Episode – 2294 : CaravanseraisPodcast Transcript For thousands of years, merchants traveled across vast deserts and dangerous mountain passes, carrying valuable goods between distant civilizations. These journeys could take months […]
Episode – 2269 : Machu Picchu
Episode – 2269 : Machu Picchu This episode can be found at: https://everything-everywhere.com/episode-2269-machu-picchu/ Machu Picchu gained international fame in 1911, when a Yale expedition led by Hiram Bingham brought the […]
Episode – 2258 : The Immovable Ladder of Jerusalem
Episode – 2258 : The Immovable Ladder of Jerusalem This episode can be found at: https://everything-everywhere.com/the-immovable-ladder-of-jerusalem/ In 2009, I made my first visit to Jerusalem. I happened to be there […]
Episode – 2242 : 3000 Years of Rome
Episode – 2242 : 3000 Years of Rome This episode can be found at: https://everything-everywhere.com/3000-years-of-roman-history/ Rome has been one of the world’s most important cities for close to 3,000 years. […]
Episode – 2236 : The Florence Cathedral
Episode – 2236 : The Florence. Cathedral Podcast Transcript For more than a century, one of Europe’s richest cities worked on a building it didn’t know how to finish. Its […]
Episode – 2206 : The History of Petra
Episode – 2206 : The History of Petra Podcast Transcript Hidden among the rugged desert mountains of Jordan is a city carved into rose-colored sandstone cliffs. It grew wealthy by […]
Episode – 2171 : The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Episode – 2171 : The Hanging Gardens of Babylon Podcast Transcript The Hanging Gardens of Babylon was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. It was described as […]
Episode – 2158 : What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?
Episode – 2158 : What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us? Podcast Transcript Rome did not simply vanish when its empire fell. Its roads, laws, languages, calendars, architecture, engineering, […]
Episode – 2154 : The History of the Pentagon
Episode – 2154 : The History of the Pentagon Podcast Transcript Before the United States entered the Second World War, it had a problem. The military’s administrative staff was spread […]
Episode – 2116 : The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Episode – 2116 : The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus Podcast Transcript On the night of July 21, 356 BC, the sky over the city of Ephesus glowed with the […]
Episode – 2019 : The House of Wisdom
Episode – 2019 : The House of Wisdom Podcast Transcript The Abbasid Caliphate stood as a vibrant center of commerce, technology, and learning from the 8th to the 13th centuries. […]
Episode – 1920 : The Gateway Arch
Episode – 1920 : The Gateway Arch Podcast Transcript In the midst of the Great Depression, the City of St. Louis wanted to create a monument to the city’s role […]
Episode – 1751 : The Medici Family and Renaissance Florence
Episode – 1751 : The Medici Family and Renaissance Florence Podcast Transcript One of the greatest periods of social and technological change in world history was the Renaissance. At the […]
Episode – 1696 : Andalusia
Episode – 1696 : Andalusia Podcast Transcript Located at the southern end of the Iberian peninsula is the largest autonomous community in Spain by population and the second largest by […]
Episode – 1689 : Aswan High Dam
Episode – 1689 : Aswan High Dam Podcast Transcript In 1970, one of the world’s largest infrastructure projects opened in Aswan, Egypt. It was a dam that harnessed the power […]
Episode – 1625 : The Parthenon and the Acropolis of Athens
Episode – 1625 : The Parthenon and the Acropolis of Athens Podcast Transcript Situated on a rocky hill overlooking the city of Athens is a former religious center, military fortress, […]
Episode – 1613 : The White House
Episode – 1613 : The White House Podcast Transcript Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC, is the home of the president of the United States. The idea of […]
Episode – 1147 : Bricks
Episode – 1147 : Bricks Podcast Transcript There is a good chance that every day, you encounter bricks. You might drive on them, walk on them, and live inside them, […]
Episode – 1071 : Gunung Padang
Episode – 1071 : Gunung Padang Podcast Transcript Located on the island of Java in Indonesia, just 100 kilometers from the capital of Jakarta, lies what might be one of […]
Episode – 1027 : The Pantheon
Episode – 1027 : The Pantheon Podcast Transcript Located in the heart of Rome is one of the oldest standing buildings in the world. Unlike other ancient structures, it isn’t […]