Episode – 0215 : The Super Bowl Transcript One day every year, the United States celebrates its biggest non-official holiday: Super Bowl Sunday. The championship game of the National Football […]
Episode – 0214 : AM/FM
Episode – 0214 : AM/FM Transcript For over 100 years, radio has been one of the biggest mediums for communication, information, and entertainment. It was the first true broadcast medium. […]
Episode – 0213 : Tulipmania
Episode – 0213 : Tulipmania Transcript In the 17th century, the Netherlands was struck by the world’s first investment bubble. They weren’t investing in stocks or bonds or real estate. […]
Episode – 0212 : The Smallest Country in the World
Episode – 0212 : The Smallest Country in the World Transcript How small can a country be and still be a country? In theory, there is no lower limit on […]
Episode – 0211 : The 1937 Soviet Census
Episode – 0211 : The 1937 Soviet Census Transcript In 1936, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin determined it was time for the Soviet Union to have another census.They hadn’t conducted one […]
Episode – 0210 : Extraterritoriality
Episode – 0210 : Extraterritoriality Transcript A common misconception that many people have is that embassies are part of the territory of the country that owns the embassy. For example, […]
Episode – 0209 : The Dionne Quintuplets
Episode – 0209 : The Dionne Quintuplets Transcript Multiple births happen very infrequently. The odds decrease dramatically the more children are born at once. The odds of twins is 1 […]
Episode – 0208 : Operation Plumbbob
Episode – 0208 : Operation Plumbbob Transcript In 1957 the United States embarked on its most controversial series of nuclear tests. These tests took place on US soil in the […]
Episode – 0207 : QWERTY
Episode – 0207 : QWERTY Transcript 150 years ago, an American inventor by the name of Christopher Latham Sholes developed a machine to allow people to easily put text onto […]
Episode – 0206 : The Green Bay Packers
Episode – 0206 : The Green Bay Packers Transcript The National Football League is big business. It earns more money than any other professional sports league in the world. All […]
Episode – 0205 : Cosmos 954
Episode – 0205 : Cosmos 954 Transcript According to the old adage, what goes up must come down. Unless you are talking about a satellite, which can go up and […]
Episode – 0204 : Milankovitch Cycles
Episode – 0204 : Milankovitch Cycles Transcript The Earth takes a year to go around the sun, and a day to turn on its axis. It is tilted 23.5 degrees […]
Episode – 0203 : Project MKUltra
Episode – 0203 : Project MKUltra Transcript After the end of World War II, the newly created Central Intelligence Agency investigated anything and everything which could give the US an […]
Episode – 0202 : The Year of the Five Emperors
Episode – 0202 : The Year of the Five Emperors Transcript Every so often, the series Dr. Who would have a special episode where multiple versions of the time-traveling Doctor […]
Episode – 0201 : The Year of the Four Emperors
Episode – 0201 : The Year of the Four Emperors Transcript As long as the Roman empire lasted, they never created a set method of choosing successors to emperors. This […]
Episode – 0200 : The Oxford English Dictionary
Episode – 0200 : The Oxford English Dictionary Transcript In 1844, the Philological Society of London began investigating the creation of a new English dictionary. This initial foray would lead […]
Episode – 0199 : Exclaves and Enclaves
Episode – 0199 : Exclaves and Enclaves Transcript Normally, if a foreign country has you totally surrounded, that isn’t a good thing. However, in some parts of the world, it […]
Episode – 0198 : Inauguration Day
Episode – 0198 : Inauguration Day Transcript Every four years on January 20th, the United States holds a ceremony for the inauguration of the President of the United States. There […]
Episode – 0197 : The Crash at Crush
Episode – 0197 : The Crash at Crush Transcript In 1896, the United States was experiencing what we now call a recession. The Panic of 1896 had made life tough […]
Episode – 0196 : ALL RATS MUST DIE!!!
Episode – 0196 : ALL RATS MUST DIE!!! Transcript Humans and rats have lived in an uneasy relationship for millennia. Rats have spread diseases like the bubonic plague, destroyed grain […]