The English Reformation
For centuries, England was one of Europe's great Catholic kingdoms. Then, in the span of a single generation, it broke from Rome, closed its monasteries, executed saints and reformers, and created a ...
18 Touko 14min
The Spanish Flu Pandemic
In 1918, as the world was nearing the end of the First World War, another disaster was already spreading across the globe. It was so lethal that someone could be dead within a single day after seein...
17 Touko 16min
Stablecoins: What They Are and How They Work
One of the most talked-about topics in finance today is stablecoins. Stablecoins have the potential to totally upend the world of banking and finance. Banks, governments, and tech companies are lo...
16 Touko 15min
Larry Doby and Breaking the American League Color Barrier
If you ask anyone to name the athlete who broke the color line in baseball, they will immediately answer Jackie Robinson. If you ask who broke the color line in the American League, there may be a lo...
15 Touko 13min
Colorado River: The River That Built the American West
Over 1,400 miles, the Colorado River has carved some of the most dramatic landscapes on Earth and enabled life across the American Southwest. It shaped canyons, powered cities, irrigated farms, and b...
14 Touko 14min
The Battle of the Plains of Abraham: How Quebec Became British
In 1759, on a plateau outside Quebec City, two armies met in a battle that lasted less than an hour but changed the course of a continent. The Battle determined the fate of New France, reshaped Cana...
13 Touko 15min
Mitsubishi Zero: The Aircraft That Changed WWII Aviation
In the early months of World War II, one aircraft seemed almost unstoppable. Fast, agile, and capable of outmaneuvering almost anything in the sky, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero became the symbol of Japan...
12 Touko 14min
The Traitorous Eight and The Birth of Silicon Valley
In 1957, eight young engineers walked away from one of the most important laboratories in America and, in doing so, helped create the modern technology industry. Their break with a Nobel Prize-winni...
11 Touko 14min
