2023-11-26 07:38
Podcast Transcript In the 19th century, the British and the Chinese went to war on two separate occasions—the reasons why they went to war are both simple and complicated. The mo… Read More
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The travel blog of Gary Arndt's journey to travel around the world.
2023-11-25 07:16
Podcast Transcript Back in the 19th and early 20th centuries, several European countries had colonies all around the world. Today, all of the empires have broken up, but some countries… Read More
2023-11-24 07:29
In the Spring of 1846, a group of intrepid pioneers set out from Independence, Missouri, to cross the Oregon Trail to seek a better life in the fertile Oregon Territory. However, almos… Read More
2023-11-23 08:06
Podcast Transcript For about a month, from the end of November to the end of December, every year, one of the most popular animals in North America is the turkey. Turkeys are the tradi… Read More
2023-11-21 07:57
Podcast Transcript When the United States became independent in the late 18th century, it didn’t have much of a foreign policy. Their primary concern was creating the framework of a co… Read More
2023-11-20 08:41
Podcast Transcript Since the dawn of human history, humans have been aware of a seemingly miraculous substance. It was a substance that had the same color as silver, but unlike silver, it wa… Read More
2023-11-18 16:48
Podcast Transcript For centuries, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire were able to conquer and force their will on other people around the Mediterranean Sea. The success of Rome was buil… Read More
2023-11-17 08:02
Podcast Transcript Centuries ago, someone decided jumping from a great height and trying to land without being injured would be a good idea. …and in a few cases, it actually wor… Read More
2023-11-14 03:29
Podcast Transcript There is a good chance that sometime in the last few days, weeks, or months, you might have enjoyed a slice or two of pizza. Pizza has become a near-ubiquitous food which… Read More
2023-11-13 07:27
Podcast Transcript In a previous episode, I went through a list of eponymous laws. These were laws, general rules, or sometimes even scientific laws that were named after people. However, th… Read More
2023-11-12 06:52
Podcast Transcript On October 15, 1991, a cosmic ray detector in Utah observed something that had never been seen before or since. It was a cosmic ray with more energy than anything ev… Read More
2023-11-10 05:28
Podcast Transcript In the days immediately following the surrender of Germany in May 1945, new concerns gripped the victorious Allied forces. The alliance had always been one of conven… Read More
2023-11-08 00:29
Podcast Transcript In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Soviet space program was on a roll. They launched the first satellite into space. They launched the first man and woman into space… Read More
2023-11-07 03:06
Podcast Transcript Right now, you are listening to the sound of my voice on some sort of digital audio device. In fact, almost all of the audio you consume today was digitally recorded or ed… Read More
2023-11-05 04:26
Podcast Transcript I’m at the store buying something at the checkout counter, and I’m talking to the cashier. A guy overhears my voice and says, “are you that guy from the… Read More
2023-11-04 03:42
Podcast Transcript Approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers from Earth lies our nearest star, the Sun. The Sun is responsible for life as we know it and for the entire solar… Read More
2023-11-02 03:27
Podcast Transcript The British ruled India for over 200 years. During that period, the British attempted to impose British culture on India. While they were somewhat successful, especi… Read More
2023-10-31 22:49
Podcast Transcript In 1692, in the village of Salem, Massessechuets, two young girls made claims that other members of their community were witches. These accusations soon spiraled out… Read More
2023-10-31 02:57
Podcast Transcript In 1893, the eyes of the world turned to the city of Chicago, which was hosting the World’s Fair. The fair was the largest public demonstration at that point of the… Read More
2023-10-29 04:44
Podcast Transcript As early as 2400 years ago, Greek philosophers were coming up with paradoxes that seemingly had no solution. Early mathematicians came up with problems that seemed i… Read More
2023-10-28 00:35
Podcast Transcript Located within the nation of China is the world’s third-longest river, the Yangtze. The Yangtze River has been one of the defining geographical features in Chi… Read More
2023-10-26 06:47
Podcast Transcript Located in the southeastern corner of the Arabian peninsula is the Sultanate of Oman. Oman isn’t one of the better-known countries in the Middle East, which is not n… Read More
2023-10-24 23:16
Podcast Transcript Ever since humans could see, we’ve been able to look up at the night sky and see things lightyears away. However, for almost that entire time, we had no idea that ri… Read More
2023-10-22 22:39
Podcast Transcript The Roman Republic existed for almost 500 years. The Romane Empire then existed for almost another 500 years. The two institutions had a great deal in common, but th… Read More
2023-10-22 03:00
Podcast Transcript In the early 13th century, England suffered through the worst monarch it would have in its history: King John. John and his arbitrary policies and high taxation angered th… Read More
2023-10-21 02:49
Podcast Transcript In 1582, a Japanese nobleman by the name of Lord ?tomo S?rin sent a group of envoys to Europe. The entire round trip of their journey took eight years, and along the… Read More
2023-10-17 23:43
Podcast Transcript China has a long and rich history. For over 4,000 years, China, or at least parts of what we would recognize as China, was ruled by a series of dynasties. These dyna… Read More
2023-10-17 01:48
Podcast Transcript The First World War was one of the most devastating conflicts in human history. When the armistice was signed on November 11, 1918, the fighting might have stopped… Read More
2023-10-15 22:49
Podcast Transcript Sound travels fast. Very fast. However, it is not so fast that we can’t recognize that it has a finite speed. The speed of sound was estimated and later measur… Read More
2023-10-14 00:15
Podcast Transcript During the Roman Republic, the highest office that someone could aspire to was that of consul. Every year, two men were elected consul, and it was such a high honor it wou… Read More
2023-10-12 23:49
Podcast Transcript People are fascinated by extremes. We are interested in the biggest, strongest, fastest, and tallest. I’m certainly no exception. One of the things I&rsq&hell…Read More
2023-10-10 23:45
Podcast Transcript One of the most popular foods in the world is tomatoes. Tomatoes are grown almost everywhere in the world today, and they have become the basis of several internatio… Read More
2023-10-10 00:13
Podcast Transcript World War II was famously fought between two forces, the Axis and the Allies. Most people know that the Axis was comprised of Germany, Italy, and Japan. What many pe… Read More
2023-10-08 23:26
Podcast Transcript One of the biggest changes to humanity over the last 100 years has been the increase in life expectancies. One of the biggest reasons for the increase in life spans… Read More
2023-10-07 02:21
Podcast Transcript In the early 12th century, a military monastic order developed in the Middle East with the express intent of protecting Christian pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land. Desp… Read More
2023-10-05 23:02
Podcast Transcript Throughout the Second World War, one of the world’s most popular musicians was the American big band leader Glenn Miller. He had a string of hits over a very s… Read More
2023-10-03 23:25
Podcast Transcript On December 10, 1896, the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel passed away. In his will, he gifted most of his estate for the creation of a prize that rewarded people for excelle… Read More
2023-10-03 01:38
Podcast Transcript In 1947, India and Pakistan became independent countries after almost 200 years of British colonial rule. However, this wasn’t just a case of a former colony b… Read More
2023-10-01 22:44
In his 1979 book Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams tells of an alien race that builds a computer to answer the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything. The… Read More
2023-09-29 23:59
Podcast Transcript If aliens were to look at the Earth through a telescope from far away and analyze our atmosphere, they would find that the dominant element is nitrogen. Nitrogen makes up… Read More
2023-09-28 00:44
Podcast Transcript In the year 490 BC, one of the most pivotal battles in world history took place. Just north of the City of Athens, Persian and Greek forces clashed in what was to be… Read More
2023-09-26 22:30
One of the biggest innovations in computing over the last several years has been the blockchain. There have been a host of companies that have hyped products using a blockchain. Blockc… Read More
2023-09-26 00:35
Podcast Transcript Under your feet and all around you are rocks and minerals. Many times in your life, you have probably picked up a rock and looked at it. You might have climbed over… Read More
2023-09-24 00:52
Podcast Transcript In 1864, Elizabeth Jane Cochran was born in Cochran Mills, Pennsylvania. At the age of 18, she began a career as a journalist writing under a pen name. During her ca… Read More
2023-09-23 00:16
Podcast Transcript In 1864, Maximilian, the son of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria and a member of the Hapsburg dynasty, arrived in Mexico. He had never been to Mexico before, but it was a go… Read More
2023-09-21 00:37
Podcast Transcript After the Allied landing in Normandy in World War II, the Allies made progress pushing back the Germans. However, by September, things had slowed down. One allied commande… Read More
2023-09-19 23:12
Podcast Transcript Every country has a national dish, and Spain is no exception. The dish that most people associate with Spain is the rice dish known as paella. Paella is, on the one… Read More
2023-09-19 00:04
Podcast Transcript Many people have hobbies—pastimes that they enjoy and maybe even spend a lot of money on. However, there are some people whose hobbies become an obsession.&nbs&hell…Read More
2023-09-16 21:33
Podcast Transcript When European explorers set off from Europe, many of them chased things that didn’t exist. The Fountain of Youth, the City of El Dorado, and Prester John were all th… Read More
2023-09-15 23:08
Podcast Transcript In the 20th century, there was one woman who put herself in the center of the world of modern art. She didn’t just collect art. She befriended starving artists… Read More
2023-09-14 22:56
Podcast Transcript Located in India is one of the largest cities in the world, Delhi. Delhi has a history that dates back over 2,000 years, and it has been the seat of power for multip… Read More
2023-09-13 18:37
Podcast Transcript In the mid-19th century, the United States began to change. The country had initially been settled by people from England, Scotland, and the Netherlands, the vast majority… Read More
2023-09-06 21:50
Podcast Transcript Every day, in most countries with a Westminster System of parliament, whenever parliament is in session, there is a period known as Question time. During this time, any me… Read More
2023-09-04 23:44
Podcast Transcript Throughout history, philosophers have pondered how the universe began. For centuries, it was just that…pondering. It wasn’t until the 20th century… Read More
2023-09-03 18:56
Podcast Transcript Located in the Gulf of Guinea, off the west coast of Africa, lies the island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. São Tomé and Pr&iacu&hell…Read More
2023-09-01 19:42
Podcast Transcript In the United States Senate, there is a procedural rule which is very uncommon among legislative bodies. According to the Senate rules, senators may speak for as lon… Read More
2023-08-30 23:39
Podcast Transcript The United States consists of 50 states, each of which is represented by a star on the American flag. Most of those states consist of some section of North America d… Read More
2023-08-29 20:09
Podcast Transcript There is an excellent chance that you know someone who has a twin sibling. In fact, there are some of you listening who have a twin brother or sister. Multiple births are… Read More
2023-08-28 21:19
Podcast Transcript Ever since humans came out of the African savannah, they have had to work to survive. But the nature of work has changed dramatically since we had to hunt wooly mamm… Read More
2023-08-27 22:32
Podcast Transcript There is a good chance that every day, you encounter bricks. You might drive on them, walk on them, and live inside them, and you’ve probably never even given them a… Read More
2023-08-25 22:55
Podcast Transcript In 1961, Michael Rockefeller, an heir to one of the greatest fortunes in the world, disappeared on an art-collecting trip off the coast of the island of New Guinea. … Read More
2023-08-23 22:39
Podcast Transcript All around you, in the air and the ground, is the most common element on Earth: Oxygen. As you are certainly well aware, Oxygen is required for life on Earth as we know it… Read More
2023-08-22 20:56
Podcast Transcript Everyone listening to this is familiar with tattoos. All of you have at least seen someone with one, most of you know someone with one, and, statistically speaking, many o… Read More
2023-08-21 22:17
Podcast transcript Many places on Earth have extreme climates. However, there is one place on Earth that has a climate so extreme that it is the closest thing to it might be on another plane… Read More
2023-08-19 20:43
Podcast Transcript You’ve probably seen a movie or a TV show that took place in ancient Rome where gladiators fought in the coliseum or an amphitheater. At the end of the fight, the em… Read More
2023-08-18 20:01
Podcast Transcript Despite having very different cultures and being separated by thousands of kilometers, Asia and Europe have been connected for thousands of years. Through a series o… Read More
2023-08-16 20:49
Podcast Transcript It is the most expensive substance in the world by a wide margin. When it was first proposed, it was actually proposed in jest. However, decades later, the joke turned out… Read More
2023-08-15 22:43
Podcast Transcript Located in the South Pacific, squarely within the Polynesian Triangle, lies the Kingdom of Tonga. While there are many islands and several countries within that regi… Read More
2023-08-14 19:10
Podcast Transcript In the years immediately following the end of the Second World War, several of the scientists who took part in the Manhattan Project had an explosive idea. They wond… Read More
2023-08-12 18:26
Podcast Transcript One of the most popular board games in the world is Monopoly. Millions of copies of the game have been sold and thousands of different versions have been published… Read More
2023-08-11 19:29
Podcast transcript Gnaeus Pompeius was one of the most significant personalities during the late Roman Republic. He was considered a military wunderkind who, at an early age, was given… Read More
2023-08-09 19:50
Podcast Transcript In 1944, several months before the D-Day invasion, a group of Allied prisoners of war hatched one of the most audacious prison escapes in military history. Their pri… Read More
2023-08-08 20:35
Podcast Transcript Sometimes over 3000 years ago, somewhere in Southwestern China, a leaf from the Camellia sinensis plant may have accidentally found its way into a pot of boiling water.&nb&hell…Read More
2023-08-07 20:01
Podcast Transcript In the early 20th century, as automobiles became more and more popular, the need for a national system of roads in the United States became more evident. One of the… Read More
2023-08-06 19:18
Podcast Transcript On August 15, 1977, for a period of 72 seconds, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence had its greatest moment. A signal was received like none other before or… Read More
2023-08-05 19:16
Podcast Transcript As I do every month, I went to the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus to meet with the Augurs. I met an old priest, and I asked him, “Quo die est felicissimum?” He… Read More
2023-08-03 19:56
Podcast Transcript Located at the mouth of the Strait of Malacca, one of the most strategically important points on Earth is the nation of Singapore. Singapore is unlike most other countries… Read More
2023-08-02 17:03
Podcast Transcript Whenever there is a lottery, the odds of winning are given. If you go to a pizzeria, they might tell you the number of possible pizzas that can be made, given their… Read More
2023-08-01 17:47
Podcast Transcript You’ve probably seen footage of a rocket launch. There is a bunch of smoke and fire as the rocket lifts off to begin its flight to achieve an altitude and velocity w… Read More
2023-07-31 17:30
Podcast Transcript In the movie Forrest Gump, one man finds himself at the center of historical events, encountering famous people over the course of decades. While Forrest Gump was fictitio… Read More
2023-07-30 18:44
Podcast Transcript In the late 1970s and early 1980s, a war erupted in the world of video technology. Two competing video tape formats fought to gain supremacy in the market. In the end, one… Read More
2023-07-29 19:31
Podcast Transcript Located on the island of Honshu, in the middle of the Japanese archipelago, lies one of the most important and iconic places in all of Japan, Mount Fuji. Mount Fuji has he… Read More
2023-07-27 20:02
Podcast Transcript Having lost the race to the Moon, the Soviet space program decided to go in a different direction. If they couldn’t be first on the moon, then they could take the le… Read More
2023-07-26 20:21
Podcast Transcript Every day, millions of people around the world hit the links to play a round of golf. The very best at the game are able to earn millions of dollars a year as professional… Read More
2023-07-25 18:39
Podcast Transcript Centuries before the arrival of Europeans, one of the greatest civilizations in the Americas rose and fell. They left behind a rich legacy of roads and construction… Read More
2023-07-24 19:21
Podcast Transcript For thousands of years, wine has been one of the most important beverages in the world. It has been consumed by common folk and by emperors, and it can be made in a… Read More
2023-07-23 16:58
Podcast Transcript In June 1942, American and Japanese naval forces squared off in what was a decisive naval battle of the war in the Pacific. The fleets, dominated by aircraft carrier… Read More
2023-07-17 18:22
Podcast Transcript Almost 2000 years ago, after conquering most of the island of Great Britain, Roman forces established a settlement at a strategically narrow point on the Thames River. Sin… Read More
2023-07-16 18:04
Podcast Transcript The universe is billions of years old. If, in the future, humanity were to explore the galaxy and visit other planets around other stars, we might be visiting places… Read More
2023-07-15 18:14
Podcast Transcript Titanium is the ninth most abundant element in the Earth’s crust. However, titanium is not even remotely close to the ninth most common element in industrial o… Read More
2023-07-14 16:40
Podcast Transcript On December 22, 1808, concertgoers in Vienna, Austria, were witness to a monumental event in music history. Ludwig van Beethoven held a concert where he debuted seve… Read More
2023-07-12 17:22
Podcast Transcript Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, known to history as Claudius, was the fourth Emperor of Rome. Of the emperors that came before him and all those who ca… Read More
2023-07-11 18:07
Podcast Transcript One of the biggest questions that humanity has asked is, “Are we alone in the universe?” The possibility that there are other civilizations that we could one d… Read More
2023-07-10 17:33
Podcast Transcript In early 1947, a teenage Bedouin herder was looking for a lost goat from his flock when he came upon a cave near the Dead Sea. Randomly, he threw a stone into the ca… Read More
2023-07-09 17:21
Podcast Transcript Everyone knows that Europe is one of the seven continents in the world, right? Well, there is actually a problem with that. For starters, where exactly does Europe e… Read More
2023-07-08 16:28
Podcast Transcript 3,110,400 seconds ago, you, the listeners of this podcast, asked me questions, and I, in turn, provided you with answers. Now 3,110,400 seconds later, we find oursel… Read More
2023-07-07 16:14
Podcast Transcript One of the most widely spoken languages in the world is Chinese. In addition to being one of the most popular languages in the world, it also has some of the oldest… Read More
2023-07-05 16:03
Podcast Transcript In the world of sports, some things take place all the time. You will see some of the same things happen in every game or match. However, there are some things that almost… Read More
2023-07-04 15:14
Podcast Transcript The American flag is something that is recognized around the world. The flag isn’t just flown on flag poles, but it is on clothing, lapel pins, and bumper stic… Read More
2023-07-03 16:42
Podcast Transcript Located in the city of Agra in the state of Uttar Pradesh sits the most iconic building in India, the Taj Mahal. In many ways, the Taj Mahal has become a symbol of India… Read More
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