Episode – 0766 : The Siege of Masada Podcast Transcript Around the year 36 BC, the King of Judea, Herod the Great, built a fortress in the Judean desert overlooking […]
Episode – 0765 : Gunfight at the OK Corral
Episode – 0765 : Gunfight at the OK Corral Podcast Transcript On October 26, 1881, one of the most defining moments in the history of the American west took place. […]
Episode – 0764 : The Aurochs: The Once and Future King of Cattle
Episode – 0764 : The Aurochs: The Once and Future King of Cattle Podcast Transcript Tens of thousands of years ago, early paleolithic humans painted on cave walls the most […]
Episode – 1393 : White Feather Girls (Encore)
Podcast Transcript The First World War wasn’t just fought on the fields of France and Belgium. There were lesser battles fought on the homefronts of the nations which were fighting. […]
Episode – 0763 : White Feather Girls
Episode – 0763 : White Feather Girls Podcast Transcript The First World War wasn’t just fought on the fields of France and Belgium. There were lesser battles fought on the […]
Episode – 0761 : Everything Is Made of Atoms
Episode – 0761 : Everything Is Made of Atoms Podcast Transcript The Great Nobel Prize winning physicist Richard Feynman was once asked to convey, in a single sentence, the most […]
Episode – 0760 : Champagne
Episode – 0760 : Champagne Podcast Transcript Located in Northern France is one of the most well-known wine-producing regions on Earth. In fact, it is so well known that it […]
Episode – 0759 : “Let Them Eat Cake”
Episode – 0759 : “Let Them Eat Cake” Podcast Transcript Marie Antoinette was the last queen of France prior to the French Revolution. She and her husband Louis XVI were […]
Episode – 0758 : The Republic of the Marshall Islands
Episode – 0758 : The Republic of the Marshall Islands Podcast Transcript Located between Hawaii and Guam in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is one of the smallest countries […]
Episode – 0757 : The Strait of Malacca
Episode – 0757 : The Strait of Malacca Podcast Transcript As you probably know, the Earth consists of 70% water and 30% land. However, all those bits of water and […]
Episode – 0756 : The Sinking of the Bismarck
Episode – 0756 : The Sinking of the Bismarck Podcast Transcript Entering the second world war, Britain was still the top naval power in the world. While the British Navy […]