Episode – 0771 : The Origins of Playing Cards Podcast Transcript Sitting in most homes is a deck of playing cards.Cards and card games have become almost ubiquitous They are […]
Episode – 0769 : Formula One
Episode – 0769 : Formula One Podcast Transcript As soon as automobiles were created, people began racing them. As with many sports, early efforts were often unorganized and disjointed. After […]
Episode – 0766 : The Siege of Masada
Episode – 0766 : The Siege of Masada Podcast Transcript Around the year 36 BC, the King of Judea, Herod the Great, built a fortress in the Judean desert overlooking […]
Episode – 0765 : Gunfight at the OK Corral
Episode – 0765 : Gunfight at the OK Corral Podcast Transcript On October 26, 1881, one of the most defining moments in the history of the American west took place. […]
Episode – 0764 : The Aurochs: The Once and Future King of Cattle
Episode – 0764 : The Aurochs: The Once and Future King of Cattle Podcast Transcript Tens of thousands of years ago, early paleolithic humans painted on cave walls the most […]
Episode – 0763 : White Feather Girls
Episode – 0763 : White Feather Girls Podcast Transcript The First World War wasn’t just fought on the fields of France and Belgium. There were lesser battles fought on the […]
Episode – 0761 : Everything Is Made of Atoms
Episode – 0761 : Everything Is Made of Atoms Podcast Transcript The Great Nobel Prize winning physicist Richard Feynman was once asked to convey, in a single sentence, the most […]
Episode – 0759 : “Let Them Eat Cake”
Episode – 0759 : “Let Them Eat Cake” Podcast Transcript Marie Antoinette was the last queen of France prior to the French Revolution. She and her husband Louis XVI were […]
Episode – 0758 : The Republic of the Marshall Islands
Episode – 0758 : The Republic of the Marshall Islands Podcast Transcript Located between Hawaii and Guam in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is one of the smallest countries […]
Episode – 0754 : The Cannonball Run
Episode – 0754 : The Cannonball Run Podcast Transcript In 1914, Erwin “Cannon Ball” Baker crossed the United States on a motorcycle in 11 and a half days. Fifty-seven years […]
Episode – 0752 : Why Didn’t Canada Join the American Revolution?
Episode – 0752 : Why Didn’t Canada Join the American Revolution? Podcast Transcript The United States and Canada are like two siblings. They live next to each other, have the […]
Episode – 0751 : The Gettysburg Address
Episode – 0751 : The Gettysburg Address Podcast Transcript From July 1 through the 3rd, 1863, the largest battle in the history of the Western Hemisphere took place in southern […]
Episode – 0750 : Livia Drusilla: The Most Powerful Woman in Rome
Episode – 0750 : Livia Drusilla: The Most Powerful Woman in Rome Podcast Transcript If you go through the history of ancient Rome, you will find the stories of many […]
Episode – 0746 : Hyman Rickover and the Nuclear Navy
Episode – 0746 : Hyman Rickover and the Nuclear Navy Podcast Transcript At the end of the second world war, a Captain in the United States Navy had a radical […]
Episode – 0745 : The History of the Compass
Episode – 0745 : The History of the Compass Podcast Transcript One of the most important inventions of early humanity was the compass. The compass has aided human navigation around […]
Episode – 0742 : The Colosseum
Episode – 0742 : The Colosseum Podcast Transcript In the year 70, the Roman Emperor Vespasian commissioned what would become the world’s largest amphitheater. Approximately ten years later, it opened […]
Episode – 0741 : The Murder of Thomas Becket
Episode – 0741 : The Murder of Thomas Becket Podcast Transcript On December 29, 1170, the Archbishop of Canterbury was brutally murdered on the floor of the Canterbury Cathedral by […]
Episode – 0739 : Greenland
Episode – 0739 : Greenland Podcast Transcript It is the world’s largest island, has the closest point of land to the North Pole, and is the least densely populated political […]
Episode – 0738 : Bonnie and Clyde
Episode – 0738 : Bonnie and Clyde Podcast Transcript In January of 1930, a 21-year-old by the name of Clyde Barrow met a 19-year-old by the name of Bonnie Parker. […]
Episode – 0737 : Mata Hari
Episode – 0737 : Mata Hari Podcast Transcript During World War I, a Dutch dancer and courtesan was recruited by the French as a spy. However, not long after this, […]