Pablo Picasso: Part 2
This week is the second part of our talk about Picasso. In his later years, he poured his creativity into sculpture, ceramics, and printmaking while still experimenting boldly with color, form, and st...
3 Mar 9min
Pablo Picasso: Part 1
This week’s episode highlights how Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) continually reinvented his style, from the emotional Blue and Rose Periods to the revolutionary development of Cubism, showing how his pers...
25 Feb 9min
The Sun
This week’s episode explains how the Sun’s fusion produces energy, how its activity (sunspots and flares) affects Earth, and briefly outlines its long-term life cycle from middle-aged star to future r...
18 Feb 12min
Valentine’s Day
This week we talk about the history of Valentine’s Day. It started as an old Roman festival and later became a Christian day honoring Saint Valentine. It turned into a romantic holiday in the Middle A...
11 Feb 10min
Cats
Today we talk about house cats and how they come from the African wildcat. Areas of discussion include the anatomy of cats, their amazing senses, how they communicate, their role in history, and more....
3 Feb 8min
History of the English Language
Join us this week as we talk about the history of the English language. It began as a Germanic language brought to Britain by the Angles and Saxons, later shaped by Viking and French influence after t...
27 Jan 15min
Mark Twain
This week we talk about Mark Twain (1835-1910), a major American writer and humorist shaped by his life along the Mississippi River. His most famous works, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures ...
20 Jan 10min
The Andromeda Galaxy
The Andromeda Galaxy is the closest large galaxy to the Milky Way, about 2.5 million light-years away and visible under dark skies. This episode focuses on its vast size, its role in helping scientist...
15 Jan 13min
