The Elevator (Encore)
Some of the things we use every day were invented in the distant past. Other things were invented quite recently. However, there is a category of inventions that have been known forever, but no one e...
21 Jul 202310min
Why Isn’t the West Indies a Single Country? (Encore)
If you have ever looked at a map of the Caribbean, you might have noticed that the tiny islands in the Lesser Antilles consist of a whole bunch of tiny, independent countries. All of these countries ...
20 Jul 202311min
The Battle of Yarmouk (Encore)
From August 15 to August 20, in the year 636, one of the most important battles in history took place. The participants in the battle couldn’t have known it, but the results of that battle would shap...
19 Jul 202310min
The Galapagos Island (Encore)
Located approximately 560 miles or 900 kilometers off the coast of Ecuador lies a chain of islands that are like no other in the world. These islands have been instrumental to our understanding of bo...
18 Jul 202312min
A Brief History of London
Almost 2000 years ago, after conquering most of the island of Great Britain, Roman forces established a settlement at a strategically narrow point on the Thames River. Since its establishment, the cit...
17 Jul 202313min
The Silurian Hypothesis
The universe is billions of years old. If, in the future, humanity were to explore the galaxy and visit other planets around other stars, we might be visiting places where at one time, an advanced ci...
16 Jul 202313min
Titanium
Titanium is the ninth most abundant element in the Earth’s crust. However, titanium is not even remotely close to the ninth most common element in industrial or commercial use. In fact, despite bein...
15 Jul 202313min
The Greatest Concert of All Time
On December 22, 1808, concertgoers in Vienna, Austria, witnessed a significant event in music history. Ludwig van Beethoven held a concert where he debuted several of his greatest works in one progra...
14 Jul 202314min
