Episode – 0518 : Saint Nicholas Podcast Transcript On December 6 every year, countries all across Europe celebrate Saint Nicholas Day. The way they celebrate can vary dramatically from place […]
Episode – 0515 : Olympic Boondoggles
Episode – 0515 : Olympic Boondoggles Podcast Transcript Hosting the Olympics can be a huge honor for the city that lands the event. Cities from around the world have competed […]
Episode – 0511 : The Sistine Chapel
Episode – 0511 : The Sistine Chapel Podcast Transcript Located in Vatican City, just off St. Peter’s Square lies one of the plainest and most uninteresting buildings you might ever […]
Episode – 0510 : The Mechanical Turk
Episode – 0510 : The Mechanical Turk Podcast Transcript You’ve probably heard of artificial intelligence systems which have gotten so good that they can beat the best humans at Go, […]
Episode – 0508 : Black Friday
Episode – 0508 : Black Friday Podcast Transcript The United States has created many cultural institutions which have spread around the world. People all over the Earth have enjoyed and […]
Episode – 0502 : The Cola Wars
Episode – 0502 : The Cola Wars Podcast Transcript In the 1980s, two superpowers battled each other for global supremacy. Across the world, the two goliaths collided on almost every […]
Episode – 0500 : Episode 500!
Episode – 0500 : Episode 500! Podcast Transcript Back in July of 2020, a man in the middle of a pandemic decided to launch a new podcast. It would be […]
Episode – 0497 : Gold! Gold! Gold!
Episode – 0497 : Gold! Gold! Gold! Podcast Transcript Believe it or not, one of the most valuable elements on the Periodic Table was also the first one that was […]
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 – 0488 : Skunkworks
Episode – 0488 : Skunkworks Podcast Transcript 62 miles north of Los Angeles in the city of Palmdale, California, lies one of the most secretive aircraft design and production centers […]
Episode – 0479 : Ambergris: The World’s Most Valuable Smelly Substance
Episode – 0479 : Ambergris: The World’s Most Valuable Smelly Substance Podcast Transcript One of the rarest and most expensive substances in the world is actually pretty disgusting. The way […]
Episode – 0477 : The Louvre: The World’s Greatest Museum
Episode – 0477 : The Louvre: The World’s Greatest Museum Podcast Transcript Located in the heart of Paris, along the banks of the River Seine, lies the Louvre. It has […]
Episode – 0476 : Wedding Traditions
Episode – 0476 : Wedding Traditions Podcast Transcript Weddings are full of traditions. Almost every aspect of a traditional western wedding involves customs that may date back hundreds or thousands […]
Episode – 0472 : Why Does Monaco Even Exist?
Episode – 0472 : Why Does Monaco Even Exist? Podcast Transcript Located on the French Riveria, just a few kilometers from the border of Italy, sandwiched between the mountains and […]
Episode – 0468 : The Lost Civilization of Atlantis
Episode – 0468 : The Lost Civilization of Atlantis Podcast Transcript In the Dialogues written by Plato in the year 360 BC, he wrote of a place called Atlantis. Atlantis […]
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 – 0460 : Which Came First: Beer or Bread?
Episode – 0460 : Which Came First: Beer or Bread? Podcast Transcript The rise of agriculture has been pointed to as being responsible for the rise of civilization as we […]
Episode – 0449 : Alexandria
Episode – 0449 : Alexandria Podcast Transcript In the year 331 BC, fresh from his conquest of Egypt, Alexander the Great established a new city in Egypt named after himself. […]
Episode – 0446 : Righties vs Lefties
Episode – 0446 : Righties vs Lefties Podcast Transcript Statistically speaking, about 90% of you listening to my words right now are right-handed. Of the rest of you, almost all […]
Episode – 0436 : The Port Chicago Disaster
Episode – 0436 : The Port Chicago Disaster Podcast Transcript On July 17, 1944, one of the worst disasters to befall the American military during World War II occurred. It […]