Episode – 0967 : Perpetual Motion Podcast Transcript Imagine a device that could supply an unlimited amount of energy. It would solve many of the world’s problems in one fell […]
Episode – 0966 : The Most Important Supermarket Visit in History
Episode – 0966 : The Most Important Supermarket Visit in History Podcast Transcript The cold war was the defining event of the second half of the 20th century. When exactly […]
Episode – 0965 : Proscription Lists
Episode – 0965 : Proscription Lists Podcast Transcript The movie The Purge depicts a fictitious world where one night a year, there is a war of all against all. If […]
Episode – 0964 : Nanotechnology
Episode – 0964 : Nanotechnology Podcast Transcript In Greek, the word for dwarf is “nanos.” The International Bureau of Weights and Measures adopted the prefix ‘nano’ to mean one billionth. […]
Episode – 0963 : The City of Paris
Episode – 0963 : The City of Paris Podcast Transcript Located on the banks of the River Seine lies the city of Paris. Paris has a long history dating back […]
Episode – 0961 : Game Theory
Episode – 0961 : Game Theory Podcast Transcript One of the most fascinating areas of mathematics and economics is game theory. Game theory involves analyzing competitive situations where multiple participants […]
Episode – 0960 : Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
Episode – 0960 : Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster Podcast Transcript On January 28, 1986, an event occurred that would be remembered by almost everyone alive at the time. Seventy-three seconds […]
Episode – 0959 : President’s Day
Episode – 0959 : President’s Day Podcast Transcript The third Monday of February every year in the United States is a holiday that most people know as Presidents’ Day. It […]
Episode – 0958 : The Battle of The Marne
Episode – 0958 : The Battle of The Marne Podcast Transcript If you think of the first world war, your mind probably turns to images of trench warfare and thousands […]
Episode – 0957 : Artificial Sweeteners
Episode – 0957 : Artificial Sweeteners Podcast Transcript In 1879, Constantin Fahlberg, a chemist at Johns Hopkins University, made an astonishing discovery. He was conducting experiments with coal tar when […]
Episode – 0955 : The Boston Massacre
Episode – 0955 : The Boston Massacre Podcast Transcript On March 5, 1770, one of the major events leading up to the American Revolution occurred. A confrontation between Boston civilians […]
Episode – 0954 : Magnetic Pole Reversal
Episode – 0954 : Magnetic Pole Reversal Podcast transcript Once every 450,000 years or so, the Earth undergoes a radical transformation. The planet’s magnetic field will literally flip. The north […]
Episode – 0953 : The Dunning-Kruger Effect
Episode – 0953 : The Dunning-Kruger Effect Podcast Transcript In 1999, two social psychologists, David Dunning and Justin Kruger, published a seminal paper on a cognitive bias that can affect […]
Episode – 0952 : The Thirty Years’ War
Episode – 0952 : The Thirty Years’ War Podcast Transcript 17th-century Europe was witness to one of the longest and most brutal wars in human history. The conflict lasted over […]
Episode – 0950 : Vitamin D
Episode – 0950 : Vitamin D Podcast Transcript Of all the vitamins and nutrients which are required by the human body, there are 13 of which that are considered essential […]
Episode – 0949 : Neptune
Episode – 0949 : Neptune Podcast Transcript In 1612, when Galileo Galilei looked at the planet Jupiter through a telescope, he might have accidentally discovered a new planet, although he […]
Episode – 0948 : The Cult of Reason
Episode – 0948 : The Cult of Reason Podcast Transcript The French Revolution wasn’t just a political revolution where one government was replaced with a new one. The French Revolution […]
Episode – 0947 : Spruce Goose
Episode – 0947 : Spruce Goose Podcast Transcript During the height of the Second World War, American shipping to Europe was constantly being attacked by German U-boats. In an attempt […]
Episode – 0946 : Wu Zetian: China’s Only Female Emperor
Episode – 0946 : Wu Zetian: China’s Only Female Emperor Podcast Transcript In the very long history of China, it has had exactly one female ruler. She was a woman […]
Episode – 0945 : Questions & Answers: Volume 4
Episode – 0945 : Questions & Answers: Volume 4 Podcast Transcript Every February, podcasters will come out of their hole in the ground. If they find listener questions, it means […]