Episode – 1843 : The AK-47 Podcast Transcript In 1946, a former Soviet tank mechanic who had no formal training in engineering or manufacturing submitted a design for a new […]
Episode – 1789 : The Last Days and Death of Adolf Hitler
Episode – 1789 : The Last Days and Death of Adolf Hitler Podcast Transcript In April 1945, in the last days of the war in Europe, everything was falling apart […]
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 – 1683 : Spy Satellites
Episode – 1683 : Spy Satellites Podcast Transcript A reconnaissance satellite, otherwise known as a spy satellite, is somewhere above your head right now, collecting images and gathering intelligence on […]
Episode – 1677 : The Cambridge Five
Episode – 1677 : The Cambridge Five Podcast Transcript In the 1950s and 1960s, the British Intelligence community was rocked by a series of high-profile defections to the Soviet Union. […]
Episode – 1619 : The Korean War
Episode – 1619 : The Korean War Podcast Transcript In the aftermath of the Second World War, everyone had hoped that major military conflicts would be a thing of the […]
Episode – 1571 : East and West Berlin
Episode – 1571 : East and West Berlin Podcast Transcript From the end of the Second World War through 1990, the city of Berlin, the former capital of Germany and […]
Episode – 1482 : Why Did The Roman Empire Fall?
Episode – 1482 : Why Did The Roman Empire Fall? Podcast Transcript For over 1200 years, Rome, either in its Republican or Imperial form, was the dominant power in the […]
Episode – 1425 : The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Episode – 1425 : The Gulf of Tonkin Incident Podcast Transcript In August of 1964, an event occurred off the waters of North Vietnam that would have repercussions that would […]
Episode – 1408 : Edward Teller and the Development of the H-Bomb
Episode – 1408 : Edward Teller and the Development of the H-Bomb Podcast Transcript During the Second World War, the United States established the highly secret Manhattan Project to develop […]
Episode – 1404 : The 1956 Suez Crises
Episode – 1404 : The 1956 Suez Crises Podcast Transcript In 1956, one of the most important geopolitical events of the post-war period took place in Egypt. The Egyptian president […]
Episode – 1345 : The History of the CIA
Episode – 1345 : The History of the CIA Podcast Transcript The United States federal agency charged with gathering foreign intelligence is the Central Intelligence Agency or the CIA.The CIA […]
Episode – 1221 : Operation Unthinkable
Episode – 1221 : Operation Unthinkable Podcast Transcript In the days immediately following the surrender of Germany in May 1945, new concerns gripped the victorious Allied forces. The alliance had […]
Episode – 1219 : Sergei Korolev: The Most Important Russian You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Episode – 1219 : Sergei Korolev: The Most Important Russian You’ve Probably Never Heard Of Podcast Transcript In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Soviet space program was on […]
Episode – 1167 : The Northwest Passage
Episode – 1167 : The Northwest Passage Podcast Transcript When European explorers set off from Europe, many of them chased things that didn’t exist. The Fountain of Youth, the City […]
Episode – 1016 : The Berlin Wall
Episode – 1016 : The Berlin Wall Podcast Transcript After the end of the second world war, Berlin was a divided city controlled by the four major allied powers. Despite […]
Episode – 0984 : The Cuban Missile Crisis
Episode – 0984 : The Cuban Missile Crisis Podcast Transcript In October 1962, a U-2 spy plane discovered Soviet nuclear missile sites in Cuba. The subsequent 13 days were some […]
Episode – 0966 : The Most Important Supermarket Visit in History
Episode – 0966 : The Most Important Supermarket Visit in History Podcast Transcript The cold war was the defining event of the second half of the 20th century. When exactly […]
Episode – 0800 : The Berlin Airlift
Episode – 0800 : The Berlin Airlift Podcast Transcript On June 24, 1948, the Soviet Union placed a blockade on Berlin’s American, British, and French-occupied zones. No food, fuel, or […]
Episode – 0703 : Kiribati
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 […]