Episode – 0703 : Kiribati Podcast Transcript Located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is a country that, to most people’s surprise, is shockingly large. It only has a […]
Episode – 0674 : The Vice President of the United States
Episode – 0674 : The Vice President of the United States Podcast Transcript At the 1787 Constitutional Convention, the delegates worked hard to create a document that would govern their […]
Episode – 0673 : The Irish Potato Famine
Episode – 0673 : The Irish Potato Famine Podcast Transcript In 1845, farmers around Europe suffered from a blight that devastated the potato crop. This lasted for several years, but […]
Episode – 0664 : Samoa: The Cradle of Polynesia
Episode – 0664 : Samoa: The Cradle of Polynesia Podcast Transcript Located approximately 1500 kilometers or 950 miles south of the equator and split by the International Date Line, is […]
Episode – 0659 : Elizabeth Báthory: Aristocratic Serial Killer
Episode – 0659 : Elizabeth Báthory: Aristocratic Serial Killer Podcast Transcript The Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed was a Hungarian noblewoman in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. She […]
Episode – 0646 : The Election of 1864
Episode – 0646 : The Election of 1864 Podcast Transcript The election of 1860 was unquestionably the most important election in American history. The presidential election after that was still […]
Episode – 0644 : Buffalo Soldiers
Episode – 0644 : Buffalo Soldiers Podcast Transcript During the US Civil War, over a quarter million African-Americans served and fought on the Union side with distinction. After the Civil […]
Episode – 0640 : The Catiline Conspiracy
Episode – 0640 : The Catiline Conspiracy Podcast Transcript We like to think of terrorist plots as being a condition of the modern world. However, there were such plots were […]
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 – 0628 : Stephanie St. Clair
Episode – 0628 : Stephanie St. Clair Podcast Transcript The 1920s and 1930s were the heydays of organized crime in New York City. There were several mobsters from that period […]
Episode – 0619 : Abdulrahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori: 40 Years a Slave
Episode – 0619 : Abdulrahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori: 40 Years a Slave Podcast Transcript In 1788, the son of the leader of the Confederation of Futa Jallon in West Africa […]
Episode – 0614 : Otto Rahn: The Real Life Indiana Jones Villain
Episode – 0614 : Otto Rahn: The Real Life Indiana Jones Villain Podcast Transcript In the Indiana Jones movies, Indiana is usually searching for a rare artifact with mystical powers […]
Episode – 0591 : Spartacus and the Third Servile War
Episode – 0591 : Spartacus and the Third Servile War Podcast Transcript In the year 73 BC, Rome faced one of its greatest threats to its existence. An army of […]
Episode – 0492 : Shibboleths
Episode – 0492 : Shibboleths Podcast Transcript Have you ever met someone who couldn’t pronounce the name nearby town, or they just spoke different enough that you could tell that […]
Episode – 0487 : Remember, Remember the 5th of November
Episode – 0487 : Remember, Remember the 5th of November Podcast Transcript In 1605, members of the Catholic resistance in England hatched a plot that would have completely changed the […]
Episode – 0486 : The Election of 1860
Episode – 0486 : The Election of 1860 Podcast Transcript In 1860, the United States was as divided as it ever had been. The issue of slavery had been growing […]
Episode – 0482 : The Real Dracula
Episode – 0482 : The Real Dracula Podcast Transcript Vampires have been been a part of folklore for centuries. Perhaps no mythical vampire is more famous than Count Dracula. While […]
Episode – 0471 : Navajo Code Talkers
Episode – 0471 : Navajo Code Talkers Podcast Transcript Secrecy is a huge part of military success. You want to be able to communicate with your own forces without the […]
Episode – 0453 : The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
Episode – 0453 : The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) Podcast Transcript In the early 1950s, war ravaged the Korean peninsula. However, the fighting ceased on July 27, 1953. Both sides […]
Episode – 0448 : Survivor Bias
Episode – 0448 : Survivor Bias Podcast Transcript During World War II, the US Army assigned statistician Abraham Wald the task of statistically figuring out where extra armor should be […]