Episode – 0131 : The Longest Games in History Transcript Sometimes you might sit down to watch a sporting match and it is over before you know it. However, there […]
Episode – 0130 : The Sultana Steamboat Disaster
Episode – 0130 : The Sultana Steamboat Disaster On April 23, 1865, the United States was in the middle of the most dramatic month in its history. Two weeks before, […]
Episode – 0129 : Blues vs Greens
Episode – 0129 : Blues vs Greens Transcript Professional sports have become a multibillion-dollar industry with millions of fans who will live and die based on their favorite team’s performance. […]
Episode – 0128 : The Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand
Episode – 0128 : The Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand Transcript Scientists have coined a term called the Butterfly Effect, where small changes in one thing can lead to […]
Episode – 0127 : Really Big Telescopes
Episode – 0127 : Really Big Telescopes Transcript Since the dawn of time, humans have looked up at the night sky to watch the stars. …and then nothing happened for […]
Episode – 0126 : The Sagrada Familia
Episode – 0126 : The Sagrada Familia Transcript Every year, more than three million visitors will line up and buy a ticket to visit the most popular attraction in all […]
Episode – 571 : Ramanujan (Encore)
Transcript In 1913, a young man from the city of Madras in British India sent a letter to one of the world’s preeminent mathematicians, G.H. Hardy, in Cambridge Univerisity in […]
Episode – 0125 : Ramanujan
Episode – 0125 : Ramanujan Transcript In 1913, a young man from the city of Madras in British India sent a letter to one of the world’s preeminent mathematicians, G.H. […]
Episode – 0123 : The Pig War
Episode – 0123 : The Pig War Transcript Over the course of history, humans have fought over land, honor, wealth, and religion. But perhaps the oddest, and dumbest war which […]
Episode – 0124 : A History of Bread
Episode – 0124 : A History of Bread Transcript Bread is one of the most important, most commonly consumed, and oldest food products in the world. It’s been called the […]
Episode – 0122 : What Exactly Happens After Election Day?
Episode – 0122 : What Exactly Happens After Election Day? Transcript Presidential elections in the United States are a very big deal. The entire process can take over a year […]
Episode – 0121 : Extremely Close Elections
Episode – 0121 : Extremely Close Elections Transcript Democracies have elections, and when you have elections sometimes you have close elections. Sometimes very close elections. Sometimes very very very close […]
Episode – 227 : Who Was the Richest Person in History? (Encore)
Transcript Jeff Bezos, the founder, and CEO of Amazon was recently named the richest person in the world. This is primarily a function of the stock he owns in the […]
Episode – 0120 : Who Was the Richest Person in History?
Episode – 0120 : Who Was the Richest Person in History? Transcript Jeff Bezos, the founder, and CEO of Amazon was recently named the richest person in the world. This […]
Episode – 0119 : The Camino de Santiago
Episode – 0119 : The Camino de Santiago Transcript The Camino de Santiago is one of the most significant and popular pilgrimage routes in the World. For over 1,000 years […]
Episode – 403 : The Great Molasses Flood (Encore)
Transcript On January 15, 1919, the city of Boston suffered its greatest disaster when a storage tank filled with over 2 million gallons of molasses burst and killed 21 people […]
Episode – 0118 : The Great Molasses Flood
Episode – 0118 : The Great Molasses Flood Transcript On January 15, 1919, the city of Boston suffered its greatest disaster when a storage tank filled with over 2 million […]
Episode – 481 : Halloween (Encore)
Transcript On October 31 every year, we celebrate Halloween. It is especially popular in the United States where we use the holiday as an excuse for kids to dress up […]
Episode – 1088 : Last Man on the Moon (Encore)
Most things in life tend to reach their zenith near their conclusion. The Apollo program reached its zenith right at the beginning. The moment Neil Armstrong stepped off the lunar […]
Episode – 1210 : Halloween (Encore)
Transcript On October 31 every year, we celebrate Halloween. It is especially popular in the United States where we use the holiday as an excuse for kids to dress up […]