Episode – 1920 : The Gateway Arch Podcast Transcript In the midst of the Great Depression, the City of St. Louis wanted to create a monument to the city’s role […]
Episode – 1811 : The Great Locomotive Chase
Episode – 1811 : The Great Locomotive Chase Podcast Transcript On April 12, 1862, one of the most daring and audacious events of the American Civil War took place. It […]
Episode – 1781 : The Channel Tunnel
Episode – 1781 : The Channel Tunnel Podcast Transcript For centuries, the English Channel served as a moat that kept the conflicts of Continental Europe away from the island of […]
Episode – 1706 : Artificial Turf
Episode – 1706 : Artificial Turf Podcast Transcript In 1965, the world’s first fully enclosed sports facility, the Houston Astrodome, was opened to the public. The Astrodome itself was a […]
Episode – 1705 : Hydropower
Episode – 1705 : Hydropower Podcast Transcript For thousands of years, humans have used the power of water to do work for them. At first, it was very simple, then […]
Episode – 1694 : Land Reclamation: How the Dutch Made Land from the Sea
Episode – 1694 : Land Reclamation: How the Dutch Made Land from the Sea Podcast Transcript The Netherlands is unlike any other country on Earth. What sets the Netherlands apart […]
Episode – 1583 : Project Habakkuk
Episode – 1583 : Project Habakkuk Podcast Transcript During the Second World War, the Allies were desperate to develop ideas to help them win. Some of these ideas, such as […]
Episode – 1445 : The History of Skyscrapers
Episode – 1445 : The History of Skyscrapers Podcast Transcript If you were to pick a single visible icon to represent the 20th century, it would probably be the skyscraper. […]
Episode – 1430 : The Apollo Lunar Module
Episode – 1430 : The Apollo Lunar Module Podcast Transcript When President John F. Kennedy set the objective of landing on the moon before the end of the 1960s, no […]
Episode – 1289 : The London Underground
Episode – 1289 : The London Underground Podcast Transcript The 19th century saw an explosion in population in London. The city grew severalfold and became the largest city in the […]
Episode – 1121 : Space Elevators
Episode – 1121 : Space Elevators Podcast Transcript You’ve probably seen footage of a rocket launch. There is a bunch of smoke and fire as the rocket lifts off to […]
Episode – 0979 : The Panama Canal
Episode – 0979 : The Panama Canal Podcast Transcript Every since the lands of the New World were mapped, people dreamt of creating a canal through Central America to connect […]
Episode – 0964 : Nanotechnology
Episode – 0964 : Nanotechnology Podcast Transcript In Greek, the word for dwarf is “nanos.” The International Bureau of Weights and Measures adopted the prefix ‘nano’ to mean one billionth. […]
Episode – 0947 : Spruce Goose
Episode – 0947 : Spruce Goose Podcast Transcript During the height of the Second World War, American shipping to Europe was constantly being attacked by German U-boats. In an attempt […]
Episode – 0861 : The Lighthouse of Alexandria
Episode – 0861 : The Lighthouse of Alexandria When Alexander the Great died, one of his generals and best friends, Ptolemy, took Alexander’s corpse and went to Egypt to establish […]
Episode – 0834 : Castle Engineering 101
Episode – 0834 : Castle Engineering 101 Podcast Transcript Centuries ago, if you were a ruler, you needed to protect yourself and your realm. You’d obviously need an army and […]
Episode – 0706 : The Steam Engine
Episode – 0706 : The Steam Engine Podcast Transcript The industrial revolution began the biggest change to humanity since the dawn of agriculture. The start of the industrial revolution is […]
Episode – 0700 : The Empire State Building
Episode – 0700 : The Empire State Building Podcast Transcript Prior to the 1929 stock market crash, a race was on to build the tallest building in the world in […]
Episode – 0516 : The Internal Combustion Engine
Episode – 0516 : The Internal Combustion Engine Podcast Transcript One of the technologies which helped make the modern world is the internal combustion engine. Without it, the world would […]
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 […]