Episode – 0835 : Vitamins Podcast Transcript For thousands of years, humans knew that certain foods could treat certain ailments. However, why or how the foods did this was totally […]
Episode – 0834 : Castle Engineering 101
Episode – 0834 : Castle Engineering 101 Podcast Transcript Centuries ago, if you were a ruler, you needed to protect yourself and your realm. You’d obviously need an army and […]
Episode – 0833 : SETI: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Episode – 0833 : SETI: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Podcast Transcript For thousands of years, humans have looked up at the night sky and wondered, “are we alone?” For […]
Episode – 0832 : The Broad Street Cholera Outbreak
Episode – 0832 : The Broad Street Cholera Outbreak Podcast Transcript In 1854 an unusually severe outbreak of cholera occurred in London. While cholera was not an uncommon disease, physicians […]
Episode – 0831 : Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
Episode – 0831 : Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Podcast Transcript Located in the South Pacific Ocean is one of the most isolated islands in the world. It is over a […]
Episode – 0830 : High Fructose Corn Syrup
Episode – 0830 : High Fructose Corn Syrup Podcast Transcript In 1957, two chemists at the Clinton Corn Processing Company of Clinton, Iowa, developed a system for converting the glucose […]
Episode – 0828 : The Horrible Voyage of the 1905 Russian Baltic Fleet
Episode – 0828 : The Horrible Voyage of the 1905 Russian Baltic Fleet Podcast Transcript In February 1904, the Russian Empire found itself at war with the Empire of Japan […]
Episode – 0827 : The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Episode – 0827 : The Electromagnetic Spectrum Podcast Transcript All around you, right this second, you are surrounded by electromagnetic radiation. You might better know this by names such as […]
Episode – 0826 : The League of Nations
Episode – 0826 : The League of Nations Podcast Transcript The first world war was the most horrific war the world had ever seen at that time. When the conflict […]
Episode – 0825 : The Kidnapping of Charley Ross
Episode – 0825 : The Kidnapping of Charley Ross Podcast Transcript Most children growing up are admonished not to take candy from strangers. It is good advice, but it isn’t […]
Episode – 0824 : Trial By Combat
Episode – 0824 : Trial By Combat Podcast Transcript In the TV series Game of Thrones, there were four different seasons where disputes were determined with trial by combat. As […]
Episode – 0823 : The History of Department Stores
Episode – 0823 : The History of Department Stores Podcast Transcript For most of human history, if you wanted something, you had to make it yourself or know the person […]
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 – 0819 : The Days of the Week
Episode – 0819 : The Days of the Week Podcast Transcript Most of our major divisions of time are based on some sort of natural event. A year is one […]
Episode – 0818 : Hurricanes and Typhoons
Episode – 0818 : Hurricanes and Typhoons Podcast Transcript Every year parts of the planet are hit by devastating typhoons and hurricanes. They can cause billions of dollars of damage […]
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 – 0815 : Ada Lovelace: The World’s First Computer Programmer
Episode – 0815 : Ada Lovelace: The World’s First Computer Programmer Podcast Transcript Born in 1815, Ada Byron was the only legitimate child of the famous poet Lord Byron. Unlike […]
Episode – 0814 : Getting to the Bottom of Shoes
Episode – 0814 : Getting to the Bottom of Shoes Podcast Transcript It seems like the sort of thing humans have used throughout our existence, but historically speaking, footwear is […]
Episode – 0813 : The Discovery and Burial of the Remains of Richard III
Episode – 0813 : The Discovery and Burial of the Remains of Richard III Podcast Transcript The death of a British monarch is a very big event. Thousands of people […]