Episode – 1702 : Timor-Leste (East Timor) Podcast Transcript Located in the Indonesian Archipelago, it is one of the newest countries in the world, Timor-Leste, or, as it’s sometimes known […]
Episode – 1683 : Spy Satellites
Episode – 1683 : Spy Satellites Podcast Transcript A reconnaissance satellite, otherwise known as a spy satellite, is somewhere above your head right now, collecting images and gathering intelligence on […]
Episode – 1681 : The Falkland Islands
Episode – 1681 : The Falkland Islands Podcast Transcript Located off the coast of South America and in the Southern Atlantic Ocean is the Falkland Islands. The Falklands are an […]
Episode – 1678 : The World’s Next New Countries
Episode – 1678 : The World’s Next New Countries Podcast Transcript Depending on how you define it, there are about 193 to 200 countries in the world today. Over the […]
Episode – 1667 : 444 Days: The Iran Hostage Crisis
Episode – 1667 : 444 Days: The Iran Hostage Crisis Podcast Transcript On November 4, 1979, a group of Iranian Revolutionaries stormed the American Embassy in Tehran, Iran, and took […]
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 – 1623 : Sand
Episode – 1623 : Sand Podcast Transcript One of the most common substances on Earth is sand. Most people don’t think very much about sand, but sand is an extremely […]
Episode – 1594 : Citizenship
Episode – 1594 : Citizenship Podcast Transcript Almost everyone listening to the sound of my voice is a citizen of some country. Citizenship seems very simple and straightforward, but it […]
Episode – 1571 : East and West Berlin
Episode – 1571 : East and West Berlin Podcast Transcript From the end of the Second World War through 1990, the city of Berlin, the former capital of Germany and […]
Episode – 1563 : Guam And The Northern Mariana Islands
Episode – 1563 : Guam And The Northern Mariana Islands Podcast Transcript Two of the United States’s most distant territories are located in the Western Pacific Ocean: Guam and the […]
Episode – 1538 : The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Episode – 1538 : The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Podcast Transcript For decades, the nation of Ethiopia has dreamed of creating a dam on the Blue Nile River. Such a […]
Episode – 1896 : The Arctic and the North Pole
Episode – 1896 : The Arctic and the North Pole Podcast Transcript Located above 66°33? Latitude North is the region we call the Arctic. The Arctic is unlike any other […]
Episode – 1504 : The Arctic and the North Pole
Episode – 1504 : The Arctic and the North Pole Podcast Transcript Located above 66°33? Latitude North is the region we call the Arctic. The Arctic is unlike any other […]
Episode – 1496 : Gemstones
Episode – 1496 : Gemstones Podcast Transcript For thousands of years, humans all around the world have coveted gemstones. Gemstones have been used as symbols of authority by kings, queens, […]
Episode – 1449 : The Founding of the United Nations
Episode – 1449 : The Founding of the United Nations Podcast Transcript In the midst of the second world war, the allied powers began planning ahead for what the post-war […]
Episode – 1447 : The French Foreign Legion
Episode – 1447 : The French Foreign Legion Podcast Transcript A popular topic of films has been the French Foreign Legion. The French Foreign Legion was supposed to be an […]
Episode – 1441 : The Danube River
Episode – 1441 : The Danube River Podcast Transcript Located in Central and Eastern Europe is one of the continent’s longest and most important rivers: the Danube. For thousands of […]
Episode – 1436 : The War of 1812
Episode – 1436 : The War of 1812 Podcast Transcript After the American War of Independence, Britain recognized the United States, but it didn’t necessarily make them close allies. Each […]
Episode – 1421 : The Law of the Sea
Episode – 1421 : The Law of the Sea Podcast Transcript The world as we know it is made up of 193 countries, Antarctica, and a host of territories.However, between […]
Episode – 1416 : Yugoslavia
Episode – 1416 : Yugoslavia Podcast Transcript From 1929 to 1992, several governments ruled over the Balkans, all of whom used the name “Yugoslavia.” Yugoslavia was a country that began […]