Episode – 1264 : Snow Podcast Transcript If you live anywhere away from tropical latitudes, you might have experienced snow. In fact, depending on where you live, you might have […]
Episode – 1263 : Non-Euclidean Geometry
Episode – 1263 : Non-Euclidean Geometry Podcast Transcript If anyone has taken some basic mathematics, you are probably familiar with Euclidian Geometry. Euclidean geometry is what most people just call […]
Episode – 1262 : Madrid
Episode – 1262 : Madrid Podcast Transcript Every major city in the world has its own unique story. Some cities have an ancient history, and others have a more recent […]
Episode – 1260 : The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Episode – 1260 : The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln Podcast Transcript On the evening of April 14, 1865, the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, was shot while […]
Episode – 1259 : Encyclopedias
Episode – 1259 : Encyclopedias Podcast Transcript Ever since humans began writing down information, there has been a desire to compile all known knowledge into one single source. For over […]
Episode – 1257 : Potpourri: Incredible Coincidences
Episode – 1257 : Potpourri: Incredible Coincidences Podcast Transcript The dictionary defines a coincidence as “A sequence of events that, although accidental, seems to have been planned or arranged.” We […]
Episode – 1256 : Copper
Episode – 1256 : Copper Podcast Transcript When humans first learned how to work with metal, the very first metal they used was copper. Copper was easy to shape, easy […]
Episode – 1255 : Alexander the Great
Episode – 1255 : Alexander the Great Podcast Transcript In the year 356 BC, a son was born to the King of Macedon, Philip II, and his wife, Queen Olympias. […]
Episode – 1253 : Cracking the Enigma Code
Episode – 1253 : Cracking the Enigma Code Podcast Transcript During the Second World War, the Germans used what they thought to be an uncrackable encryption system. It was a […]
Episode – 1252 : The Quasi-War
Episode – 1252 : The Quasi-War Podcast Transcript In the big scheme of things, the United States is a rather young country. Yet, during its history, it has managed to […]
Episode – 1250 : Hanukkah
Episode – 1250 : Hanukkah Podcast Transcript Sometime every December, members of the Jewish faith celebrate the festival of Hanukkah. Hanukkah is one of the best-known Jewish holidays and is […]
Episode – 1249 : Did the US Have Advanced Knowledge of the Attack on Pearl Harbor?
Episode – 1249 : Did the US Have Advanced Knowledge of the Attack on Pearl Harbor? Podcast Transcript On December 7, 1941, the United States and the rest of the […]
Episode – 1247 : The Extraordinary Life of Josephine Baker
Episode – 1247 : The Extraordinary Life of Josephine Baker Podcast Transcript The woman the world would know as Josephine Baker was born into abject poverty in 1906 in Saint […]
Episode – 1246 : The History of Farming
Episode – 1246 : The History of Farming Podcast Transcript Over 10,000 years ago, humans began to cultivate and raise crops. Back then, a single farm could maybe grow enough […]
Episode – 1245 : Questions and Answers: Volume 13
Episode – 1245 : Questions and Answers: Volume 13 As I approached the bridge, the old bridgekeeper said to me, “Who would cross the Bridge of Death must answer me […]
Episode – 1242 : Gerrymandering
Episode – 1242 : Gerrymandering Podcast Transcript Winston Churchill once said, “Democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time […]
Episode – 1241 : Uranus
Episode – 1241 : Uranus Podcast Transcript Located approximately 1.8 billion miles or 2.9 billion kilometers from the sun, 19 times the distance from the Earth to the sun, is […]
Episode – 1240 : Ocean Currents
Episode – 1240 : Ocean Currents Podcast Transcript The surface of the Earth is 70 percent water. If you just looked at a map and saw a sea of blue, […]
Episode – 1630 : The Opium Wars (Encore)
Podcast Transcript In the 19th century, the British and the Chinese went to war on two separate occasions—the reasons why they went to war are both simple and complicated. The […]
Episode – 1238 : The Opium Wars
Episode – 1238 : The Opium Wars Podcast Transcript In the 19th century, the British and the Chinese went to war on two separate occasions—the reasons why they went to […]