The Lost Colony of Roanoke (Encore)
In 1585, Sir Walter Raleigh established an English colony on an island in what is today the state of North Carolina. After a slow start, over 100 people moved to the island to start a new life and es...
5 Sep 202513min
Ivory Coast /Côte d'Ivoire
The Ivory Coast, or as it is officially known, the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country located on West Africa’s southern coast. It is a small nation known for its agricultural production. Despit...
4 Sep 202515min
Names of Animal Groups
The English language is weird. We have words that are spelled the same but sound different. We have words that are spelled differently but sound the same. We have words that sound nothing like how...
3 Sep 202515min
Energy, Work, and Power
Everything we know in the world is ultimately dependent on energy. Energy fuels our bodies as well as our civilization. Energy is literally everywhere and all around us. Yet for the longest time, we ...
2 Sep 202514min
Questions and Answers: Volume 34
September is upon us. It means going back to school and the autumnal equinox. The days get shorter in the north and longer in the south.The name September means sevenths, even though it is now the 9...
1 Sep 202517min
The Pseudo-Neros
In the first century, Rome underwent a major political transition when the Emperor Nero died after being declared an enemy of Rome by the senate. With his death, the Julio-Claudian dynasty came to a...
31 Aug 202513min
The Republic of Pirates
Between 1706 and 1718, a group of pirates established a haven in the Bahamas. Using a code and system of rules that they developed themselves, the pirates created their own forms of self-governance ...
30 Aug 202513min
The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre
In 1972, the Olympics returned to Germany for the first time since being hosted in Berlin in 1936. The Games were intended to present a new image of West Germany, one that would reject the image port...
29 Aug 202515min
