Episode – 0157 : The Man Who Didn’t Want to be Pope Transcript On February 10, 2013, in what began as a rather innocuous assembly, Pope Benedict the XVI stunned […]
Episode – 0154 : Picasso
Episode – 0154 : Picasso Transcript He has been called the most famous artist of the 20th century. His work single-handedly defined an artistic style. He was more loved and […]
Episode – 0155 : The Mercator Projection
Episode – 0155 : The Mercator Projection Transcript Have you ever looked at a map and said to yourself “Wow, Greenland is really big!”, only to then look at a […]
Episode – 0153 : The Real Illuminati
Episode – 0153 : The Real Illuminati Transcript In 1776, an obscure Bavarian professor of philosophy created a society for like-minded individuals who upheld the values of the Enlightenment. Fast […]
Episode – 0152 : The Voynich Manuscript
Episode – 0152 : The Voynich Manuscript Transcript In 1912, a Polish rare book dealer purchased an extremely old codex that contained an unknown system of writing. Since then, the […]
Episode – 0150 : Syndrome K
Episode – 0150 : Syndrome K Transcript In 1943, the Italian government surrendered to the Allied forces. The Germans, not wanting to cede such a large part of Europe to […]
Episode – 0151 : How Many Nobel Prizes Should Einstein Have Won?
Episode – 0151 : How Many Nobel Prizes Should Einstein Have Won? Transcript In the 120 year history of the Nobel Prize, there have been four people who have been […]
Episode – 0149 : Martha Mitchell Was Right
Episode – 0149 : Martha Mitchell Was Right Transcript Have you ever thought something and everyone else said you were crazy?Have you ever been called crazy and then have the […]
Episode – 0148 : Radiation 101
Episode – 0148 : Radiation 101 Radiation or radioactivity is one of the scariest words in the English language. While radiation can indeed be very dangerous, most people don’t really […]
Episode – 0147 : Spanish Foods
Episode – 0147 : Spanish Foods Transcript Whenever lists of the world’s great cuisines are published, there is one country which is always at or near the top: Spain. Yet […]
Episode – 0145 : The House of David
Episode – 0145 : The House of David Transcript What do you get when you take one part religious cult and one part Harlem Globetrotters and one part Troy Polamalu’s […]
Episode – 0146 : Battle of Cannae
Episode – 0146 : Battle of Cannae On August 2, 216 B.C the Republic of Rome faced its greatest test. I covered much of this in my episode on the […]
Episode – 0143 : Get the Lead Out
Episode – 0143 : Get the Lead Out Transcript Clair Patterson was a geochemist who worked at CalTech from the 1940s through the 1990s. His work involved studying the age […]
Episode – 0144 : Operation Tannenbaum
Episode – 0144 : Operation Tannenbaum Transcript In June 1940, with the conquest of France, Nazi Germany and Italy had conquered almost all of Western Europe. The map of Europe […]
Episode – 0142 : George Eyser
Episode – 0142 : George Eyser Transcript Although you probably never heard of him before, American George Eyser is one of the most decorated Olympians in history. In the 1904 […]
Episode – 0141 : The History of Thanksgiving
Episode – 0141 : The History of Thanksgiving Transcript On the fourth Thursday in November every year, American’s celebrate the holiday of Thanksgiving. It is a holiday that originated in […]
Episode – 0140 : The Holy Grail
Episode – 0140 : The Holy Grail Transcript For centuries the Holy Grail has been a metaphor for ultimate achievement. The quest for the Holy Grail is likewise considered a […]
Episode – 0139 : America’s First Law
Episode – 0139 : America’s First Law Transcript Let’s say you have a brand new country. You want to take it out of a spin and make some new laws. […]
Episode – 0138 : The World’s Largest Co-Principality
Episode – 0138 : The World’s Largest Co-Principality Transcript Of all the world’s co-principalities, there is one which stands out due to its sheer size. This enormous co-principality dominates all […]
Episode – 0137 : Operation London Bridge
Episode – 0137 : Operation London Bridge Transcript At some point in the future, a phone call will be placed by the private secretary of the Queen to the British […]