Episode – 0807 : The Doolittle Raid Podcast Transcript After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the American military was on the defensive. They had been hit hard, and it […]
Episode – 0798 : The Telemark Raids
Episode – 0798 : The Telemark Raids Podcast Transcript During World War II, one of the biggest concerns of the Allies was the development of a German atomic bomb. As […]
Episode – 0791 : Wiliam Marshall: The Greatest Knight in History
Episode – 0791 : Wiliam Marshall: The Greatest Knight in History Podcast Transcript The middle ages didn’t have sports like we have today, but they did have competitions. These competitions […]
Episode – 0774 : Spanish-American War
Episode – 0774 : Spanish-American War Podcast Transcript Wars are often notable points that punctuate the historical timeline. It is a period of tragedy, drama, and often geopolitical changes. However, […]
Episode – 0766 : The Siege of Masada
Episode – 0766 : The Siege of Masada Podcast Transcript Around the year 36 BC, the King of Judea, Herod the Great, built a fortress in the Judean desert overlooking […]
Episode – 0763 : White Feather Girls
Episode – 0763 : White Feather Girls Podcast Transcript The First World War wasn’t just fought on the fields of France and Belgium. There were lesser battles fought on the […]
Episode – 0756 : The Sinking of the Bismarck
Episode – 0756 : The Sinking of the Bismarck Podcast Transcript Entering the second world war, Britain was still the top naval power in the world. While the British Navy […]
Episode – 0747 : The Boeing 747
Episode – 0747 : The Boeing 747 Podcast Transcript Introduced in 1968, the Boeing 747 totally revolutionized commercial air transportation. It was more than twice the size of the next […]
Episode – 0746 : Hyman Rickover and the Nuclear Navy
Episode – 0746 : Hyman Rickover and the Nuclear Navy Podcast Transcript At the end of the second world war, a Captain in the United States Navy had a radical […]
Episode – 0742 : The Colosseum
Episode – 0742 : The Colosseum Podcast Transcript In the year 70, the Roman Emperor Vespasian commissioned what would become the world’s largest amphitheater. Approximately ten years later, it opened […]
Episode – 0737 : Mata Hari
Episode – 0737 : Mata Hari Podcast Transcript During World War I, a Dutch dancer and courtesan was recruited by the French as a spy. However, not long after this, […]
Episode – 0730 : The Wreck of the Mary Rose
Episode – 0730 : The Wreck of the Mary Rose Podcast Transcript In the year 1511, King Henry VIII of England launched what was to be his flagship, The Mary […]
Episode – 0729 : The Mississippi River
Episode – 0729 : The Mississippi River Podcast Transcript Located in the heart of North America is one of the most important rivers. It isn’t the longest river in the […]
Episode – 0716 : Never Give Up, Never Surrender
Episode – 0716 : Never Give Up, Never Surrender Podcast Transcript On September 2, 1945, on the deck of the battleship USS Missouri, the Japanese Empire formally and unconditionally surrendered. […]
Episode – 0709 : Precision Munitions
Episode – 0709 : Precision Munitions Podcast Transcript In 1940, an investigation conducted by the British military found that only 1 in 5 of their bombers were actually landing bombs […]
Episode – 0708 : The Legend of Ned Kelly
Episode – 0708 : The Legend of Ned Kelly Podcast Transcript In the late 19th century, the American frontier became famous for its outlaws and gangsters. Men like Billy the […]
Episode – 0704 : The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
Episode – 0704 : The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest Podcast Transcript Today in Western Europe, there is a line that divides speakers of Germanic languages and speakers of Romance […]
Episode – 0701 : The Nepalese Royal Massacre
Episode – 0701 : The Nepalese Royal Massacre Podcast Transcript On June 1, 2001, the nation of Nepal was shocked at the announcement that 10 members of the Nepalese Royal […]
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 […]