Episode – 0556 : Rare Earth Elements Podcast Transcript Modern society is completely dependent on a set of technologies that include computer chips, fiber optic cables, lasers, video screens, electric […]
Episode – 0523 : A Human History of Ice
Episode – 0523 : A Human History of Ice Podcast Transcript Humans have been aware of ice for as long as there have been humans and ice. However, using ice […]
Episode – 0521 : How Accounting Changed The World
Episode – 0521 : How Accounting Changed The World Podcast Transcript There are some subjects that are perceived to be mind-numbingly dull and boring. One such subject is accounting. Yet, […]
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 – 0514 : Banana Republics
Episode – 0514 : Banana Republics Podcast Transcript The term “banana republic” is often used pejoratively to describe small, poor, unstable developing countries. Being called a banana republic is never […]
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 – 0499 : Inflation
Episode – 0499 : Inflation Podcast Transcript If you’ve been around long enough, you might have noticed that things are more expensive than they used to be. If you’ve really […]
Episode – 0491 : Suez Canal
Episode – 0491 : Suez Canal Podcast Transcript Africa is big. Really big. And for thousands of years, people have dreamed of a way to cut through the narrowest part […]
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 – 0473 : The Great Hanoi Rat Massacre of 1902
Episode – 0473 : The Great Hanoi Rat Massacre of 1902 Podcast Transcript 1902, the French governor of Indochina faced a huge problem in the city of Hanoi. They were […]
Episode – 0423 : Behold! The Potato
Episode – 0423 : Behold! The Potato Podcast Transcript What did the first Chinese Emperor Qin, Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, Gengis Kahn, the Queen of Sheba, and all their […]
Episode – 0418 : The Year Without A Summer
Episode – 0418 : The Year Without A Summer Podcast Transcript In 1816, the world experienced something that it had never seen before. All over the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, […]
Episode – 0408 : The History of Credit Cards
Episode – 0408 : The History of Credit Cards Podcast Transcript One of the most ubiquitous forms of payment today is credit cards. The odds are good that you have […]
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 – 0358 : Tuvalu: The Least Visited Country in the World
Episode – 0358 : Tuvalu: The Least Visited Country in the World Podcast Transcript Located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is one of the smallest countries in the […]
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 – 0289 : The Thirty Mile Zone
Episode – 0289 : The Thirty Mile Zone Transcript Hollywood is known the world over for being the center of the motion picture industry. But did you ever wonder why […]