The Silk Road
Despite having very different cultures and being separated by thousands of kilometers, Asia and Europe have been connected for thousands of years. Through a series of overland and sea trade routes, g...
18 Aug 202312min
The Queen of Sheba (Encore)
All three of the holy books from great monotheistic faiths share a similar story about a Queen from a land in the south who traveled to Jerusalem to meet King Solomon. This queen, who is said to have...
17 Aug 202311min
Antimatter
It is the most expensive substance in the world by a wide margin. When it was first proposed, it was actually done as a joke. However, decades later, the joke turned out to have been true. It is a fu...
16 Aug 202314min
The Kingdom of Tonga
Located in the South Pacific, squarely within the Polynesian Triangle, lies the Kingdom of Tonga. While there are many islands and several countries within that region, Tonga has a unique history amo...
15 Aug 202313min
Project Orion
In the years immediately following the end of the Second World War, several of the scientists who took part in the Manhattan Project had an explosive idea. They wondered if we could harness the incre...
14 Aug 202314min
Prester John (Encore)
In the middle ages, a legend persisted among Europeans that there was a Christian ruler in Asia, or Africa, who would come to join with European Christians to help fight Muslims in the Crusades. The o...
13 Aug 20238min
The Surprising Origin of Monopoly
One of the most popular board games in the world is Monopoly. Millions of copies of the game have been sold over thousands of different versions which have been published. However, the origins of th...
12 Aug 202313min
Pompey Magnus
Gnaeus Pompeius was one of the most significant personalities during the late Roman Republic. He was considered a military wunderkind who, at an early age, was given great responsibilities and never ...
11 Aug 202313min
