Episode – 1959 : Alexander Hamilton Podcast Transcript Alexander Hamilton was an American founding father who has recently gained popularity due to the popular musical Hamilton. Hamilton was the first […]
Episode – 1461 : How to Lie With Statistics
Episode – 1461 : How to Lie With Statistics Podcast Transcript Mark Twain once said, ‘There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.’ The reason why he […]
Episode – 1324 : The United States Presidential Nominating System
Episode – 1324 : The United States Presidential Nominating System Podcast Transcript The United States Constitution lays out a set procedure for the election of a president and how a […]
Episode – 0913 : The Speaker of the House of Representatives
Episode – 0913 : The Speaker of the House of Representatives Podcast Transcript The United States Congres is divided into two houses. The larger of the two houses, the House […]
Episode – 0768 : Innumeracy
Episode – 0768 : Innumeracy Podcast Transcript Over the last several centuries, there has been a concerted effort to raise literacy rates around the world. For the most part, although […]
Episode – 0713 : Juneteenth
Episode – 0713 : Juneteenth Podcast Transcript In 2021, the United States Congress declared the first federal holiday in almost 40 years: Juneteenth. Juneteenth honors and celebrates the emancipation of […]
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 – 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 – 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 – 0557 : The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
Episode – 0557 : The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Podcast Transcript In the aftermath of World War II, the newly formed United Nations placed a group of Pacific […]
Episode – 0363 : The District of Columbia
Episode – 0363 : The District of Columbia Podcast Transcript From the very founding of the United States, there was a debate that took place amongst the representatives from the […]
Episode – 0253 : Unratified Amendments
Episode – 0253 : Unratified Amendments Transcript The United States Constitution spells out a very specific process for how to amend the document. First, Congress must vote to approve the […]
Episode – 0198 : Inauguration Day
Episode – 0198 : Inauguration Day Transcript Every four years on January 20th, the United States holds a ceremony for the inauguration of the President of the United States. There […]
Episode – 0134 : The Election of 1800
Episode – 0134 : The Election of 1800 Transcript I’ve done several episodes on close and interesting US presidential elections throughout history. Mainly they were to put current events into […]
Episode – 0122 : What Exactly Happens After Election Day?
Episode – 0122 : What Exactly Happens After Election Day? Transcript Presidential elections in the United States are a very big deal. The entire process can take over a year […]
Episode – 0108 : The History of Presidential Debates
Episode – 0108 : The History of Presidential Debates Transcript Every four years, citizens of the United States sit down for one or more nights to watch something which is […]
Episode – 0086 : The Electoral College
Episode – 0086 : The Electoral College Transcript The Electoral College is a lot like figure skating. People only care about it every four years. Unlike figure skating, people tend […]
Episode – 0019 : The 1960 Popular Vote
Episode – 0019 : The 1960 Popular Vote Transcript There have been 5 acknowledged presidential elections in US history where the winner of the popular vote did not win in […]
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Episode – 0007 : How Many Countries Are There?
Episode – 0007 : How Many Countries Are There? If you wanted to know how many countries there were in the world it should be a pretty easy thing to […]