Episode – 2199 : The History of Yosemite National Park Podcast Transcript In the heart of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains lies a landscape of towering granite cliffs, ancient sequoias, cascading […]
Episode – 2192 : Gil Eanes and the Volta do Mar
Episode – 2192 : Gil Eanes and the Volta do Mar Podcast Transcript For thousands of years, civilizations that rose along the Mediterranean or the European Atlantic coast mostly stuck […]
Episode – 2183 : The Kentucky Cave Wars: The Strange Fight Beneath Mammoth Cave
Episode – 2183 : The Kentucky Cave Wars: The Strange Fight Beneath Mammoth Cave Podcast Transcript In the early 20th century, the caves of Kentucky became the center of a […]
Episode – 2182 : Mountain Men: America’s First Frontier Legends
Episode – 2182 : Mountain Men: America’s First Frontier Legends Podcast Transcript Before cowboys became the symbol of the American West, there were the mountain men. They crossed unmapped passes, […]
Episode – 2162 : The 2018 Tham Luang Cave Rescue
Episode – 2162 : The 2018 Tham Luang Cave Rescue Podcast Transcript In 2018, twelve boys and their soccer coach entered a cave in northern Thailand and were trapped when […]
Episode – 2147 : The Australian Outback
Episode – 2147 : The Australian Outback Podcast Transcript From the oldest rocks on Earth to underground towns, vanished rivers, red deserts, cattle stations, opal fields, and skies filled with […]
Episode – 2107 : The Lewis and Clark Expedition
Episode – 2107 : The Lewis and Clark Expedition Podcast Transcript When Thomas Jefferson concluded the Louisiana Purchase, it was one of the greatest land deals in history. For a […]
Episode – 2105 : The Greatest National Parks in the Southern Hemisphere
Episode – 2105 : The Greatest National Parks in the Southern Hemisphere Podcast Transcript The world has many amazing places, but not all are equal. Some are better than others. […]
Episode – 2084 : Uninhabited US Territories: America’s Crumbs
Episode – 2084 : Uninhabited US Territories: America’s Crumbs Podcast Transcript In 1856, the United States passed a law allowing American citizens to claim islands in the country’s name, provided […]
Episode – 2083 : Maori Settlement of New Zealand: How Polynesians Reached Aotearoa
Episode – 2083 : Maori Settlement of New Zealand: How Polynesians Reached Aotearoa Podcast Transcript For millions of years, the islands of New Zealand remained a pristine wilderness, untouched by […]
Episode – 2060 : Did George Mallory Climb Mount Everest First?
Episode – 2060 : Did George Mallory Climb Mount Everest First? Podcast Transcript Almost everyone knows that the first people to climb Mount Everest were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, […]
Episode – 1996 : National Geographic
Episode – 1996 : National Geographic Podcast Transcript On January 13, 1888, a group of thirty-three prominent citizens gathered at the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC, to establish “a society […]
Episode – 1958 : The Fra Mauro Medieval World Map
Episode – 1958 : The Fra Mauro Medieval World Map Podcast Transcript Sometime around the year 1450, a monk living just outside of Venice created one of the greatest maps […]
Episode – 1939 : Challenger Deep and the Mariana Trench
Episode – 1939 : Challenger Deep and the Mariana Trench Podcast Transcript Located in an arc sweeping to the east and south of the Marina Islands and Guam is the […]
Episode – 1916 : The Six Cradles of Civilization
Episode – 1916 : The Six Cradles of Civilization Podcast Transcript The rise of civilization is one of the most remarkable and important events in human history. However, it didn’t […]
Episode – 1849 : Captain Cook
Episode – 1849 : Captain Cook Podcast Transcript Captain James Cook was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy whose three major voyages of exploration between […]
Episode – 1806 : Autogyros
Episode – 1806 : Autogyros Podcast Transcript We are all familiar with things that fly in the air. Hot air balloons, dirigibles, blimps, airplanes, and helicopters. However, there is another […]
Episode – 1788 : Marco Polo
Episode – 1788 : Marco Polo Podcast Transcript In the 13th century, the Republic of Venice was one of the leading merchant empires in Europe. The merchants from Venice traveled […]
Episode – 1760 : Questions and Answers: Volume 30
Episode – 1760 : Questions and Answers: Volume 30 Podcast Transcript May is upon us. It is the month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, of autumn in the Southern […]
Episode – 1726 : The Many, Many Invasions of Sicily
Episode – 1726 : The Many, Many Invasions of Sicily hr class=”wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity”/> Podcast Transcript Located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea is its largest island: Sicily. Given its […]