101: How a Prolific Black Inventor Hid his Race
Garrett Morgan was a prolific inventor. He invented the gas mask. The three-way traffic light. The self-extinguishing cigarette. He even created a hair care line. But, as a Black man, he had to be cre...
29 Apr 1h 22min
100: Universal Sues Nintendo (Part 2 of 2)
Nintendo couldn’t believe their luck. Their latest arcade game, Donkey Kong, had become a surprise hit. But then Universal, one of the largest media companies in the world, came knocking. They claimed...
22 Apr 1h 22min
99: The Story of Donkey Kong (Part 1 of 2)
Nintendo was in trouble. It was 1980, and they’d just poured a ton of money into an arcade game they’d hoped would be a hit. They called it Radar Scope. It was a massive flop. In a panic, the company ...
15 Apr 1h 18min
98: Hachi: The Most Loyal Dog
Hachi was just a puppy when he was adopted by a professor at Tokyo Imperial University. The two bonded instantly. Every day, Hachi greeted Professor Hidesaburo Ueno at the Shibuya Train Station as he ...
8 Apr 1h 31min
97: The Great Stink of 1858
By the mid-1800’s, the River Thames was essentially a massive sewer. People poured their waste into it. They also drank from it. That combination resulted in thousands of deaths. People weren’t sure w...
1 Apr 1h 32min
96: Snack Attack: Oreo vs. Hydrox
Prepare for battle – a cookie battle, that is! Back in the early 1900s, two brothers invented a game changing cookie. It consisted of two crisp chocolate wafers, stuck together with a vanilla cream fi...
24 Mar 1h 45min
95: The Trial of Charles Guiteau (Finale)
As his trial drew closer, Charles Guiteau became more delusional. He wrote demanding letters to the new president, Chester A. Arthur. He announced plans to run for president himself. He got the word o...
18 Mar 1h 51min
94: Dirty Doctors: How Infection Killed James Garfield (Part 6)
Mere minutes after the shooting, a doctor arrived on the scene. Using his ungloved, unwashed fingers, he dug into President James Garfield’s bullet wound. The doctor hoped to retrieve the bullet. That...
11 Mar 1h 28min
