Episode – 1951 : Kaliningrad Podcast Transcript Located on the Baltic Sea, sandwiched between the nations of Lithuania and Poland, is the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. Kaliningrad, as it exists […]
Episode – 1947 : The 1969 Sino-Soviet Border Conflict
Episode – 1947 : The 1969 Sino-Soviet Border Conflict Podcast Transcript Many people think that the closest the world ever came to nuclear war was during the Cuban Missile Crisis. […]
Episode – 1556 : The Paraguayan War
Episode – 1556 : The Paraguayan War Despite the severity of the Paraguayan War, shockingly, few people have heard of it. It took place right after the American Civil War, […]
Episode – 1538 : The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Episode – 1538 : The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Podcast Transcript For decades, the nation of Ethiopia has dreamed of creating a dam on the Blue Nile River. Such a […]
Episode – 1471 : The Himalayas
Episode – 1471 : The Himalayas Podcast Transcript Located between China and India, Pakistan, Buthan, and Nepal is the world’s highest chain of mountains, The Himalayas. The Himalayas aren’t just […]
Episode – 1404 : The 1956 Suez Crises
Episode – 1404 : The 1956 Suez Crises Podcast Transcript In 1956, one of the most important geopolitical events of the post-war period took place in Egypt. The Egyptian president […]
Episode – 1051 : The Solomon Islands
Episode – 1051 : The Solomon Islands Podcast Transcript Lying northeast of Australia and almost east of Papua New Guinea lies one of the world’s lesser-known and seldom visited countries: […]
Episode – 0875 : Geography is Destiny
Episode – 0875 : Geography is Destiny The Earth is highly imbalanced. Some countries have more resources than others. Some have natural harbors, and some are landlocked. Some consist primarily […]
Episode – 0557 : The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
Episode – 0557 : The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Podcast Transcript In the aftermath of World War II, the newly formed United Nations placed a group of Pacific […]
Episode – 0339 : Apollo–Soyuz: The End of the Space Race
Episode – 0339 : Apollo–Soyuz: The End of the Space Race Transcript The space race officially began on October 4, 1957, at 7:28 PM Moscow Time. That was when Sputnik […]