Episode – 0717 : Universe 25 Podcast Transcript Have you ever wondered what it would be like to create a utopia? A place where all your wants and needs were […]
Episode – 0712 : The History of Horses in North America
Episode – 0712 : The History of Horses in North America Podcast Transcript When one thinks of the history of North America, it often invokes images of native Americans and […]
Episode – 0711 : The Atacama Desert
Episode – 0711 : The Atacama Desert Podcast Transcript Situated in the north of the nation of Chile lies one of the most extreme environments on Planet Earth. The Atacama […]
Episode – 0697 : The Cult of Pythagoras
Episode – 0697 : The Cult of Pythagoras Podcast Transcript He was one of the greatest thinkers of the ancient world. He was a philosopher, a mathematician, and had some […]
Episode – 0690 : The Queen of Sheba
Episode – 0690 : The Queen of Sheba Podcast Transcript All three of the holy books from great monotheistic faiths share a similar story about a Queen from a land […]
Episode – 0629 : The Roman Pomerium
Episode – 0629 : The Roman Pomerium Podcast Transcript Ancient Rome had an enormous number of customs and traditions. Some of them have been passed down to us in the […]
Episode – 0587 : Kennewick Man
Episode – 0587 : Kennewick Man Podcast Transcript In 1996 two college students walking along the Columbia River in Washington State stumbled upon what turned out to be an ancient […]
Episode – 0573 : A History of Utensils
Episode – 0573 : A History of Utensils Podcast Transcript They are so ubiquitous that most people don’t even realize that they have an origin. They are so commonly used […]
Episode – 0509 : The Sahara Desert Wasn’t Always
Episode – 0509 : The Sahara Desert Wasn’t Always Podcast Transcript The Sahara desert is by far the largest desert in the world. It evokes images of sand dunes, camels […]
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 – 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 – 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 […]
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 – 0367 : Was Jeanne Calment Really The World’s Oldest Person?
Episode – 0367 : Was Jeanne Calment Really The World’s Oldest Person? Podcast Transcript On August 4, 1997, Jeanne Louise Calment passed away in Arles, France. At the time, it […]
Episode – 0335 : The Incredible Polgar Sisters
Episode – 0335 : The Incredible Polgar Sisters Transcript László Polgár was born just after World War II in Hungary. His field of study was the nature of human intelligence. […]
Episode – 0275 : Polynesian Navigators
Episode – 0275 : Polynesian Navigators Transcript The ancient world had many great accomplishments. The Pyramids of Giza, The Great Wall of China, and the Colosseum are just a few […]
Episode – 0230 : Mitochondrial Eve
Episode – 0230 : Mitochondrial Eve Transcript On January 1, 1987, a paper was published in the journal Nature which rocked the world of anthropology. Researchers Allan Wilson, Mark Stoneking, […]
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 – 0192 : The Dunbar Number
Episode – 0192 : The Dunbar Number Transcript There is a number, a very special number, which is inside all of us. It is inside you, inside me, and inside […]
Episode – 0135 : The Pintupi Nine
Episode – 0135 : The Pintupi Nine Transcript In October 1984, nine members of the Pintupi Tribe in Western Australia met some long lost relatives they hadn’t seen in years. […]