Jesse Owens vs Usain Bolt: Who Would Win?
Jessie Ownes was the world record holder in the men’s 100m dash and won the gold medal at the 1936 Olympics. Usain Bolt is the current world record holder in the men’s 100m and won 3 gold medals in th...
18 Heinä 202012min
Zero, My Hero: A History of the Number Zero
This episode is about nothing. Not in the sense that Seinfield was a TV show about nothing, but rather this is literally about nothing. It is about the number zero. A number that few people bot...
17 Heinä 20209min
The Army That Never Was: The First US Army Group
Bluffing is one of the most important aspects of playing poker. In any strategic game, in fact, deception can be critical to success. Warfare is no different. Deceiving an enemy can often mean the dif...
16 Heinä 20208min
Time Zone Oddities
Before we created time zones, every village, town, and city had their own local time. You’d set the town’s clock according to when the sun was at its highest point each day, and everything was fine. E...
15 Heinä 202012min
Rutherford B. Hayes is a Big Deal in Paraguay
Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th president of the United States. He is famous for being the second person to win the presidency without winning the popular vote, and he won in the electoral coll...
14 Heinä 20208min
Joe Medicine Crow: The Last Crow War Chief
This episode is the story of a man, who if you don’t know his name, you probably should: Joe Medicine Crow. Joe Medicine Crow was a scholar, an author, a historian, a spokesperson, and a warrior. In f...
13 Heinä 20209min
Disco Demolition Night
Major League Baseball has a long history of bad marketing ideas. From 10 cent beer night to baseball bat night, to giving fans balls they can throw on to the field as they entered the stadium, basebal...
12 Heinä 20208min
The Stirrup: The Simplest Greatest Idea in the World
Every so often, an idea comes along that is so simple, yet so profound that you smack yourself in the head for not having thought of it yourself. Even more rare is such an idea that can have global im...
11 Heinä 20209min
