Episode – 0902 : The Christmas Truce of 1914 Podcast Transcript On Christmas Eve, 1914, something remarkable happened on the western front during the First World War. Soldiers in the […]
Episode – 0894 : The Reconquista
Episode – 0894 : The Reconquista Podcast Transcript After the rise of Islam in the 7th century, it spread rapidly, conquering lands in Asia, Africa, and Europe. In Europe, it […]
Episode – 0892 : Operation Valkyrie and the Plot to Kill Hitler
Episode – 0892 : Operation Valkyrie and the Plot to Kill Hitler Podcast Transcript Adolf Hitler single-handedly started the Second World War in Europe. While the allies were desperately trying […]
Episode – 0851 : Horses in World War II
Episode – 0851 : Horses in World War II Podcast Transcript Most people think of the second world war as being a mechanized war fought with tanks, planes, jeeps, and […]
Episode – 0821 : How Barbed Wire Shaped the West and the World
Episode – 0821 : How Barbed Wire Shaped the West and the World Podcast Transcript When Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act of 1862, there was a rush of people […]
Episode – 0820 : Broken Arrows: When Nuclear Weapons Go Wrong
Episode – 0820 : Broken Arrows: When Nuclear Weapons Go Wrong Podcast Transcript Nuclear weapons are the most devastating things humans have ever created. They are so powerful and terrible […]
Episode – 0816 : NINJAS!
Episode – 0816 : NINJAS! Podcast Transcript Ninjas are awesome. They’re silent, they can turn invisible, and they can totally flip out and kill people, especially their mortal enemies…pirates. …or […]
Episode – 0809 : The Hindenburg Disaster
Episode – 0809 : The Hindenburg Disaster Podcast Transcript In the 1920s and 1930s, one of the most cutting-edge and exciting forms of transportation was the zeppelin. Germany’s Luftschiffbau Zeppelin […]
Episode – 0803 : Carthago Delenda Est: The Third Punic War
Episode – 0803 : Carthago Delenda Est: The Third Punic War Podcast Transcript In 201 BC, the Romans were victorious over their archrivals, the city-state of Carthage, in the Second […]
Episode – 0758 : The Republic of the Marshall Islands
Episode – 0758 : The Republic of the Marshall Islands Podcast Transcript Located between Hawaii and Guam in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is one of the smallest countries […]
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 – 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 – 0721 : The Nuremberg Personality Tests
Episode – 0721 : The Nuremberg Personality Tests Podcast Transcript At the end of the second world war, the allies indited 24 top, surviving Nazi leaders, and put them on […]
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 – 0640 : The Catiline Conspiracy
Episode – 0640 : The Catiline Conspiracy Podcast Transcript We like to think of terrorist plots as being a condition of the modern world. However, there were such plots were […]
Episode – 0639 : The Battle of Yarmouk
Episode – 0639 : The Battle of Yarmouk Podcast Transcript From August 15 to August 20, in the year 636, one of the most important battles in history took place. […]
Episode – 0627 : The History of the Tank
Episode – 0627 : The History of the Tank Podcast Transcript On November 20, 1917, German soldiers on the Western Front saw something that had never been seen in the […]
Episode – 0612 : Holodomor
Episode – 0612 : Holodomor Podcast Transcript In the years 1932 and 1933, one of the greatest humanitarian disasters in human history occurred in what was then the Ukrainian Soviet […]
Episode – 0598 : The Trinity Test
Episode – 0598 : The Trinity Test Podcast Transcript On July 16, 1945, at 5:29 am, 35 miles southwest of Socorro, New Mexico, the world’s first nuclear bomb was detonated. […]