Episode – 1969 : Imperial Units of Measure Podcast Transcript Almost every country in the world uses the metric system…..almost. There are still a few stragglers, like the United States, […]
Episode – 1518 : Questions and Answers: Volume 22
Episode – 1518 : Questions and Answers: Volume 22 Podcast Transcript Thirty days hath September, and on 29 of those days, I’ll run normal episodes.But for one day, I will […]
Episode – 1507 : Supercomputers and the Evolution of Computing Power
Episode – 1507 : Supercomputers and the Evolution of Computing Power Podcast Transcript If you’ve been around long enough, and by that, I only mean a couple of years, you […]
Episode – 1492 : The Manhattan Project
Episode – 1492 : The Manhattan Project Podcast Transcript During the Second World War, the United States embarked on one of the greatest science and engineering projects the world had […]
Episode – 1490 : The History of Data Storage
Episode – 1490 : The History of Data Storage Podcast Transcript If you have used a computer, which I’m assuming is almost everyone listening to this, you have probably had […]
Episode – 1489 : Questions and Answers: Volume 21
Episode – 1489 : Questions and Answers: Volume 21 Podcast Transcript In 8 BC, the Roman senate passed a resolution renaming the month of Sextillis to August to honor the […]
Episode – 1481 : The Hubble Space Telescope
Episode – 1481 : The Hubble Space Telescope Podcast Transcript On April 24, 1990, the Space Shuttle Discovery launched the Hubble Space Telescope into low Earth orbit. After some initial […]
Episode – 1479 : The History of Motion Pictures
Episode – 1479 : The History of Motion Pictures Podcast Transcript Perhaps the greatest advancement in the arts in the 20th century was the creation of motion pictures. Motions Pictures […]
Episode – 1477 : A Brief History of Nothing
Episode – 1477 : A Brief History of Nothing Podcast Transcript One of the most difficult concepts for early thinkers to get their heads around was the idea of nothing. […]
Episode – 1473 : Textiles, Fabrics, and Cloth
Episode – 1473 : Textiles, Fabrics, and Cloth Podcast Transcript I would say that there is a very good chance that almost everyone listening to the sound of my voice […]
Episode – 1970 : The Apollo 1 Disaster
Episode – 1970 : The Apollo 1 Disaster Podcast Transcript In the early 1960s, the United States was always a step behind the Soviet Union in the space race. By […]
Episode – 1468 : The Herculaneum Papyri
Episode – 1468 : The Herculaneum Papyri Podcast Transcript In the mid-18th century, excavations in the ancient town of Herculaneum, just outside the city of Pompeii and destroyed by the […]
Episode – 1460 : Questions and Answers: Volume 20
Episode – 1460 : Questions and Answers: Volume 20 Podcast Transcript The month of July is named after Julius Caesar. In 44 BC, after his assassination, the Roman Senate renamed […]
Episode – 1450 : Air Conditioning
Episode – 1450 : Air Conditioning Podcast Transcript One of the biggest problems that humanity has faced for thousands of years is heat. Excessive heat made it difficult to work […]
Episode – 1445 : The History of Skyscrapers
Episode – 1445 : The History of Skyscrapers Podcast Transcript If you were to pick a single visible icon to represent the 20th century, it would probably be the skyscraper. […]
Episode – 1440 : The History of Toilets
Episode – 1440 : The History of Toilets Podcast Transcript It is one of the most important inventions in history. Almost everyone listening to this has one. You use one […]
Episode – 1435 : The History of Books
Episode – 1435 : The History of Books Podcast Transcript Books are one of the foundational tools of civilization. They allow us to pass knowledge and information between people who […]
Episode – 1430 : The Apollo Lunar Module
Episode – 1430 : The Apollo Lunar Module Podcast Transcript When President John F. Kennedy set the objective of landing on the moon before the end of the 1960s, no […]
Episode – 1426 : Questions and Answers: Volume 19
Episode – 1426 : Questions and Answers: Volume 19 Podcast Transcript The month of June was originally called Iunius by the Romans. Back then it had 29 days and was […]
Episode – 1408 : Edward Teller and the Development of the H-Bomb
Episode – 1408 : Edward Teller and the Development of the H-Bomb Podcast Transcript During the Second World War, the United States established the highly secret Manhattan Project to develop […]