The League of Nations (Encore)
The First World War was the most horrific war the world had ever seen at that time. When the conflict ended, there was an effort to make sure that such a thing never happened again. To that end, a de...
14 Nov 202313min
The History of Pizza
There is a good chance that sometime in the last few days, weeks, or months, you might have enjoyed a slice or two of pizza. Pizza has become a near-ubiquitous food which can be found in almost every ...
13 Nov 202312min
Eponymous Laws Part 2
In a previous episode, I went through a list of eponymous laws. These were laws, general rules, or sometimes even scientific laws that were named after people. However, the eponymous laws I went throu...
12 Nov 202313min
The OMG! Particle
On October 15, 1991, a cosmic ray detector in Utah observed something that had never been seen before or since. It was a cosmic ray with more energy than anything ever observed and more energy than m...
11 Nov 202314min
Constantinople (Encore)
In the year 330, the Roman Emperor Constantine decided that the capital of the entire Roman Empire should be moved. The location he selected was a small Greek town by the name of Byzantium, located i...
10 Nov 202314min
Operation Unthinkable
In the days immediately following the surrender of Germany in May 1945, new concerns gripped the victorious Allied forces. The alliance had always been one of convenience. Diametrically opposing poli...
9 Nov 202314min
The Colosseum (Encore)
In the year 70, the Roman Emperor Vespasian commissioned what would become the world’s largest amphitheater. Approximately ten years later, it opened to great fanfare and 100 days of games. No great...
8 Nov 202313min
Sergei Korolev: The Most Important Russian You've Never Heard Of
In the early 1960’s the Soviet space program was on a roll. They launched the first satellite into space. They launched the first man and woman into space. They conducted the first space walk. Then, ...
7 Nov 202314min
