Episode – 0129 : Blues vs Greens Transcript Professional sports have become a multibillion-dollar industry with millions of fans who will live and die based on their favorite team’s performance. […]
Episode – 0128 : The Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand
Episode – 0128 : The Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand Transcript Scientists have coined a term called the Butterfly Effect, where small changes in one thing can lead to […]
Episode – 0122 : What Exactly Happens After Election Day?
Episode – 0122 : What Exactly Happens After Election Day? Transcript Presidential elections in the United States are a very big deal. The entire process can take over a year […]
Episode – 0121 : Extremely Close Elections
Episode – 0121 : Extremely Close Elections Transcript Democracies have elections, and when you have elections sometimes you have close elections. Sometimes very close elections. Sometimes very very very close […]
Episode – 0111 : Outlawry
Episode – 0111 : Outlawry Transcript I’m sure everyone hearing this is familiar with the word outlaw. It mostly used as a synonym for “criminal”. However, if I can paraphrase […]
Episode – 0108 : The History of Presidential Debates
Episode – 0108 : The History of Presidential Debates Transcript Every four years, citizens of the United States sit down for one or more nights to watch something which is […]
Episode – 0106 : The Election of 1876
Episode – 0106 : The Election of 1876 Transcript If you think the current American political climate is contentious, then you need to take a step back and take a […]
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 – 0097 : Take the Penny, Leave the Penny
Episode – 0097 : Take the Penny, Leave the Penny The US one-cent coin has been a part of American currency since the country started issuing money in 1793. As […]
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 […]
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Episode – 0093 : Who is the Current Roman Emperor?
Episode – 0093 : Who is the Current Roman Emperor? While the question I pose for this episode might not be relevant as there is no Roman Empire, it isn’t […]
Episode – 0085 : Robert Smalls: Man of Action
Episode – 0085 : Robert Smalls: Man of Action Transcript Robert Smalls was born a slave in 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina. From that humble beginning, he went on to […]
Episode – 0086 : The Electoral College
Episode – 0086 : The Electoral College Transcript The Electoral College is a lot like figure skating. People only care about it every four years. Unlike figure skating, people tend […]
Episode – 0071 : Fallacious Reasoning
Episode – 0071 : Fallacious Reasoning Transcript We are often told that schools are where you learn how to think, not what to think. Sadly, almost no school curriculum deals […]
Episode – 0060 : Eponymous Laws
Episode – 0060 : Eponymous Laws Transcript Everyone is probably familiar with Murphy’s Law which says that “Anything which can go wrong will go wrong.” However, there are many such […]
Episode – 0054 : The US/Canadian Border
Episode – 0054 : The US/Canadian Border Transcript The border between the United States and Canada is the longest border between any two countries in the world. The total length […]
Episode – 0050 : Cursus Honorum
Episode – 0050 : Cursus Honorum Transcript In the Roman Republic, men of senatorial rank could compete for political offices which were placed in a set order and had to […]
Episode – 0042 : Kayfabe
Episode – 0042 : Kayfabe Transcript One of my dirty secrets is that I’m a fan of pro wrestling. Whenever I tell people this the first thing I inevitably hear […]
Episode – 0027 : The Prime Minister Who Disappeared
Episode – 0027 : The Prime Minister Who Disappeared Transcript What would happen if a world leader were to totally disappear? As in, the leader of a major country was […]
Episode – 0024 : When did Canada REALLY become independent?
Episode – 0024 : When did Canada REALLY become independent? Transcript In a previous episode of the podcast, I touched on how it was difficult to pin down the date […]