Episode – 0467 : The Brooklyn Bridge Podcast Transcript Brooklyn wasn’t always a part of New York City. It used to be a separate city located across the East River […]
Episode – 0465 : Moore’s Law
Episode – 0465 : Moore’s Law Podcast Transcript In 1965, the director of research at Fairchild Semiconductor, Gordon Moore, made a prediction about the future of semiconductors. He said that […]
Episode – 0464 : Stanislav Petrov: The Man Who Saved the World
Episode – 0464 : Stanislav Petrov: The Man Who Saved the World Podcast Transcript I’ve done episodes before about people who have saved a large number of human lives. Mostly, […]
Episode – 0463 : Nostradamus
Episode – 0463 : Nostradamus Podcast Transcript In 1555, a French physician and astrologer named Michel de Nostredame published a book of poems titled Les Prophéties. Ever since people have […]
Episode – 0462 : USS Constitution
Episode – 0462 : USS Constitution Podcast Transcript On March 27, 1794, the United States Congress passed the Naval Act. The Naval Act authorized funding for six frigates which would […]
Episode – 0461 : The Dancing Plague of 1518
Episode – 0461 : The Dancing Plague of 1518 Podcast Transcript People who love to dance are said to have dancing fever. Dancing fever is just a phrase and not […]
Episode – 0460 : Which Came First: Beer or Bread?
Episode – 0460 : Which Came First: Beer or Bread? Podcast Transcript The rise of agriculture has been pointed to as being responsible for the rise of civilization as we […]
Episode – 0454 : The Four Great Inventions of Ancient China
Episode – 0454 : The Four Great Inventions of Ancient China Podcast Transcript As I have mentioned before on this podcast, there are a great many things that were originally […]
Episode – 0453 : The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
Episode – 0453 : The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) Podcast Transcript In the early 1950s, war ravaged the Korean peninsula. However, the fighting ceased on July 27, 1953. Both sides […]
Episode – 0451 : Year One
Episode – 0451 : Year One Podcast Transcript I am speaking these words in the year 2021. You might be listening to them in a different year, but whatever year […]
Episode – 0450 : The Nazi Bomb
Episode – 0450 : The Nazi Bomb Podcast Transcript During the second world war, one of the biggest efforts of the war was the Manhattan Project: the secret American program […]
Episode – 0449 : Alexandria
Episode – 0449 : Alexandria Podcast Transcript In the year 331 BC, fresh from his conquest of Egypt, Alexander the Great established a new city in Egypt named after himself. […]
Episode – 0448 : Survivor Bias
Episode – 0448 : Survivor Bias Podcast Transcript During World War II, the US Army assigned statistician Abraham Wald the task of statistically figuring out where extra armor should be […]
Episode – 0447 : The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
Episode – 0447 : The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact Podcast Transcript When most people think of World War II, they think of the Allied power of the United States, the United Kingdom, […]
Episode – 0446 : Righties vs Lefties
Episode – 0446 : Righties vs Lefties Podcast Transcript Statistically speaking, about 90% of you listening to my words right now are right-handed. Of the rest of you, almost all […]
Episode – 0444 : The Great Pyramid of Giza
Episode – 0444 : The Great Pyramid of Giza Podcast Transcript The Great Pyramid of Giza, also known as the Great Pyramid of Khufu, is a structure in which superlatives […]
Episode – 0443 : The War of the Currents
Episode – 0443 : The War of the Currents Podcast Transcript In the late 19th century, several of the world’s foremost investors engaged in a public battle for the future […]
Episode – 0442 : The 1961 US Figure Skating Team
Episode – 0442 : The 1961 US Figure Skating Team Podcast Transcript In 1961, the United States figure skating team was one of the top programs in the world. The […]
Episode – 0441 : Alfred Wegener and Continental Drift
Episode – 0441 : Alfred Wegener and Continental Drift Podcast Transcript In 1910, a German Earth scientist noticed something about the map of the world. South America seemed to fit […]
Episode – 0440 : The Truth About Pirates
Episode – 0440 : The Truth About Pirates Podcast Transcript Ahoy ye mates! It be International Talk Like a Pirate Day. So I be thinking tis time to talk about […]