Episode – 0216 : Jack the Ripper Transcript In 1888, the city of London was terrorized by its most infamous serial killer. Anywhere between 5 and 11 murders were committed […]
Episode – 951 : The Super Bowl (Encore)
Transcript One day every year, the United States celebrates its biggest non-official holiday: Super Bowl Sunday. The championship game of the National Football League is almost always the biggest television […]
Episode – 1315 : The Super Bowl (Redux)
Transcript One day every year, the United States celebrates its biggest non-official holiday: Super Bowl Sunday. The championship game of the National Football League is almost always the biggest television […]
Episode – 0214 : AM/FM
Episode – 0214 : AM/FM Transcript For over 100 years, radio has been one of the biggest mediums for communication, information, and entertainment. It was the first true broadcast medium. […]
Episode – 0215 : The Super Bowl
Episode – 0215 : The Super Bowl Transcript One day every year, the United States celebrates its biggest non-official holiday: Super Bowl Sunday. The championship game of the National Football […]
Episode – 935 : Tulipmania (Encore)
Transcript In the 17th century, the Netherlands was struck by the world’s first investment bubble. They weren’t investing in stocks or bonds or real estate. They were investing in…..tulip bulbs. […]
Episode – 0213 : Tulipmania
Episode – 0213 : Tulipmania Transcript In the 17th century, the Netherlands was struck by the world’s first investment bubble. They weren’t investing in stocks or bonds or real estate. […]
Episode – 0212 : The Smallest Country in the World
Episode – 0212 : The Smallest Country in the World Transcript How small can a country be and still be a country? In theory, there is no lower limit on […]
Episode – 0211 : The 1937 Soviet Census
Episode – 0211 : The 1937 Soviet Census Transcript In 1936, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin determined it was time for the Soviet Union to have another census.They hadn’t conducted one […]
Episode – 0210 : Extraterritoriality
Episode – 0210 : Extraterritoriality Transcript A common misconception that many people have is that embassies are part of the territory of the country that owns the embassy. For example, […]
Episode – 0209 : The Dionne Quintuplets
Episode – 0209 : The Dionne Quintuplets Transcript Multiple births happen very infrequently. The odds decrease dramatically the more children are born at once. The odds of twins is 1 […]
Episode – 0208 : Operation Plumbbob
Episode – 0208 : Operation Plumbbob Transcript In 1957 the United States embarked on its most controversial series of nuclear tests. These tests took place on US soil in the […]
Episode – 0206 : The Green Bay Packers
Episode – 0206 : The Green Bay Packers Transcript The National Football League is big business. It earns more money than any other professional sports league in the world. All […]
Episode – 0207 : QWERTY
Episode – 0207 : QWERTY Transcript 150 years ago, an American inventor by the name of Christopher Latham Sholes developed a machine to allow people to easily put text onto […]
Episode – 0205 : Cosmos 954
Episode – 0205 : Cosmos 954 Transcript According to the old adage, what goes up must come down. Unless you are talking about a satellite, which can go up and […]
Episode – 359 : Milankovitch Cycles (Encore)
Transcript The Earth takes a year to go around the sun, and a day to turn on its axis. It is tilted 23.5 degrees which is what causes the seasons. […]
Episode – 0204 : Milankovitch Cycles
Episode – 0204 : Milankovitch Cycles Transcript The Earth takes a year to go around the sun, and a day to turn on its axis. It is tilted 23.5 degrees […]
Episode – 0203 : Project MKUltra
Episode – 0203 : Project MKUltra Transcript After the end of World War II, the newly created Central Intelligence Agency investigated anything and everything which could give the US an […]
Episode – 0202 : The Year of the Five Emperors
Episode – 0202 : The Year of the Five Emperors Transcript Every so often, the series Dr. Who would have a special episode where multiple versions of the time-traveling Doctor […]
Episode – 0201 : The Year of the Four Emperors
Episode – 0201 : The Year of the Four Emperors Transcript As long as the Roman empire lasted, they never created a set method of choosing successors to emperors. This […]