Episode – 0438 : Treachery of the Long Knives Podcast Transcript According to legend, sometime in the 5th century, a king of the Celtic Britons named Vortigern hired Anglo-Saxons mercenaries […]
Episode – 0437 : Cosmic Rays
Episode – 0437 : Cosmic Rays Podcast Transcript Who matter where you are right now, no matter what time you are listening to this, there is one thing that I […]
Episode – 0436 : The Port Chicago Disaster
Episode – 0436 : The Port Chicago Disaster Podcast Transcript On July 17, 1944, one of the worst disasters to befall the American military during World War II occurred. It […]
Episode Р0435 : How G̦bekli Tepe Changed History
Episode – 0435 : How Göbekli Tepe Changed History Podcast Transcript In 1994, a German archeologist named Klaus Schmidt was investigating a site in southeastern Turkey which had been know […]
Episode – 0434 : Fusion Power
Episode – 0434 : Fusion Power Podcast Transcript Ever since humans have understood the workings of the atom, the potential has existed for humanity to exploit the energy source which […]
Episode – 0433 : The Island of Saint Helena
Episode – 0433 : The Island of Saint Helena Podcast Transcript Located 1,500 miles south of the nation of Cote d’Ivoire and about 2,500 miles east of Rio de Janeiro, […]
Episode – 0432 : The New York World Trade Center
Episode – 0432 : The New York World Trade Center Podcast Transcript Prior to their destruction in 2001, the World Trade Center in New York was a wonder of architecture. […]
Episode – 0431 : The Unlikely Survival of Phineas Gage
Episode – 0431 : The Unlikely Survival of Phineas Gage Podcast Transcript On September 13, 1848, a 25-year-old man named Phineas Gage received a horrific brain injury while working on […]
Episode – 0429 : The Geologic Timeline
Episode – 0429 : The Geologic Timeline Podcast Transcript The Earth is pretty old. Our current, best estimate is that it is 4.54 billion years old, plus or minus 50 […]
Episode – 0428 : The Ride of Sybil Ludington
Episode – 0428 : The Ride of Sybil Ludington Podcast Transcript It is the American Revolutionary War. A rider on horseback sets out on an all-night ride to warn the […]
Episode – 0427 : Air Force One
Episode – 0427 : Air Force One Podcast Transcript The era of presidential aviation began on October 11, 1910, when former president Theodore Roosevelt took to the skies in a […]
Episode – 0426 : The Carrington Event
Episode – 0426 : The Carrington Event Podcast Transcript On September 1 and 2 of 1859, people all over the world were treated to something quite rare. Auroras were seen […]
Episode – 0425 : The Fermi Paradox
Episode – 0425 : The Fermi Paradox Podcast Transcript In a previous episode, I spoke about the Drake equation and the odds of there being intelligent extraterrestrial life. Many people […]
Episode – 0423 : Behold! The Potato
Episode – 0423 : Behold! The Potato Podcast Transcript What did the first Chinese Emperor Qin, Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, Gengis Kahn, the Queen of Sheba, and all their […]
Episode – 0422 : The Elgin Marbles
Episode – 0422 : The Elgin Marbles Podcast Transcript Beginning in 1801, the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, the Earl of Elgin, began a project to document the sculptures […]
Episode – 0421 : Ignaz Semmelweis
Episode – 0421 : Ignaz Semmelweis Podcast Transcript In the mid-19th century, a Hungarian physician advocated for an incredibly simple technique that would go on to save millions of lives. […]
Episode – 0420 : The Planet Mercury
Episode – 0420 : The Planet Mercury Podcast Transcript The planet Mercury is the smallest, fastest, and most pot-marked planet in our solar system. It is in many ways, unlike […]
Episode – 0419 : The Golden Gate Bridge
Episode – 0419 : The Golden Gate Bridge Podcast Transcript San Francisco Bay is one of the largest and best natural harbors in the world. The entrance to the harbor […]
Episode – 0418 : The Year Without A Summer
Episode – 0418 : The Year Without A Summer Podcast Transcript In 1816, the world experienced something that it had never seen before. All over the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, […]
Episode – 0417 : The Number of the Beast
Episode – 0417 : The Number of the Beast Podcast Transcript Sometime around the year 95, a man who called himself John wrote what became known as the Book of […]