Episode – 0757 : The Strait of Malacca Podcast Transcript As you probably know, the Earth consists of 70% water and 30% land. However, all those bits of water and […]
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 – 0703 : Kiribati
Episode – 0703 : Kiribati Podcast Transcript Located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is a country that, to most people’s surprise, is shockingly large. It only has a […]
Episode – 0698 : Terra Nullius
Episode – 0698 : Terra Nullius Podcast Transcript Imagine you want to start a brand new country. Only, you don’t want to go through the messy process of starting a […]
Episode – 0693 : NATO: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Episode – 0693 : NATO: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization Podcast Transcript On April 4, 1949, representatives of 11 North American and European countries assembled in Washington DC to sign […]
Episode – 0681 : The Petrodollar
Episode – 0681 : The Petrodollar Podcast Transcript On August 15, 1971, US President Richard Nixon ended the gold convertibility of the US Dollar and simultaneously ended the Bretton Woods […]
Episode – 0674 : The Vice President of the United States
Episode – 0674 : The Vice President of the United States Podcast Transcript At the 1787 Constitutional Convention, the delegates worked hard to create a document that would govern their […]
Episode – 0672 : Nine Kings, One Room
Episode – 0672 : Nine Kings, One Room Podcast Transcript On May 20, 1910, an event occurred that had never occurred before or since. Gathered for the funeral of the […]
Episode – 0664 : Samoa: The Cradle of Polynesia
Episode – 0664 : Samoa: The Cradle of Polynesia Podcast Transcript Located approximately 1500 kilometers or 950 miles south of the equator and split by the International Date Line, is […]
Episode – 0630 : The Istanbul Canal
Episode – 0630 : The Istanbul Canal Podcast Transcript For centuries, humans have built canals to facilitate the transportation of people and goods. Usually, they are built to dramatically save […]
Episode – 0620 : The Pueblo Incident
Episode – 0620 : The Pueblo Incident Podcast Transcript On January 23, 1968, the USS Pueblo, a US Navy intelligence-gathering ship was on a routine surveillance mission in international waters […]
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 – 0611 : Everything You Need to Know About Petroleum
Episode – 0611 : Everything You Need to Know About Petroleum Podcast Transcript Thousands of years ago, humans discovered a black-yellowish liquid that come out from the ground and could […]
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 – 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 – 0576 : Why Isn’t the West Indies a Country?
Episode – 0576 : Why Isn’t the West Indies a Country? Podcast Transcript If you have ever looked at a map of the Caribbean, you might have noticed that the […]
Episode – 0575 : The Spice Trade
Episode – 0575 : The Spice Trade Podcast Transcript When you think of international trade and globalization, you probably think it is a relatively modern phenomenon. However, the roots of […]
Episode – 0557 : The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
Episode – 0557 : The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Podcast Transcript In the aftermath of World War II, the newly formed United Nations placed a group of Pacific […]
Episode – 0491 : Suez Canal
Episode – 0491 : Suez Canal Podcast Transcript Africa is big. Really big. And for thousands of years, people have dreamed of a way to cut through the narrowest part […]