Ninjas (Encore)
Ninjas are awesome. They’re silent, they can turn invisible, and they can totally flip out and kill people, especially their mortal enemies…pirates. …or at least that is what popular culture would li...
8 Kesä 202412min
The Five Good Emperors
Depending on how you define it, there were approximately 70 Roman Emperors. They were a mixed bag ranging from philosophers to the insane, from generals to children. Some were truly horrible, but so...
7 Kesä 202414min
D-Day
On June 6, 1944, the largest amphibious landing in world history took place on the shore of Normandy, France. The allied forces called it D-Day. The landing marked the commencement of Operation Overlo...
6 Kesä 202415min
The Apollo Lunar Module
When President John F. Kennedy set the objective of landing on the moon before the end of the 1960s, no one really knew what it entailed. The Apollo program involved many incredible feats of engineer...
5 Kesä 202415min
A Brief History of Central America
Located between Mexico and Columbia, in a strategic area connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific, is the region we call Central America. The countries that makeup Central America were mostly former S...
4 Kesä 202416min
The History of Money (Encore)
Money is a very strange thing. All of us use it. We spend it, earn it, and save it. We know it when we see it. Yet, even some of the world’s best economists have a very hard time defining it. It has ...
3 Kesä 202414min
The St. Scholastica Day Riot
A common occurrence at many universities is that they have contentious relationships with their local community. This is not a recent development. It is something that has existed ever since universi...
2 Kesä 202413min
Questions and Answers: Volume 19
The month of June was originally called Iunius by the Romans. It originally had 29 days and was the fourth month of the year. Today, it has 30 days, and it is the sixth month of the year. It used to...
1 Kesä 202415min
