The Monty Hall Problem (Encore)
For over 30 years, Monty Hall was the host of the game show Let’s Make A Deal. In the show, they played a very simple game where you would choose one of three doors. This simple game has led to one ...
7 Aug 20217min
The 27th Amendment
The American constitution was written in 1788, but there was a mechanism built in to adapt and change the document. Since 1788 the Constitution has been amended 27 times, most recently in 1992. Th...
6 Aug 202110min
The American Whig Party
American politics has been called a two-party system. While there are two major parties today, and those two parties have been around a long time, they weren’t always the only two parties. In fact, th...
5 Aug 202110min
How Do Satellites Work?
Somewhere over your head, right the moment is an artificial satellite. Many of them actually. They beam television and radio signals down to Earth. They can tell us our exact time and location, and ...
4 Aug 202112min
The Great Lisbon Earthquake
On the morning of November 1, 1755, the citizens of Lisbon, Portugal set out to go to church for the feast of All Saints Day. Little did they know that moments later, their lives and the lives of ev...
3 Aug 202111min
The Periodic Table of the Elements
You’ve seen it in your science classrooms, and there was probably a copy of it on the inside cover of your chemistry book. Maybe if you are a real nerd, you might even have your own personal copy. Y...
2 Aug 202110min
Who Was the Greatest Olympian of All Time?
The modern Olympics have been celebrated for over 100 years. Since their beginning in 1896, there have been over 100,000 athletes who have competed at the Olympics and thousands of medals have been aw...
1 Aug 202113min
Robert Smalls: Man of Action (Encore)
Robert Smalls was born a slave in 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina. From that humble beginning, he went on to become a war hero, a ship captain, a presidential advisor, and a member of the US House of...
31 Juli 202110min
