Episode – 0204 : Milankovitch Cycles Transcript The Earth takes a year to go around the sun, and a day to turn on its axis. It is tilted 23.5 degrees […]
Episode – 0196 : ALL RATS MUST DIE!!!
Episode – 0196 : ALL RATS MUST DIE!!! Transcript Humans and rats have lived in an uneasy relationship for millennia. Rats have spread diseases like the bubonic plague, destroyed grain […]
Episode – 0182 : The Canary Islands
Episode – 0182 : The Canary Islands Transcript If you think of Spain as the country on the Iberian Peninsula which is sandwiched between France and Portugal, you are not […]
Episode – 0161 : The World’s Oldest Democratic Body
Episode – 0161 : The World’s Oldest Democratic Body Transcript If you happen to be in Valencia, Spain, on a Thursday, at noon, in front of the cathedral, you might […]
Episode – 0148 : Radiation 101
Episode – 0148 : Radiation 101 Radiation or radioactivity is one of the scariest words in the English language. While radiation can indeed be very dangerous, most people don’t really […]
Episode – 0143 : Get the Lead Out
Episode – 0143 : Get the Lead Out Transcript Clair Patterson was a geochemist who worked at CalTech from the 1940s through the 1990s. His work involved studying the age […]
Episode – 0113 : The World’s Deepest Hole
Episode – 0113 : The World’s Deepest Hole Transcript In 1970, scientists in the Soviet Union set out to drill the deepest hole in the world. They weren’t drilling for […]
Episode – 0080 : Potpourri Vol II: The Frozen Four
Episode – 0080 : Potpourri Vol II: The Frozen Four Transcript Once again it is time to investigate the stories which are interesting, but not big enough to justify their […]
Episode – 0041 : Drug Lord Hippopotamuses
Episode – 0041 : Drug Lord Hippopotamuses Transcript Pablo Escobar was the biggest drug lord the world has ever known. At his height, he had a monopoly on cocaine trade […]
Episode – 0035 : The Great Peshtigo Fire
Episode – 0035 : The Great Peshtigo Fire Transcript The greatest fire in American history, in terms of loss of life, occurred in the town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin in 1871. […]