Episode – 0546 : World War Zero Podcast Transcript I’ve done many episodes talking about the first world war and I’ve done many episodes talking about the second world war. […]
Episode – 0533 : The Highly Improbable Flight of Mathias Rust
Episode – 0533 : The Highly Improbable Flight of Mathias Rust Podcast Transcript In 1987, a German teenager and novice pilot named Mathias Rust set out on a two-week flight […]
Episode – 0520 : 08-Dec-41
Episode – 0520 : 08-Dec-41 Podcast Transcript Most people are probably aware of the events which took place on December 7, 1941. As Franklin Roosevelt said, “it was a day […]
Episode – 0513 : The Vasa
Episode – 0513 : The Vasa Podcast Transcript The Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus oversaw the rise of Sweden as one of the great powers in Europe.In 1626, he ordered the […]
Episode – 0501 : The Culper Ring
Episode – 0501 : The Culper Ring Podcast Transcript In 1778, in the middle of the Revolutionary War, while camped outside New York City, General George Washington and Major Benjamin […]
Episode – 0498 : Operation Paperclip
Episode – 0498 : Operation Paperclip Podcast Transcript After World War II, the American forces in Germany implemented a program of de-Nazification in the parts of the country which they […]
Episode – 0494 : The Fall of Constantinople
Episode – 0494 : The Fall of Constantinople Podcast Transcript History is full of battles and conflicts. Most of them are forgotten over time as they don’t really impact history. […]
Episode – 0493 : The Treaty of Versailles
Episode – 0493 : The Treaty of Versailles Podcast Transcript On November 11th, 1918, the first world war came to an end. Or to be more precise, the fighting stopped. […]
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 […]
Episode – 0488 : Skunkworks
Episode – 0488 : Skunkworks Podcast Transcript 62 miles north of Los Angeles in the city of Palmdale, California, lies one of the most secretive aircraft design and production centers […]
Episode – 0484 : Lyudmila Pavlichenko
Episode – 0484 : Lyudmila Pavlichenko Podcast Transcript In 1941, after the German invasion of the Soviet Union, a 24-year-old woman in Ukraine volunteered to join the Red Army. She […]
Episode – 0482 : The Real Dracula
Episode – 0482 : The Real Dracula Podcast Transcript Vampires have been been a part of folklore for centuries. Perhaps no mythical vampire is more famous than Count Dracula. While […]
Episode – 0472 : Why Does Monaco Even Exist?
Episode – 0472 : Why Does Monaco Even Exist? Podcast Transcript Located on the French Riveria, just a few kilometers from the border of Italy, sandwiched between the mountains and […]
Episode – 0471 : Navajo Code Talkers
Episode – 0471 : Navajo Code Talkers Podcast Transcript Secrecy is a huge part of military success. You want to be able to communicate with your own forces without the […]
Episode – 0462 : USS Constitution
Episode – 0462 : USS Constitution Podcast Transcript On March 27, 1794, the United States Congress passed the Naval Act. The Naval Act authorized funding for six frigates which would […]
Episode – 0450 : The Nazi Bomb
Episode – 0450 : The Nazi Bomb Podcast Transcript During the second world war, one of the biggest efforts of the war was the Manhattan Project: the secret American program […]
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 – 0436 : The Port Chicago Disaster
Episode – 0436 : The Port Chicago Disaster Podcast Transcript On July 17, 1944, one of the worst disasters to befall the American military during World War II occurred. It […]
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 – 0414 : The Schlieffen Plan
Episode – 0414 : The Schlieffen Plan Podcast Transcript When the Austro-Hungarian Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated it set off a chain reaction resulting in the First World War. […]