Episode – 2108 : Nazino Tragedy: The Shocking Story of Stalin’s Prison Island Podcast Transcript In 1933, deep in Siberia, thousands of people were dumped on a remote island with […]
Episode – 2098 : The Icelandic Althing: The World’s Oldest Parliament
Episode – 2098 : The Icelandic Althing: The World’s Oldest Parliament Podcast Transcript Long before modern democracies, before constitutions or elections as we know them, a society of Viking settlers […]
Episode – 2086 : Waco Siege Explained: What Happened in 1993
Episode – 2086 : Waco Siege Explained: What Happened in 1993 Podcast Transcript In 1993, a standoff between federal agents and a small religious sect outside Waco, Texas, ended in […]
Episode – 1881 : The Republic of Pirates
Episode – 1881 : The Republic of Pirates Podcast Transcript Between 1706 and 1718, a group of pirates established a haven in the Bahamas. Using a system of rules that […]
Episode – 1783 : The First and Second Banks of the United States
Episode – 1783 : The First and Second Banks of the United States Podcast Transcript After the American Revolution, the United States economy was in trouble. One soluton proposed to […]
Episode – 1666 : The Acoustic Kitty and Other Crazy CIA Plots
Episode – 1666 : The Acoustic Kitty and Other Crazy CIA Plots Podcast Transcript Since its creation, the Central Intelligence Agency has been tasked with gathering intelligence on foreign adversarial […]
Episode – 1646 : The Canadian Parliament
Episode – 1646 : The Canadian Parliament Podcast Transcript Every country has its own system of government. Even when systems are quite similar, there are usually idiosyncrasies about each system, […]
Episode – 1601 : The Election of 1788
Episode – 1601 : The Election of 1788 Podcast Transcript Since the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788, there have been 60 presidential elections, which have been run […]
Episode – 1543 : The United States Supreme Court
Episode – 1543 : The United States Supreme Court Podcast Transcript The United States Constitution identifies three separate branches of government: the executive, the legislative, and the judicial. Each branch […]
Episode – 1302 : Prohibition
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 – 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 – 0856 : A History of Midterm Elections
Episode – 0856 : A History of Midterm Elections Podcast Transcript Every four years, Americans go to polling places where they do NOT decide who will be President of the […]
Episode – 0848 : The Presidential Line of Succession
Episode – 0848 : The Presidential Line of Succession Podcast Transcript Many movies and television shows have as their plot some disaster that eliminates the United States government. As a […]
Episode – 0806 : The Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey
Episode – 0806 : The Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey Podcast Transcript Located between England and France are several islands which have a unique status in the international community. […]
Episode – 0792 : Ranked Choice Voting
Episode – 0792 : Ranked Choice Voting Podcast Transcript All around the world, more jurisdictions are implementing a voting system known as ranked choice voting. Ranked choice voting is very […]
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 – 0132 : Jury Duty
Episode – 0132 : Jury Duty Transcript Every so often, adults may be asked to perform a civic duty by sitting on a jury. Usually, the commitment might be nothing […]
Episode – 0084 : US Territories
Episode – 0084 : US Territories Transcript If you ask most Americans what makes up the United States, they would tell you the 50 states plus the District of Columbia. […]
Episode – 0066 : The Election of 1824
Episode – 0066 : The Election of 1824 Transcript Many people think that politics and elections in the United States are the most controversial they have ever been. History, however, […]
Episode – 0051 : Why Doesn’t the US Use the Metric System?
Episode – 0051 : Why Doesn’t the US Use the Metric System? Transcript Of the 193 countries in the United Nations, exactly three haven’t adopted the widespread use of the […]