Episode – 2091 : The Battle of Salamis: The Naval Victory That Saved Ancient Greece Podcast Transcript In 480 BC, the most powerful empire on Earth set out to crush […]
Episode – 2090 : Satellite Internet: How It Works
Episode – 2090 : Satellite Internet: How It Works Podcast Transcript When the Internet was first launched, it was only available on a few computers at a few research institutions. […]
Episode – 2089 : Geronimo: The Last Great Native American Resistance Leader
Episode – 2089 : Geronimo: The Last Great Native American Resistance Leader Podcast Transcript Few figures in American history embody resistance and resilience quite like Geronimo. A leader of the […]
Episode – 2088 : The Dark Origins of Fairy Tales, Part 2
Episode – 2088 : The Dark Origins of Fairy Tales, Part 2 Podcast Transcript Walt Disney Animation Studios has crafted dozens of the most popular children’s movies ever made. These […]
Episode – 2087 : The Great Stink: How a Horrific Smell Changed London Forever
Episode – 2087 : The Great Stink: How a Horrific Smell Changed London Forever Podcast Transcript In the summer of 1858, London was brought to a standstill by something you […]
Episode – 2086 : Waco Siege Explained: What Happened in 1993
Episode – 2086 : Waco Siege Explained: What Happened in 1993 Podcast Transcript In 1993, a standoff between federal agents and a small religious sect outside Waco, Texas, ended in […]
Episode – 2084 : Uninhabited US Territories: America’s Crumbs
Episode – 2084 : Uninhabited US Territories: America’s Crumbs Podcast Transcript In 1856, the United States passed a law allowing American citizens to claim islands in the country’s name, provided […]
Episode – 2083 : Maori Settlement of New Zealand: How Polynesians Reached Aotearoa
Episode – 2083 : Maori Settlement of New Zealand: How Polynesians Reached Aotearoa Podcast Transcript For millions of years, the islands of New Zealand remained a pristine wilderness, untouched by […]
Episode – 2082 : The Chicxulub Impact
Episode – 2082 : The Chicxulub Impact Podcast Transcript Around 66 million years ago, a meteorite smashed into what is today the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. The impact of that […]
Episode – 2081 : The Persian Gulf
Episode – 2081 : The Persian Gulf Podcast Transcript For thousands of years, a narrow body of water between Arabia and Persia has shaped the fate of empires, economies, and […]
Episode – 2080 : Vincent Van Gogh
Episode – 2080 : Vincent Van Gogh Podcast Transcript Few artists’ works are as instantly recognizable as Vincent van Gogh’s. In just a single decade, he created some of the […]
Episode – 2079 : The Globalization of Baseball
Episode – 2079 : The Globalization of Baseball Podcast Transcript Today, baseball is played at the highest levels on nearly every continent. Stars come from the United States, Japan, the […]
Episode – 2078 : The Greatest Oscar Snubs
Episode – 2078 : The Greatest Oscar Snubs Every year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hosts the biggest celebration of movies and moviemaking: The Oscars. Thousands of […]
Episode – 2077 : The North American Bison
Episode – 2077 : The North American Bison Podcast Transcript For thousands of years, one animal shaped the ecology, culture, and history of an entire continent. In vast herds that […]
Episode – 2076 : North Sentinel Island
Episode – 2076 : North Sentinel Island Podcast Transcript In the Indian Ocean lies an island notorious for its extreme isolation from the outside world: North Sentinel Island. The Sentinelese, […]
Episode – 2075 : The Purple Heart
Episode – 2075 : The Purple Heart Podcast Transcript Among all the decorations awarded by the United States military, one stands apart. It is not given for bravery, leadership, or […]
Episode – 2074 : The Harlem Renaissance
Episode – 2074 : The Harlem Renaissance Podcast Transcript In the early decades of the twentieth century, a neighborhood in New York City became the center of an extraordinary cultural […]
Episode – 2073 : Skylab
Episode – 2073 : Skylab Podcast Transcript In the early 1970s, after the triumph of landing on the Moon, NASA faced a question: what comes next? The answer was Skylab, […]
Episode – 2072 : Ivan Pavlov and His Dogs
Episode – 2072 : Ivan Pavlov and His Dogs At the turn of the 20th century, a Russian physiologist made a discovery that would fundamentally change how we understand learning […]
Episode – 2071 : The Mexican Revolution
Episode – 2071 : The Mexican Revolution Podcast Transcript After Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821, hopes for democracy gradually gave way to decades of instability and dictatorship. By […]