2021-04-02 23:50
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2021-04-02 10:20
Transcript On December 11, 1941, Nazi Germany declared war on the United States. The interesting thing about this decision is that they didn’t have to do it. In fact, it would ha… Read More
2021-04-01 08:05
Transcript Every day on April 1st, you have to be careful what you read and hear. This day, known to accounts as the beginning of the second quarter, is known to most people as April Fool&rs&hell…Read More
2021-03-31 09:57
Transcript In northern Greece, lying off the larger Chalkidiki peninsula is a place that is unique on planet Earth. It only has a population of about 2,400 people scattered across 20 s… Read More
2021-03-30 09:34
Transcript About 1500 years ago, a group of people that we would now call Vikings landed in what we now call England, and created a language we now call Old English. Fast-forward to to… Read More
2021-03-29 10:08
Transcript If you think of Spain, you probably think of a European country which has its arm around Portugal where they eat tapas and paella. However, what if I told you that Spain is also a… Read More
2021-03-28 09:01
Transcript There is an old adage about warfare that says “amateurs talk about strategy, whereas professionals talk about logistics”. There is a great deal of truth to this… Read More
2021-03-27 08:25
Transcript Isaac Newton is one of the most important scientists in the history of the world. His discoveries have impacted almost every aspect of physics, and a huge part of the first two se… Read More
2021-03-26 15:38
Transcript The internet is often considered to be an open environment where no one really controls anything. A company or a person might have control over a particular website but in the big… Read More
2021-03-25 09:03
Transcript One of the unique things about track and field is that you don’t just compete against your immediate competitors, but you are also competing against the clock or the tape me… Read More
2021-03-24 07:44
Transcript William Shakespeare is widely considered to be one of the greatest poets and playwrights in the history of the English language. However, over the last two centuries many pe… Read More
2021-03-23 07:51
Transcript I’ve done several episodes pertaining to Ancient Rome. The reason is that so many of the foundational things in our world, from our alphabet to our calendar, to the names of… Read More
2021-03-22 07:49
Transcript Soccer, aka football, is the most popular sport in the world. Of all the professional leagues in the world, there is one that has achieved a level of success and competition above… Read More
2021-03-21 08:31
Transcript Far above the Arctic Circle on the Norwegian island of Svalbard, built into the side of a mountain which is permanently frozen, is humanity’s greatest insurance policy. &hell…Read More
2021-03-21 02:05
Transcript Even if you aren’t a fan of classical music, you are probably at least familiar with what an orchestra is. But have you ever wondered why orchestras use the instrument… Read More
2021-03-20 08:46
Transcript World War II was the first major conflict that saw the use of strategic bombers. In the months immediately after the war, the US saw the need for an advanced bomber to replace the… Read More
2021-03-19 17:13
This week’s guest is Leif Pettersen. Leif is a freelance writer, author, humorist, world traveler, and award-winning travel & tourism marketing professional from Minneapolis, Minn… Read More
2021-03-19 08:26
Transcript In 1967, war broke out between Israel and Egypt. It was the beginning of what would be known as the Six-Day War. As Israeli forces raced across the Siani Peninsula, Egyptian force… Read More
2021-03-18 03:47
This week’s guest is Corey Taratuta host of the Irish Fireside Podcast and IrelandTravel Kit destination guide. This Week’s News How vaccinated travelers became hot property Core… Read More
2021-03-18 03:39
This week’s guest is Don George. Don is the author of The Way of Wanderlust: The Best Travel Writing of Don George and of How to Be a Travel Writer. Currently Editor at Large for Natio… Read More
2021-03-18 02:40
Transcript Every March 17th, St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated. Everyone wears a lot of green, there are parades, shamrocks, and a whole lot of drinking. But who exactly was St. Pa… Read More
2021-03-16 21:23
Transcript The United States Constitution spells out a very specific process for how to amend the document. First, Congress must vote to approve the amendment. Then the amendment is sent to… Read More
2021-03-16 07:12
Transcript Every so often, you see lottery jackpots that grow to enormous levels. Lotteries such as Powerball and Mega Millions have on occasion grown to have prizes over $1 billion dollars… Read More
2021-03-15 07:19
Transcript Every year, around this time, people who live in northern latitude countries turn their clocks ahead one hour. Then, months later, we do the exact same thing in reverse, setting a… Read More
2021-03-14 09:08
Transcript According to most history books, the United States Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court H… Read More
2021-03-13 05:33
Transcript Australia is what I would call a sporting country. Cricket, rugby, and Australian Football are all incredibly popular sports. Australia has also really punched above its wei… Read More
2021-03-12 10:19
Transcript The country of San Marino is one of the smallest countries in the world. It is completely surrounded by Italy, is about 24 square miles in area, and has a population of about 33,0… Read More
2021-03-11 08:13
Transcript Right now vaccinations are all over the news. There are many companies that have developed vaccines for COVID-19 and there is a good chance that most people in the world will wind… Read More
2021-03-10 09:15
Transcript In the early hour of March 18, 1990, two police officers enter Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. The problem was, they weren’t police officers. They were thiev… Read More
2021-03-09 07:22
Transcript In the late 1950s, NASA recruited military test pilots to become the very first American Astronauts. They underwent an extensive battery of tests to find the very best astro… Read More
2021-03-08 10:28
Transcript In 1973, 34 mushers and their dog teams lined to take part in a race that recreated a 1925 event where medicine was delivered by dog sled to the remote town of Nome, Alaska. Since… Read More
2021-03-07 17:56
This Week’s News: U.S. Optimism About COVID-19 Situation Reaches New High California says Disneyland and other amusement parks can reopen on April 1 Royal Caribbean will offer a &lsquo&hell…Read More
2021-03-07 08:06
Transcript In the spring of 1940, the German war machine rolled over the nations of Western Europe so quickly that it surprised everyone, including the Germans. With France, Belgium, t… Read More
2021-03-06 07:16
Transcript From December 1831, to October 1836, the HMS Beagle set out on a scientific expedition in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. On the ship was a young man named Charles Darwin. That e… Read More
2021-03-05 04:29
Transcript At 12 noon on March 4, 1849, the presidential administration of James Polk ended. 24 hours later, at noon on March 5, President Zachary Taylor took the oath of office to bec… Read More
2021-03-04 08:13
Transcript Imagine taking all of the trees, grass, animals, insects, fish, coral, and bacteria on the surface of the Earth and in the sea. Basically, every living thing on the planet. … Read More
2021-03-02 10:20
Transcript Airplanes were not the first type of aircraft. Lighter than air airships were flying decades before the Wright Brothers flew their first airplane. Of all the airships, there was o… Read More
2021-03-01 08:31
Transcript Throughout history, there have been many causes for wars. Surprise attacks, broken marriages, unpaid debts, and even, of course, good old greed. However, an 18th-century war… Read More
2021-02-28 07:59
Transcript In 1483, the King of England, Edward V, and his brother were taken into custody by his uncle Richard the Duke of Glouster and placed into the Tower of London. Both the king… Read More
2021-02-27 09:19
Transcript In 1917, British Intelligence intercepted a diplomatic telegram between Germany and Mexico. The contents of the telegram contained information that had the potential to change the… Read More
2021-02-26 09:24
Transcript If you have ever traveled in Europe, odds are you have visited at least one major cathedral. These massive religious buildings were and still are, the architectural centerpieces i… Read More
2021-02-25 10:14
Transcript Copyright is what protects creators from having someone copy and make money off of their work without compensation. However, there are some things like directories or maps w… Read More
2021-02-24 08:00
Transcript Ever since humans looked up at the stars they noticed that a few of them were different from the others. They moved. These moving points of light were planets. One of those… Read More
2021-02-23 09:34
Transcript Early 19th century London was a dangerous, dirty, dingy place with tons of poverty and a lot of drinking. Alcoholism was common and excessive drinking, especially amongst lo… Read More
2021-02-22 05:55
Transcript Every day we are constantly using measurements. We have ways of measuring distance, temperature, time, light, pressure, energy….everything. Yet, why do we measure everythin… Read More
2021-02-21 09:47
Transcript On January 1, 1987, a paper was published in the journal Nature which rocked the world of anthropology. Researchers Allan Wilson, Mark Stoneking, and Rebecca Cann used the t… Read More
2021-02-20 09:32
Transcript Some of the things we use every day were invented in the distant past. Other things were invented quite recently. However, there is a category of inventions that have been k… Read More
2021-02-19 07:41
Transcript In 1957, Sputnik was launched into orbit as the world’s first artificial satellite. Today, 64 years later, there are more than 1,000,000 objects larger than 1 centimet… Read More
2021-02-16 10:37
Transcript You are probably familiar with the term decimation. The word is usually used in English to mean “to cause great destruction or harm”. However, to ancient Rome, t… Read More
2021-02-15 08:48
Transcript You are probably familiar with the four basic types of musical instruments: strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. However, is it possible to have an instrument that doe… Read More
2021-02-15 00:07
Transcript Every February 14, people around the world celebrate Valentine’s Day. It is a day for everything heart-shaped, flowers, jewelry, candy, and romance. Why is this day th… Read More
2021-02-14 08:54
Transcript Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, known to history as just Nero, was not the best of Roman Emperors. In fact, on most lists of Roman Emperors, he would rank somewhere near… Read More
2021-02-13 08:11
Transcript In the middle of World War II, a small island in Scotland’s Hebrides Islands was suffering through war shortages like most of the country. However, on February 5, 1941… Read More
2021-02-11 23:40
Transcript In 1901, Swiss archeologists Gustave Jequier discovered a large stone stele in what is today western Iran. That large stone was 2.25m or 7.5 feet tall and was covered with cuneifo… Read More
2021-02-10 06:49
Transcript For over 30 years, Monty Hall was the host of the game show Let’s Make A Deal. In the show, they played a very simple game where you would choose one of three doors. T… Read More
2021-02-09 08:18
Transcript On May 19, 1946, André René Roussimoff was born into the world in Coulommiers, France. At birth, he weighed 13 pounds or 6 kilograms…and from there, he only g… Read More
2021-02-08 08:23
Transcript In 1888, the city of London was terrorized by its most infamous serial killer. Anywhere between 5 and 11 murders were committed over an 18 month period in the Whitechapel district… Read More
2021-02-07 07:48
Transcript One day every year, the United States celebrates its biggest non-official holiday: Super Bowl Sunday. The championship game of the National Football League is almost always… Read More
2021-02-07 04:47
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. However, recent tech… Read More
2021-02-06 07:26
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. They were investing i… Read More
2021-02-05 08:30
Transcript How small can a country be and still be a country? In theory, there is no lower limit on the number of people to be a sovereign state. However, in reality, there are costs a… Read More
2021-02-04 07:50
Transcript In 1936, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin determined it was time for the Soviet Union to have another census. They hadn’t conducted one since 1926 and he wanted some actual numbe… Read More
2021-02-03 07:18
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, the American embassy in Canada is part… Read More
2021-02-02 04:57
Transcript Multiple births happen very infrequently. The odds decrease dramatically the more children are born at once. The odds of twins is 1 in 250 pregnancies. The odds of triplets are ab… Read More
2021-02-01 07:39
Transcript In 1957 the United States embarked on its most controversial series of nuclear tests. These tests took place on US soil in the state of Nevada. They detonated 29 devices and… Read More
2021-01-30 22:58
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 paper by pressing mechanical keys. He call… Read More
2021-01-30 05:03
Transcript The National Football League is big business. It earns more money than any other professional sports league in the world. All of the NFL teams are own by billionaires or consortiu… Read More
2021-01-29 04:46
Transcript According to the old adage, what goes up must come down. Unless you are talking about a satellite, which can go up and never come down. However, sometimes satellites do come down… Read More
2021-01-28 04:34
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 which is what causes the seasons. All of these facts which you le… Read More
2021-01-27 06:26
Transcript After the end of World War II, the newly created Central Intelligence Agency investigated anything and everything which could give the US an advantage in the Cold War. That… Read More
2021-01-25 09:36
Transcript Every so often, the series Dr. Who would have a special episode where multiple versions of the time-traveling Doctor would appear on the same episode. I think they probably… Read More
2021-01-24 22:08
Transcript As long as the Roman empire lasted, they never created a set method of choosing successors to emperors. This inability to have an idea of who would be next in line caused numbers… Read More
2021-01-23 06:35
Transcript In 1844, the Philological Society of London began investigating the creation of a new English dictionary. This initial foray would lead to a dictionary that would be unlike any ot… Read More
2021-01-22 05:43
Transcript Normally, if a foreign country has you totally surrounded, that isn’t a good thing. However, in some parts of the world, it is a normal, everyday occurrence. Due to hi… Read More
2021-01-21 04:13
Transcript Every four years on January 20th, the United States holds a ceremony for the inauguration of the President of the United States. There are traditions for the inauguration, some of… Read More
2021-01-20 06:40
Transcript In 1896, the United States was experiencing what we now call a recession. The Panic of 1896 had made life tough on everyone, and many of the companies in the highly competitive ra… Read More
2021-01-19 06:55
Transcript Humans and rats have lived in an uneasy relationship for millennia. Rats have spread diseases like the bubonic plague, destroyed grain harvests, and stolen our pizzas. In re… Read More
2021-01-18 03:29
Transcript If you visit a different country you might need to get some of the local currency. You might get Ringgit in Malaysia, Pesos in Mexico, Kip in Laos, or Tala in Samoa. However… Read More
2021-01-18 00:16
Transcript Since the year 1790, New York City has been the largest city in the United States. Given the population density of the city, the vast majority of the people there rent apart… Read More
2021-01-17 05:53
Transcript The printing press is considered to be one of, if not the greatest invention in history. The printing press allowed for an explosion in information and it ushered in the renaissan… Read More
2021-01-16 07:15
Transcript There is a number, a very special number, which is inside all of us. It is inside you, inside me, and inside every person on Earth. It dictates our social interactions. It has det… Read More
2021-01-15 05:19
Transcript On November 24, 1971, a man who identified himself as Dan Cooper purchased a $20 ticket for a short 30-minute flight from Portland to Seattle. He had with him a briefcase fi… Read More
2021-01-14 04:31
Transcript There are many foods that are considered an acquired taste. Foods that might not be very palatable the first time you try it, or something that just doesn’t sit right with m… Read More
2021-01-13 09:25
Transcript Before Spain became Spain, it was part of the Roman province of Hispania. To understand the language, and geography of not just Spain but of the entire Iberian Peninsula, yo… Read More
2021-01-12 09:51
Transcript Odds are, if you have ever seen a photo of the president of the United States over the last 60 years, there has been someone in the background or walking a few steps behind, who h… Read More
2021-01-11 06:19
Transcript The musical Brigadoon is about a Scottish village which appears for one day every 100 years. The village can be thought of as a metaphor for things that are fleeting, or why we mu… Read More
2021-01-08 18:25
Transcript In the year 1184 in the Dutchy of Thuringia, in what is today the country of Germany, a conflict raged between the Count of Thuringia and the Archbishop of Mainz. To resolve… Read More
2021-01-08 00:44
Translate Wars can start with a bang but end with a whimper. Often an attack or an invasion will begin a war, but even one when one side surrenders, it can take days, weeks, or months for wo… Read More
2021-01-07 18:21
Transcript In the 1970s NASA embarked on a mission it had never attempted before. Due to a fortunate alignment of planets, they were going to attempt to send robotic probes on a flyby missio… Read More
2021-01-06 18:01
Transcript I’m sure all of you have heard the 12 Days of Christmas song. It is the holiday equivalent of 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall, and no one ever sings it to completion because… Read More
2021-01-05 06:18
Transcript If you think of Spain as the country on the Iberian Peninsula which is sandwiched between France and Portugal, you are not wrong, but you are also not totally right. There i… Read More
2021-01-03 10:09
Transcript On Christmas Day, 2020, Reginald Foster passed away at the age of 81 in a nursing home facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He had been diagnosed with COVID-19 a few days before. Thi… Read More
2021-01-02 11:31
Transcript In the waning days of the 19th century, a passenger steamer crossing the Pacific Ocean en route from Canada to Australia did a particular thing, at a particular place, at a partic… Read More
2021-01-01 12:19
Transcript New Year’s Day is not only the day we turn over a new year on the calendar, but also a day where people start resolutions, companies begin new budgets, and everyone screws u… Read More
2020-12-22 06:39
Transcript Every year, people around the world celebrate Christmas on December 25. In many countries, it is the biggest single holiday of the year. Why is it celebrated on December 25?… Read More
2020-12-21 09:04
Transcript Catalonia is a unique region. They have their own Romance language, their own customs, and cuisine, and when it comes to the Christmas season, they have their own traditions. In f… Read More
2020-12-20 20:47
Transcript Standards make everything easier. When everyone can agree on a standard way to do things, regardless of how it is done, it can reduce confusion and facilitate progress. You’… Read More
2020-12-19 19:34
Transcript Over the last several centuries, there have been many unsolved questions that scientists have put their minds to solving. Most of them were eventually resolved. However, there are… Read More
2020-12-19 02:33
Transcript The Apollo 11 mission to land humans on the moon was one of the most complex things ever undertaken by humanity. They had to prepare for any and every eventuality, including the f… Read More
2020-12-18 16:55
India is one of the largest and most diverse countries in the world. It is home to over 1.6 billion people and over 23 major languages. Several of the largest religions in the world were fou… Read More
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