Episode – 1902 : The Domestication of Sheep Podcast Transcript Sometime around 9,000 to 11,000 years ago, somewhere in the Middle East or Central Asia, someone figured out how they […]
Episode – 1900 : The Year 1900
Episode – 1900 : The Year 1900 Podcast Transcript The year 1900 was a pivotal year in world history. It was the end of the 19th century and on the […]
Episode – 1899 : The Black Dahlia
Episode – 1899 : The Black Dahlia Podcast Transcript On January 15, 1947, a young woman was found dead in Los Angeles, California. She was found naked, cut in half, […]
Episode – 1898 : Dendrochronology
Episode – 1898 : Dendrochronology Podcast Transcript One of the most essential aspects of archeology is dating objects from the past, and one of the most critical tools in dating […]
Episode – 1897 : Star Wars
Episode – 1897 : Star Wars Podcast Transcript A long time ago in a city far, far away…. A young director with several films under his belt had an idea […]
Episode – 1895 : Hannibal Barca and the Second Punic War
Episode – 1895 : Hannibal Barca and the Second Punic War Podcast Transcript In the third century BC, Rome faced its greatest enemy. One man, a Carthaginian general named Hannibal […]
Episode – 1894 : The Never Ending Voyager Missions
Episode – 1894 : The Never Ending Voyager Missions Podcast Transcript In 1977, NASA took advantage of a once-in-a-lifetime alignment of the planets to send two probes to the outermost […]
Episode – 1893 : Leonardo da Vinci
Episode – 1893 : Leonardo da Vinci Podcast Transcript On April 15, 1452, a child was born in the village of Vinci, which was then part of the Republic of […]
Episode – 1892 : Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
Episode – 1892 : Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 Podcast Transcript On October 13, 1972, a plane carrying a Uruguayan rugby team crashed into the Andes Mountains. For the following […]
Episode – 1891 : The Long Telegram
Episode – 1891 : The Long Telegram Podcast Transcript On February 22, 1946, George F. Kennan, a career diplomat working in the American embassy in Moscow, sent an 8,000-word cable […]
Episode – 1890 : Six Degrees of Separation
Episode – 1890 : Six Degrees of Separation Podcast Transcript You may have noticed, on occasion, that friends you have from totally different parts of your life sometimes know each […]
Episode – 1886 : Hitler’s Family
Episode – 1886 : Hitler’s Family Podcast Transcript Adolf Hitler was unquestionably one of the most evil people, not just of the 20th century, but in all of history. His […]
Episode – 1885 : Names of Animal Groups
Episode – 1885 : Names of Animal Groups Podcast Transcript The English language is weird. We have words that are spelled the same but sound different. We have words that […]
Episode – 1884 : Energy, Work, and Power
Episode – 1884 : Energy, Work, and Power Podcast Transcript Everything we know in the world is ultimately dependent on energy. Energy fuels our bodies as well as our civilization. […]
Episode – 1883 : Questions and Answers: Volume 34
Episode – 1883 : Questions and Answers: Volume 34 Podcast Transcript September is upon us. It means going back to school and the autumnal equinox. The days get shorter in […]
Episode – 1882 : The Pseudo-Neros
Episode – 1882 : The Pseudo-Neros Podcast Transcript In the first century, Rome underwent a major political transition when the Emperor Nero died after being declared an enemy of Rome […]
Episode – 1881 : The Republic of Pirates
Episode – 1881 : The Republic of Pirates Podcast Transcript Between 1706 and 1718, a group of pirates established a haven in the Bahamas. Using a system of rules that […]
Episode – 1880 : The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre
Episode – 1880 : The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre Podcast Transcript In 1972, the Olympics returned to Germany for the first time since being hosted in Berlin in 1936. The […]
Episode – 1879 : Starlite: The Miracle That Never Was
Episode – 1879 : Starlite: The Miracle That Never Was Podcast Transcript In the 1980s, an Englishman named Maurice Ward developed a material that he claimed could withstand temperatures of […]
Episode – 1878 : The Unabomber
Episode – 1878 : The Unabomber Podcast Transcript Starting in the late 1970s and lasting for seventeen years, a series of bombings terrorized the American public. Primarily targeting technology companies […]