Episode – 0362 : 10 Ways You Can Know That the Earth is a Sphere Podcast Transcript One of the saddest things in the modern world is that with all […]
Episode – 0361 : Prester John
Episode – 0361 : Prester John Podcast Transcript In the middle ages, a legend persisted among Europeans that there was a Christian ruler in Asia, or Africa, who would come […]
Episode – 0360 : One-Year Anniversary Show
Episode – 0360 : One-Year Anniversary Show Podcast Transcript On July 1, 2020, a world traveler who was grounded by an international pandemic made the business and personal decision to […]
Episode – 0358 : Tuvalu: The Least Visited Country in the World
Episode – 0358 : Tuvalu: The Least Visited Country in the World Podcast Transcript Located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is one of the smallest countries in the […]
Episode – 0357 : The History of Blue Jeans
Episode – 0357 : The History of Blue Jeans Podcast Transcript Unquestionably, the most popular clothing innovation of the last 150 years has been blue jeans. They can be found […]
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Episode – 0356 : Did We Already Find Life On Mars?
Episode – 0356 : Did We Already Find Life On Mars? Transcript On July 20, 1976, Viking 1 became the first robotic lander to land on Mars. On September 3, […]
Episode – 0355 : The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
Episode – 0355 : The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille Transcript In 1990, filmmaker Peter Brosnan set out to find a legendary Egyptian city that was lost to time […]
Episode – 0354 : Absolute Zero
Episode – 0354 : Absolute Zero Transcript One of the interesting things about temperature is that no matter how cold you’ve ever been, or how low of a temperature anyone […]
Episode – 0353 : The World’s Most Expensive Things
Episode – 0353 : The World’s Most Expensive Things Transcript There is an old saying that one person’s trash is another person’s treasure. But sometimes, one person’s treasure is just […]
Episode – 0352 : The Assassination of President William McKinley
Episode – 0352 : The Assassination of President William McKinley Podcast Transcript On September 6th, 1901, in Buffalo, New York, the President of the United States, William McKinley was shot […]
Episode – 0351 : A History of Computer Games
Episode – 0351 : A History of Computer Games Transcript Video games have become ubiquitous in today’s world. Most of us probably have some sort of computer game on our […]
Episode – 0350 : The Voyages of Admiral Zheng He
Episode – 0350 : The Voyages of Admiral Zheng He Transcript In the early 15th century, just before Europe began its Age of Exploration, China was embarking on a series […]
Episode – 0348 : How and What Do Astronauts Eat in Space?
Episode – 0348 : How and What Do Astronauts Eat in Space? Transcript When the space race first began, scientists didn’t even know if it was possible for humans to […]
Episode – 0347 : The World’s Greatest (Worst?) Misers
Episode – 0347 : The World’s Greatest (Worst?) Misers Transcript Have you ever known someone who was really cheap? Like they would wear clothes until they disintegrated? Or they would […]
Episode – 0346 : The Rise and Dramatic Fall of Sejanus
Episode – 0346 : The Rise and Dramatic Fall of Sejanus Transcript The second Roman emperor was Tiberius. His right-hand man was the leader of his Praetorian Guard, Lucius Aelius […]
Episode – 0345 : Gibraltar: Why Part of the UK is in the Mediterranean
Episode – 0345 : Gibraltar: Why Part of the UK is in the Mediterranean Transcript Located on a peninsula off of Southern Spain, best known for the massive rock which […]
Episode – 0344 : The History of the Microwave Oven
Episode – 0344 : The History of the Microwave Oven Transcript According to legend, in 1945 an engineer by the name of Perry Spencer was working in front of an […]
Episode – 0343 : Post-WWII German Expulsions
Episode – 0343 : Post-WWII German Expulsions Transcript World War II was unquestionably the greatest bloodletting in world history. Never before had so many people lost their lives in such […]
Episode – 0342 : The Drake Equation
Episode – 0342 : The Drake Equation Transcript In 1961, at the Green Bank observatory in West Virginia, a small conference was held for astrophysicists. The meeting was organized by […]
Episode – 0341 : Sacco and Vanzetti
Episode – 0341 : Sacco and Vanzetti Transcript In April 1920, two men who were delivering the payroll to the Slater-Morrill Shoe Company in Braintree, Massachusetts were killed in broad […]