Episode – 0627 : The History of the Tank Podcast Transcript On November 20, 1917, German soldiers on the Western Front saw something that had never been seen in the […]
Episode – 0625 : Ernest Shackleton and the Rescue of the Endurance
Episode – 0625 : Ernest Shackleton and the Rescue of the Endurance Podcast Transcript In 1914, the British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition set out to become the first to cross the […]
Episode – 0621 : The Mother of All Demos
Episode – 0621 : The Mother of All Demos Podcast Transcript Almost every single person listening to this podcast right now is doing so on some sort of personal computing […]
Episode – 0619 : Abdulrahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori: 40 Years a Slave
Episode – 0619 : Abdulrahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori: 40 Years a Slave Podcast Transcript In 1788, the son of the leader of the Confederation of Futa Jallon in West Africa […]
Episode – 0617 : The Ides of March
Episode – 0617 : The Ides of March Podcast Transcript 2,046 years ago one of the most notorious political assassinations in world history took place. Julius Caesar, the dictator for […]
Episode – 0615 : The Three Age System: Stone, Bronze, and Iron
Episode – 0615 : The Three Age System: Stone, Bronze, and Iron Podcast Transcript Scientists love to classify things. Archeologists are no exception. One of the very first classifications systems […]
Episode – 0614 : Otto Rahn: The Real Life Indiana Jones Villain
Episode – 0614 : Otto Rahn: The Real Life Indiana Jones Villain Podcast Transcript In the Indiana Jones movies, Indiana is usually searching for a rare artifact with mystical powers […]
Episode – 0612 : Holodomor
Episode – 0612 : Holodomor Podcast Transcript In the years 1932 and 1933, one of the greatest humanitarian disasters in human history occurred in what was then the Ukrainian Soviet […]
Episode – 0610 : The Great Nottingham Cheese Riot of 1766
Episode – 0610 : The Great Nottingham Cheese Riot of 1766 Podcast Transcript Throughout history, there have been riots over many different things. Sports teams winning, sports teams losing, high […]
Episode – 0609 : Why Wasn’t the Wheel Invented Sooner?
Episode – 0609 : Why Wasn’t the Wheel Invented Sooner? Podcast Transcript If you were to ask most people what the very first invention that humans came up with is, […]
Episode – 0606 : Confusing Country Names
Episode – 0606 : Confusing Country Names Podcast Transcript Countries, like people, have names. Sometimes those names are long and sometimes they have a shorter version of it for common […]
Episode – 0605 : Conquering Mount Everest
Episode – 0605 : Conquering Mount Everest Podcast Transcript You are probably well aware that Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth. Because of its status as the highest […]
Episode – 0603 : Mardi Gras
Episode – 0603 : Mardi Gras Podcast Transcript Every year, before the start of Lent, in hundreds of cities around the world, there is a massive celebration. While the celebrations […]
Episode – 0602 : Peace of Westphalia
Episode – 0602 : Peace of Westphalia Podcast Transcript In 1648, Europe saw the end of two of the most horrific wars that had ever been seen on the continent […]
Episode – 0600 : Joseph Bonaparte: The King of New Jersey
Episode – 0600 : Joseph Bonaparte: The King of New Jersey Podcast Transcript When Napoleon Bonaparte conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century, he didn’t create a monolithic […]
Episode – 0599 : Roman Naming Conventions
Episode – 0599 : Roman Naming Conventions Podcast Transcript Every culture has a different way of assigning names to people. Sometimes they use different words as names, sometimes names are […]
Episode – 0598 : The Trinity Test
Episode – 0598 : The Trinity Test Podcast Transcript On July 16, 1945, at 5:29 am, 35 miles southwest of Socorro, New Mexico, the world’s first nuclear bomb was detonated. […]
Episode – 0597 : The Lindbergh Kidnapping
Episode – 0597 : The Lindbergh Kidnapping Podcast Transcript On March 1, 1932, one of the most famous men in the world, Charles Lindbergh, found that his 20-month-old son had […]
Episode – 0596 : How SCUBA Diving Works
Episode – 0596 : How SCUBA Diving Works Podcast Transcript SCUBA diving is a popular activity that has recreational appeal and commercial uses. Most people who have never gone SCUBA […]
Episode – 0595 : The Kiel Mutiny
Episode – 0595 : The Kiel Mutiny Podcast Transcript In the last days of the first world war, an event occurred which resulted in the rapid collapse of the German […]