Amiable Strangers Inside Apollo 11
When Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins climbed into their Apollo 11 spacecraft in July 1969, they were about to accomplish one of humanity's greatest achievements. But what most people ...
24 Mar 53min
America's 160 Million Acre Homestead Giveaway
In 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed into law one of the most ambitious experiments in American democracy ever attempted: the Homestead Act. The promise was breathtaking in its simplicity. Any citizen, inc...
24 Mar 42min
1927 Mississippi Flood and the Great Migration
In the spring of 1927, the Mississippi River unleashed a catastrophe unlike anything the United States had ever witnessed. Swollen by months of relentless rainfall, the river shattered its levees and ...
24 Mar 52min
Why the Narragansett Spared Providence
During King Philip's War in 1676, the most devastating conflict in colonial New England's history, the Narragansett people made a decision that has puzzled historians for centuries. Despite having eve...
24 Mar 31min
Why thousands are downloading Malay Magic
In the digital age, an obscure nineteenth-century book called Malay Magic has become an unexpected sensation, downloaded thousands of times by readers around the world who have discovered in its pages...
24 Mar 21min
Why Critics Hated This Weird Disney Classic and Audiences Loved It
How does a silly 1971 Disney movie about a duck laying golden eggs become one of the strangest battlegrounds in film history? In this episode, we take a deep dive into The Million Dollar Duck and unco...
24 Mar 18min
Nigeria’s $2 Billion Arms Scandal Explained: How Dasukigate Diverted War Funds Into Cash Suitcases, Politics, and Corruption
How does a nation facing a brutal insurgency lose $2.2 billion meant for helicopters, jets, bombs, and military defense? In this episode, we take a deep dive into Nigeria’s massive arms procurement sc...
24 Mar 23min
Engineering society beyond accidental neighbors
Why do people deliberately choose neighbors, shared values, and collective living instead of relying on the random luck of who happens to move in next door? In this episode, we take a deep dive into i...
24 Mar 19min
