The Battle of Adrianople
On August 9, 378, one of the most important battles in history took place. While largely forgotten today, it was a critical battle that contributed to the collapse of the Roman Empire. It wasn’t jus...
19 Touko 202414min
Smuggling Silk Out of China (Encore)
There was no product more important to the economy of the ancient world than silk. Silk was transported thousands of miles to be purchased by people so far away from its source that they had no clue ...
18 Touko 202412min
The Anaconda Plan
When the United States entered the Civil War, the Union needed a plan for conducting the war. Its senior military commander, General Windfield Scott, devised a strategy that would play to the Union's...
17 Touko 202413min
City Syndromes
Psychologists have identified hundreds of different psychological disorders and conditions. Some of them are rather common conditions that affect large segments of the population at one time or anoth...
16 Touko 202414min
The Phoenician Civilization (Encore)
Sometime around 3,200 years ago, a new civilization became ascendent on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. This group wasn’t like the Empires that surrounded them. They weren’t focused so mu...
15 Touko 202412min
Edward Teller and the Development of the H-Bomb
During the Second World War, the United States established the highly secret Manhattan Project to develop an atomic bomb based on nuclear fission. While the Manhattan Project was ultimately successful...
14 Touko 202414min
Abdulrahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori: 40 Years a Slave (Encore)
In 1788, the son of the leader of the Confederation of Futa Jallon in West Africa was commanding his 2,000 troops against a neighboring military force and was captured. He was sold into slavery and s...
13 Touko 202411min
All About Hair
If you are listening to me speak these words and can understand what I’m saying, then you are a human being. If you are a human being, you are also a mammal, and if you are a mammal, you have hair….or...
12 Touko 202414min
