Episode – 0488 : Skunkworks Podcast Transcript 62 miles north of Los Angeles in the city of Palmdale, California, lies one of the most secretive aircraft design and production centers […]
Episode – 0487 : Remember, Remember the 5th of November
Episode – 0487 : Remember, Remember the 5th of November Podcast Transcript In 1605, members of the Catholic resistance in England hatched a plot that would have completely changed the […]
Episode – 0486 : The Election of 1860
Episode – 0486 : The Election of 1860 Podcast Transcript In 1860, the United States was as divided as it ever had been. The issue of slavery had been growing […]
Episode – 0485 : Giving the Finger to the Denisovans
Episode – 0485 : Giving the Finger to the Denisovans Podcast Transcript In 2008, researchers searching for fossils in the Denisova cave in Siberia came across something interesting. It appeared […]
Episode – 0484 : Lyudmila Pavlichenko
Episode – 0484 : Lyudmila Pavlichenko Podcast Transcript In 1941, after the German invasion of the Soviet Union, a 24-year-old woman in Ukraine volunteered to join the Red Army. She […]
Episode – 0483 : Benedict Arnold
Episode – 0483 : Benedict Arnold Podcast Transcript At the start of the American Revolution, a young American major general was one of the brightest stars of the war. He […]
Episode – 0482 : The Real Dracula
Episode – 0482 : The Real Dracula Podcast Transcript Vampires have been been a part of folklore for centuries. Perhaps no mythical vampire is more famous than Count Dracula. While […]
Episode – 0480 : How Casinos Work
Episode – 0480 : How Casinos Work Podcast Transcript Casinos are fascinating places. They can make tons of money, but they don’t really have a product. While it is often […]
Episode – 0479 : Ambergris: The World’s Most Valuable Smelly Substance
Episode – 0479 : Ambergris: The World’s Most Valuable Smelly Substance Podcast Transcript One of the rarest and most expensive substances in the world is actually pretty disgusting. The way […]
Episode – 0478 : Monarchies vs Republics
Episode – 0478 : Monarchies vs Republics Podcast Transcript I’ve had many episodes where I talked about a country being a “republic”. In fact, we often use the word but […]
Episode – 0477 : The Louvre: The World’s Greatest Museum
Episode – 0477 : The Louvre: The World’s Greatest Museum Podcast Transcript Located in the heart of Paris, along the banks of the River Seine, lies the Louvre. It has […]
Episode – 0476 : Wedding Traditions
Episode – 0476 : Wedding Traditions Podcast Transcript Weddings are full of traditions. Almost every aspect of a traditional western wedding involves customs that may date back hundreds or thousands […]
Episode – 0475 : United States Minor Outlying Islands
Episode – 0475 : United States Minor Outlying Islands Podcast Transcript Have you ever filled out a form online where you had to select a country and you noticed that […]
Episode – 0474 : The 1972 Olympic Basketball Final
Episode – 0474 : The 1972 Olympic Basketball Final Podcast Transcript The year 1972 saw two epic contests between the United States and the Soviet Union. The first was American […]
Episode – 0473 : The Great Hanoi Rat Massacre of 1902
Episode – 0473 : The Great Hanoi Rat Massacre of 1902 Podcast Transcript 1902, the French governor of Indochina faced a huge problem in the city of Hanoi. They were […]
Episode – 0472 : Why Does Monaco Even Exist?
Episode – 0472 : Why Does Monaco Even Exist? Podcast Transcript Located on the French Riveria, just a few kilometers from the border of Italy, sandwiched between the mountains and […]
Episode – 0471 : Navajo Code Talkers
Episode – 0471 : Navajo Code Talkers Podcast Transcript Secrecy is a huge part of military success. You want to be able to communicate with your own forces without the […]
Episode – 0470 : How LIGO Works
Episode – 0470 : How LIGO Works Podcast Transcript To explore the heavens humans have made many types of telescopes. These telescopes can observe visible light, infrared light, radio waves, […]
Episode Р0469 : El Ni̱o and La Ni̱a
Episode – 0469 : El Niño and La Niña Podcast Transcript Weather systems on Earth aren’t stable. There are cycles that weather patterns go through which can have enormous effects […]
Episode – 0468 : The Lost Civilization of Atlantis
Episode – 0468 : The Lost Civilization of Atlantis Podcast Transcript In the Dialogues written by Plato in the year 360 BC, he wrote of a place called Atlantis. Atlantis […]