Episode – 0826 : The League of Nations Podcast Transcript The first world war was the most horrific war the world had ever seen at that time. When the conflict […]
Episode – 0825 : The Kidnapping of Charley Ross
Episode – 0825 : The Kidnapping of Charley Ross Podcast Transcript Most children growing up are admonished not to take candy from strangers. It is good advice, but it isn’t […]
Episode – 0824 : Trial By Combat
Episode – 0824 : Trial By Combat Podcast Transcript In the TV series Game of Thrones, there were four different seasons where disputes were determined with trial by combat. As […]
Episode – 0823 : The History of Department Stores
Episode – 0823 : The History of Department Stores Podcast Transcript For most of human history, if you wanted something, you had to make it yourself or know the person […]
Episode – 0821 : How Barbed Wire Shaped the West and the World
Episode – 0821 : How Barbed Wire Shaped the West and the World Podcast Transcript When Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act of 1862, there was a rush of people […]
Episode – 0820 : Broken Arrows: When Nuclear Weapons Go Wrong
Episode – 0820 : Broken Arrows: When Nuclear Weapons Go Wrong Podcast Transcript Nuclear weapons are the most devastating things humans have ever created. They are so powerful and terrible […]
Episode – 0819 : The Days of the Week
Episode – 0819 : The Days of the Week Podcast Transcript Most of our major divisions of time are based on some sort of natural event. A year is one […]
Episode – 0818 : Hurricanes and Typhoons
Episode – 0818 : Hurricanes and Typhoons Podcast Transcript Every year parts of the planet are hit by devastating typhoons and hurricanes. They can cause billions of dollars of damage […]
Episode – 0816 : NINJAS!
Episode – 0816 : NINJAS! Podcast Transcript Ninjas are awesome. They’re silent, they can turn invisible, and they can totally flip out and kill people, especially their mortal enemies…pirates. …or […]
Episode – 0815 : Ada Lovelace: The World’s First Computer Programmer
Episode – 0815 : Ada Lovelace: The World’s First Computer Programmer Podcast Transcript Born in 1815, Ada Byron was the only legitimate child of the famous poet Lord Byron. Unlike […]
Episode – 0814 : Getting to the Bottom of Shoes
Episode – 0814 : Getting to the Bottom of Shoes Podcast Transcript It seems like the sort of thing humans have used throughout our existence, but historically speaking, footwear is […]
Episode – 0813 : The Discovery and Burial of the Remains of Richard III
Episode – 0813 : The Discovery and Burial of the Remains of Richard III Podcast Transcript The death of a British monarch is a very big event. Thousands of people […]
Episode – 0812 : The Stanford Prison Experiment
Episode – 0812 : The Stanford Prison Experiment Podcast Transcript In the summer of 1971, Stanford professor of psychology Philip Zimbardo conducted an experiment to determine if cruelty amongst people […]
Episode – 0811 : Astronomical Distances and the Age of the Universe
Episode – 0811 : Astronomical Distances and the Age of the Universe Podcast Transcript Every so often, astronomers will publish photos taken with an astronomical telescope and say that the […]
Episode – 0809 : The Hindenburg Disaster
Episode – 0809 : The Hindenburg Disaster Podcast Transcript In the 1920s and 1930s, one of the most cutting-edge and exciting forms of transportation was the zeppelin. Germany’s Luftschiffbau Zeppelin […]
Episode – 0808 : Shakespeare’s English
Episode – 0808 : Shakespeare’s English Podcast Transcript English is a very strange language. It is a Germanic language where half of the words come from a Romance language. We […]
Episode – 0807 : The Doolittle Raid
Episode – 0807 : The Doolittle Raid Podcast Transcript After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the American military was on the defensive. They had been hit hard, and it […]
Episode – 0806 : The Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey
Episode – 0806 : The Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey Podcast Transcript Located between England and France are several islands which have a unique status in the international community. […]
Episode – 0805 : The History of Chocolate
Episode – 0805 : The History of Chocolate Podcast Transcript Around 3,500 years ago, the people of Central America discovered something marvelous: the cacao bean could be used to create […]
Episode – 0804 : How the US Congress Came To Be
Episode – 0804 : How the US Congress Came To Be Podcast Transcript When the 13 American colonies decided to form a proper constitution, the single largest question which confronted […]