The Blitz
From September 1940 until May 1941, the people of the United Kingdom experienced the horrors of war firsthand. Hundreds of bombers ran thousands of missions over civilian areas of Great Britain. The...
18 Nov 202415min
Investing 101
Every day, hundreds of billions of dollars worth of investments are bought and sold around the world. Most of these transactions are conducted by investment banks and other large institutions. Many, ...
17 Nov 202414min
Citizenship
Almost everyone listening to the sound of my voice is a citizen of some country. Citizenship seems very simple and straightforward, but it is anything but. For most of human history, almost everyone ...
16 Nov 202414min
The Magna Carta (Encore)
In the early 13th century, England suffered through the worst monarch it would have in its history: King John. John and his arbitrary policies and high taxation angered the nobility, the church, and t...
15 Nov 202413min
The Nile River (Encore)
There is an old saying that da Nile isn’t just a river in Egypt. That is true. It is also a river in Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Uganda. The Nile is the longest river in the world, yet it is on...
14 Nov 202411min
The Bone Wars
The 19th century was a period of rapid advancement. New technologies such as the railroad and the telegraph radically changed civilization. Scientific advancements were almost constant as we took gre...
13 Nov 202415min
All About Butter
Ever since humans domesticated animals and realized they could extract milk from them, they have been making and consuming butter. While we might not think much of butter today, at one point, it was ...
12 Nov 202414min
Superman
In 1938, writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster released what would become one of the most well-known fictional characters of the 20th century. Their creation was a hit and soon spread to its own...
11 Nov 202414min
