Episode – 0435 : How Göbekli Tepe Changed History Podcast Transcript In 1994, a German archeologist named Klaus Schmidt was investigating a site in southeastern Turkey which had been know […]
Episode – 0433 : The Island of Saint Helena
Episode – 0433 : The Island of Saint Helena Podcast Transcript Located 1,500 miles south of the nation of Cote d’Ivoire and about 2,500 miles east of Rio de Janeiro, […]
Episode – 0412 : Black Tot Day
Episode – 0412 : Black Tot Day Podcast Transcript For several hundred years, the British navy was the most powerful in the world. One of the things which the British […]
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 – 0400 : The Other Mozart
Episode – 0400 : The Other Mozart Podcast Transcript Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is known to almost everyone in the world. If he isn’t known, then his music certainly is. Even […]
Episode – 0387 : Were the Dark Ages Really That Dark?
Episode – 0387 : Were the Dark Ages Really That Dark? Podcast Transcript The term Dark Ages has been used to refer to a period in European history when culture […]
Episode – 0386 : Timothy Dexter: Sometimes It’s Better To Be Lucky
Episode – 0386 : Timothy Dexter: Sometimes It’s Better To Be Lucky Podcast Transcript You’ve probably heard the stories of many titans of industry. People like John D. Rockefeller, Sam […]
Episode – 0373 : The Eiffel Tower
Episode – 0373 : The Eiffel Tower Podcast Transcript In 1889, a new exhibit was constructed for the Paris World’s Fair. It completely dominated the Paris skyline. Many people considered […]
Episode – 0372 : Objects of State: United States Edition
Episode – 0372 : Objects of State: United States Edition Podcast Transcript Every government had objects which central to their functioning. These are items, physical objects, usually steeped in history […]
Episode – 0362 : 10 Ways You Can Know That the Earth is a Sphere
Episode – 0362 : 10 Ways You Can Know That the Earth is a Sphere Podcast Transcript One of the saddest things in the modern world is that with all […]
Episode – 0361 : Prester John
Episode – 0361 : Prester John Podcast Transcript In the middle ages, a legend persisted among Europeans that there was a Christian ruler in Asia, or Africa, who would come […]
Episode – 0357 : The History of Blue Jeans
Episode – 0357 : The History of Blue Jeans Podcast Transcript Unquestionably, the most popular clothing innovation of the last 150 years has been blue jeans. They can be found […]
Episode – 0355 : The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
Episode – 0355 : The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille Transcript In 1990, filmmaker Peter Brosnan set out to find a legendary Egyptian city that was lost to time […]
Episode – 0353 : The World’s Most Expensive Things
Episode – 0353 : The World’s Most Expensive Things Transcript There is an old saying that one person’s trash is another person’s treasure. But sometimes, one person’s treasure is just […]
Episode – 0351 : A History of Computer Games
Episode – 0351 : A History of Computer Games Transcript Video games have become ubiquitous in today’s world. Most of us probably have some sort of computer game on our […]
Episode – 0350 : The Voyages of Admiral Zheng He
Episode – 0350 : The Voyages of Admiral Zheng He Transcript In the early 15th century, just before Europe began its Age of Exploration, China was embarking on a series […]
Episode – 0347 : The World’s Greatest (Worst?) Misers
Episode – 0347 : The World’s Greatest (Worst?) Misers Transcript Have you ever known someone who was really cheap? Like they would wear clothes until they disintegrated? Or they would […]
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 – 0334 : Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
Episode – 0334 : Beethoven’s 9th Symphony Transcript On May 7th, 1824, in Vienna, Austria, the musical world changed forever. The assembled crowd in the Kärntnertor Theater heard one of […]
Episode – 0332 : Academic Degrees
Episode – 0332 : Academic Degrees Transcript Every year around June, millions of people will wear robes and put on funny flat hats to receive their university degrees. But why […]