Episode – 0461 : The Dancing Plague of 1518 Podcast Transcript People who love to dance are said to have dancing fever. Dancing fever is just a phrase and not […]
Episode – 0460 : Which Came First: Beer or Bread?
Episode – 0460 : Which Came First: Beer or Bread? Podcast Transcript The rise of agriculture has been pointed to as being responsible for the rise of civilization as we […]
Episode – 0454 : The Four Great Inventions of Ancient China
Episode – 0454 : The Four Great Inventions of Ancient China Podcast Transcript As I have mentioned before on this podcast, there are a great many things that were originally […]
Episode – 0451 : Year One
Episode – 0451 : Year One Podcast Transcript I am speaking these words in the year 2021. You might be listening to them in a different year, but whatever year […]
Episode – 0449 : Alexandria
Episode – 0449 : Alexandria Podcast Transcript In the year 331 BC, fresh from his conquest of Egypt, Alexander the Great established a new city in Egypt named after himself. […]
Episode – 0447 : The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
Episode – 0447 : The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact Podcast Transcript When most people think of World War II, they think of the Allied power of the United States, the United Kingdom, […]
Episode – 0446 : Righties vs Lefties
Episode – 0446 : Righties vs Lefties Podcast Transcript Statistically speaking, about 90% of you listening to my words right now are right-handed. Of the rest of you, almost all […]
Episode – 0444 : The Great Pyramid of Giza
Episode – 0444 : The Great Pyramid of Giza Podcast Transcript The Great Pyramid of Giza, also known as the Great Pyramid of Khufu, is a structure in which superlatives […]
Episode – 0443 : The War of the Currents
Episode – 0443 : The War of the Currents Podcast Transcript In the late 19th century, several of the world’s foremost investors engaged in a public battle for the future […]
Episode – 0442 : The 1961 US Figure Skating Team
Episode – 0442 : The 1961 US Figure Skating Team Podcast Transcript In 1961, the United States figure skating team was one of the top programs in the world. The […]
Episode – 0440 : The Truth About Pirates
Episode – 0440 : The Truth About Pirates Podcast Transcript Ahoy ye mates! It be International Talk Like a Pirate Day. So I be thinking tis time to talk about […]
Episode – 0438 : Treachery of the Long Knives
Episode – 0438 : Treachery of the Long Knives Podcast Transcript According to legend, sometime in the 5th century, a king of the Celtic Britons named Vortigern hired Anglo-Saxons mercenaries […]
Episode Р0435 : How G̦bekli Tepe Changed History
Episode – 0435 : How Göbekli Tepe Changed History Podcast Transcript In 1994, a German archeologist named Klaus Schmidt was investigating a site in southeastern Turkey which had been know […]
Episode – 0433 : The Island of Saint Helena
Episode – 0433 : The Island of Saint Helena Podcast Transcript Located 1,500 miles south of the nation of Cote d’Ivoire and about 2,500 miles east of Rio de Janeiro, […]
Episode – 0432 : The New York World Trade Center
Episode – 0432 : The New York World Trade Center Podcast Transcript Prior to their destruction in 2001, the World Trade Center in New York was a wonder of architecture. […]
Episode – 0431 : The Unlikely Survival of Phineas Gage
Episode – 0431 : The Unlikely Survival of Phineas Gage Podcast Transcript On September 13, 1848, a 25-year-old man named Phineas Gage received a horrific brain injury while working on […]
Episode – 0429 : The Geologic Timeline
Episode – 0429 : The Geologic Timeline Podcast Transcript The Earth is pretty old. Our current, best estimate is that it is 4.54 billion years old, plus or minus 50 […]
Episode – 0428 : The Ride of Sybil Ludington
Episode – 0428 : The Ride of Sybil Ludington Podcast Transcript It is the American Revolutionary War. A rider on horseback sets out on an all-night ride to warn the […]
Episode – 0423 : Behold! The Potato
Episode – 0423 : Behold! The Potato Podcast Transcript What did the first Chinese Emperor Qin, Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, Gengis Kahn, the Queen of Sheba, and all their […]
Episode – 0422 : The Elgin Marbles
Episode – 0422 : The Elgin Marbles Podcast Transcript Beginning in 1801, the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, the Earl of Elgin, began a project to document the sculptures […]