
The Barbary Wars
Tell me your favorite episode for the 6th anniversary show!In the early years of the United States, American ships faced a threat far from home along the North African coast. Sailors were captured, ...
25 Kesä 16min

The 1986 World Cup
Tell me your favorite episode for the 6th anniversary show!In 1986, the world’s biggest sporting event came to Mexico, producing one of the most memorable tournaments in soccer history. It featured ...
24 Kesä 14min

The Many Failed Assassination Attempts on Fidel Castro
Tell me your favorite episode for the 6th anniversary show!When Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba in 1959, the American government wanted to see him gone. So, they hatched plots and tried to assass...
23 Kesä 15min

The 1984-85 Ethiopian Famine
Tell me your favorite episode for the 6th anniversary show! In the 1980s, images of starving children in Ethiopia shocked the world and triggered one of the largest humanitarian responses in history....
22 Kesä 15min

The Smithsonian Institution: The Strange Origin of America’s Greatest Museum
Tell me your favorite episode for the 6th anniversary show!In 1829, a British scientist who had never visited the United States left his fortune to a foreign country across the ocean. His instructio...
21 Kesä 15min

Messier Objects (Encore)
Tell me your favorite episode for the 6th anniversary show! In the 18th century, a French astronomer who was a regular comet hunter kept finding things in the sky that weren’t comets, but they also w...
20 Kesä 15min

Miranda Rights: Why You Have the Right to Remain Silent
Tell me your favorite episode for the 6th anniversary show! Few phrases in American law are more familiar than “You have the right to remain silent.” They are spoken in police stations, on city str...
19 Kesä 14min

Sodium: The Dangerous Yet Vital Element
Tell me your favorite episode for the 6th anniversary show!It is a metal that can explode in water, a part of a mineral that helped build empires, and an ion that allows your nerves to fire and your m...
18 Kesä 15min




















