Rudolf Diesel: The Engine Genius and His Mysterious Disappearance at Sea
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On September 30, 1913, Rudolf Diesel's cabin aboard the steamship SS Dresden was found empty, hi...
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Kublai Khan: How Genghis Khan's Grandson Came to Rule a Unified China
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1224, Genghis Khan smeared fat from a fresh kill on the finger of his nine-year-old grandson ...
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Alfred Nobel: The Merchant of Death Who Created the Nobel Prizes
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1888, Alfred Nobel opened a newspaper to find his own obituary under the headline "The mercha...
2 Okt 23min
Archimedes of Syracuse: The Genius Behind Eureka, Levers and War Machines
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!As Roman soldiers stormed Syracuse, a 75-year-old Archimedes reportedly told one of them not to ...
2 Okt 23min
Benjamin Franklin: The Restless Reinventions of a Founding Father
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Benjamin Franklin ran away from his Boston apprenticeship as a teenager, spent much of his marri...
2 Okt 21min
Tupac Amaru II: The Andean Rebellion That Shook the Spanish Empire
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1781, Spanish authorities tied José Gabriel Condorcanqui to four horses in Cusco's plaza, but...
2 Okt 22min
Alexander von Humboldt: The Forgotten Explorer Who Invented Nature
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1869, around 25,000 people gathered in Central Park to celebrate the 100th birthday of Alexan...
2 Okt 28min
J. Robert Oppenheimer: From Insecure Student to Father of the Atomic Bomb
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