The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
In August of 1964, an event occurred off the waters of North Vietnam that would have repercussions that would echo in US foreign policy for decades. Two alleged confrontations between US Navy vessels...
31 Touko 202415min
The Real Story of Cowboys
One of the most iconic images of America is the cowboy. Cowboys have defined entire genres of literature and movies and are the basis for entire styles of fashion. But how did cowboys come about, wha...
30 Touko 202413min
The Destruction and Rediscovery of Pompeii (Encore)
In the year 79, Mount Vesuvius, a volcano located east of the modern-day city of Naples, erupted. Vesuvius had erupted before, but this eruption was different. It ejected an enormous amount of ash, w...
29 Touko 202414min
The Wonderful World of Bees
There are millions of different insect species in the world. All of them fill some niche in the ecosystem in which they live. However, some species are more important than others. In particular, insec...
28 Touko 202414min
The Law of the Sea
The world as we know it is made up of 193 countries, Antarctica, and a host of territories. However, between all of those places are the high seas or international waters, which are not controlled by ...
27 Touko 202413min
The Bataan Death March
On December 8, 1941, as the Japanese were bombing Pearl Harbor, they were simultaneously attacking other Allied positions around Asia. One of the biggest attacks was on Manila in the Philippines and ...
26 Touko 202414min
How Barbed Wire Shaped the West and the World (Encore)
When Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act of 1862, there was a rush of people who moved west to claim the free land that was offered. However, there was a problem. Creating physical divisions for...
25 Touko 202412min
Joan of Arc
In 1428, a young girl from the village of Domrémy, France, audaciously set out to meet the heir apparent to the French throne, the Dauphin, and told him what he had to do to defeat the English occupyi...
24 Touko 202414min
