Episode – 1396 : Questions and Answers: Volume 18 Podcast Transcript It has been said that April showers bring May flowers. In reality, April’s questions bring May’s answers. So join […]
Episode – 1335 : Questions and Answers: Volume 16
Episode – 1335 : Questions and Answers: Volume 16 Podcast Transcript Several centuries ago, many places celebrated the start of the new year in March, not January. March was originally […]
Episode – 1330 : Passports
Episode – 1330 : Passports Podcast Transcript Most people in the world are required to have a passport when they travel internationally. Today, there is an international regime covering how […]
Episode – 1167 : The Northwest Passage
Episode – 1167 : The Northwest Passage Podcast Transcript When European explorers set off from Europe, many of them chased things that didn’t exist. The Fountain of Youth, the City […]
Episode – 1157 : Questions and Answers: Volume 10
Episode – 1157 : Questions and Answers: Volume 10 Podcast Transcript Every day, in most countries with a Westminster System of parliament, whenever parliament is in session, there is a […]
Episode – 1138 : The Silk Road
Episode – 1138 : The Silk Road Podcast Transcript Despite having very different cultures and being separated by thousands of kilometers, Asia and Europe have been connected for thousands of […]
Episode – 1114 : The Maya Civilization
Episode – 1114 : The Maya Civilization Podcast Transcript Centuries before the arrival of Europeans, one of the greatest civilizations in the Americas rose and fell. They left behind a […]
Episode – 1071 : Gunung Padang
Episode – 1071 : Gunung Padang Podcast Transcript Located on the island of Java in Indonesia, just 100 kilometers from the capital of Jakarta, lies what might be one of […]
Episode – 1002 : Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki Expedition
Episode – 1002 : Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki Expedition Podcast Transcript In 1947, a Norwegian adventurer named Thor Heyerdahl set out to prove a theory of his that the […]
Episode – 0992 : Migration to the Americas
Episode – 0992 : Migration to the Americas Podcast Transcript Perhaps the most important research in anthropology is how modern humans left their birthplace in Africa and migrated to the […]
Episode – 0986 : The Amazon River
Episode – 0986 : The Amazon River Podcast Transcript Located in the heart of South America is the Amazon, the world’s largest river. It isn’t just big, it is by […]
Episode – 0980 : The National Park Service
Episode – 0980 : The National Park Service Podcast Transcript In 19th century America, a movement began to take areas of exceptional natural beauty and preserve them. This idea of […]
Episode – 0973 : Questions & Answers: Volume 5
Episode – 0973 : Questions & Answers: Volume 5 Podcast Transcript To everything, there is a season, a time to be born and a time to die, a time to […]
Episode – 0945 : Questions & Answers: Volume 4
Episode – 0945 : Questions & Answers: Volume 4 Podcast Transcript Every February, podcasters will come out of their hole in the ground. If they find listener questions, it means […]
Episode – 0921 : Tristan da Cunha: The World’s Most Isolated Human Settlement
Episode – 0921 : Tristan da Cunha: The World’s Most Isolated Human Settlement Podcast Transcript Located in the South Atlantic Ocean, situated between South America and Africa, lies the most […]
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 – 0828 : The Horrible Voyage of the 1905 Russian Baltic Fleet
Episode – 0828 : The Horrible Voyage of the 1905 Russian Baltic Fleet Podcast Transcript In February 1904, the Russian Empire found itself at war with the Empire of Japan […]
Episode – 0809 : The Hindenburg Disaster
Episode – 0809 : The Hindenburg Disaster Podcast Transcript In the 1920s and 1930s, one of the most cutting-edge and exciting forms of transportation was the zeppelin. Germany’s Luftschiffbau Zeppelin […]
Episode – 0757 : The Strait of Malacca
Episode – 0757 : The Strait of Malacca Podcast Transcript As you probably know, the Earth consists of 70% water and 30% land. However, all those bits of water and […]
Episode – 0747 : The Boeing 747
Episode – 0747 : The Boeing 747 Podcast Transcript Introduced in 1968, the Boeing 747 totally revolutionized commercial air transportation. It was more than twice the size of the next […]