Episode – 0276 : Why Does Vatican City Exist? Transcript Located in the middle of Rome, the capital of Italy, is what many people consider to be the smallest country […]
Episode – 0265 : The Red Ball Express
Episode – 0265 : The Red Ball Express Transcript There is an old adage about warfare that says “amateurs talk about strategy, whereas professionals talk about logistics”. There is a […]
Episode – 0256 : The B-52 Stratofortress
Episode – 0256 : The B-52 Stratofortress Transcript World War II was the first major conflict that saw the use of strategic bombers. In the months immediately after the war, […]
Episode – 0255 : The Yellow Fleet
Episode – 0255 : The Yellow Fleet Transcript In 1967, war broke out between Israel and Egypt. It was the beginning of what would be known as the Six-Day War. […]
Episode – 0239 : Zeppelins
Episode – 0239 : Zeppelins Transcript Airplanes were not the first type of aircraft. Lighter than air airships were flying decades before the Wright Brothers flew their first airplane. Of […]
Episode – 0224 : Decimation
Episode – 0224 : Decimation Transcript You are probably familiar with the term decimation. The word is usually used in English to mean “to cause great destruction or harm”. However, […]
Episode – 0208 : Operation Plumbbob
Episode – 0208 : Operation Plumbbob Transcript In 1957 the United States embarked on its most controversial series of nuclear tests. These tests took place on US soil in the […]
Episode – 0202 : The Year of the Five Emperors
Episode – 0202 : The Year of the Five Emperors Transcript Every so often, the series Dr. Who would have a special episode where multiple versions of the time-traveling Doctor […]
Episode – 0201 : The Year of the Four Emperors
Episode – 0201 : The Year of the Four Emperors Transcript As long as the Roman empire lasted, they never created a set method of choosing successors to emperors. This […]
Episode – 0191 : D.B. Cooper
Episode – 0191 : D.B. Cooper Transcript On November 24, 1971, a man who identified himself as Dan Cooper purchased a $20 ticket for a short 30-minute flight from Portland […]
Episode – 0188 : The Nuclear Football
Episode – 0188 : The Nuclear Football Transcript Odds are, if you have ever seen a photo of the president of the United States over the last 60 years, there […]
Episode – 0146 : Battle of Cannae
Episode – 0146 : Battle of Cannae On August 2, 216 B.C the Republic of Rome faced its greatest test. I covered much of this in my episode on the […]
Episode – 0144 : Operation Tannenbaum
Episode – 0144 : Operation Tannenbaum Transcript In June 1940, with the conquest of France, Nazi Germany and Italy had conquered almost all of Western Europe. The map of Europe […]
Episode – 0130 : The Sultana Steamboat Disaster
Episode – 0130 : The Sultana Steamboat Disaster On April 23, 1865, the United States was in the middle of the most dramatic month in its history. Two weeks before, […]
Episode – 0110 : Tsar Bomba
Episode – 0110 : Tsar Bomba Transcript On October 30, 1961, the Soviet Union detonated the largest explosion the world had ever seen, before or since. The explosion was so […]
Episode – 0107 : Pyrrhic Victory
Episode – 0107 : Pyrrhic Victory Transcript In a previous episode, I talked about how you can win by not losing. That is called the Fabian Strategy named after Roman […]
Episode – 0104 : Operation Mincemeat
Episode – 0104 : Operation Mincemeat Transcript On April 30, 1943, a Spanish fisherman came across the floating body of Major William Martin of the Royal Marines. Handcuffed to the […]
Episode – 0101 : Number One at Being Number Two
Episode – 0101 : Number One at Being Number Two Transcript History remembers the rulers and the leaders. We know of Napoleon, Caesar, Elizabeth, Ghengis Khan, and Captain Picard.However, for […]
Episode – 0098 : The SR-71 Blackbird
Episode – 0098 : The SR-71 Blackbird Translate The Lockheed SR-71, nicknamed the Blackbird, holds the record for the fastest airplane ever. A record which it set in 1976 and […]
Episode – 0096 : That Time the CIA Kidnapped a Soviet Lunar Lander
Episode – 0096 : That Time the CIA Kidnapped a Soviet Lunar Lander Transcript In the late 50s and early 60s, the US space program wasn’t doing great. The Soviets […]