Citizen Kane: The Greatest Film Ever Made?
In 1941, a young artistic prodigy released his first motion picture. It had enormous anticipation, received incredible reviews, and earned nine Academy Award nominations. However, the film was a finan...
19 Maj 202111min
Airport Codes
If you’ve done your share of flying, you are probably familiar with the three-letter airport codes which identify every commercial airport in the world. Airports like DFW, LGA, and HOU are easy to fig...
18 Maj 202111min
Potpourri Spain: Columbus, Dinner Time, and Joint Custody Island
In the process of doing research, I often come across various stories which are interesting but might not be worthy of a full episode. They often are more like facts than stories. Every so often I sav...
17 Maj 20219min
The British Crown Jewels
Located in the Tower of London are a collection of objects, some of which date back 800 years, which are the physical symbols of the British Monarchy. These objects have a value that would almost be i...
16 Maj 202111min
The Immortal Henrietta Lacks
Henrietta Lacks was a mother of five who died of cervical cancer in 1951 at the age of 31. Before she passed, a tissue sample of her cancer cells was taken. Those cells have been the basis for decades...
15 Maj 20219min
Examine The Zipper
I’m guessing that almost everyone listening to this podcast has, within the last day, used a zipper. They are ubiquitous at this point and most people have never given them much thought. Yet, its inve...
14 Maj 202110min
Randomness
Randomness is all around us. Many of you probably think that this podcast is pretty random given that you have no clue what each day’s episode is going to be about. However, true randomness is a very ...
13 Maj 202112min
The Largest City in the World
The rise of civilization is sometimes defined as the urbanization of humanity. The transition from hunter-gatherers to living in settlements was a fundamental transformation of human society and allow...
12 Maj 202112min
