The Extraordinary Life of Josephine Baker
The woman the world would know as Josephine Baker was born into abject poverty in 1906 in Saint Louis, Missouri. Despite her humble background and numerous obstacles in her way, she became one of the...
5 Joulu 202315min
The History of Farming
Over 10,000 years ago, humans began to cultivate and raise crops. Back then, a single farm could maybe grow enough food to feed a family and perhaps a little more. Today, a farmer in a developed count...
4 Joulu 202314min
Questions and Answers: Volume 13
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3 Joulu 202317min
The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (Encore)
When most people think of World War II, they think of the Allied powers of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, versus the Axis powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan. However, t...
2 Joulu 202310min
The Library of Alexandria (Encore)
Sometime during the reign of Ptolemy I or Ptolemy II, the Egyptian state decided to build an institution dedicated to accumulating all human knowledge in the City of Alexandria. As the city grew, this...
1 Joulu 202313min
Gerrymandering
Winston Churchill once said, “Democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…” Churchill was on to something. While I’m sure the vas...
30 Marras 202314min
Uranus
Located approximately 1.8 billion miles or 2.9 billion kilometers from the sun is the seventh planet in the solar system, Uranus……or Uranus. Uranus is unlike any other planet in the solar system in s...
29 Marras 202314min
Ocean Currents
The surface of the Earth is 70 percent water. If you just looked at a map and saw a sea of blue, you might think that the water is just sitting there, but it's not. The oceans are constantly moving,...
28 Marras 202313min
