Episode – 0555 : The Acadian Expulsion Podcast Transcript Beginning in the 16th century, French settlers crossed the Atlantic to settle in a French colony located in the new world. […]
Episode – 0550 : The Meiji Restoration
Episode – 0550 : The Meiji Restoration Podcast Transcript In the mid 19th century while the industrial revolution was in full swing, Japan was still an agrarian, feudal society. By […]
Episode – 0529 : The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Episode – 0529 : The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Podcast Transcript On March 25, 1911, one of the deadliest industrial disasters in American history took place. In the middle of […]
Episode – 0480 : How Casinos Work
Episode – 0480 : How Casinos Work Podcast Transcript Casinos are fascinating places. They can make tons of money, but they don’t really have a product. While it is often […]
Episode Р0469 : El Ni̱o and La Ni̱a
Episode – 0469 : El Niño and La Niña Podcast Transcript Weather systems on Earth aren’t stable. There are cycles that weather patterns go through which can have enormous effects […]
Episode – 0464 : Stanislav Petrov: The Man Who Saved the World
Episode – 0464 : Stanislav Petrov: The Man Who Saved the World Podcast Transcript I’ve done episodes before about people who have saved a large number of human lives. Mostly, […]
Episode – 0427 : Air Force One
Episode – 0427 : Air Force One Podcast Transcript The era of presidential aviation began on October 11, 1910, when former president Theodore Roosevelt took to the skies in a […]
Episode – 0426 : The Carrington Event
Episode – 0426 : The Carrington Event Podcast Transcript On September 1 and 2 of 1859, people all over the world were treated to something quite rare. Auroras were seen […]
Episode – 0420 : The Planet Mercury
Episode – 0420 : The Planet Mercury Podcast Transcript The planet Mercury is the smallest, fastest, and most pot-marked planet in our solar system. It is in many ways, unlike […]
Episode – 0392 : The Periodic Table of the Elements
Episode – 0392 : The Periodic Table of the Elements Podcast Transcript You’ve seen it in your science classroom, and there was probably a copy of it on the inside […]
Episode – 0391 : Who Was the Greatest Olympian of All Time?
Episode – 0391 : Who Was the Greatest Olympian of All Time? Podcast Transcript The modern Olympics have been celebrated for over 100 years. Since their beginning in 1896, there […]
Episode – 0377 : The Last Soldier to Die in World War I
Episode – 0377 : The Last Soldier to Die in World War I Podcast Transcript At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, the […]
Episode – 0371 : The Sibylline Books
Episode – 0371 : The Sibylline Books Podcast Transcript What do you do when you are facing a crisis? Perhaps you might consult a friend, or maybe some sort of […]
Episode – 0360 : One-Year Anniversary Show
Episode – 0360 : One-Year Anniversary Show Podcast Transcript On July 1, 2020, a world traveler who was grounded by an international pandemic made the business and personal decision to […]
Episode – 0353 : The World’s Most Expensive Things
Episode – 0353 : The World’s Most Expensive Things Transcript There is an old saying that one person’s trash is another person’s treasure. But sometimes, one person’s treasure is just […]
Episode – 0334 : Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
Episode – 0334 : Beethoven’s 9th Symphony Transcript On May 7th, 1824, in Vienna, Austria, the musical world changed forever. The assembled crowd in the Kärntnertor Theater heard one of […]
Episode – 0317 : Citizen Kane: The Greatest Movie Ever Made?
Episode – 0317 : Citizen Kane: The Greatest Movie Ever Made? Transcript In 1941, a young artistic prodigy released his first motion picture. It had enormous anticipation, received incredible reviews, […]
Episode – 0314 : The British Crown Jewels
Episode – 0314 : The British Crown Jewels Transcript Located in the Tower of London are a collection of objects, some of which date back 800 years, which are the […]
Episode – 0309 : The South Atlantic Anomaly
Episode – 0309 : The South Atlantic Anomaly Transcript For years people believed that there was a part of the Atlantic Ocean where ships and planes would disappear called the […]
Episode – 0304 : EGOT
Episode – 0304 : EGOT Transcript In the United States, there are awards given in many fields of entertainment. For Broadway productions, they have the Tony Awards. Television has the […]