Episode – 0415 : Starfish Prime Podcast Transcript In the 1950s and 1960s, the United States detonated nuclear bombs on land, on the water, underground, underwater, and in the atmosphere. […]
Episode – 0414 : The Schlieffen Plan
Episode – 0414 : The Schlieffen Plan Podcast Transcript When the Austro-Hungarian Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated it set off a chain reaction resulting in the First World War. […]
Episode – 0413 : The Dead Sea
Episode – 0413 : The Dead Sea Podcast Transcript Divided between Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian West Bank lies the lowest point on the surface of the Earth: The Dead […]
Episode – 0412 : Black Tot Day
Episode – 0412 : Black Tot Day Podcast Transcript For several hundred years, the British navy was the most powerful in the world. One of the things which the British […]
Episode – 0411 : The Civic Crown
Episode – 0411 : The Civic Crown Podcast Transcript If you’ve ever seen a sculpture or an ancient coin of a Roman Emperor, you probably have noticed that they were […]
Episode – 0410 : Fritz Haber: The Best and Worst Chemist in History
Episode – 0410 : Fritz Haber: The Best and Worst Chemist in History Podcast Transcript Fritz Haber is unquestionably one of the greatest chemists in history. He was a Nobel […]
Episode – 0408 : The History of Credit Cards
Episode – 0408 : The History of Credit Cards Podcast Transcript One of the most ubiquitous forms of payment today is credit cards. The odds are good that you have […]
Episode – 0407 : The USS Indianapolis
Episode – 0407 : The USS Indianapolis Podcast Transcript There were tens of millions of stories to come out of World War II. Many of them are tales of horrible […]
Episode – 0406 : Snake Oil
Episode – 0406 : Snake Oil Podcast Transcript If you were to call someone a snake oil salesman, it usually means they are trying to defraud someone, and more specifically […]
Episode – 0405 : History of the Lullaby
Episode – 0405 : History of the Lullaby Podcast Transcript There are few things that are truly universal across all cultures and throughout history. These things are often so obvious […]
Episode – 0404 : The Aberfan Disaster
Episode – 0404 : The Aberfan Disaster Podcast Transcript On Friday, October 21, 1966, the small village of Aberfan, Wales woke up to a typical autumn day. Many of the […]
Episode – 0402 : Electric Cars
Episode – 0402 : Electric Cars Podcast Transcript There is an old saying that everything old is new again. This is certainly true with electric cars. The recent surge in […]
Episode – 0401 : Salvator Mundi
Episode – 0401 : Salvator Mundi Podcast Transcript In 2005, a small auction house in New Orleans sold a painting at auction labeled at Lot 664. The description of the […]
Episode – 0400 : The Other Mozart
Episode – 0400 : The Other Mozart Podcast Transcript Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is known to almost everyone in the world. If he isn’t known, then his music certainly is. Even […]
Episode – 0399 : Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Medal and Record Recap
Episode – 0399 : Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Medal and Record Recap Podcast Transcript Most coverage of the Olympics is very biased towards whatever country you happen to live in, and […]
Episode – 0398 : Queen Boudica
Episode – 0398 : Queen Boudica Podcast Transcript In the year 60, the Roman town of Lunduniam, modern-day London, was attacked and sacked by a group of native Celts. They […]
Episode – 0396 : The 27th Amendment
Episode – 0396 : The 27th Amendment Podcast Transcript The American constitution was written in 1787, but there was a mechanism built in to amend and change the document. Since […]
Episode – 0395 : The American Whig Party
Episode – 0395 : The American Whig Party Podcast Transcript American politics has been called a two-party system. While there are two major parties today, and those two parties have […]
Episode – 0394 : How Do Satellites Work?
Episode – 0394 : How Do Satellites Work? Podcast Transcript Somewhere over your head, right this moment is an artificial satellite. Many of them actually. They beam television and radio […]
Episode – 0393 : The Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755
Episode – 0393 : The Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 Podcast Transcript On the morning of November 1, 1755, the citizens of Lisbon, Portugal set out to go to church […]