Episode – 0074 : Potpourri Volume I: Survival Transcript In the course of doing research for shows, I often come across interesting facts that wouldn’t really make for an entire […]
Episode – 0072 : Who Discovered Calculus?
Episode – 0072 : Who Discovered Calculus? Transcript For the last 300 years, a debate has raged between mathematicians about who should be credited with the invention of calculus: Sir […]
Episode – 0068 : The Two-Hour Marathon
Episode – 0068 : The Two-Hour Marathon Transcript Eliud Kipchoge is unquestionably the greatest marathon runner in history. He’s won an Olympic Gold Medal, holds the world’s record, and has […]
Episode – 0063 : The World’s Oldest Satellite
Episode – 0063 : The World’s Oldest Satellite Transcript Here is a question you’ve probably never bothered to think about before….What is the oldest man made object orbiting the earth? […]
Episode – 0062 : A Brief History of Timekeeping
Episode – 0062 : A Brief History of Timekeeping Transcript Our ability to measure time is one of the fundamental things which makes us human. We’ve gone from very crude […]
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 – 0051 : Why Doesn’t the US Use the Metric System?
Episode – 0051 : Why Doesn’t the US Use the Metric System? Transcript Of the 193 countries in the United Nations, exactly three haven’t adopted the widespread use of the […]
Episode – 0052 : The Man Who Fed the World
Episode – 0052 : The Man Who Fed the World Transcript Which person can be credited with having saved the most human lives in history? There might not be a […]
Episode – 0038 : Lunar Orbit Rendezvous
Episode – 0038 : Lunar Orbit Rendezvous Transcript Have you ever been told to follow the chain of command or else? In most organizations with a hierarchy or with a […]
Episode – 0032 : The Pitch Drop Experiment
Episode – 0032 : The Pitch Drop Experiment Transcript In 1927, Professor Thomas Parnell of the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia created an experiment to demonstrate to his students […]
Episode – 0028 : How Many Planets Are There?
Episode – 0028 : How Many Planets Are There? Transcript Poor Pluto. It was totally unknown, then it was a planet, and now it’s not a planet anymore. This change […]
Episode – 0025 : Atlantropa: The Most Ridiculous Idea Ever
Episode – 0025 : Atlantropa: The Most Ridiculous Idea Ever Transcript In the aftermath of the horrors of WWI, many people in Europe wanted to find a better future going […]
Episode – 0023 : Neil Armstrong’s First Time in Space
Episode – 0023 : Neil Armstrong’s First Time in Space Transcript Everyone knows who Neil Armstrong is and why he is famous. Being the first person to set foot on […]
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Episode – 0017 : Zero, My Hero
Episode – 0017 : Zero, My Hero Transcript This episode is about nothing.Not in the sense that Seinfield was a TV show about nothing, but rather this is literally about […]