The United States and Canada are like two siblings. They live next to each other, have the […]
Episode – 0751 : The Gettysburg Address
Episode – 0751 : The Gettysburg Address Podcast Transcript From July 1 through the 3rd, 1863, the largest battle in the history of the Western Hemisphere took place in southern […]
Episode – 0750 : Livia Drusilla: The Most Powerful Woman in Rome
Episode – 0750 : Livia Drusilla: The Most Powerful Woman in Rome Podcast Transcript If you go through the history of ancient Rome, you will find the stories of many […]
Episode – 0749 : Communications Satellites
Episode – 0749 : Communications Satellites Podcast Transcript Once humans managed to put artificial satellites into orbit, the next question was, “what can we do with this?” One of the […]
Episode – 0747 : The Boeing 747
Episode – 0747 : The Boeing 747 Podcast Transcript Introduced in 1968, the Boeing 747 totally revolutionized commercial air transportation. It was more than twice the size of the next […]
Episode – 0746 : Hyman Rickover and the Nuclear Navy
Episode – 0746 : Hyman Rickover and the Nuclear Navy Podcast Transcript At the end of the second world war, a Captain in the United States Navy had a radical […]
Episode – 0745 : The History of the Compass
Episode – 0745 : The History of the Compass Podcast Transcript One of the most important inventions of early humanity was the compass. The compass has aided human navigation around […]
Episode – 0744 : The Tragic Flight of Vladimir Komarov and Soyuz 1
Episode – 0744 : The Tragic Flight of Vladimir Komarov and Soyuz 1 Podcast Transcript Traveling to space is an inherently dangerous thing to do. In the first years of […]
Episode – 0743 : The Past, Present, and Future of Coal
Episode – 0743 : The Past, Present, and Future of Coal Podcast Transcript Ancient people around the world all made a rather similar discovery. In certain places, they could find […]
Episode – 0742 : The Colosseum
Episode – 0742 : The Colosseum Podcast Transcript In the year 70, the Roman Emperor Vespasian commissioned what would become the world’s largest amphitheater. Approximately ten years later, it opened […]
Episode – 0741 : The Murder of Thomas Becket
Episode – 0741 : The Murder of Thomas Becket Podcast Transcript On December 29, 1170, the Archbishop of Canterbury was brutally murdered on the floor of the Canterbury Cathedral by […]
Episode – 0739 : Greenland
Episode – 0739 : Greenland Podcast Transcript It is the world’s largest island, has the closest point of land to the North Pole, and is the least densely populated political […]
Episode – 0738 : Bonnie and Clyde
Episode – 0738 : Bonnie and Clyde Podcast Transcript In January of 1930, a 21-year-old by the name of Clyde Barrow met a 19-year-old by the name of Bonnie Parker. […]
Episode – 0737 : Mata Hari
Episode – 0737 : Mata Hari Podcast Transcript During World War I, a Dutch dancer and courtesan was recruited by the French as a spy. However, not long after this, […]
Episode – 0736 : Imaginary Numbers
Episode – 0736 : Imaginary Numbers Podcast Transcript In the history of mathematics, there were several times when mathematicians encountered problems that they didn’t know what to make of. It […]
Episode – 0735 : The Worst Roman Emperors
Episode – 0735 : The Worst Roman Emperors Podcast Transcript Depending on how you define it, there were somewhere between 70 to 100 Roman emperors between the ascension of Augustus […]
Episode – 0733 : The Origins of American Football
Episode – 0733 : The Origins of American Football Podcast transcript In the mid-19th century, the various games called football separated and evolved into their own sports. While association football […]
Episode – 0732 : The French Republican Calendar
Episode – 0732 : The French Republican Calendar Podcast Transcript In 1792, the people of France overthrew their monarchy and established the French Republic. The leaders of the French Revolution […]