Episode – 0419 : The Golden Gate Bridge Podcast Transcript San Francisco Bay is one of the largest and best natural harbors in the world. The entrance to the harbor […]
Episode – 0418 : The Year Without A Summer
Episode – 0418 : The Year Without A Summer Podcast Transcript In 1816, the world experienced something that it had never seen before. All over the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, […]
Episode – 0417 : The Number of the Beast
Episode – 0417 : The Number of the Beast Podcast Transcript Sometime around the year 95, a man who called himself John wrote what became known as the Book of […]
Episode – 0413 : The Dead Sea
Episode – 0413 : The Dead Sea Podcast Transcript Divided between Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian West Bank lies the lowest point on the surface of the Earth: The Dead […]
Episode – 0412 : Black Tot Day
Episode – 0412 : Black Tot Day Podcast Transcript For several hundred years, the British navy was the most powerful in the world. One of the things which the British […]
Episode – 0411 : The Civic Crown
Episode – 0411 : The Civic Crown Podcast Transcript If you’ve ever seen a sculpture or an ancient coin of a Roman Emperor, you probably have noticed that they were […]
Episode – 0410 : Fritz Haber: The Best and Worst Chemist in History
Episode – 0410 : Fritz Haber: The Best and Worst Chemist in History Podcast Transcript Fritz Haber is unquestionably one of the greatest chemists in history. He was a Nobel […]
Episode – 0408 : The History of Credit Cards
Episode – 0408 : The History of Credit Cards Podcast Transcript One of the most ubiquitous forms of payment today is credit cards. The odds are good that you have […]
Episode – 0406 : Snake Oil
Episode – 0406 : Snake Oil Podcast Transcript If you were to call someone a snake oil salesman, it usually means they are trying to defraud someone, and more specifically […]
Episode – 0404 : The Aberfan Disaster
Episode – 0404 : The Aberfan Disaster Podcast Transcript On Friday, October 21, 1966, the small village of Aberfan, Wales woke up to a typical autumn day. Many of the […]
Episode – 0402 : Electric Cars
Episode – 0402 : Electric Cars Podcast Transcript There is an old saying that everything old is new again. This is certainly true with electric cars. The recent surge in […]
Episode – 0400 : The Other Mozart
Episode – 0400 : The Other Mozart Podcast Transcript Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is known to almost everyone in the world. If he isn’t known, then his music certainly is. Even […]
Episode – 0398 : Queen Boudica
Episode – 0398 : Queen Boudica Podcast Transcript In the year 60, the Roman town of Lunduniam, modern-day London, was attacked and sacked by a group of native Celts. They […]
Episode – 0396 : The 27th Amendment
Episode – 0396 : The 27th Amendment Podcast Transcript The American constitution was written in 1787, but there was a mechanism built in to amend and change the document. Since […]
Episode – 0395 : The American Whig Party
Episode – 0395 : The American Whig Party Podcast Transcript American politics has been called a two-party system. While there are two major parties today, and those two parties have […]
Episode – 0393 : The Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755
Episode – 0393 : The Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 Podcast Transcript On the morning of November 1, 1755, the citizens of Lisbon, Portugal set out to go to church […]
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Episode – 0389 : The Korean Axe Murder Incident
Episode – 0389 : The Korean Axe Murder Incident Podcast Transcript Ever since the cease-fire which ended the Korean war, the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea has been […]
Episode – 0388 : Cincinnatus
Episode – 0388 : Cincinnatus Podcast Transcript Throughout human history, people have killed, robbed, and put their lives at risk in the pursuit of power. In fact, almost all of […]
Episode – 0387 : Were the Dark Ages Really That Dark?
Episode – 0387 : Were the Dark Ages Really That Dark? Podcast Transcript The term Dark Ages has been used to refer to a period in European history when culture […]
Episode – 0386 : Timothy Dexter: Sometimes It’s Better To Be Lucky
Episode – 0386 : Timothy Dexter: Sometimes It’s Better To Be Lucky Podcast Transcript You’ve probably heard the stories of many titans of industry. People like John D. Rockefeller, Sam […]