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 – 1487 : Spruce Goose (Encore)
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 to completely bypass German subs, aviation […]
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 – 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 – 1439 : Wu Zetian: China’s Only Female Emperor (Encore)
Podcast Transcript In the very long history of China, it has had exactly one female ruler. She was a woman who managed, against all odds, to inch her way closer […]
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 […]
Episode – 0943 : 536: The Worst Year in History
Episode – 0943 : 536: The Worst Year in History Podcast Transcript There have been many really bad years in world history. There have been World Wars, the Black Death, […]
Episode – 0942 : Teapot Dome Scandal
Episode – 0942 : Teapot Dome Scandal Podcast Transcript In the early 1920s, what was considered to be the largest political scandal in American history became public. Despite the enormous […]
Episode – 0941 : Vanuatu
Episode – 0941 : Vanuatu Podcast Transcript Located in the southern Pacific Ocean lies the small nation of Vanuatu. While it shares many features with other Pacific Island nations, there […]
Episode – 0940 : All About Volcanoes
Episode – 0940 : All About Volcanoes Podcast Transcript Volcanoes are some of the most fearsome things in nature. They are responsible for the largest explosions ever known. They have […]
Episode – 1557 : The Invention of the Airplane (Encore)
Podcast Transcript Humans have probably had the desire to fly ever since they saw the first bird fly in the air. Flying, as it turned out, was a very challenging […]
Episode – 0939 : The Invention of the Airplane
Episode – 0939 : The Invention of the Airplane Podcast Transcript Humans have probably had the desire to fly ever since they saw the first bird fly in the air. […]
Episode – 0938 : The Statue of Liberty
Episode – 0938 : The Statue of Liberty Podcast Transcript After the US Civil War, the French historian Edouard de Laboulaye floated the idea of creating a large monument to […]
Episode – 0931 : The Battle of Yorktown
Episode – 0931 : The Battle of Yorktown Podcast Transcript In 1781, after six years of fighting, the American Revolution came to a dramatic conclusion. One of the two major […]
Episode – 0930 : The Speed of Light
Episode – 0930 : The Speed of Light Podcast Transcript There is nothing faster in the entire universe than the speed of light. Not only is light the fastest thing, […]