Episode – 1302 : Prohibition Podcast Transcript On January 16, 1919, the 18th Amendment to the US Constitution was passed. It banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol. The […]
Episode – 1288 : The History of Pasta
Episode – 1288 : The History of Pasta Podcast Transcript There is a very good chance that many of you listening have had pasta, maybe within the last week. Pasta […]
Episode – 1285 : Human Life Expectancy
Episode – 1285 : Human Life Expectancy Podcast Transcript Everyone, I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that you, me, and everyone else listening […]
Episode – 1263 : Non-Euclidean Geometry
Episode – 1263 : Non-Euclidean Geometry Podcast Transcript If anyone has taken some basic mathematics, you are probably familiar with Euclidian Geometry. Euclidean geometry is what most people just call […]
Episode – 1242 : Gerrymandering
Episode – 1242 : Gerrymandering Podcast Transcript Winston Churchill once said, “Democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time […]
Episode – 1232 : The Monroe Doctrine
Episode – 1232 : The Monroe Doctrine Podcast Transcript When the United States became independent in the late 18th century, it didn’t have much of a foreign policy. Their primary […]
Episode – 1224 : Eponymous Laws: Part 2
Episode – 1224 : Eponymous Laws: Part 2 Podcast Transcript In a previous episode, I went through a list of eponymous laws. These were laws, general rules, or sometimes even […]
Episode – 1219 : Sergei Korolev: The Most Important Russian You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Episode – 1219 : Sergei Korolev: The Most Important Russian You’ve Probably Never Heard Of Podcast Transcript In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Soviet space program was on […]
Episode – 1215 : All About the Sun
Episode – 1215 : All About the Sun Podcast Transcript Approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers from Earth lies our nearest star, the Sun. The Sun is responsible […]
Episode – 1212 : The Salem Witch Trials
Episode – 1212 : The Salem Witch Trials Podcast Transcript In 1692, in the village of Salem, Massessechuets, two young girls made claims that other members of their community were […]
Episode – 1182 : Questions and Answers: Volume 11
Episode – 1182 : Questions and Answers: Volume 11 In his 1979 book Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams tells of an alien race that builds a computer to […]
Episode – 1171 : Operation Market Garden
Episode – 1171 : Operation Market Garden Podcast Transcript After the Allied landing in Normandy in World War II, the Allies made progress pushing back the Germans.However, by September, things […]
Episode – 1166 : Peggy Guggenheim
Episode – 1166 : Peggy Guggenheim Podcast Transcript In the 20th century, there was one woman who put herself in the center of the world of modern art. She didn’t […]
Episode – 1155 : The Big Bang
Episode – 1155 : The Big Bang Podcast Transcript Throughout history, philosophers have pondered how the universe began. For centuries, it was just that…pondering. It wasn’t until the 20th century […]
Episode – 1134 : Project Orion
Episode – 1134 : Project Orion Podcast Transcript In the years immediately following the end of the Second World War, several of the scientists who took part in the Manhattan […]
Episode – 1129 : Stalag Luft III and the Great Escape
Episode – 1129 : Stalag Luft III and the Great Escape Podcast Transcript In 1944, several months before the D-Day invasion, a group of Allied prisoners of war hatched one […]
Episode – 1096 : The Chinese Language(s)
Episode – 1096 : The Chinese Language(s) Podcast Transcript One of the most widely spoken languages in the world is Chinese. In addition to being one of the most popular […]
Episode – 1094 : The Rarest Feats in Sports
Episode – 1094 : The Rarest Feats in Sports Podcast Transcript In the world of sports, some things take place all the time. You will see some of the same […]
Episode – 1083 : The Large Hadron Collider
Episode – 1083 : The Large Hadron Collider Podcast Transcript Straddling the border of Switzerland and France is the largest scientific instrument ever created. It sits in a tunnel 27 […]
Episode – 1068 : The Night the Stars Fell Down – 1833
Episode – 1068 : The Night the Stars Fell Down – 1833 Podcast Transcript In the early morning of November 13, 1833, one of the greatest astronomical spectacles in recorded […]