Malaria: The Disease That Shaped History
Malaria is one of the oldest known infectious diseases, with a history spanning thousands of years. It has shaped human civilization, influenced wars, and driven scientific advancements in medicine an...
24 Jan 202516min
The Maha Kumbh Mela Pilgrimage: The World's Largest Religious Festival
Every twelve years, one of the greatest gatherings of people on Earth takes place in India. As many as a hundred million people will converge on four different locations on sacred rivers to engage in...
23 Jan 202512min
Performance Enhancing Drugs and Substances
One of the biggest controversies in the world of sports over the last several decades has been the use of performance-enhancing drugs and substances, or PEDs. It seems as if there hasn’t been a singl...
22 Jan 202516min
The Worst Day in Human History: January 23, 1556
Humanity has seen a lot of bad things throughout history. There have been horrific wars, natural disasters, and pandemics that have killed millions of people. Many of these awful events were awful ov...
21 Jan 202515min
Beijing Through the Ages: Exploring 3,000 Years of History
Located in Northern China is not only one of the largest cities in the world but also the capital of the largest country in the world, Beijing. Like many great cities, Beijing has had its ups and dow...
20 Jan 202515min
Presidential Inaugurations: The Peaceful Transition of Power (Encore)
Every four years on January 20th, the United States holds a ceremony for the inauguration of the President of the United States. There are traditions for the inauguration, some of which have been pass...
19 Jan 20258min
Operation Market Garden (Encore)
After the Allied landing in Normandy in World War II, the Allies made progress pushing back the Germans. However, by September, things had slowed down. One allied commander devised a plan that he thou...
18 Jan 202513min
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and the 1812 Overture (Encore)
In 1880, the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was commissioned to compose a work in honor of the completion of a new cathedral. What he wrote became one of the best-known, over-the-top, and ...
17 Jan 202513min
