The Super Bowl (Redux)
One day every year, the United States celebrates its biggest non-official holiday: Super Bowl Sunday. The championship game of the National Football League is almost always the biggest television aud...
11 Feb 202412min
Apollo 13 (Encore)
On April 11, 1970, Apollo 13 was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, as the third mission to land on the moon. It never achieved its mission objective. Despite having failed in its goal, it still...
10 Feb 202412min
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Eggs
Every day around the world, over a billion eggs are consumed. Eggs have become a staple food product used both by itself and as an ingredient in other products. Humans have been consuming eggs of on...
9 Feb 202413min
The Whiskey Rebellion
In the late 18th century, the newly independent United States of America faced its first major domestic crisis. Settlers in its westernmost regions rose up in open armed rebellion against the governm...
8 Feb 202413min
The Desecration at St. Denis
The French Revolution was one of the most significant events in history. It wasn’t just a political revolution where one government replaced another. It was also a social revolution where the revolut...
7 Feb 202412min
The Gracchi Brothers (Encore)
During the Roman Republic, two brothers took it upon themselves to seek to change Rome to benefit the poor and underclass. Needless to say, the Roman elites did not like this and did everything in the...
6 Feb 202413min
Formal Logic
Located in the area between philosophy and mathematics is the realm of logic. Logic permeates everything we do, from the work of Socrates to modern computer programming to the musings of Mister Spock....
5 Feb 202413min
The Red Baron (Encore)
The First World War saw many innovations in warfare. Probably the most significant was the introduction of aircraft. The first military pilots didn’t really know what they were doing. There was no ru...
4 Feb 202412min
