Episode – 2074 : The Harlem Renaissance Podcast Transcript In the early decades of the twentieth century, a neighborhood in New York City became the center of an extraordinary cultural […]
Episode – 2073 : Skylab
Episode – 2073 : Skylab Podcast Transcript In the early 1970s, after the triumph of landing on the Moon, NASA faced a question: what comes next? The answer was Skylab, […]
Episode – 2072 : Ivan Pavlov and His Dogs
Episode – 2072 : Ivan Pavlov and His Dogs At the turn of the 20th century, a Russian physiologist made a discovery that would fundamentally change how we understand learning […]
Episode – 2071 : The Mexican Revolution
Episode – 2071 : The Mexican Revolution Podcast Transcript After Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821, hopes for democracy gradually gave way to decades of instability and dictatorship. By […]
Episode – 2070 : Who is Alan Smithee
Episode – 2070 : Who is Alan Smithee Podcast Transcript If you look at the Internet Movie Database, one of the most prolific directors over the last 70 years has […]
Episode – 2069 : The East African Slave Trade
Episode – 2069 : The East African Slave Trade Podcast Transcript Most people are familiar with the transatlantic slave trade, which enslaved over ten million people over a period of […]
Episode – 2068 : The Plot to Steal the Body of Abraham Lincoln
Episode – 2068 : The Plot to Steal the Body of Abraham Lincoln Podcast Transcript The 1876 plot to steal the body of Abraham Lincoln is one of the strangest […]
Episode – 2067 : The Inca Empire
Episode – 2067 : The Inca Empire Podcast Transcript The Inca Empire was the largest and most sophisticated state ever created in the pre-Columbian Americas, stretching along the Andes from […]
Episode – 2066 : The History of Tobacco
Episode – 2066 : The History of Tobacco Podcast Transcript When Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas, members of his crew observed the native people they met offering them dried […]
Episode – 2065 : The Young Turks
Episode – 2065 : The Young Turks Podcat Transcript The 19th-century Ottoman Empire was in decline and was often called the “sick man of Europe”. The Ottomans, like Qing China […]
Episode – 2064 : Questions and Answers: Volume 40
Episode – 2064 : Questions and Answers: Volume 40 Podcast Transcript March is upon us. Here in the northern hemisphere, the days are getting longer, temperatures are getting warmer, and […]