Chief Executives in the Cockpit—When Presidents Take to the Skies
In this episode we look at all U.S. presidents who served as fighter pilots or in any sort of military combat role. We also look at the first president to fly (it was in a rinky-dink Wright Bros. flye...
11 Jul 201932min
George Mason: The Most Important Founding Father Nobody Remembers
If a list were constructed of the most important Virginians in American history, George Mason would appear near the top. His influence on public policy, the Revolution, and the Constitution was far gr...
9 Jul 201925min
Teaser: Rendezvous With Death, Part 7
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6 Jul 201910min
Spies in the Ancient World, Part 2: On His Roman Emperor's Secret Service
In this episode we are looking at ancient Greek cryptography and the Roman frumentarii, a group of wheat sellers who turned into the empire's premier intelligence outfit in the second century. In the ...
4 Jul 201949min
Spies in the Ancient World, Part 1: How a Bronze-Age Tribe Infiltrated Jericho
Spycraft is as old as civilization and just as essential to running a government as taxes, roads, armies, or schools. Sun Tzu devoted an entire chapter to spy craft in his 2,600-year-old treatise The ...
2 Jul 201944min
Teaser: Rendezvous With Death, Part 6
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29 Jun 201910min
The Real Oregon Trail: Beyond Dysentery and the Apple II Game
If you were a middle schooler in the United States anytime after 1985 and had a study hall with an Apple II, there is a very high chance you played Oregon Trail. After setting out from Independence, M...
27 Jun 201958min
How to Get Processed Through Ellis Island In 2 Hours or Less
More than 12 million immigrants entered the United States through Ellis Island during its years of operation from 1892 to 1954. Those that came typically spoke no English and fled religious persecutio...
25 Jun 201950min
