Episode – 1583 : Project Habakkuk Podcast Transcript During the Second World War, the Allies were desperate to develop ideas to help them win. Some of these ideas, such as […]
Episode – 1571 : East and West Berlin
Episode – 1571 : East and West Berlin Podcast Transcript From the end of the Second World War through 1990, the city of Berlin, the former capital of Germany and […]
Episode – 1563 : Guam And The Northern Mariana Islands
Episode – 1563 : Guam And The Northern Mariana Islands Podcast Transcript Two of the United States’s most distant territories are located in the Western Pacific Ocean: Guam and the […]
Episode – 1559 : The Battle of the Bulge
Episode – 1559 : The Battle of the Bulge Podcast Transcript In late 1944, the Allies were on a roll, and Germany was on the ropes. Some Allies, considering how […]
Episode – 1555 : The Marshall Plan
Episode – 1555 : The Marshall Plan Podcast Transcript At the end of the Second World War, Europe was a mess. The economies of most countries were in shambles and […]
Episode – 1549 : The Newspaper Wars
Episode – 1549 : The Newspaper Wars In the late 19th century, New York City was the battleground for a conflict between two great powers. These powers were not armies […]
Episode – 1542 : Napoleon’s 100 Days
Episode – 1542 : Napoleon’s 100 Days Podcast Transcript After years of war throughout the continent of Europe, in 1814, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated and was exiled to the small […]
Episode – 1533 : Vichy France
Episode – 1533 : Vichy France Podcast Transcript After the Nazi invasion of France in 1940, the French were forced to sign a lopsided armistice that gave control over most […]
Episode – 1527 : The Last Emperor of China
Episode – 1527 : The Last Emperor of China Podcast Transcript In 1908, a two-year-old boy named Puyi was installed as the 11th Emperor of the Qing Dynasty in China.His […]
Episode – 1513 : Exercise Tiger
Episode – 1513 : Exercise Tiger Podcast Transcript The Allied invasion of Normandy was one of the most complex military operations ever conducted. Thousands of ships and planes had to […]
Episode – 1500 : The Year 1500
Episode – 1500 : The Year 1500 Podcast Transcript A little over 500 years ago, the world underwent massive change. Empires were growing, religious and political institutions were changing, science […]
Episode – 1498 : The Origins of the Vietnam War
Episode – 1498 : The Origins of the Vietnam War Podcast Transcripts The Vietnam War was perhaps the most significant event that took place in the last half of the […]
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 – 1482 : Why Did The Roman Empire Fall?
Episode – 1482 : Why Did The Roman Empire Fall? Podcast Transcript For over 1200 years, Rome, either in its Republican or Imperial form, was the dominant power in the […]
Episode – 1454 : The North Africa Campaign
Episode – 1454 : The North Africa Campaign Podcast Transcript Before the Allied invasions of Europe in World War II, the ground war against Germany and Italy was first fought […]
Episode – 1449 : The Founding of the United Nations
Episode – 1449 : The Founding of the United Nations Podcast Transcript In the midst of the second world war, the allied powers began planning ahead for what the post-war […]
Episode – 1438 : The US Occupation of the Philippines
Episode – 1438 : The US Occupation of the Philippines Podcast Transcript The Philippines is one of the largest countries in the world. With a population of 115 million people, […]
Episode – 1431 : D-Day
Episode – 1431 : D-Day Podcast Transcript On June 6, 1944, the largest amphibious landing in world history took place on the shore of Normandy, France. The allied forces called […]
Episode – 1425 : The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Episode – 1425 : The Gulf of Tonkin Incident Podcast Transcript In August of 1964, an event occurred off the waters of North Vietnam that would have repercussions that would […]
Episode – 1787 : The Bataan Death March
Episode – 1787 : The Bataan Death March Podcast Transcript On December 8, 1941, as the Japanese were bombing Pearl Harbor, they were simultaneously attacking other Allied positions around Asia. […]