The James Webb Space Telescope (Redux)
Sometime within the next week of my recording this episode, hopefully, a rocket will be launched from the European Space Agency’s launch facility in French Guyana. On it will be NASA’s latest and gre...
26 Jan 202411min
The Two-Hour Marathon (Redux)
Eliud Kipchoge is unquestionably the greatest marathon runner in history. He’s won an Olympic Gold Medal, holds the world’s record, and has won 12 of the 13 marathons he has ever entered. However, the...
25 Jan 202410min
President Tyler’s Grandsons (Redux)
President John Tyler was the 10th president of the United States. He was born in 1790 and is widely considered one of the lesser presidents in American history. If you’ve never heard of him before, do...
24 Jan 20249min
The Most Dominant Athlete Ever (Redux)
Question: Who is the most dominant athlete of all time? It’s an interesting question and one which has started endless pub debates. Is that a basketball player like Michael Jordan, a baseball player l...
23 Jan 202410min
The Six-Star General (Redux)
If you look at the list of officer ranks in the United States armed forces, there are ten ranks listed that are held today. They go from Second Lieutenant all the way up to the rank of General, which ...
22 Jan 202412min
Apollo 18, 19, and 20 (Encore)
In the 1960s, billions of dollars were spent, and 100,000s of people worked to land a human on the moon. After the success of Apollo 11, five more Apollo missions managed to land on the moon over the...
21 Jan 202411min
A History of Lead
Sometime around eight to nine thousand years ago, ancient people in Asia Minor found a very dull grey metal that turned out to be easy to manipulate when it was heated. For thousands of years, it was...
20 Jan 202413min
Emperor Nero
In the year 54, the Roman Emperor Claudius died, and his adopted son Nero became the Emperor of Rome at the age of 16. His reign was one of the most infamous in history, and over 2000 years after he ...
19 Jan 202414min
