Episode – 1420 : The Batan Death March Podcast Transcript On December 8, 1941, as the Japanese were bombing Pearl Harbor, they were simultaneously attacking other Allied positions around Asia. […]
Episode – 1417 : Nazis in South America
Episode – 1417 : Nazis in South America Podcast Transcript On May 11, 1960, an auto worker who went by the name Ricardo Klement stepped off the bus after his […]
Episode – 1411 : The Anaconda Plan
Episode – 1411 : The Anaconda Plan Podcast Transcript When the United States entered the Civil War, the Union needed a plan for its conduct of the conflict. General Windfield […]
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 […]
Episode – 1405 : Kamikazes
Episode – 1405 : Kamikazes Podcast Transcript In the last year of the Second World War, things were not going well for the Imperial Japanese military. They had lost several […]
Episode – 1396 : Questions and Answers: Volume 18
Episode – 1396 : Questions and Answers: Volume 18 Podcast Transcript It has been said that April showers bring May flowers. In reality, April’s questions bring May’s answers. So join […]
Episode – 1382 : A Brief History of Belgium
Episode – 1382 : A Brief History of Belgium Podcast Transcript Located in Northern Europe, along the Atlantic coast, is the relatively small nation of Belgium. Belgium is like other […]
Episode – 1377 : King George III
Episode – 1377 : King George III Podcast Transcript In 1760, George III succeeded to the throne of the United Kingdom at the age of 22, becoming the third king […]
Episode – 1376 : Sergeant York
Episode – 1376 : Sergeant York Podcast Transcript In October 1918, just weeks before the end of the First World War, one of the most incredible feats of military valor […]
Episode – 1362 : Jet Propulsion
Episode – 1362 : Jet Propulsion Podcast Transcript When humans first managed to harness heavier-than-air flight, they did so by using piston engines and propellers. Several decades later, a more […]
Episode – 1360 : Adrian Carton de Wiart
Episode – 1360 : Adrian Carton de Wiart Podcast Transcript Throughout history, there have been some truly remarkable people who have done some truly remarkable things. One such person was […]
Episode – 1337 : Napoleon Bonaparte
Episode – 1337 : Napoleon Bonaparte Podcast Transcript In 1804, one of the most significant individuals of the 19th century placed a crown upon his head in the Cathedral of […]
Episode – 1335 : Questions and Answers: Volume 16
Episode – 1335 : Questions and Answers: Volume 16 Podcast Transcript Several centuries ago, many places celebrated the start of the new year in March, not January. March was originally […]
Episode – 1321 : Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Episode – 1321 : Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto Podcast Transcript In the Pacific Theater in World War II, the leader of the combined Japanese fleet was Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. Yamamoto was […]
Episode – 1306 : Operation Barbarossa
Episode – 1306 : Operation Barbarossa Podcast Transcript On June 22, 1941, German forces crossed into the Soviet Union. It was, and remains, the largest military operation in human history. […]
Episode – 1305 : Angkor
Episode – 1305 : Angkor Podcast Transcript Located in Central Cambodia, north of the great Tonle Sap Lake, lies the former city of Angkor. Today, the city is nothing but […]
Episode – 1292 : Emperor Nero
Episode – 1292 : Emperor Nero Podcast Transcript In the year 54, the Roman Emperor Claudius died, and his adopted son Nero became the Emperor of Rome at the age […]
Episode – 1282 : The Maginot Line
Episode – 1282 : The Maginot Line Podcast Transcript After the First World War in France, many generals thought that the end of the war was really just a pause […]
Episode – 1253 : Cracking the Enigma Code
Episode – 1253 : Cracking the Enigma Code Podcast Transcript During the Second World War, the Germans used what they thought to be an uncrackable encryption system. It was a […]
Episode – 1247 : The Extraordinary Life of Josephine Baker
Episode – 1247 : The Extraordinary Life of Josephine Baker Podcast Transcript The woman the world would know as Josephine Baker was born into abject poverty in 1906 in Saint […]