Leprosy: Humanity's Oldest Disease
For thousands of years, one of the most terrifying and destructive diseases which afflicted humanity has been leprosy. Leprosy is a condition that affects the nerves and skin, and in extreme cases, i...
16 Jan 202313min
Tokyo Rose & Axis Sally (Encore)
During World War II, allied soldiers would often spend their time listening to the radio. They could, at least for a little while, be transported back home by listening to popular music with the sooth...
15 Jan 202313min
Zeno's Paradoxes
About 2,500 years ago, a Greek philosopher by the name of Zeno of Elea proposed several paradoxes about the natural word. His ideas were actually really simple, but they were incredibly difficult to e...
14 Jan 202310min
Tristan da Cunha: The World's Most Isolated Settlement
Located in the South Atlantic Ocean, situated between South America and Africa, lies the most remote human settlement on Earth. There, a community of a little over 250 people eke out a living over 1,5...
13 Jan 202312min
What Were The First and Second Reichs?
When Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, he declared his new regime to be The Third Reich and that it would last 1,000 years. It turned out he was off by 988 years. The big question for many people o...
12 Jan 202311min
The Destruction and Rediscovery of Pompeii
In the year 79, Mount Vesuvius, a volcano located east of the modern-day city of Naples, erupted. Vesuvius had erupted before, but this eruption was different. It ejected an enormous amount of ash wh...
11 Jan 202314min
Limnic Eruptions: The Rarest Natural Disaster
Early in the morning of August 21, 1986, in a valley near Lake Nyos, Cameroon, something horrible happened. 1,746 people were killed, as were over 3,500 cattle and almost every other animal that brea...
10 Jan 202313min
The Morgenthau Plan
In September 1944, despite over half a year remaining in World War II, the Allies began preparing for an eventual post-war world. One of the biggest questions being discussed was what to do with Germa...
9 Jan 202315min
