The War of 1812 (Encore)
After the American War of Independence, Britain recognized the United States, but it didn’t necessarily make them close allies. Each country had its own agendas, and a generation later, they were bu...
3 Aug 202516min
Questions and Answers: Volume 33
The month of August was named in honor of the emperor Augustus Caesar by the Roman Senate. Originally called Sextilis, the sixth month in the early Roman calendar, it was renamed in 8 BC to recognize...
2 Aug 202517min
The Witness Protection Program
In 1970, the United States passed the Organized Crime Control Act, which established the Witness Security Program or WITSEC. Since being enacted, WITSEC has had thousands of witnesses and family mem...
1 Aug 202514min
Canned Food
For centuries, food preservation was a significant challenge for humanity. Even if you were successful in hunting or gathering food, if you could not preserve it, it would be difficult to keep enoug...
31 Jul 202515min
The Year 1850
The year 1850 was the mid-point of the 19th century, one of the most transformative centuries in human history. The first half of the 19th century saw wars, revolutions, and rapid technical and soci...
30 Jul 202516min
Captain Cook
Captain James Cook was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy whose three major voyages of exploration between 1768 and 1779 greatly expanded European knowledge of ...
29 Jul 202514min
Zoroastrianism
Sometime between the 7th century and 13th century BC, a man was born in Eastern Persia who had a revolutionary idea. He claimed that there wasn’t a multiple gods, but rather just one god. He estab...
28 Jul 202515min
Qin Shi Huang: China’s First Emperor (Encore)
In 259 BC, a boy named Ying Zheng was born in the state of Qin in modern-day China. He was born into the royal family of the kingdom and ascended to the throne at the age of 13. For most people, b...
27 Jul 202514min
